Exams

A certain number of men agreed to do a work in 20 days. 5 men did not come for work. Others completed the work in 40 days. Find the number of men who had agreed to do the work originally.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

Over egg the pudding

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.

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Wild and woolly

In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement 1 : Some wild are carnivores.
Statement 2 : All wild are lions.

Conclusion I : All carnivores are lions.
Conclusion II : Some lions are carnivores.

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

Perseverance

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Whistle in the dark

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

Build castles in the air