In the sentence provided a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath the sentence, four/five different ways of paraphrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative amongst the four/five.
Q. Living with compassion and contributing to others lives would helping us add happiness to our lives as
The easiest way for prevent stress caused by work or home pressures is to indulge in high levels of physical activity
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DIRECTIONS for the question 3-5:
Read the 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 (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)
Q. For all of sadness, poverty and diseases (1)/ in this world(2) / every one of us(3) / possesses unlimited ways of making a positive difference(4) / No Error(5)
Excess weight is the result of (1)/ unhealthy eating habits (2)/ which are inherent risk factors (3)/ responsible for many diseases.(4) / No Error(5)
The therapeutic benefits (1)/ at helping others(2) / have long been(3) / recognised by people.(4) / No Error(5)
DIRECTION for question 6-10:
Read the given passage and answer the questions.
A new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard-wired into our brain and they say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages do affect the way speakers perceive the world. The brain is shaped by experience, says Dan Slobin of the University of California at Berkeley. Some people argue that language just changes what you attend to , says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But what you attend to changes what you encode and remember. In short, it changes how you think. (BEC Higher Cambridge University Press 2008)
Q. Choose the word which means Innate
A new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard-wired into our brain and they say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages do affect the way speakers perceive the world. The brain is shaped by experience, says Dan Slobin of the University of California at Berkeley. Some people argue that language just changes what you attend to , says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But what you attend to changes what you encode and remember. In short, it changes how you think. (BEC Higher Cambridge University Press 2008)
Q. Choose the word which means hard -wired
A new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard-wired into our brain and they say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages do affect the way speakers perceive the world. The brain is shaped by experience, says Dan Slobin of the University of California at Berkeley. Some people argue that language just changes what you attend to , says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But what you attend to changes what you encode and remember. In short, it changes how you think. (BEC Higher Cambridge University Press 2008)
Q. The word Perceive means
I. To regard as being such
II. To become aware through the senses
Choose the correct option:
A new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard-wired into our brain and they say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages do affect the way speakers perceive the world. The brain is shaped by experience, says Dan Slobin of the University of California at Berkeley. Some people argue that language just changes what you attend to , says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But what you attend to changes what you encode and remember. In short, it changes how you think. (BEC Higher Cambridge University Press 2008)
Q. What is the synonym for Encode
A new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard-wired into our brain and they say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages do affect the way speakers perceive the world. The brain is shaped by experience, says Dan Slobin of the University of California at Berkeley. Some people argue that language just changes what you attend to , says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But what you attend to changes what you encode and remember. In short, it changes how you think. (BEC Higher Cambridge University Press 2008)
Q. What does language change?
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