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• Question 81:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  We couldn't find the official who was to act as our guide _____ , he has left before we arrived

  Options:
  A) Moreover
  B) Actually
  C) Nevertheless
  D) However
  E) Even
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 82: In this question, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined.
  If experience is anything to go by, the action will prove a political minefield Options:
  A) a source of political benefit
  B) a way out of political trouble
  C) a cause for political joy
  D) an invitation to political problems
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 83:

  For these questions, choose the option that best complete the gap(s):

  The officer________that he was not supposed to talk to the press on the matter.

  Options:
  A) could have known
  B) shall know
  C) should have known
  D) will know
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 84:

  From time to time I hear someone say, ‘But Yoga comes from India, therefore is something “foreign” and I don’t see how we can make use of it’. Of course this is foolishness. It is like saying, ‘I don’t want to listen to the music of Bach because he was a German’, or it is like someone in India declaring, ‘We don’t want to use electricity, because Thomas Edison was an American’ Yoga is universal, it is a priceless gift from the East and its benefits are available to all of us who would accept them.

  It is very tragic that many of us, not knowing the facts, have for many years confused Yogis (a person who practices ‘Yoga’ is a Yogi) with a certain class of people in India who are known a s Fakirs. Fakirs have gain extra ordinary control of their senses, but use this control to subject their bodies to abnormal conditions. For example, they sit on the famous ‘bed of nails’ stick pins and feats. They are generally persons of low mentality, and they perform these supernatural things for money, food, favours and so forth. These Fakirs should never be confused with Yogis nor do snake charmers or Indian rope trick practitioners have anything to do with Yoga. Yoga is a natural development for body and mind and a true Yogi will never permit anything harmful or unnatural to be done to his body or mind.

  Finally, there is the question of ‘religion’. I am often asked, ‘Is Yoga a religion?’ My answer is, ‘Definitely not! For us, Yoga is a dynamic system of physical exercise and a practical and valuable philosophy to apply to everyday life. In short, Yoga is way of life and everyone, regardless of his religion, can benefit greatly from any6 one or all aspect of Yoga.

  Which one of the following in the authors opinion best complete this statement. The Indians would Options:
  A) not use electricity because Thomas Edison was an American
  B) not use electricity because American electricity is inferior to some other kind of electricity
  C) not use electricity since they can substitute their own Yoga for it
  D) not use because Indians and Americans are friendly people
  E) use electricity irrespective of who discovered it
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 85:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  Many a ____________ to understand me

  Options:
  A) man fail
  B) man fails
  C) men fail
  D) men fails
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 86:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  The poor man is compelled to languish in his poverty-stricken situation?

  Options:
  A) luxuriate in
  B) deteriorate in
  C) suffer in
  D) laugh at
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 87:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  Aisha impelled to the party.

  Options:
  A) compelled
  B) accompained
  C) authority
  D) finance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 88:

  Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

  chateau?

  Options:
  A) chart
  B) church
  C) champagne
  D) chemical
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 89:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  To be extravagant is to be _____ ?

  Options:
  A) rich
  B) luxurious
  C) careless
  D) wasteful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 90:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word below.
  Pitch

  Options:
  A) Witch
  B) Lease
  C) Bleach
  D) Bite
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  The correct answer is A .