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Topic

Word usage

Asked 3 times in EPFO, peaking in 2023.
3
PYQs
1
Exams
1
Years active
2023–2023
Span
2023
Peak
3/3
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in EPFO — 3 of 3 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2023
  • Recurs across 1 years (2023–2023)

Across exams

EPFO · 3

How the concept evolved

323
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
EPFO2023
All effects can be connected with immediate causes, but it ________ whether they provide the whole explanation.
  1. A is doubtful
  2. B is a doubt
  3. C may be a doubt
  4. D may be doubted ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
English Language › Grammar & Usage
EPFO2023
Human history is ample proof that human ambition ________ no limits.
  1. A knows ✓
  2. B keeps
  3. C crosses
  4. D marks
✓ Correct answer: (A)
English Language › Vocabulary
EPFO2023
Good history presents several perspectives on a period but these divergent views must ________ into an integrated whole.
  1. A be made
  2. B be fused ✓
  3. C fit
  4. D be balanced
✓ Correct answer: (B)
English Language › Grammar & Usage

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