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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's paradise

 

A) An average person appears smart in company of fools. B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.
C) A paradise is ruined when fools enter it. D) Pretending that everything is going fine when actually all is being lost.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about potential trouble.

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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.

 

At the eleventh hour

 

A) At the last moment B) Very late at night.
C) At a very odd time. D) Luckily have sufficient time to wrap up things.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) At the last moment

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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.

 

Protract

A) Delay B) Advance
C) Unwise D) Sharp
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Advance

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Hole wheat bread is good for health.

A) Whole B) Healthy
C) Holed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Whole

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

To reproach

A) To commend B) To laud
C) To exonerate D) To admonish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To admonish

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If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are red or both are green?

A) 5/7 B) 5/14
C) 1/7 D) 1/14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1/7

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Required probability = (10+3)91=1391=17

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World Wide Web was invented by ________.

A) John Barber B) Tim Berners­Lee
C) Alan Blumlein D) David Brewster
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tim Berners­Lee

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The new jersey plan called for

A) the abolition of slavery. B) a strong president.
C) abandoning the Articles of Confederation. D) equal representation for all states in the Congress.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) equal representation for all states in the Congress.

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The New Jersey Plan was one option as to how the United States would be governed.

 

The Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population. Hence, it is called as a small state plan also.

 

It was introduced to the Constitutional Convention by William Paterson. So, it is also called as the Paterson plan.

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