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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Despite the abuse and insults that were hurled at him, he really sticks on his guns and showed the protesters how to be calm.
i. he really stuck onto his guns and showed the protesters
ii. he really stuck to his guns and showed the protesters
iii. he really is sticking his guns onto the protesters

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. ii and iii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B. Only ii

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Ans. B.
‘to stick to one’s guns’ means refuse to compromise or change, despite criticism. It is a phrasal verb hence we can’t make any changes in the prepositions used. The sentence is in past tense, hence stick should be replaced by stuck.

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As per a report released by RBI in August 2017, approximately how much percent of the demonetised currency returned to the central Bank?

A) 99 B) 90
C) 85 D) 80
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 99

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Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for?

A) Internet Service Provider B) Intranet Service Provider
C) Internet Systems Provider D) Intranet Systems Provider
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Internet Service Provider

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Military exercise ‘Prabal Dosty’ Which was held in November 2017 was conducted between ___________

A) India and Afghanistan B) India and Kazakhstan
C) India and Uzbekistan D) India and Turkmenistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) India and Kazakhstan

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The bodies of penguins are _________________ and their feet have webs, making them good swimmers.

A) heavy B) feathery
C) streamlined D) oily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) streamlined

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Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?

A) Devi Prasad Dwivedi B) Anuradha Paudwal
C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt D) K. J. Yesudas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

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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.

feeding frenzy

 

A) a mad rush to complete a big project before deadline B) an episode of frantic competition for something
C) a party where people hog on food D) a craze which rapidly spreads all over the world
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an episode of frantic competition for something

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

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 

Carlyle's mother was ________.

 

A) a regular letter writer B) not confident at letter writing
C) always eager to write letters to Alec D) old and enjoyed writing letters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) not confident at letter writing

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