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Question : Who among the following won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for his book of fiction "The Nickel Boys"?
Option 1: Colson Whitehead
Option 2: W. Caleb McDaniel
Option 3: Michael R. Jackson
Option 4: Brian M. Rosenthal
Correct Answer: Colson Whitehead
Solution : The correct answer is Colson Whitehead.
Colson Whitehead won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel "The Nickel Boys". The book, set in the 1960s, explores the systemic abuse and racism in a reform school. Whitehead skillfully weaves a narrative that
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nainital has a 1. _____lake. Tourists come from far and wide to 2. _____ boating here. There is a skating place behind it. People who skate here say that the ride seems to go around with them. Evenings are also pleasant here. The 3. _____ of the electric lights look as if they are dancing in the ripples of the lake. Truly, Nainital is an 4. _____city of 5. _____beauty. Question: Select the most appropriate option for blank 2.
Option 1: adore
Option 2: enjoy
Option 3: celebrate
Option 4: appreciate
Correct Answer: enjoy
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Enjoy means to take pleasure in or find delight in something. It indicates experiencing happiness, satisfaction, or gratification from an activity.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
He won't receive any better choice than this from anywhere.
Option 1: Any better choice won't be received by him than this from anywhere.
Option 2: Any better choice wouldn't have received by him than this from anywhere.
Option 3: Any better choice shouldn't be received by him than this from anywhere.
Option 4: Any better choice won't have been be received by him than this from anywhere.
Correct Answer: Any better choice won't be received by him than this from anywhere.
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
Question : Directions: The following table gives details about the percentage change in the population in a particular town for given years. Go through the chart given and answer the questions that follow:
What was the population of the town in the year 2009?
Option 1: 3
Option 2: 5
Option 3: 4
Option 4: can not be determined.
Correct Answer: can not be determined.
Solution : The population of 2009 can not be determined because there is no population value given. Hence, the correct answer is 'can not be determined'.
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The dress is too tights around the waist.
Option 1: too tightly
Option 2: no improvement
Option 3: too tightest
Option 4: too tight
Correct Answer: too tight
Solution : The correct option will be the fourth option.
The original sentence has a grammatical error with the use of "too tights". The correct form is "too tight" because "tight" is an adjective, and when expressing excessiveness or intensity, we use
Question : The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
Option 1: Alla-ud-din Khilji
Option 2: Muhammad- bin - Tughlak
Option 3: Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
Option 4: Muhammad-bin-Quasim
Correct Answer: Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
Solution : The correct option is - Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
The Muslim adventurer who is associated with the destruction of Nalanda University was Bakhtiyar Khilji. He was a general under Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate. In 1193 CE, Bakhtiyar Khilji led an expedition into the Indian
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Geeta said that she had never viewed across a book she liked so much.
(1) come across
(2) come through
(3) come around
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
Come across means to encounter or find something unexpectedly, which fits the context of discovering a book that she liked.
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow, and the road was only (4) ______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow over the fields, and the line where the sky and earth met could not be (5) ______. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: seen
Option 2: seeing
Option 3: saw
Option 4: see
Correct Answer: seen
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
The phrase suggests that due to the swirl of snow over the fields, the visibility was significantly reduced, making it difficult to distinguish the line where the sky and earth appeared to meet. "Seen" fits well in the
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Wedding invitations will be sent by them.
Option 1: They will be sent wedding invitations.
Option 2: He will sent wedding invitations.
Option 3: They will send wedding invitations.
Option 4: He will be send wedding invitations.
Correct Answer: They will send wedding invitations.
Solution : The correct answer is the third 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 of the
Question : Which of the following is a characteristic of an exothermic reaction:
Option 1: Release of heat
Option 2: Absorption of heat
Option 3: Doesn't involve any change in temperature
Option 4: None of the options is correct
Correct Answer: Release of heat
Solution : The correct option is the Release of heat.
Exothermic reactions are those in which the system releases heat into the environment. The temperature of the surroundings rises because they are absorbing heat from the system. Respiration and burning of candles are examples of
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