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

Scrimp

A) Skimp B) Conserve
C) Squander D) Curtail
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Squander

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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.

The revolting players and the game's administrators held _____ discussions to resolve the payment dispute.

A) unnecessary B) obligatory
C) preliminary D) silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) preliminary

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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.
Herculean task

A) Important task B) Motivating
C) Optional to do D) Very difficult task
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Very difficult task

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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.

Since last year his condition has been________

A) deteriorate B) deteriorating
C) severely deteriorated D) deterioratingly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) deteriorating

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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.

The quake also_______ mudslides on the outskirts of the city.

A) tempered B) tampered
C) erupted D) triggered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) triggered

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
An __________ is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Participants bid openly against one another, with each subsequent bid required to be higher than the previous bid. An auctioneer may announce prices, bidders may call out their bids themselves (or have a proxy call out a bid on their behalf), or bids may be submitted electronically with the highest current bid publicly displayed. In a Dutch ____________, the auctioneer begins with a high asking price for some quantity of like items; the price is lowered until a participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price for some quantity of the goods in the lot or until the seller's reserve price is met. In economic theory, an ____________ may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

A) Assets B) Auction
C) Autarky D) Arbitrage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Auction

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‘Assets’ mean things that have earning power or some other value to their owner. ‘Auction’ means a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ‘Autarky’ refers to the idea that a country should be self-sufficient and not take part in international trade. ‘Arbitrage’ means the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset. ‘Amortisation’ means the running down or payment of a loan by instalments. The given passage includes the presence of an ‘auctioneer’ who is defined as a person who conducts auctions by accepting bids and declaring goods sold. Thus, option 2 is the correct fit for all three blanks.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Ostentation

A) Comical B) Insane
C) Modest D) Swanky
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Modest

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Siddhartha ____________ his wife and children, and left for the mountains.

 

A) renounced B) deserted
C) neglected D) relinquished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) renounced

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