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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.

Bite off more than you can chew

A) A voracious person who eats with big morsels.	B) It is not good manners to hog food when you are in a social setting.
C) A commitment is a commitment irrespective of whether you can do it or not.	D) Take on a commitment one cannot fulfil.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Take on a commitment one cannot fulfil.

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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.

Hackneyed

A) Tired	B) Fresh
C) Uncommon	D) New

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tired

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) A. People as many as those in a small nation can be seen, at stations, commuting from faraway places every day.	B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.
C) C. The stations pour out people commuting from faraway places every day, of the numerical magnitude of small nations.	D) D. People of a numerical magnitude of small nations commuting from faraway places are poured out by the stations every day.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B. People from faraway places are poured out by the stations of numerical small nations.

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Ans. B.
Option B- ‘stations of numerical small nations’ is incorrect.
The other statements make complete sense, hence are correct.

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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.

Decimate

A) Preserve	B) Destroy
C) Execute	D) Abate

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Preserve

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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.

Repugnance

A) Esteem	B) Respect
C) Aversion	D) Sympathy

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aversion

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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.

The velocity of an object is the rate of change of its position ______ respect to a frame of reference.

A) by	B) of
C) or	D) with

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) with

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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.

"My hour has come." thought the king.

A) The king thought that his hour had come	B) His hour had come thought the king
C) The king thought that his hour had came	D) The king wondered if his hour has come

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The king thought that his hour had come

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- According to various estimates, between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on some days reaching several thousands.

Q- A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities.

R- For example, on 19th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany – they had been caught in the massive round-ups all over Warsaw the previous two days.

S- The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

A) SQRP	B) SRPQ
C) QSPR	D) QPRS

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