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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.

 

Shoot through

 

A) Pass with flying colours B) Practice a difficult task so many times that you can do it easily
C) Reach your target by breaking through an obstacle D) Leave, typically to escape from or avoid someone or something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Leave, typically to escape from or avoid someone or something

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 


People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

 

and the world, ________ to the worst

 

A) nor   B)  or  
C)  and   D)  but  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  or  

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

The need

 

A : the highways has

B : been felt over the years

C : to curb drunken driving on

 

A) BCA   B) CAB  
C) BAC   D) ACB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CAB  

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Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny of Indian freedom struggle?

A) Lord Ellenborough B) Lord Hardinge
C) Lord Bentinck D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lord Canning

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The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 by?

A) Lord William Bentinck B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Warren Hastings D) Lord Curzon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lord Curzon

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Who devised the policy of Doctrine of Lapse?

A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Robert Clive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie

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Which  one  of  the  following  was  the  earlier name of Tokyo?

A) Osaka B) Kyoto
C) Samurai D) Edo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Edo

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Tokyo officially became the Japanese capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.

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At least one pair of opposite angles is congruent in a _____.

A) Cyclic quadrilateral B) Trapezium
C) Isosceles trapezium D) Kite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kite

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