Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM/BMS/MBA/MBS & +2)

ANSWERS ravage |ra-vij| refugee |re-fyû'jee| confront |kun'frúnt| usurp |yû'surp| assimilation |u,si-mu'ley-shun| enclave |'en,kleyv| Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the brackets.  I asked him if he was attending the ceremony and he ...... his head 'no'. (shook/moved/ nodded) I asked him if he was attending the ceremony and he shook his head 'no'. They made a horrible decision which caused ...... damage to our company. (hopeless/ inflexible/irreparable) They made a horrible decision which caused irreparable damage to our company. The leaders need to break down ...... so as to create favourable environment in the nation. (barriers/obstacles/hindrances) The leaders need to break down favourable so as to create favourable environment in the nation. You ought to talk to the manager to settle the dispute. (solve/settle/clear up)  Perhaps this issue will not get much media ...... (security/examination/ coverage) Perhaps thi...

  Immortality of the human soul has been, like other problems in philosophy, an unresolved and persistent problem. Over the years, solutions to this problem have proven inadequate as a result of the varieties of modes of philosophizing; philosophers’ theories or views; as well as the logical tenacity of these theories.  A materialist, who is logically consistent with the tenets (doctrines) of materialism, cannot accept the existence of any spiritual reality. Bertrand Russell denied the immortality of the soul on the basis that man, instead of being made up of substances that is body and soul, is composed of  events . He believes that death brings the human event to an end. Since there is a difference between “ being ”, and “ acting ”, we can argue that the existence (being) of a soul that survives death could be logically defended. The human soul exists, though it is not explicitly understandable. It is, ontologically (metaphysical study of the nature of being a...

  RESTRICTIVE & NON - RESTRICTIVE A restrictive clause modifies the noun that precedes it in an essential way.   Restrictive clauses limit or identify such nouns and cannot be removed from a sentence without changing the sentence’s meaning.  A nonrestrictive clause , on the other hand, describes a noun in a nonessential way. Because restrictive clauses provide key, identifying information, they are often referred to as essential clauses , and nonrestrictive clauses are also called nonessential clauses for the opposite reason.  Restrictive Clauses Narrow Things Down Restrictive clauses are usually introduced by the relative pronouns that, who, whom , or whose . A restrictive clause can have an identifying function. The astronaut who first stepped on the moon was Neil Armstrong. The restrictive clause in this sentence is who first stepped on the moon . If we remove it from the sentence, we would be left with this: The astronaut was Neil Armstrong....