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RRB Clerk Mains Memory Based Paper (Held on:07 October 2018) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 761

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) 2018• English Language• English Language

In the following question, five sentences are given. In each sentence, a word is highlighted. Identify the sentence which uses the highlighted word correctly. If all them are incorrect, choose 'All are incorrect' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    Designer and illustrator, Jez Burrows saw substantially in those single sentences, and decided to weave them together to create short stories.

  2. BOption (b)

    India substantially appears as a million bodies walking in the muteness of silence.

  3. COption (c)

    She was not feeling well, substantially she did not go to work today.

  4. DOption (d)

    In the cold weather, the temperature in Nagpur and the other hot districts is about the same as in Calcutta and substantially higher than that in northern India.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are incorrect

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Answer: (d)D.

In the cold weather, the temperature in Nagpur and the other hot districts is about the same as in Calcutta and substantially higher than that in northern India.

Why this answer is correct

The correct option is option 4.

'Substantially' is the adverb form of the word 'substantial'. It means 'to a great or significant extent'.

The only sentence that correctly uses this word is:

In the cold weather, the temperature in Nagpur and the other hot districts is about the same as in Calcutta and substantially higher than that in northern India.

Hence, option 4 is correct.

RRB Clerk Mains Memory Based Paper (Held on:07 October 2018) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 762

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) 2018• English Language• English Language

In the following question, five sentences are given. In each sentence, a word is highlighted. Identify the sentence which uses the highlighted word correctly. If all them are incorrect, choose 'All are incorrect' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    Hitherto she was exhausted, she couldn't fall asleep.

  2. BOption (b)

    All attempts to make helium enter into stable chemical union have hitherto proved unsuccessful.

  3. COption (c)

    He couldn't hitherto take a walk in peace.

  4. DOption (d)

    Hitherto, I don't think finding these solutions means an end to all our troubles.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are incorrect

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Answer: (b)B.

All attempts to make helium enter into stable chemical union have hitherto proved unsuccessful.

Why this answer is correct

The correct option is option 2.

  • 'Hitherto' is an adverb which means 'until now or until the point in time under discussion'.
  • The only sentence that correctly uses this word is:
  • All attempts to make helium enter into stable chemical union have hitherto proved unsuccessful.​
RRB Clerk Mains Memory Based Paper (Held on:07 October 2018) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 763

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) 2018• English Language• English Language

In the following question, five sentences are given. In each sentence, a word is highlighted. Identify the sentence which uses the highlighted word correctly. If all them are incorrect, choose 'All are incorrect' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    Because he organised his sources by theme, it was easier for his readers to follow.

  2. BOption (b)

    Whether that desire was conveyed by him or organised in her head was a mystery.

  3. COption (c)

    It is generally believed that life organised in water, and that the earliest plants were Algae.

  4. DOption (d)

    He organised his degree earlier this year.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are incorrect

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Answer: (a)A.

Because he organised his sources by theme, it was easier for his readers to follow.

Why this answer is correct

The correct option is option 1, as that is the only sentence which uses the word 'organised' correctly.

'To organise' means 'to arrange systematically'.

The only sentence which makes grammatical and contextual sense is:

Because he organised his sources by theme, it was easier for his readers to follow.​

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Question 764

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) 2018• English Language• English Language

In the following question, five sentences are given. In each sentence, a word is highlighted. Identify the sentence which uses the highlighted word correctly. If all them are incorrect, choose 'All are incorrect' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    When the teacher was collating the answer sheets, she found a lot of errors.

  2. BOption (b)

    My teammate asked me to collate that information from the manager.

  3. COption (c)

    'Collate!', the protesters shouted.

  4. DOption (d)

    When all of the surveys have been collected, we’ll collate them according to gender so we can easily compare male and female opinions

  5. EOption (e)

    All are incorrect

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Answer: (d)D.

When all of the surveys have been collected, we’ll collate them according to gender so we can easily compare male and female opinions

Why this answer is correct

The correct option is option 4.

'To collate' means 'to collect and combine (texts, information, or data)'.

The sentence that conveys this meaning appropriately is:

When all of the surveys have been collected, we’ll collate them according to gender so we can easily compare male and female opinions​

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Question 765

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) 2018• English Language• English Language

In the following question, five sentences are given. In each sentence, a word is highlighted. Identify the sentence which uses the highlighted word correctly. If all them are incorrect, choose 'All are incorrect' as your answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    The vascular tissue is typically separable into distinct collateral bundles.

  2. BOption (b)

    They would go everywhere together; they were separable.

  3. COption (c)

    This material is available in a separable range of colours.

  4. DOption (d)

    Nikita and Mahima drove separable cars to Agra.

  5. EOption (e)

    All are incorrect

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Answer: (a)A.

The vascular tissue is typically separable into distinct collateral bundles.

Why this answer is correct

The correct option is option 1.

'Separable' is the adjective form of the word 'separate'. It means something that can be separated or treated separately.

The only sentence that makes grammatical and logical sense with respect to the meaning of 'separable' is:

The vascular tissue is typically separable into distinct collateral bundles.​

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