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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Regular users of places/restaurant etc.

A) Client B) Clientele
C) Often D) Usage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Clientele

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1 1872
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
William Shakespeare is the greatest of (all other) writers.

A) all the B) any other
C) the other D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) all the

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0 1870
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Dear Lodger, I agree, the roof is leaking; but (there would be no need) P (while it is raining) Q (and when the Sun shines,) R (I can’t get it repaired) S

The correct sequence should be

A) Q R S P B) S Q R P
C) R S P Q D) P R Q S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) S Q R P

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0 1868
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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

In a flutter

A) Effective B) Almost nothing
C) In a nervous state D) Certain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) In a nervous state

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0 1867
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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.

 

______ to the story of family existence

A) inordinate B) subordinate
C) audacious D) judicious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) subordinate

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0 1866
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He has the irritating habit of playing his own trumpet all the time.

A) blowing his own trumpet B) pumping his own trumpet
C) bringing up his own trumpet D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) blowing his own trumpet

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0 1865
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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The commotion terrified her.

 

A) She was terrified. B) She is terrified of commotion.
C) She terrified by the commotion. D) She was terrified by the commotion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She was terrified by the commotion.

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0 1865
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

 

A) to scrutiny B) to juxtapose
C) to correlate D) to contrast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to juxtapose

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0 1863