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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 121-125) : In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. (_________________).
And slowly and steadily, the atmosphere grew stale and lost all the vibrancy it had
And he put it to us in this waymarking the points with a lean forefingeras we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity
We sat like toddlers do in a nursery, eagerly anticipating the show the Time Traveler would put on for us
We sat benumbed by the proceedings, for the radiance of the Time Traveler was unimaginable and unbearable
Correct Answer :
D. We sat benumbed by the proceedings, for the radiance of the Time Traveler was unimaginable and unbearable
The description of the radiant lights and the last line logically invites option (d) we sat benumbed by the proceedings, for the radiance of the Time Traveler was unimaginable and unbearable.
Related Questions
Which of the following is/are the reasons of a drag on household savings in India over the last few years?
Increasing consumerism
Entrenchment of urban lifestyle
Easier availability of credit
All the above
Which of the following is correctly matched?
D - Monday
C - Tuesday
A - Friday
E - Wednesday
What does the term 'Call Money' refer to?
A loan made for a very short period of a few days or a week
Student loans to help cover the cost of higher education
Loans to allow consumers to buy homes they can't pay for upfront
Personal loans for any personal expenses which don't have a designated purpose
We have in America a collection speech that is neither American, Oxford English, nor colloquial English, but a mixture of all three.
motley, an enhancement
hybrid, a combination
nasal, a blend
mangled, a medley.
What is the ratio of total number of staff in ECE,EEE to the total no of students in CSE and IT ?
14:1
1:14
1:12
1:17
Which of the following does not fall into the functions of Payments Banks?
acceptance of demand deposits
Internet banking
remittance services
lending services
Statements : No photo is frame. All frames are sites. Some buckets are photos. Some sites are buckets.
Conclusions:
I. No photo is site.
II. All buckets being frames is a possibility
III. Some sites are photos
IV. Some buckets are frames.
All follows
Only II and III follow
Only II, III and IV follow.
Only either I or III follows
5
11
6
9
14 6 4 4 8 ?
26
32
46
27
The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. (_________________).
And slowly and steadily, the atmosphere grew stale and lost all the vibrancy it had
And he put it to us in this waymarking the points with a lean forefingeras we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity
We sat like toddlers do in a nursery, eagerly anticipating the show the Time Traveler would put on for us
We sat benumbed by the proceedings, for the radiance of the Time Traveler was unimaginable and unbearable
Loan and Advances of a bank come under the category of ______________.
Deposits
Expenditure
Liabilities
Assets
In the '10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards' who won the Best Actor Award?
Rajni Kant
Aamir Khan
Manoj Bajpayee
Anupam Kher
To curb black money in the economy, which of the following committees has been formed in 2016?
Deepak Mohanty Committee
Suresh Prabhu Committee
Justice BM Shah committee
Nachiket Mor Committee
A company reduces his employee in the ratio 14 : 12 and increases their wages in the ratio 16:18. Determine whether the bill of wages increases or not and in what ratio.
Decreases, 28: 27
Increases, 27:28
Decreases, 29:28
Increases, 28:29
From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
Corporate Social Responsibility has entered Indias legal corridors.
Given the need for proper legal help for a diverse section of society even the PM, in his address at the Bar Councils centenary celebrations earlier this year, urged lawyers to take on more pro bono cases.
Top law firms and lawyers are doing pro bono so that they can give back to society.
In India, traditionally, pro bono legal work was carried out by lawyers who had dedicated themselves to helping society.
From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
The reference was to China, a country that has been courting Pakistan for several years through a number of means including assistance in its nuclear programme.
After the Uri attacks, Pakistans special Kashmir envoy MushahidHussain Syed declared that the US was a waning power, suggesting that Pakistan was seeking out other allies.
The most important concern relates to the possible conflict in Pakistan between votaries of economic development and supporters of militancy.
This corridorwhich includes road, rail and port infrastructureis expected to allow China to avoid the vulnerable Indian Ocean route currently used to transport oil from the Gulf.
What does this mean that India will continue to be a haven of stability?
That new budget will make India stable forever.
The four pillars of budget will lead to make stability.
India will continue towards stability even in disturbed economic environment.
The budget will remain unchanged even in turbulent and choppy economic environment.
Alice Walkers The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, focused Narrative, is instead a cheaper novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a halfmillion
traditional , a chronological
provocative , an insensitive
forceful , a concise
focused , an expansive
India has signed a Grant Agreement for Additional Financing in Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project- Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency with ___________.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
The average value of property of Agil, Mugilan and Anitha is 130cr. The Property of Agil is 20cr greater than the property value of Mugilan and Anitha property value is 50cr greater than the Agil property value. The value of property of Anitha is
120 cr
170 cr
100 cr
150 cr
304
124
122
228
What is the ratio between the Female population of state UP and the male population of M?
60 : 95
80 : 117
85 : 112
45 : 77
The term 'Zero Based Budgeting' refers to __________.
A specified sum of money authorized by the Legislature for a specific period of time
To ensure that every rupee spent is result oriented
A statutorily mandated form of reimbursement or upfront payment for state expenditures
A cost item for which payment is made by one state agency to another
Which of the following is true regarding Sardana Singh ?
MSD and P.V. Sindhu are immediate neighbours of Sardana Singh
Only two people sit between Sardana Singh and P.V. Sindhu
Sardana Singh is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces Dipa Karmakar
Sardana Singh sits second to left of MSD
Two persons A and B invested in a business with 115000 and 75000 rupees respectively. They agree that 40% of the profit should be divided equally among them and rest is divided between them according to their investment. If A got 500 rupee more than B, then the total profit is.
3599.34
699.34
3958.34
999.34
Please select the most appropriate option
The judges finally distributed the awards among the most active children talking at length among themselves.
The judges finally distributed the awards talking at length among themselves.
The judges, talking at length among themselves finally distributed the awards among the most active children.
The judges distributed finally talking at length among themselves the awards among the most active children.
The total no of male staff in IT and EIE is what % of the total number of staff in these 2 dept ?
44.5%
45.7%
47.5%
45.00%
An inspector is 228 meter behind the thief. The inspector runs 42 meters and the thief runs 30 meters in a minute. In what time will the inspector catch the thief?
19 minutes
20 minutes
18 minutes
21 minutes
If the rupee depreciates, how the exporters are affected?
They are unaffected
They are in loss
They are in profit
They get credit crunch
Statement: If you trouble me, I will slap you. - A mother warns her child.
Assumptions:
I. With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
II. All children are basically naughty.
If only assumption I is implicit
If only assumption II is implicit
If either I or II is implicit
If neither I nor II is implicit