The word given below has been used in the given sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
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a) Is this a good dress for the party?
b)The kept milk in the glass is still good.
c)Farah ruined the family's good name.
d)I'm good for another round of golf.
The word given below has been used in the given sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
a)Aryan tried to board up a broken window.
b)The board has seven active members.
c)The kneading board was plastic made.
d)The package included bed and board.
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Leonardo da Vinci's painting, the Mona Lisa, it seems fair to say, is more than just a painting - it is a touchstone of Western culture. It has been copied, parodied, praised, mocked, co-opted, analysed and speculated upon more than any other work of art. Its origins have captivated scholars, and its name has leant itself to operas, movies, songs, people, ships - even a crater on Venus. Its current insurance value is estimated at nearly $700 million - far in excess of any painting ever sold - but it is unclear that any price could be meaningfully assigned to it.
Knowing all this, a naïve visitor to the Louvre might be forgiven for experiencing a sense of, well, disappointment upon first laying eyes on the most famous painting in the world. In fact, if someone didn't already know it beforehand, I doubt that they would consider it the obvious contender for most-famous-painting award. While it does look like an amazing accomplishment of artistic talent, it is no more so than any number of the other great works of art on display at the Louvre.
Now, art critics might claim that there are attributes of mastery that are evident only to the trained eye, and that neophytes would do better to simply accept what they're told. But if that's true, you would expect that the same perfection that is obvious to modern art critics would have been obvious to other art experts throughout history. And yet, for centuries, the Mona Lisa was a relatively obscure painting - still a masterpiece, to be sure, but only one among many. And admired as he was, up until the 1850s, da Vinci was considered no match for the true greats of painting, like Titian and Raphael. In fact, it wasn't until the twentieth century that the Mona Lisa began its meteoric rise to global brand name. And even then it wasn't the result of art critics suddenly appreciating the genius that had sat among them for so long. Rather, it was due to the publicity surrounding its theft in 1911.
From that point on, the Mona Lisa never looked back. It is impossible now to imagine the history of Western art without the Mona Lisa, and in that sense it truly is the greatest of paintings. But it is also impossible to attribute its unique status to anything about the painting itself. This presents a problem because when we try to explain the success of the Mona Lisa, it is precisely its attributes on which we focus our attention. According to many art critics, the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world because it is the best, and although it might have taken us a while to figure this out, it was inevitable that we would. And yet, whatever attributes the experts cite as evidence - the novel painting technique that Leonardo employed to produce so gauzy a finish, the mysterious subject, her enigmatic smile, even da Vinci's own fame - one can always find numerous other works of art that would seem as good, or even better.
Of course, one can always get around this problem by pointing out that it's not any one attribute of the Mona Lisa that makes it so special, but rather the combination of all its attributes. There's actually no way to beat this argument, because the Mona Lisa is of course a unique object. No matter how many similar paintings some pesky sceptic points to, one can always find some difference between them and the one that we all know is the deserving winner. Unfortunately, however, this argument wins only at the cost of eviscerating itself. It sounds as if we're assessing the quality of a work of art in terms of its attributes, but in fact we're doing the opposite - deciding first which painting is the best, and only then inferring from its attributes the metrics of quality. Subsequently, we can invoke these metrics to justify the known outcome in a way that seems rational and objective. But the result is circular reasoning. We claim to be saying that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world because it has attributes X, Y, and Z. But really what we're saying is that the Mona Lisa is famous because it's more like the Mona Lisa than anything else.
What is the author's opinion about the Mona Lisa?
1) He feels that it is overrated and does not deserve to be considered the most famous painting in the world.
2) He finds it a disappointing painting, and thinks that modern art critics exaggerate its worth due to circular reasoning.
3) He thinks that though it is a good painting, it is not really a masterpiece and should not be treated as such.
4) He admits it is a masterpiece and an icon of Western culture, but thinks that it is so for reasons other than its intrinsic qualities.
Which of the following is not true regarding the Mona Lisa as per this passage?
1) It was bought for $700 million.
2) Its worldwide fame is little more than a century old.
3) It was painted using a then-new kind of technique.
