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Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Her wooden almirah has been destroyed by the termites.

Option 1: The termites destroyed her wooden almirah.

Option 2: The termites could destroy her wooden almirah.

Option 3: The termites had destroyed her wooden almirah.

Option 4: The termites have destroyed her wooden almirah.

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Correct Answer: The termites have destroyed her wooden almirah.


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.

The structure

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Question : Ram can copy 60 pages in 15 hours. If Ram and Riya together can copy 180 pages in 30 hours, in how many hours can Riya copy 20 pages?

Option 1: 29 hours

Option 2: 12 hours

Option 3: 20 hours

Option 4: 10 hours

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Correct Answer: 10 hours


Solution : Given: Ram can copy 60 pages in 15 hours.
Total pages = Pages per hour × Time
Ram's rate is $\frac{60}{15} = 4$ pages per hour.
Together, Ram and Riya can copy 180 pages in 30 hours.
So, their combined rate (Ram + Riya)

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Question :

Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives.
Earth : Planet :: Moon : ?

Option 1: Sun

Option 2: Universe

Option 3: Venus

Option 4: Satellite

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Correct Answer: Satellite


Solution : Given:
Earth : Planet :: Moon : ?

The Earth is categorised as one of the planets of our solar system.
Similarly, the Moon is categorised as the satellite of Earth.

Hence, the fourth option is correct.

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Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Cambridge was my metaphor for England, and it was strange that when I left it had become altogether something else because I had met Stephen Hawking there. It was on a walking tour through Cambridge that the guide mentioned Stephen Hawking, ‘poor man, who is quite disabled now, though he is a worthy successor to Isaac Newton, whose chair he has at the university.’ And I started because I had quite forgotten that this most brilliant and completely paralyzed astrophysicist, (scholar of astrophysics — a branch of physics dealing with stars, planets, etc.) the author of A Brief History of Time, one of the biggest best-sellers ever, lived here. When the walking tour was done, I rushed to a phone booth and, almost tearing the cord so it could reach me outside, phoned Stephen Hawking’s house. There was his assistant on the line and I told him I had come in a wheelchair from India (perhaps he thought I had propelled myself all the way) to write about my travels in Britain. I had to see Professor Hawking — even ten minutes would do. “Half an hour,” he said. “From three-thirty to four.”And suddenly I felt weak all over. Growing up disabled, you get fed up with people asking you to be brave as if you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque. The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then you know how much is possible and you reach out further than you ever thought you could. “I haven’t been brave,” said his disembodied computer-voice, the next afternoon.“I’ve had no choice.” Surely, I wanted to say, living creatively with the reality of his disintegrating body was a choice? But I kept quiet because I felt guilty every time I spoke to him, forcing him to respond. There he was, tapping at the little switch in his hand, trying to find the words on his computer with the only bit of movement left to him, his long, pale fingers. Every so often, his eyes would shut in frustrated exhaustion. And sitting opposite him I could feel his anguish, the mind buoyant with thoughts that came out in frozen phrases and sentences stiff as corpses.

Question:

The narrator pulled the telephone cord outside the phone booth because he was:

Option 1: not able to hear clearly in the booth

Option 2: desperate to get an appointment with Stephen Hawking

Option 3: unable to enter the booth on a wheelchair

Option 4: eager to call Stephen Hawking’s home

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Correct Answer: unable to enter the booth on a wheelchair


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation:
The reason for this choice is indicated in the passage where the narrator mentions, "I rushed to a phone booth, almost tearing the cord so it could reach me outside."

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Question : The diagonal of the square is $8 \sqrt{2}$ cm. Find the diagonal of another square whose area is triple that of the first square.

Option 1: $8 \sqrt{5}$ cm

Option 2: $8 \sqrt{3}$ cm

Option 3: $8 \sqrt{2}$ cm

Option 4: $8 \sqrt{6}$ cm

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Correct Answer: $8 \sqrt{6}$ cm


Solution : Given, Diagonal = $8\sqrt2$
$\therefore$ Side = $\frac{8\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt 2}=8$ cm
⇒ Area of this square = $(8)^2 = 64$ cm2
The Area of the Second square is triple the first one.
⇒ Area of the second one $= 64×3$
$\therefore$ Side of

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Question : The pie chart below shows the distribution of female employees working in a company in five different districts (A, B, C, D and E).
Total number of female employees in five districts $=136000$
What is the total number of female employees working in a company in District C and District D?
 

Option 1: 61,200

Option 2: 62,000

Option 3: 62,290

Option 4: 61,000

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Correct Answer: 61,200


Solution : Total number of female employees in five districts = 1,36,000
The total number of female employees working in a company in District C and District D
= 136000 × (30 + 15)%
= 136000 × 45%
= 136000 × $\frac{45}{100}$
= 61,200
So, the total

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Question : The capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the:

Option 1: credit

Option 2: deficit financing

Option 3: member nations

Option 4: borrowings

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Correct Answer: member nations


Solution : The correct option is member nations.

 

The capital of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is primarily composed of financial contributions from its member countries. These contributions, also known as quotas, are determined based on a country's economic size and importance in the global economy.

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Question : Select the correct passive voice form for the given sentence.
Sudha was writing a letter to her husband.

Option 1: A letter were been written by Sudha to her husband.

Option 2: A letter were being written by Sudha to her husband.

Option 3: A letter was been written by Sudha to her husband.

Option 4: A letter was being written by Sudha to her husband.

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Correct Answer: A letter was being written by Sudha to her husband.


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the

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Question : Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament ?

Option 1: Dadabhai Naroji .

Option 2: Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Option 3: Bipin Chandra Pal .

Option 4: Lala Rajpat Rai .

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Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naroji .


Solution : Correct Answer is Dadabhai Naroji .

The first elected Indian to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He believed that Indians ought to engage in and contribute to British political institutions. He was the first British Indian MP, elected for the

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Question : Directions: By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equations will be correct?
+ and ×

Option 1: 7 + 5 × 2 – 8 ÷ 4 = 36

Option 2: 95 ÷ 19 + 5 × 3 – 6 = 22

Option 3: 13 + 4 × 5 – 6 ÷ 2 = 51

Option 4: 4 × 3 + 6 – 7 ÷ 1 = 18

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Correct Answer: 95 ÷ 19 + 5 × 3 – 6 = 22


Solution : Let's check the options –
First option: 7 + 5 × 2 – 8 ÷ 4 = 36
On interchanging the given signs, the equation becomes –
⇒ 7 × 5 + 2 – 8

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