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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.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

timidity and self-___________. The method used

 

A) depreciate B) depreciated
C) depreciates D) depreciation

Answer:   D) depreciation



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Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.


HASTE

 

A) Rush B) Lose
C) Dash D) Delay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Delay

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Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

 

A) Obscure B) Omision
C) Opportunity D) Obsolete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Omision

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Q:

Select the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.


To increase the speed

 

A) Assimilate B) Exhilarate
C) Activate D) Accelerate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Accelerate

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.


If they will get married, they will probably settle in Mumbai.

 

A) If they get married B) No improvement
C) If they had got married D) If they will be getting married
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If they get married

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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.


CORDIAL

 

A) cold B) warm
C) hard D) rude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) warm

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.


See eye to eye

 

A) Stare at someone B) See clearly
C) Be suspicious D) Agree with someone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Agree with someone

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In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.


The both children go to the same school.

 

A) to the B) The both
C) children go D) same school
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The both

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.


Have you ______ for a job in this company?

 

A) appointed B) supplied
C) approved D) applied
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) applied

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