Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.
Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augusts became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-fluting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the association cautioned that "high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume". We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
Q. On the basis of the passage, it can be inferred that the author would agree with which of the following statements?
Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.
Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augusts became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-fluting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the association cautioned that "high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume". We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
Q. The author refers to the Mets primarily in order to
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Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.
Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augusts became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-fluting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the association cautioned that "high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume". We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
Q. The passage would be most likely appear in
Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.
Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augusts became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-fluting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the association cautioned that "high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume". We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
Q. The author's tone can best be described as
Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.
Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augusts became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-fluting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the association cautioned that "high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume". We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
Q. The author refers to the Romans primarily in order to
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Directions: The following question contains four words. One of the four words is correctly spelled. Pick the correctly spelled word:
Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.
Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.
Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.
Directions: Select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.
Directions: Select the option that expresses the idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.
Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.
The duties of a policeman are regulating the traffic, (a)/ investigating crime (b)/ and to contain anti-social elements. (c)/ No error (d)
Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error.
It is not surprising (a) / that her death cast (b) / a pall of gloom over all those (c) / who came in contact with her. (d)
Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error.
The driver tried his best (a) / to avert the accident by (b) / bringing the car (c) / to suddenly stop. (d)
Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.
The signpost at the gate (a)/ of the garden reads, (b)/ 'Trespassers will be persecuted'. (c)/ No error (d)
Directions: Find the part of the sentence which has an error. If there is no error select (d) as your answer.
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Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as 'A' and 'B' that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) Children of the people living in slum areas (A) wonder / (B) wander here and there and they neither study nor do any productive work.
(ii) Do not (A) put off / (B) put on what you can do today.
(iii) The father fell (A) of / (B) off the horse and hurt his right toe.
(iv) The patient has been given medicine and his fever will (A) abate / (B) abet soon.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as 'A' and 'B' that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The mother said, "Child, what is it that (A) ails (B) ales you?"
(ii) The once clear waters of this lake have become (A) turgid (B) turbid.
(iii) The (A) alternative (B) alternate days of a week can be either Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
(iv) When the college closes for the winter vacation, I lock my (A) house (B) home at Dalhousie and go home.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as 'A' and 'B' that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) India and Pakistan should come to an (A) amiable (B) amicable settlement with a view to boost their relationship.
(ii) My friend has a marked (A) antipathy (B) apathy for foreign goods.
(iii) The remarks of the principal about increasing the standard of education were quite (A) opposite (B) apposite to the occasion.
(iv) During festival days, many (A) temporary (B) temporal pandals are raised for retailers and wholesalers.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The president of the meeting said that they should raise the (A) tenor (B) tenom of the proceedings which had acquired an all time low.
(ii) When the train crashed, several coaches (A) telescoped (B) telepathy into the back of the engine.
(iii) The father is going up the (A) stares (B) stairs to see as to what the children are doing on the roof.
(iv) In the modern era, the ability to (A) reed (B) read and write is a must to converse with the people.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The culprits have been sentenced to three year imprisonment because they were accused of being involved in (A) venal (B) venial practices.
(ii) In the case of emergency my friend helped me with money (A) willingly (B) willfully.
(iii) My father takes lots of pains in doing (A) sociable (B) social work.
(iv) The notice-board read “Please obtain a (A) receipt (B) reception for the money paid at the country.”
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The diver (A) put off (B) put on his clothes and jumped into the canal to save the drowning child.
(ii) The old beggar was (A) run out (B) run over by a motor-car while he was crossing the zebra crossing because the motor-car driver had jumped the red light.
(iii) His uncle has (A) set up (B) set upon a new shop in hardware because his old shop was gutted in fire.
(iv) At the Sangat Darshan, the minister asked his secretary to (A) take down (B) take for the names and addresses of the complainants along with their complaint applications.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as 'A' and 'B' that are highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) When the old man coughed, the servant (A) fetched (B) brought cough syrup to give it to him to ease his coughing.
(ii) The Gram Panchayat donated (A) ceiling (B) sealing fans to the Govt. Primary School so the students could avoid the heat of summer.
(iii) The capseller rested under a tree and the (A) cool (B) cold breeze lulled him to sleep.
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Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The announcement at the railway station that the train would be coming on platform no. 2 instead of platform no. 1 invited the (A) intention (B) attention of the passengers.
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(iii) In the morning the (A) dew (B) due drops on the plants and flowers present a pleasant sight.
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