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Select the synonym of

carnal

A) chaste B) sensual
C) decent D) spiritual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sensual

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Select the antonym of

avid

A) apathetic B) desirous
C) devoted D) fanatical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) apathetic

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

 

It is a labour of love and the result of painstaking research. Chikankari - A Lucknawi Tradition by Paola Manfredi, an Italian, is a book that shows her close and long association with the craft. Lucknow’s chikankari is known across the world yet very little research or documentation has been done. Articles or features have appeared off and on but this book is amongst the first of its kind, which aims to document the vast treasure called Chikan. What makes the book extremely interesting is that unlike other books that tend to rely on second hand material, with exhaustive references and quotes, Paola Manfredi has filled her tome with passionate grass-roots level research. The narrative more in the nature of a personal journey, with all the quirks and street-smart practicality, makes the book refreshing. As Paola says in the book, it is not a scholarly or academic research but more of a documentation of the world of chikankari.

Paola questions the use of chikan as a word for embroidery, highlighting that it has a broader connotation encompassing haute couture, the fine art of making a garment, embroidering it and finishing it with finesse. She is no stranger to chikankari having worked with SEWA and several craftsmen. Her love for white on white embroidery also found a calling in chikan. Paola came to India to work in textile exports and as she says, “If you like textiles ... India is a heaven, an inexhaustible treasure trove.”

 

What makes the book, ‘Chikankari - A Lucknawi Tradition’ interesting?

A) It is based on personal experience and observation B) It contains all types of chikan designs
C) It is illustrated to highlight the beauty of the art D) The fact that it has been written by a foreigner
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is based on personal experience and observation

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

Ever since
P : outbreaks have been an annual occurrence
Q : Indian shores during the 2009 pandemic,
R : the influenza virus, H1N1 landed on

 

A) PQR B) RPQ
C) QRP D) RQP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RQP

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Select the synonym of

deprive

A) bestow B) confer
C) dispossess D) endow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dispossess

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

The writer saw all of the following except:

A) canary-yellow fish B) sea horses
C) parrot fish D) Vibrant green fish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vibrant green fish

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Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word?

Interim

A) Medieval B) Tentative
C)  Interval D)  Permanent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Permanent

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“Interim” means in or for the intervening period; provisional. Options B and C are synonyms of the word and A and E are irrelevant. “Permanent” is the word which best explains the opposite meaning of “interim”. Thus, option D is the correct answer4

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

 

The flora and fauna of Cubbon Park captures our attention more than anything else. But when you take time to look closely at the statue, you will marvel at its sheer grandeur. Sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock, the 11 feet high marble statue is larger than life. It brings out the personality of Queen Victoria, who had been the Monarch of Great Britain from 1837 till 1901, depicting a rather proud, stern person with pronounced features.

In 1906, the statue was unveiled in the city by George Frederick Ernest Albert, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and York, making it stand in all its glory in its 111th year. Even though there is a wealth of history to the statue, and it was made to appear imposing, the busy Bengalureans would probably refer to it as just another landmark. As the workers are busy in discussion on the instructions given to them, life continues as usual in the Park.


Queen Victoria had all of the following traits, except ______________.

A) proud B) generous
C) stern D) pronounced features
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) generous

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