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

Incapacitate

A) Cripple B) Facilitate
C) Maim D) Immobilize
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Facilitate

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

 


The author portrays mankind as

 

A) superhuman B) by and large ignorant
C) intelligent D) ancient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) by and large ignorant

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INVINCIBLE

A) IMPREGNABLE B) OMNIPRESENT
C) POWERLESS D) POTENT
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) POWERLESS

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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.

graveyard shift

A) to work in a very scary place B) a place where one is forced to work so hard that it almost kills you
C) to work with a team where everybody else is very lazy D) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

My sister said to my mother, "When can I have dinner? I hardly have had anything to eat since noon today."

A) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day. B) My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.
C) My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day. D) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Radium is so expensive that you (1)/ could be a millionaire if you own (2)/ only half a pound of it! (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

A live wire

A) Industrious and brilliant B) Lively and active
C) Sincere and intelligent D) Sincere and efficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lively and active

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.


The officer asked the recruit (A)/which district(B)/he came from.(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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