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Complete the sentence, detailing the 'extremely pleasant surprise' for the hutment-dweller: 'It was an extremely pleasant surprise for the hutment-dweller when the Government officials told him that ......'.
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Solution: Step 1: Identify the key phrase: 'extremely pleasant surprise for the hutment-dweller'. Step 2: Consider the typical living conditions of a 'hutment-dweller' (someone living in a slum or very basic shelter) and what would constitute an 'extremely pleasant surprise' for them. Step 3: A significant improvement in living conditions would be the most pleasant surprise. Step 4: Evaluate the options. 'he had been gifted with a furnished apartment in a multi-storeyed building' represents a substantial and positive change in living situation. Step 5: Other options describe negative or undesirable outcomes (vacating, arrest, confiscation of belongings), which are clearly not pleasant surprises.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'people' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'people' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'people' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Complete the sentence with the most logical reason: 'She never visits any zoo because she is a strong opponent of the idea of ______.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the first part: 'She never visits any zoo because she is a strong opponent of the idea of...'. The second part must explain *why* someone would be a strong opponent of zoos. Step 2: Zoos are places where animals are kept in enclosures, meaning they are held in captivity. Step 3: A 'strong opponent' of zoos would naturally object to the core practice of keeping animals captive, especially if it's perceived as being for human entertainment. Step 4: Evaluate the options: * 'setting the animals free into forest': This is what an animal advocate might support, not oppose in the context of zoos. * 'feeding the animals while others are watching': A minor aspect, not the fundamental reason for strong opposition. * 'watching the animals in their natural abode': Zoos are not natural abodes. * 'going out of the house on a holiday': Irrelevant to the topic of zoos. * 'holding the animals in captivity for our joy': This directly addresses the main ethical concern associated with zoos and provides a logical reason for strong opposition. Step 5: 'holding the animals in captivity for our joy' is the most logical and consistent completion for the sentence.
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Complete the sentence with a logical decision based on the stated problem: 'Owing to the acute power shortage, the people of our locality have decided to ______.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the first part: 'Owing to the acute power shortage'. This establishes a significant problem – a severe lack of electricity supply. Step 2: The phrase 'decided to' indicates a course of action taken in response to this problem. The action should logically aim to mitigate or manage the shortage, likely through conservation. Step 3: Evaluate the options: * 'dispense with other non-conventional energy sources': This implies getting rid of alternatives, which is counterproductive during a shortage. * 'resort to abundant use of electricity for illumination': This means using *more* electricity, which is illogical during a shortage. * 'off-switch the electrical appliance while not in use': While a conservation measure, the correct answer option provides a more comprehensive statement of conservation. * 'explore other avenues for utilising the excess power': This implies *excess* power, which contradicts a 'shortage'. * 'resort to use of electricity only when it is inevitable': This means using electricity only when absolutely necessary, which is the most logical and effective response to an acute power shortage, encompassing all conservation efforts. Step 4: 'resort to use of electricity only when it is inevitable' is the most logical and comprehensive completion.
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Complete the sentence with the appropriate word: 'So, my gratitude to her is the sort of ______.''
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Solution: Step 1: Understand the context of the sentence, which describes a unique feeling of gratitude. Step 2: Analyze the given options: Gratitude, Excellence, Battle, Tippy. Step 3: Identify the correct usage of the term 'tippy' as a playful or informal term. Step 4: Match 'tippy' with 'hat tip', which is an idiomatic expression. Step 5: Conclude that the correct completion is 'Tippy'.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'discovery' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'discovery' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'discovery' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Complete the sentence with the appropriate pronoun: 'My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.'
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Solution: Step 1: Identify the grammatical role of the blank. The verb is 'take', and the blank, along with 'my sister', forms a compound object of the verb. Step 2: Recall the rules for pronoun cases: subject pronouns (e.g., 'I', 'he', 'she') perform actions, while object pronouns (e.g., 'me', 'him', 'her') receive actions. Step 3: If you remove 'and my sister' for simplification, the sentence would be 'My uncle decided to take me to the market.' Step 4: Examine the options: - 'I' is a subject pronoun. - 'mine' is a possessive pronoun. - 'me' is an object pronoun. - 'myself' is a reflexive or intensive pronoun, not used as a direct object here. Step 5: Since the blank requires an object pronoun, 'me' is the correct choice. Step 6: Therefore, the correct answer is 'me'.
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Complete the sentence with a contrasting outcome: 'Although initial investigations pointed towards him ______.'
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Solution: Step 1: Identify the conjunction 'Although'. This indicates that the second part of the sentence will present information that contrasts with or seems contradictory to the first part. Step 2: The first part 'initial investigations pointed towards him' suggests that he was initially suspected of guilt. Step 3: Therefore, the contrasting outcome should be that he was ultimately found *not guilty* or innocent. Step 4: Evaluate the options: * 'the preceding events corroborated his involvement in the crime': 'Preceding events' would normally lead to initial investigations; 'corroborated his involvement' contradicts the 'although' clause. * 'the additional information confirmed his guilt': Contradicts the 'although' clause. * 'the subsequent events established that he was guilt': Grammatically incorrect ('was guilt' instead of 'was guilty'). Also, 'established his guilt' contradicts 'although'. * 'the subsequent events proved that he was innocent': This provides a direct and logical contrast to the initial suspicion, showing that later evidence cleared him. * 'he gave an open confession of his crime': This would confirm guilt, not contrast it. Step 5: 'the subsequent events proved that he was innocent' is the most logical and contrasting completion.