4) It is currently displayed in the Louvre.
Assume that after writing this passage, the author reads a newly published book about the unique and unparalleled qualities of the Mona Lisa that make it the greatest painting ever. Would this affect his views about the painting, and if so, why?
1) It would not affect his views on the Mona Lisa, as it would be just another example of circular reasoning.
2) It would not affect his views on the Mona Lisa, as it would be just another example of circular reasoning.
3) It might affect his views on the Mona Lisa, inasmuch as it might motivate him to rethink his assumptions in this passage.
4)
There is not enough information in the passage to determine what effect such a book would have on the author's views on
the Mona Lisa.
The author of this passage can be inferred to be:
1) an art critic.
2) an art historian.
3) an art columnist.
4) cannot be determined
What does the word 'eviscerating' as used in this passage mean?
1) Causing uncertainty regarding
2) Raising multiple questions about
3) Depriving of essential content
4) Destroying completely
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When China reduced people in poverty by 220 million between 1978 and 2004, the world applauded this as the greatest poverty reduction in history. Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz and all other poverty specialists cheered. India has just reduced its number of poor from 407 million to 269 million, a fall of 138 million in seven years between 2004-05 and 2011-12 . This is faster than China's poverty reduction rate at a comparable stage of development, though for a much shorter period. Are the China-cheerers hailing India for doing even better? No, many who hailed China are today rubbishing the Indian achievement as meaningless or statistically fudged. This includes the left, many NGOs and some TV anchors. The double standard is startling. The Tendulkar Committee determined India's poverty definition. The Tendulkar poverty line in 2011-12 came to Rs 4,000 per rural and Rs 5,000 per urban family of five.
Which of the following questions will be the most relevant to ask the writer, if you were to interview him?
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As the Iraq war continued, medical teams were forced to confront numerous unanticipated circumstances. The war went on far longer than planned, the volume of wounded soldiers increased, and the nature of injuries changed. The data, however, proved to be of critical importance. Surgeons following the trauma logs began to see, for example, a dismayingly high incidence of blinding injuries. Soldiers had been directed to wear eye protection, but they evidently found the issued goggles too ugly.
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A. 'Bars' and 'chains' of invisible triangulation looked and sounded a lot like political strangulation.
B. Additionally, the razing of whole villages, appropriating sacred hills, exhausting local supplies, antagonising protective husbands and facilitating the assessment of the dreaded land revenue, the surveyors had probably done as much to advertise the realities of British rule and so alienate grassroots opinion as had any branch of the administration."
C. It would be unfair to claim that the Rebellion, like the measurement of Mount Everest, stemmed from the Great Trigonometrical Survey.
D. But surveyors had undoubtedly fuelled both the British sense of superiority and Indian sense of grievance.
E. Not unwittingly, the Survey had furnished the paradigm and encouraged the mind-set of an autocratic and unresponsive imperialism.
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1.anybody can do it if they try.
2.Each of them had their share.
Each chef has his/her own recipe for making an apple pie;when asked to comment
about the necessity of eact one having a special secret recipe Chef Pierre commented that______
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Neeraj has agreed to mow the front lawn, which is a 20m by 40m rectangle. The mower mows a 1 m wide Strip. If Neeraj starts at one corner and mows around the lawn toward the center, about how many times would he go round before he has mowed half the lawn?
A. 2.5
B. 3.5
C. 3.8
D. 4
Fill in blanks......(Who/whom)
1. The lawyer.............they have sent for is very famous in the city.
2. Do you know the person...........wrote this book ?
3. This is the person..........stole my purse.
4. The person ...............we met in the market is a famous author.
5. The person..............deserved was awarded in the competition.
A. Smoke oozed up between the planks.
B.Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
C. The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
D. Every one now knew there was a fire on board.
E. Flames broke out here and there.
F.Most people bore the shock bravely.
Find the error
1. I aver that 2.between you and your brother 3. your brother is the cleverest.
Which one is correct?
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At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
Questions:A
According to the author of 'Mentality' of a nation is mainly product of its ...
B The character of a nation is the result of its...
C. Englishmen like others to react to political situations like..