33 th BCS Preliminary

31. The only error in the sentence, ‘One of the recommendation made by the committee was accepted by the authorities’ is –

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1. recommendation

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2. was

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3. accepted by

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4. committee

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Pick the correct part to fill in the gap of the following sentence

32. Each of the sons followed --- father’s trade.

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1. their

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2. her

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3. his

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4. whose

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33. If a part of speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called -

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1. pomposity

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2. Digression

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3. exaggeration

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4. anti-climex

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34. The idiom ‘put up with’ means –

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1. stay together

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2. tolerate

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3. keep trust

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4. protect

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35. If a person cannot stop taking drugs, he is –

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1. attached to them

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2. committed to them

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3. addicted to them

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4. devoted to them

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