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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

EMANCIPATE

A) LIFT B) RISE
C) RAISE D) LIBERATE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) LIBERATE

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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.

To angle

A) To measure the river breadth B) To fish with a net
C) To fish D) To sit and watch the river
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To fish

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Highest Civilian Honour received by Anupam Kher is ___________.

A) Padma Shri B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Padma Bhushan

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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.
Let something slip through one's fingers

A) Lose a wedding ring B) Not be able to understand a difficult concept
C) Let go of certain unpleasant things D) to waste an opportunity to achieve something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to waste an opportunity to achieve something

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

He saw him conducting the seminar on personality development.

A) He was seen by me to conduct the seminar on personality development. B) He was seen conducting the seminar on personality development.
C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him. D) He saw the seminar on personality development to be conducted by him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him.

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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.

 

People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

 


such a disparity _________ to the same effect

A)  leads B)  lead
C)  leading D)  leaded
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  leads

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Q:

Backing storage is so named because it

A) is always kept at the back of the CPU B) backs up the computer
C) lags behind the main memory D) is slow and backward
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) backs up the computer

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Ubiquitous computing is also called

A) Pervasive computing B) Sensor networks
C) Trails D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pervasive computing

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