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The states should take steps to ______________ the process of teachers' appointments as the center has already sanctioned six lakh posts
(A) fasten
(C) hasten
(E) early
(B) move
(D) speed
(F) quicken
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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A senior citizen's son ______________ threatened her every day and physically harmed her, forcing her to transfer her property to him.
(A) superficially
(C) allegedly
(E) doubtfully
(B) mistakenly
(D) miserably
(F) purportedly
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Medical teachers said that the management had continued to remain _________________ to their cause leading to the stretching of their strike.
(A) unmoved
(B) lethargic
(C) unconcerned
(D) apathetic
(E) indifferent
(F) bored
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
5
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The Government has asked individuals / with income of over Rs. 10 lakh to / electronic file tax returns for the year 2011-12, / something which was optional till last year.
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The power tariff had already / been increased twice in / the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also / levied additional monthly charges to consumers.
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Despite of curfew / in some areas, minor / communal incidents were reported / from different areas of the walled city.
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This comes / at a time / when fund allocation / is been doubled.
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As the prison will get / an official telephone facility soon, the prisoners / won't have to make calls in discreet manner / through smuggled mobile phones.
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The area was plunged into / darkness mid a wave of / cheering and shouting / slogans like Save The Earth.
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The poll contestants approached / the commission complicating that the hoardings / violated the code of conduct / and influenced public perception.
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The management feels that / the employees of the organisation are / non-productive, and do not want / to work hard.
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As far the issue of land encroachment / in villages is concerned, people will / have to make a start from their villages by / sensitising and educating the villagers this issue.
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Which of the phrases (1),(2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the word / phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as answer.
US secretary of state made it clear that time running out for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear Programmer and said that talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in April.
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According to WWF, the small Island nation of Samoa was the first in switch off its lights for Earth Hour.