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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.

Necessity is the mother of invention

A) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate	B) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
C) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something	D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

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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.

A fool and his money are easily parted

A) a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless	B) a miser will eventually lose all his money due to one foolish mistake
C) a foolish person will never be able to get rich	D) a rich person should be smart enough to avoid people who will fool him for his wealth

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless

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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.

an arm and a leg

A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money	B) a highly motivated person can succeed even with few resources
C) one loves a person so much that one is willing to sacrifice his most precious things for them	D) all children are equal for a mother. She can't sacrifice anyone.

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Elections, rights, governance and leadership (is becoming) empty words.

A) are become	B) are becoming
C) is become	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) are becoming

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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.

As several studies shows over (1)/ the years, the annual data is useful in (2)/ reviewing trends of extreme events. (3)/ No error. (4)

A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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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 brother said to me, "I was upset, but now I am fine."

A) My brother told me that he was upset, but now he was fine.	B) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he will be fine.
C) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine.	D) My brother told me that he has been upset, but then he is fine.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine.

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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'.

India, a country of more than 1 billion (1)/ population, is emerged as the (2)/ economic superpower of the world. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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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.

______________________ the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

______________________ the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

A) Below	B) Down
C) Lower	D) Under

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