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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) A creative person will always find a solution to any problem.   B) An artist will express his feelings by drawing.  
C) It is better to work on a fanciful idea bound to fail than have no ideas at all.   D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

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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 have give (1)/ you my (2)/ ring last week. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The contractor said, “She has finished the designs.”

 

A) The contractor said that she had finished the designs. B) The contractor says she had finished the designs.
C) The contractor said that she have finished the designs. D) The contractor said that she has finished the designs.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The contractor said that she had finished the designs.

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

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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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.

 

A fool's paradise

 

A) An average person appears smart in company of fools. B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.
C) A paradise is ruined when fools enter it. D) Pretending that everything is going fine when actually all is being lost.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

"Cheer up, father, I’ll go and get work somewhere." said Jane.

 

A) Jane ask her father to cheer up as she will go and get work somewhere B) Jane asked her father to cheer up, because she would be gone and got work somewhere
C) Jane asks her father to cheer up as she would get job D)  Jane asked her father to cheer up as she would go and get work somewhere.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Jane asked her father to cheer up as she would go and get work somewhere.

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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.

 

Conflagration

 

A) Fire B) Conversation
C) Harmony D) Shooting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fire

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Apparant   B) Apparent
C) Aparent   D) Appareint
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Apparent

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