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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) A creative person will always find a solution to any problem.   B) An artist will express his feelings by drawing.  
C) It is better to work on a fanciful idea bound to fail than have no ideas at all.   D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

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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.

 

He said to me, “I have often told you not to play in dark.”

 

A) He said to him that he shouldn’t play in dark. B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.
C) He asked him to not play in dark. D) He asked me that he had told me to not play in dark.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.

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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.

 

She said, “Let us wait for the seat”

 

A) She proposed that they should wait for the seat.   B) She proposed that they could wait for the seat.  
C) She proposed to wait for the seat.   D) She proposed let us wait for seat.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She proposed that they should wait for the seat.  

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

 

At loose ends

 

A) tie two loose ends of a thread B) keep options open
C) in an uncertain situation D) repay debts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) in an uncertain situation

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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.

 

Is the lipstick natural or ______?

 

A) artificial B) daydream
C) unreal D) vulnerable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) artificial

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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.

 

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

each getting its _______________ by its union with

 

A) significant B) significance
C) significantly D) significances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) significance

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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.

 

“Run away, children,” said their uncle.

 

A) The uncle asked them to run away. B) The uncle wanted them to run away
C) Their uncle told the children to run away D)  Their uncle say run away, children
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Their uncle told the children to run away

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

 

Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility

 

A) Fallow B) Urbane
C) Sophisticated D) Genteel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fallow

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