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Ironically,the normally ....... speaker became shy and ..... when confronted with the approbatory stares of her eager audience.
Although the whole team acted in unison, each member was ......... for a/an ........ of the production process.
Confused and ......... Gaurav fumbled to make sense of seemingly inconsistent statements, ...... the impatience of his listeners.
Just as a highway automobile accidentleaves lasting marksof spilled coolant, ........ and oil, the smashing together of gigantic land masses releases and redirects fluids that flow, heat, ......... and deposit, leaving an enduring record of their presence.
Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
They shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an opportunity to cheat others.
Each of these questions has a text portion followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
This decade has heralded the arrival of China and the rise of India on the world stage. Due to global recession, the balance of power is shifting from the West to East. China has already occupied second place in the world’s biggest economies. But India is still struggling with - formidable challenges like crushing poverty of millions, uneven growth, pervasive corruption and crumbling governance. Can we, in all honesty aspire to be a genuine super power?
Get your grammar right! Live in the active voice rather in the passive, thinking more about what you do than about what happens to you. Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worrying about the future. Live in the first person, criticizing yourself rather than finding faults with others.