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Q:

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.

A) cup and lip B) cups and lips
C) the cup and the lip D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the cup and the lip

Explanation:

The phrase ‘between the cup and lip’ needs to be replaced with ‘between the cup and the lip’. It means a situation where things did not happen at the last minute the way they were expected to due to unforeseen reasons. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘There is many a slip between the cup and the lip’.

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

P: The Information Technology today is rightly called the Technology of the Century as it has found its application and use in every walk society of the world.
Q: Distances no longer exist and the world appears to have shrunk into a Global Village.
R: It is really a landmark achievement that more than six billion population of the world will soon be living in a virtual village, as compact as any small Indian village of
a few thousand population.
S: The wisdom of the wisest is today available to the stupidest of the person thus ushering in an era of real equality of opportunity to all.

A) QPSR B) PQRS
C) RSQP D) QRSP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) PQRS

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

With a population of over one billion, India is the second (most popular countries) in the world.

A) more popular country B) most populous country
C) much popular countries D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) more popular country

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In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.

Current : Ampere : : ? : ?

A) Air : Kilogram B) Pressure : Speed
C) Work : Joule D) Temperature : Metre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Work : Joule

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Let us hurry, or else the bus (will be leaving) the stop by the time we reach there.

 

A) will leave B) will have left
C) would have left D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) will have left

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Q:

In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

 

Mitigate

A) enlarge B) reduce
C) increase D) multiply
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) increase

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Our biological knowledge of even some of the commonest animals is (embarrassed) slight and it is here that zoos can be of inestimable value in amassing information.

A) embarrass B) embarrassingly
C) embarrassing D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) embarrassingly

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The Centre can’t afford to procrastinate any further (at) framing rules to regulate the trading and use of bitcoin and other virtual currencies.

A) on B) under
C) of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) on

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