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May I request _______ you again to consider my case favourably.

• To

• Onto

• Of

• Of

Known as devout and serious person, she also has ______ sense of humour.

• Better

• Quick

• Good

• Good

Galileo said, “The Earth ______ around the sun”.

• Revolved

• Is revolving

• Is revolving

• Is revolving

We ____________ our work before the guests arrived at our house.

• Shall finish

• Have finished

• Had finished

• Had finished

a: People who start up their own business typically come from two extreme backgrounds: One is the business family background and the other is a steady professional family background.
b: Typically, people from different backgrounds face different kinds of basic problems.
c: The people from both the backgrounds find it very difficult to establish and manage an enterprise.
d: Starting up and managing a small business is no joke.

• d b c a

• b a c d

• d a c b

• d a c b

 a: Venture capital is recommended as the ideal source of financing for a successfully small business.
b: Several companies including start ups have been funded by dedicated venture funds during this decade.
c: Despite this, an average Indian entrepreneur understands and appreciation of venture capital concept has been woefully inadequate.
d: In the Indian context, though venture capital has been a relatively late entrant, it has already made a reasonable impact.

• a b c d

• a d b c

• a c b d

• a c b d

 a: Progress in diagnosis, in preventive medicine and in treatment, both medicinal and surgical, has been rapid and breathe taking.
b: Much in medicine which is not taken for granted was undreamt of even as recently as 20 years ago.
c: Presently small pox has been eradicated, poliomyelitis practically banished, tuberculosis has become curable and coronary artery disease surgically relievable.
d: The dramatic surge in the field of molecular biology and research by immunologists and geneticists has succeeded in controlling parasitic diseases like malaria and river blindness that affect millions of people round the world.

• b d c a

• b a c d

• b c a d

• b c a d

a: Instead, many deaths and injuries result from falling objects and the collapse of buildings, bridges and other structures.
b: Earthquakes almost never kill people directly.
c: Fire resulting from broken gas or power lines is another major danger during a quake.
d: Spills of hazardous chemicals are also a concern during an earthquake.

• c a b d

• d a c b

• d c a b

• d c a b

a: The Winchester or hard disk drives can store much more data than what can be stored on a floppy diskette.
b: Hard disks come sealed and they cannot be removed or changed like floppy diskettes.
c: Often floppy disk system is used in conjunction with the Winchester disk system.
d: This makes for an ideal system for secondary storage.

• c a b d

• c b d a

• b a c d

• b a c d

El Dorado

• An imaginary place

• High altitude

• A literary man

• A literary man