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

 

Fritter

 

A) Blow B) Dwindle
C) Dissipate D) Save
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Save

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Abeyance

 

A) Revival B) Inactivity
C) Operation D) Continuation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Inactivity

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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.


Heave a sigh of relief

 

A) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended. B)  Be exhausted after a gruelling physical task.
C) Get trapped in a tricky situation which you could have escaped easily. D)  Feel sad that the good times have ended.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended.

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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 may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

 

logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason 

 

A) learnt B) learns
C) learn D) learning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) learn

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

 

A) Jangle B) Coincidence
C) Clamour D) Clinker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Coincidence

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

Kavita asked me, “How is your mother?”

 

 

A) Kavita asked me how was my mother. B) Kavita asked her how my mother is.
C) Kavita asked how mother was. D) Kavita asked me how my mother was
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kavita asked me how my mother was

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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'.

 

Maya was not promoted to(A)/the post of a manager(B)/till for a few months of her resignation.(C)/No error(D)

 

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

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

 

A) agitate B) fluster
C) stoic D) upset
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) stoic

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