Exams

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

barking up the wrong tree

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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

after all, ___________ in the use of words

Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

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

Statements:
(I) Some bags are hot.
(II) All hot things are cakes.

Conclusion:
(I) All cakes are bags.
(II) All bags are cakes.

________ means that the President of India can refer any matter that is of public importance or that which involves interpretation of Constitution to Supreme Court for advice.

Δ ABC is right angled at B. If m∠A = 30°, what is the length of AB (in cm), if AC = 10 cm?

There are total _________ parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Odisha.