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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

No longer a child, but not yet an adult

A) Youngster B) Adolescent
C) Juvenile D) Yokel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adolescent

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Straw in the wind

A) A light-weight object B) A lucky charm
C) A game that kids play D) An indication of what might happen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) An indication of what might happen

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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.

Zip your lip

A) Keep quiet about something. B) To talk fast.
C) To not think before speaking. D) The silence before a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Keep quiet about something.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

I am awful ______ picking vegetables.

A) for B) at
C) of D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) at

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

Delusion of suffering from a disease

A) Lypemania B) Nosomania
C) Naruomania D) Phagomania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nosomania

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


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.

A) soporific B) merciful
C) vivid D) hardened
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) vivid

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

Ravish

A) Repulse B) Enthrall
C) Offend D) Depress
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Enthrall

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

The proposal was full of 'if' and 'but' that I seriously doubted whether the stadium would ever be built.

A) 'ifs' and 'but' B) 'ifs' and 'butts'
C) 'ifs' and 'buts' D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 'ifs' and 'buts'

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