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Complete the sentence with the grammatically correct phrase: "Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree."
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the sentence context. The speaker is asking 'Where are you?' and the blank requires a response indicating location and existence. Step 2: When an adverb of place like 'Here' or 'There' introduces a sentence, and the subject is a pronoun, the standard (non-inverted) subject-verb order is used for natural English. For example, 'Here I am'. Step 3: Inversion ('Here am I') is grammatically possible but often considered archaic, formal, or poetic, and less common in everyday speech. Step 4: Therefore, 'Here I am' is the most natural and grammatically appropriate phrase to complete the sentence.
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Complete the sentence with a contrasting statement: 'Even though it is very large house, ......'.
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Solution: Step 1: Recognize the concessive phrase 'Even though'. This phrase signals that the following clause will present a surprising or contrary fact despite the information in the first clause. Step 2: The first clause states: 'it is very large house'. The expectation for a large house is ample space. Step 3: Therefore, the contrasting idea for the second clause would be a lack of space, particularly for a specific purpose. Step 4: Evaluate the options. 'there is hardly any space available for children' directly contradicts the expectation of a large house having plenty of space, especially for children. Step 5: Options suggesting a lot of space or no dearth of space would be consistent, not contrasting, with a large house.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'saving' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'saving' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'saving' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'educate' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'educate' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'educate' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'apprehended' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'apprehended' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'apprehended' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Complete the sentence, stating the consequence for neglecting to file income tax returns: 'The officer who had neglected to file his income tax returns had to ......'.
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Solution: Step 1: Identify the action: 'neglected to file his income tax returns'. Step 2: Recall the typical legal or financial consequence for failing to meet tax obligations. Step 3: The most common consequence for neglecting tax returns is a monetary penalty. Step 4: Evaluate the options. 'pay a fine' directly corresponds to this expected penalty. Step 5: Other options like 'return the files', 'be rewarded', or 'give warning' are not the standard or primary consequences for neglecting to file taxes.
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Complete the sentence with the most suitable option: As night _________in the heights of the mountains, a person could not ________ anything.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand the context of the sentence. The sentence describes a situation where it becomes difficult to see as night falls. Step 2: Identify the correct idiomatic usage for 'night' and its impact on visibility. Step 3: Analyze the options given to find the best fit. Step 4: Option 1 'fell, see' is the correct choice because 'night fell' is an idiomatic expression meaning night arrived, and when night falls, it becomes difficult to see. Step 5: Hence, the correct completion is 'As night fell in the heights of the mountains, a person could not see anything.'
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'approachable' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'approachable' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'approachable' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'notorious' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'notorious' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'notorious' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Complete the sentence with a logical consequence of the stated trait: 'He is so lazy that he ______.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the structure 'He is so lazy that he...'. This indicates a cause-and-effect relationship: his extreme laziness leads to a specific, logical outcome. Step 2: The consequence must logically follow from being 'lazy', implying a lack of effort, procrastination, or inefficiency, especially concerning tasks or work. Step 3: Evaluate the options: * 'cannot depend on others for getting his work done': Laziness often leads to *depending* on others, not being unable to. * 'cannot delay the schedule of completing the work': Laziness would typically lead to *delaying* work. * 'can seldom complete his work on time': 'Seldom' means rarely. This is a direct and logical consequence of laziness – a lazy person rarely finishes work punctually. * 'dislike to postpone the work that he undertakes to do': This contradicts being lazy; a lazy person would likely *prefer* to postpone work. * 'always help others to complete their work': This is the opposite of a lazy person's typical behavior regarding work. Step 4: 'can seldom complete his work on time' is the most logical and direct consequence of being very lazy.
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Select the word from the given options that best completes a hypothetical sentence or context, where the word 'necessary' is the most appropriate choice.
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Solution: Step 1: Understand that the task is to select the most appropriate word from the given options to fit a specific context (which is not provided in the problem statement). Step 2: Evaluate the meaning and common usage of each word in the options. Step 3: Based on general knowledge of vocabulary and sentence completion patterns, the word 'necessary' is identified as the correct choice for a suitable context. Step 4: Confirm that 'necessary' is the most fitting word among the choices for a plausible scenario.
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Complete the sentence with the most logical outcome: 'Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger ______.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the first part of the sentence: 'Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger'. The word 'despite' indicates that the outcome will be contrary to the efforts made. Step 2: The implied meaning is that his attempts to hide his anger failed. Step 3: Evaluate the options to find the one that shows this failure: * 'we could detect that he was very happy': Contradicts the idea of anger. * 'he failed to give us an impression of his agony': This implies he *succeeded* in concealing his agony, which contradicts the 'despite' clause. * 'he succeeded in camouflaging his emotions': Directly contradicts the 'despite' clause. * 'he could succeed in doing it easily': Also contradicts the 'despite' clause. * 'people came to know that he was annoyed': This accurately indicates that his anger became evident or known to others, despite his efforts to hide it. Step 4: 'people came to know that he was annoyed' provides the most logical and contextually appropriate completion.
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