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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) To drain water away from the tracks, railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in which there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage from the tracks.	B) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in which there is usually a bed of rock and gravel that results in the fast drainage from the tracks.
C) A bed of rock and gravel, called the railroad bed, is designed similar to a road bed to drain water away from the tracks.	D) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed to drain water apart from the tracks, so there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage away from the tracks.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed to drain water apart from the tracks, so there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage away from the tracks.

Explanation:

‘apart’ is incorrect after ‘to drain water’

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

I was _____________ paying the toll tax.

A) free from	B) exonerated from
C) exempted from	D) exposed to

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) exempted from

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Discordant

A) Aggressive	B) Agreeable
C) Noisy	D) Differ

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aggressive

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Q:

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Everything is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

Answer

The Riddle itself has the Answers.

What is a 4 letter word

Yet is written in 3 letters

Everything is written with 9 letters

Then with 4 letters

Rarely has 6 letters

Never is written in 5 letters.

Workspace

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) A. People as many as those in a small nation can be seen, at stations, commuting from faraway places every day.	B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.
C) C. The stations pour out people commuting from faraway places every day, of the numerical magnitude of small nations.	D) D. People of a numerical magnitude of small nations commuting from faraway places are poured out by the stations every day.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.

Explanation:

Ans. B.
Option B- ‘stations of numerical small nations’ is incorrect.
The other statements make complete sense, hence are correct.

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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 lawyer said to them, “Call the witness."

A) The lawyer asked for the witness	B) The witness be called by the lawyer
C) The lawyer called the witness	D) The lawyer commanded them to call the witness

Answer & Explanation Answer: D)

The lawyer commanded them to call the witness

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In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

Recalcitrant

A) Peculiar, Convivial	B) Amenable, Docile
C) Taciturn, Withering	D) Voluble, Turgid

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Amenable, Docile

Explanation:

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Recalcitrant: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
Peculiar: different to what is normal or
expected; strange Convivial: (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable
Amenable: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
Docile: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
Withering: intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful
Voluble: (of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly
Turgid: swollen and distended or congested
Pendulous: hanging down loosely
Jocular: fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful
Therefore, it can be observed that option B i.e. ‘amenable, docile’ forms an antonym- antonym pair of ‘recalcitrant’.

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To take secretly in small quantities

A) Theft	B) Defalcation
C) Pilferage	D) Robbery

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