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HCS (Ex. Br.) Preliminary Examination - 2021 - Answer Key Released

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Choose the best option that is closest in meaning to the opposite (antonym) of the following word. DESECRATION
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Choose the option having the word which is synonym of the following word. FABRICATE
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Directions : Read the following passages and answer the questions based on them. 
At low tide he walked over the sands to the headland and round the corner to the little bay facing the open sea. It was inaccessible by boat, because seams of rock jutted out and currents swirled round them treacherously. But you could walk there if you chose one of the lowest ebb tides that receded a very long way. You could not linger on the expedition, for once the tide was on the turn. It came in rapidly. For this reason very few people cared to explore the little bay and the cave at the back of it. But the unknown always drew this man like a magnet. He found the bay fresh and unlittered, as it was completely covered by the sea at high tide. The cave looked mysteriously dark, cool and inviting, and he penetrated to the farthest corner where he discovered a wide crack, rather like a chimney. He peered up and thought he could see a patch of day light. 
 
 
According to the writer, the bay could not be reached by boat, because    
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Choose the best option that has the word opposite in meaning to the following word. 
RELUCTANTLY
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Choose the option that can be substituted for the following.
 A mixutre (blend) of diverse elements
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Choose the best option that is closest in meaning to the opposite (antonym) of the following word. LACKADAISICAL
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Some parts of the question have marked (P), (Q), (R) & (S) and have been put in jumbled order. Select the appropriate option from the given choices to rearrange the parts and make meaningful sentence. In the middle ages, there was little progress (P)/ either intellectual or social (Q)/ with the result that (R)/ teaching became the exclusive prerogative of the church (S)
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Different parts of the given sentence are marked (A), (B) & (C) and are separated by a forward stroke (/). Find out the part of the sentence that contains the error and select the appropriate choice. If there is no error in the sentence, then mark "No Error (D)" as your answer. Last week, my brother told me (A)/ that he will be moving (B)/ to his new office very soon.(C)/ No Error (D)
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In the following sentence, out of the given parts marked (A), (B) & (C), choose the one that contains an error. If there is no error, then mark "No Error (D)" as your answer.
 The operation of this machine (A) / is different (B) / to that of the other. (C) / NO ERROR (D)
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Choose the best option that is closest in meaning to the opposite (antonym) of the following word. DESULTRY
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