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Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in
the most appropriate way.
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It was in the 1970s that “offshore” capitalism began, from the margins, to make itself known in the wider world. Multinationals and banks began as a matter of course to expand and grow through tax havens. Financial whizzkids — much like those experimenting with micro-computers at the time — developed instruments that “financialised” everyday assets and commodities and turned them into derivatives, to be traded on their own markets.
(a) Before the 1970’s the nations had complete control over their economies.
(b) The new offshore wizardry soon had an impact on the wider world.
(c) Monetary authorities and banks tried to regulate international capital markets, but failed.
(d) Eventually, the sharp rise of “offshore” capitalism led to recession in “onshore” markets.
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In feudal and agricultural societies there was gender-based division of labour: men did outdoor work involving harder physical labour, and women did household chores. But in industrial societies this division of labour has almost entirely vanished, and women often do the same work as men and have become economically independent. Since in an industrial society brain is more important than brawn, and since the IQ of an average woman is the same as that of an average man, women should have equality with men. However, in practice that is often not so. Many of the legal provisions for equality remain on paper.
(a) Even modern industrial setup is unable to alter gender-based inequalities.
(b) Equality before the law is not necessarily equality in fact.
(c) A complete revolution in our thinking and attitude towards women is essential.
(d) But women continue to prove their mettle despite unequal treatment.
In each of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English Usage.
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(a) The closing of illegal shops and buildings requires strict action against shrewd real estate developers and irresponsible land owners who have built illegal structures by bribing government officials.
(b) The closing of illegal shops and buildings require strict action against shrewd real estate developers and irresponsible land owners which are building illegal structures by bribing government officials.
(c) The closing of illegal shops and buildings requires strict action against shrewd real estate developers and irresponsible land owners that will be building illegal structures by bribing government officials.
(d) The closing of illegal shops and buildings require strict action against shrewd real estate developers and irresponsible land owners who will have built illegal structures by bribing government officials.
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(a) When Estella comes to our New York office in 2000, Whitney had already started working on the Supply chain management initiative.
(b) When Estella came to our New York office in 2000, Whitney has been working on the Supply chain management initiative.
(c) Whitney started working on the Supply chain management initiative, when Estella comes to our New York office in 2000.
(d) When Estella came to our New York office in 2000, Whitney had already started working on the Supply chain management initiative.
In each question, there are five sentences. The sentencelabelled A is
in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled B, C, D and E, and need to be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
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A. In the old joke tales, the targets are mocked for their slowness, for being unable to understand simple rules necessary for a successful life, or other characteristics.
B. Their vice is usually more specific than just universal stupidity.
C. Foreigners are in a clear minority and limited to those who have had direct contact with Estonian natives (travelling Gypsies, Russians, Germans and Jews, less often Finns).
D. In Estonian old folk jokes and early punch-lined jokes, targets are peripheral groups with funny speech and perceived backwardness.
E. Stupidity jokes are in the majority, and there are several targets which vary in different regions.
(a) CBED (b) DCBE (c) EDCB (d) ECBD
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A. Laughter, thus, stands for different phenomena in narration.
B. Narrators can underline the standpoint in the narrative in many ways, such as direct comments, embedding of evaluation, style of telling, metaphors, strong adjectives and facial expression and gestures.
C. It communicates emotions both in a concealing and a revealing way.
D. One way of studying this in narration is by analysing the use of humour, irony and paralinguistic devices such as chuckles, laughter, pauses, or changes of tempo.
E. Laughter is thus one stylistic device to mark a standpoint in narration.
(a) CEDB (b) CEBD (c) DBCE (d) CBDE
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A. Despite arguments that it is unethical to conduct research on vulnerable populations caught in conflict, health research is essential to achieving the goals of promoting and enhancing the delivery of lifesaving interventions.
B. This implies training for humanitarian actors engaged in research methods, and greater collaboration with experts to support the design and analysis, and potentially also the implementation of research.
C. There is much scope to improve the quality of research methodologies implemented in conflict settings through validation of survey tools, the establishment of clear protocols, and training in a broader use or research methodologies that can be applied.
D. Those engaged in research should first reflect on the necessity of conducting research in such settings, and the feasibility of seeing the research through to completion.
E. Conflict settings are characterized by instability and rapidly change in circumstances and pose major challenges to the conduct of research.
(a) DCBE (b) EDCB (c) BCDE (d) EBDC
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Given below are two words that have a certain relationship with each other followed by alternatives. Select the alternative that has the same relationship as depicted in the original pair of words.
Vicissitude : Stagnation
(a) Vexation : Chagrin
(b) Mortification : Humiliation
(c) Naivete : Ingenue
(d) Diffidence : Assertiveness
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Fill in the blanks of the following sentence using one from the idioms provided in the four alternatives. The “I won him” smirk doesn’t work in her favour either; she looks ______________. If she wants box office appeal, she needs to stop gloating over the fact that she is dating a relapsed alcoholic who doesn’t give a care about how his wife and kids are handling this affair.
(a) like something the cat dragged in.
(b) like the cat who swallowed the canary.
(c) like a cat on a hot tin roof.
(d) like a bump on a log.
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Given below is a paragraph from which the last sentence that completes the paragraph has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
By measuring ocean sediments deposited during the thermal maximum, geochemists have found that the warming coincided with a huge spike in atmospheric CO2. Between 5 and 9 trillion tonnes of carbon entered the atmosphere in no more than 20,000 years. Where could such a huge amount have come from? Geochemists have long known that when a pulse of CO2 enters the air, much of it quickly
dissolves in the upper layer of the ocean before gradually dispersing through deeper waters. Within afew centuries, an equilibrium is reached, with about 85 per cent of the CO2 dissolved in the oceans and 15 per cent in the atmosphere. This CO2 persists for tens or hundreds of thousands of years - what Archer believes will be the “long tail” of the Anthropocene. __________________________________.
(a) For sure, the oceans cannot be a source of carbon to the atmosphere, because we observe them to be a sink of carbon from the atmosphere.
(b) The ocean sediments provide a unique record of Earth’s climate fluctuations and extensive sequestration of carbon.
(c) While much of the environmental change presently occurring on Earth is a direct consequence of the industrial revolution, it can be argued that the Anthropocene actually began approximately 10,000 years ago with the termination of the last ice age.
(d) After studying a few cases from the past the geochemists and climate modellers who were a bitfuzzy on what this tail would look like, have now been able to predict that the tail is unlikely to last longer than 2 million years – still not long at all by geological standards.
In each of the following questions two pairs of words are given. You have to identify the pair/s that have a synonymous relationship.
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A. Turpitude : Depravity
B. Sentience : Cognizance
(a) A only (b) B only
(c) Both A and B (d) None
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A. Stolid : Phlegmatic
B. Heretical : Unorthodox
(a) A only (b) B only
(c) Both A and B (d) None
13
A. Arch : Arcane
B. Esoteric : Eclectic
(a) A only (b) B only
(c) Both A and B (d) None
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A: Titillate : Titivate
B: Sarcastic : Sardonic
(a) A only (b) B only
(c) Both A and B (d) None
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