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Q:

Fumble is to Finesse as Malign is to

A) Slander B) Extol
C) Criticize D) Assurance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Extol

Explanation:

Fumble means grope, mishandle, drop, mistake, blunder, bungle.

Finesse means skill, grace, elegance, assurance, diplomacy, discretion.

So, they are opposites.

 

Similarly,

Malign means slander or criticize.

Extol means being kind or good-natured. A person without finesse often fumbles. A person without extol in his heart often maligns.

Extol means praise or exalt, benevolence

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Q:

They come out at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

A) Light B) Bats
C) Stars D) Flights
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stars

Explanation:

Stars are what that come out at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen.

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Q:

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

Countries which _________ still undergoing the economic processes
_________ known as developing countries.

A) are, are B) are, is
C) is, are D) were, are
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) are, are

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Q:

'One who possesses many talents'

One word substitute for the given word is?

A) Exceptional B) Wisdom
C) Versatile D) Nubile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Versatile

Explanation:

A person, One who possesses many talents is called a Versatile.

 

It means multiskilled, adaptable, flexible, ...

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Q:

One Word substitute :

Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

A) Superannuation B) Imbecility
C) Senility D) Dotage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dotage

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Q:

Re-arrange the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph.

 

(A) comes into effect from today. The bank's savings account rate was 3.5 per cent during March 2003 to May 2011 for all savings bank account customers

(B) The bank's decision comes two days ahead of RBI's monetary policy meet and is likely to trigger

(C) with deposits of above Rs 1 crore, it said in a statement. The two-tier savings bank account interest rate

(D) to 3.5 per cent, lowest in six years, a decision that will impact 90 per cent of its customers

(E) The country's largest lender however will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings bank accounts

(F) SBI today cut interest rate on savings bank account deposits up to Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent

(G) rate war among peers. SBI's savings bank account base is of around Rs 9 lakh crore. 

A) BDFACEG B) BFDCAGE
C) EGACDFB D) FDBGECA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) FDBGECA

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Q:

Choose the Antonym of the given word from the following options

'Jettison'

A) Salvage B) Submerge
C) Repent D) Descend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salvage

Explanation:

'Jettison' means to discard and 'salvage' means to rescue something discarded. Hence, 'salvage' is the word which is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Jettison'.

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Q:

One word substitution:

Commencement of words with the same letter.

A) Alliteration B) Oxymoron
C) Pun D) Transferred epithet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration is the one-word substitute for Commencement of words with the same letter.

 

Alliteration is a figure of speech which is identified as the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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