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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.

A thing no longer in use

A) Illusion B) Illegal
C) Obsolete D) Historic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Obsolete

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) encroch B) stingiely
C) capittate D) placated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) placated

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.

A) lied B) lain
C) lay D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) lay

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The sentence is in simple past tense. The past tense of ‘lie’ is ‘lay’. Lie mean to take a position.

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

A perception without objective reality

A) Cynicism B) Hallucination
C) Illusion D) Optimism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hallucination

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
One who does not care for literature or art

A) Dictator B) Hypocrite
C) Philistine D) Primitive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Philistine

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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.

 

Gopal said to his friends, “Are you angry?”

 

A) Were they angry, asked Gopal. B) Gopal asked why they are angry.
C) Gopal asked them whether they are angry. D) Gopal asked his friends whether they were angry.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gopal asked his friends whether they were angry.

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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.

saved by the bell

A) when time is in your favour B) saved at the last moment
C) the bell rings at the most opportune time D) prayers are answered when the church bell rings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) saved at the last moment

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In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

A) miscellaneous B) micellaneous
C) misellaneous D) miscelaneous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) miscellaneous

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