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Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks

A) Pyromania B) Kleptomania
C) Dipsomania D) Megalomania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dipsomania

Explanation:

Dipsomania is one word substitute for Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks.

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Q:

A place where monks live as a secluded community is

A) Monastery B) Cathedral
C) Convent D) Diocese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Monastery

Explanation:

A place where monks live as a secluded community is Monastery.

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Q:

Expedite is the opposite of

A) halt B) quicken
C) rush D) hasten
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) halt

Explanation:

Expedite means making an action fast or sooner i.e, to accomplish a work as quickly as possible.

 

Hence, halt means stop and it is opposite of Expedite.

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Which best describes the meaning of the term theorem?

A) A conclusion proved by deductive reasoning B) A statement explaining the meaning of a geometric term
C) A conjecture based on inductive reasoning D) A statement that is accepted as true without proof
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A conclusion proved by deductive reasoning

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A person who insists on something

A) Instantaneous B) Boaster
C) Stickler D) Disciplinarian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stickler

Explanation:

A person who insists on something unyieldingly is called a Stickler.

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The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) The new year, 2018, is here! Nothing seems to have changed, despite the firecrackers.

A) Of course, in many parts of the world the firecrackers might have been confused with, or replaced by, bombs, and millions in those and other regions find firecrackers (let alone bombs) an unimaginable luxury as they struggle to obtain food or shelter.

B) I am aware that a group of increasingly loud fellow nationals might accuse me of celebrating ‘foreign festivals’.

C) That too was widely celebrated, as it should be, though in a world where the homeless, children, refugees and foreignness are often abused.

D) New Year’s Eve came, as it does, close on the heels of Christmas, which commemorates the birth of a homeless child to poor refugees in a foreign place.

A) BDCA B) DCAB
C) ADCB D) CDAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ADCB

Explanation:

The correct sequence is ADCB.The paragraph starts with the description of the event and what is the point to focus on, i.e. firecrackers.

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Q:

Strong language often means

A) strong feelings B) weak feelings
C) shared knowledge D) risk-taking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) strong feelings

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Q:

To paraphrase a poem means to

A) rewrite it in one's own words B) determine the rhyme scheme
C) summarize its theme D) analyze the meter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rewrite it in one's own words

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