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Answer : 2. "was always on the bike"

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Doing an internship at the University of Lille in France, I almost always found myself stuck whenever I had to speak to non-Indians about India or on anything 'Indian'. This was more because of the subtle differences in the way the French understood India in comparison to what I thought was 'Indian'. For instance, when I, or any Indian for that matter, say 'Hindi' is an Indian language, what it means is that it is one of the languages widely spoken in India. This need not be similar to the understanding that the French would have when they hear of 'Hindi' as an Indian language. Because for them Hindi then becomes the only language spoken in India. This is a natural inference that the French, Germans, Italians and many other European nationals would tend to make, because that is generally how it is in their own respective countries. The risk of such inappropriate generalisations made about 'Indian' is not restricted to language alone but also for India's landscape, cuisine, movies, music, climate, economic development and even political ideologies. The magnitude of diversity of one European country can be easily compared to that of one of the Indian State, isn't it? Can they imagine that India is one country whose diversity can be equated to that of the entire European continent? The onus is upon us to go ahead and clarify the nuances in 'Indianness' while we converse. But why should one do so? How does it even matter to clarify?

The writer compares diversity of one European country to the diversity of ____________.

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    The whole continent of Asia
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    The whole world
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    One major city in India
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    One Indian State
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Answer : 4. "One Indian State"

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The students / and the teachers / worked hardly / to make the event a success.

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    and their teachers
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    worked hardly
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    The students
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    to make the event a success
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Answer : 2. "worked hardly"

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The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

We don't really / want a large house; / we are looking for some comfort / and some convenience on a moderate price.

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    and some convenience on a moderate price
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    want a large house
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    We don't really
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    we are looking for some comfort
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Answer : 1. "and some convenience on a moderate price"
Explanation :

The correct phrasing should be "and some convenience at a moderate price." The preposition "on" should be replaced with "at."


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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

His friends arranged for the ambulance and took him immediately to the hospital.

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    His friends would have arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.
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    His friends were arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.
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    The ambulance arranged for his friends and took him immediately to the hospital.
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    The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital.
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Answer : 4. "The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital."
Explanation :

The sentence is rewritten in passive voice, putting the emphasis on the object (ambulance) and the person receiving the action (he).

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