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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.


New kid on the block

 

A) A person who is acting smart to impress others     B) Be inexperienced in company of veteran  
C) To block the path of success of outsiders.   D) Newcomer to a particular place or sphere of activity  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Newcomer to a particular place or sphere of activity  

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If we take a small amount of washing soda and add approximately 1 mL of dilute hydrochloric acid to it, what will we observe?

A) only neutralisation reaction occurs, no gas is released B) white-coloured precipitate is formed
C) CO2 gas comes out with brisk effervescence D) H2 gas comes out with pop sound
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) CO2 gas comes out with brisk effervescence

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India submits the audit reports to _______.

A) President of India B) Prime Minister of India
C) Finance Minister of India D) Home Minister of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) President of India

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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.

 

The room was cleaned.

 

A) The cleaner cleaned the room. B) The room should be cleaned.
C) I cleaned the room. D) Someone cleaned the room.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Someone cleaned the room.

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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.

A) pattern B) appropriation
C) dogma D) suitability
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) pattern

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SMOG is a combination of

A) Air and water vapour B) Water and smoke
C) Fire and water D) Smoke and fog
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Smoke and fog

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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.

To go off the air

A) To remove ventilator of a patient on his death bed B) To not eat food for a long period of time
C) To stop broadcasting a radio or TV program D) To waste time on silly or trivial things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To stop broadcasting a radio or TV program

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) wrapping B) bargundy
C) streses D) stenchhes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wrapping

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