List of top General Aptitude Questions on English Grammar asked in GATE XH- C5

The appropriate synonym for the word ‘ignite’ in the following passage will be: Spirituality must be integrated with education. Self-realization is the focus. Each one of us must become aware of our higher self. We are links of a great past to a grand future. We should ignite our dormant inner energy and let it guide our lives. The radiance of such minds embarked on constructive endeavor will bring peace, prosperity, and bliss to this nation.

Amma’s tone in the context of the given passage is that of: For Amma, the difference between men and women was a kind of discrimination and inequality; she felt strongly about women’s rights but was not familiar with concepts like gender and patriarchy. She would have dismissed Betty Friedan because she was predominantly dealing with the problems of white middle-class women in the United States. Amma, and women of her generation, could de-link the oppression of women from the wider struggle for the liberation of human beings from class exploitation and imperialism. So Amma continued to play her role as mother and wife, but would often complain: ‘I am a doormat on which everyone wipes their emotional dirt off.’

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage: I am wearing for the first time some (i) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\) that I have never been able to wear for long at a time, as they are horribly tight. I usually put them on just before giving a lecture. The painful pressure they exert on my feet goads my oratorical capacities to their utmost. This sharp and overwhelming pain makes me sing like a nightingale or like one of those Neapolitan singers who also wear (ii) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\) that are too tight. The visceral physical longing, the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\), forces me to extract from words distilled and sublime truths, generalized by the supreme inquisition of the pain my (iv) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\) suffer.}

Fill in the blanks with the correct combination of tenses for the given sentence: Darwin’s work (i) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\) a related effect that (ii) \(\_\_\_\_\_\_\) influenced the development of environmental politics – a ‘decentering’ of the human being.}