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Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word.
The new theory was dismissed as ________ by the mainstream scientific community.
Explanation: The correct spelling is "preposterous," meaning absurd or contrary to reason. The other options are common misspellings.
Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word.
The new theory was dismissed as ________ by the mainstream scientific community.
Explanation: The correct spelling is "preposterous," meaning absurd or contrary to reason. The other options are common misspellings.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word:
ASPERITY
Explanation: Asperity means roughness or harshness of manner or tone. Therefore, Harshness is the closest synonym.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word:
Pernicious
Explanation: Pernicious means harmful; innocuous means harmless.
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom:
Know which way the wind blows
Explanation: The idiom means understanding how a situation is developing before taking action.
Choose the correct spelling for a word meaning
"someone who doubts everything."
Explanation: Skeptic is the standard American English spelling. Sceptic is the British English variant.
Choose the correct one-word substitute for:
"A mild expression used to replace a harsh or blunt one."
Explanation: A euphemism is a polite or mild expression used instead of one that may be considered harsh.
Choose the correct one-word substitute for:
"A person who always looks at the negative side of things."
Explanation: A pessimist habitually expects the worst outcome.
To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] ______ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] ______—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] ______—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] ______, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] ______—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
What should come in the place of blank number [1]?
Explanation: Reifies means making something abstract more concrete or real, which aligns with the archive's act of naming.
To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] ______ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] ______—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] ______—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] ______, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] ______—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
What should come in the place of blank number [2]?
Explanation: Resistance is described as a refusal of coherence and conventional expression, matching aesthetic refusal.
To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] ______ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] ______—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] ______—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] ______, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] ______—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
What should come in the place of blank number [3]?
Explanation: The phrase directly connects to "the destitution of legibility," making destitution the appropriate choice.
To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] ______ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] ______—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] ______—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] ______, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] ______—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
What should come in the place of blank number [4]?
Explanation: The justice described is beyond measure, excessive, and unlocatable.
To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] ______ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] ______—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] ______—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] ______, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] ______—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
What should come in the place of blank number [5]?
Explanation: The phrase conveys something elusive and resistant to capture.
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
Scarcely had the CEO concluded her speech when the shareholders ______ to their feet.
Explanation: In the structure "Scarcely had...when...", the second clause takes the simple past tense.
Select the correct option.
By the time the audit concludes, the firm ______ its compliance report.
Explanation: The action will be completed before a future point in time, requiring the future perfect tense.
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.
No sooner the results were announced (1) / than the shareholders (2) / started questioning the management's (3) / strategic decisions (4).
Explanation: The correct form requires inversion: "No sooner were the results announced..."
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.
The extent to which the minister's statement came under criticism (1) / reflects not merely public dissatisfaction (2) / but also that the media has (3) / increasingly begun scrutinising political rhetoric (4).
Explanation: The structure "not merely...but also..." requires parallel grammatical forms.
Change the following from active to passive.
They should be auditing the subsidiary accounts this quarter.
Explanation: This preserves both the modal (should) and the continuous aspect (being audited).
Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word.
The monk rested near the cloister's ambulatory.
Explanation: Here, ambulatory means an outpatient department, whereas in the original sentence it refers to an architectural passageway.
Convert the sentence from passive voice to active voice.
The agreement was found to have been violated despite multiple warnings.
Explanation: Authorities found the agreement had been violated.
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part.
He <strong>is sleeping</strong> when I called him.
Explanation: Past continuous is required to show an ongoing action interrupted by a past action.
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part.
He is one of those students who <strong>has never cheated</strong>.
Explanation: The relative pronoun who refers to students (plural), requiring the plural verb have.
Convert the indirect speech into direct speech.
He mentioned that his team would start the project next week.
Explanation: He mentioned, "My team will start the project next week."
Convert the direct speech into indirect speech.
She said, "I was reading a novel at that time."
Explanation: She said she had been reading a novel at that time.
Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage.
1. The shift to renewable energy sources is essential for the future of our planet. 2. Solar and wind energy are among the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels. 3. Governments must invest in renewable energy infrastructure. 4. Energy storage solutions are critical to ensuring a stable energy supply.
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