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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Eyebrow raising

 

A) Pretend to like something or someone even when you dislike. B) Look up in defiance as a show of rebellion.
C) A person finally getting due punishment. D) Something which surprises, shocks, or offends people.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Something which surprises, shocks, or offends people.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

India’s motto has been Vasudeva Kutumbakam or that the whole world is _____ community. There are a _____ of pillars upon which India’s policy of living in peace with and _____ peace among nations of the world rests. Policies of non-alignment, peaceful co-existence, economic and cultural cooperation disarmament and peaceful _____ of nuclear energy, _____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features that give credence to India’s commitment to world peace.

_____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features

A) urge B)  requirement
C) settlement D) enactment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) settlement

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

TREACHERY

A) BETRAYAL B) MULING
C) LOYALTY D) REBELLION
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) LOYALTY

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Represent something as being less important than it really is.

A) discriminant B) stride
C) underplay D) imperious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) underplay

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word .

A) arogance B) arroganse
C) aroganse D) arrogance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) arrogance

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A room where dead bodies are kept until burial

A) Grave B) Cemetery
C) Mortuary D) Pyre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mortuary

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.


The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

 

What according to the author, are the public sector banks witnessing.

A) A period of profit B) A period of change
C) A period of certainity D) A loss making period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A period of change

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

An animal that lives in groups

A) Hoard B) Fastidious
C) Gullible D) Gregarious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gregarious

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