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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) inundate B) inundat
C) inunndate D) inunndat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) inundate

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Pithy

 

A) Verbose B) Brief
C) Lengthy D) Unabridged
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brief

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.


I asked the shopkeeper (A)/"Do you have change(B)/for a five hundred rupees note?"(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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

A) Conceive B) Leisure
C) Neice D) Reign
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neice

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

 


To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

 


The author portrays mankind as

 

A) superhuman B) by and large ignorant
C) intelligent D) ancient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) by and large ignorant

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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.

 

Chicken out

 

A) Quickly move from one position to another in a game of chess or war. B) Be a lover of non vegetarian delicacies.
C) Be easily confused over small issues. D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

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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.

 

In the same boat

 

A) When the option that you have is equally bad as the situation you are in. B) Life like the river throws the same challenges for all boats.
C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others. D) Big and small boats suffer the same fate in a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a
sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Each boy was given (A)/a toy as a parting gift,(B)/which made them happy.(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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