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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.

 

A little bird told me

 

A) Have a strong network of spies from where you get reliable information from which you can profit. B) Used to indicate that the speaker knows something but chooses to keep the identity of their informant secret.
C) A secret which is known by everybody. D) A person unknowingly letting out a secret.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to indicate that the speaker knows something but chooses to keep the identity of their informant secret.

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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.

She dislikes my hobby.

 

A) My hobby is disliked by her. B) My hobby was disliked by her.
C) Disliked by her was my hobby. D) My hobby will be disliked by her.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) My hobby is disliked by her.

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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.

good Samaritan

A) a very rich but humble person B) a person who helps others but with a hidden cause
C) a charitable or helpful person D) a person who accepts defeat sportingly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a charitable or helpful person

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

The base of the cooking vessels would have a thick coating of carbon deposit and (clean) it was a pain.

A) cleaned B) cleans
C) cleaning D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cleaning

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/ passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

 

1. Making ropes is one of the oldest trades in the world.
P. People used them for tethering animals, for drawing water from wells and for dragging large stones which were used in building.
Q. We know that people made ropes several centuries back.
R. They made them from camel hair and from twisted grass.
S. We have found pieces of rope in very old Egyptian tombs.
6. We have found too, ropes which were made of thin copper wire in the city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by a volcano 2000 years ago.

 

A) QSRP B) PRQS
C) SQPR D) QSPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) QSRP

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

A) Fabulous B) Gorgeous
C) Heterogeneous D) Inocuous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Inocuous

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

A black and white goat were grazing.

A) The white and the black goat B) A black and a white goat
C) A black and a white goat D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A black and a white goat

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In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains the
list of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer.

On the occasion of his golden jubilee, the generous king Maharaja of Bikaner Ganga Singh, participated in the ancient Hindu TulaDaan ceremony whereby he sat on a large set of scales and was measured against gold bars, whose cash equivalent was then donated to the charitable Golden Jubilee Fund.

A) Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8) B) (4)-(8)
C) (1)-(5) D) (3)-(7)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (3)-(7)

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When a person sits on a scale, it is his weight against which the gold bars are measured. Also, we measure something with a scale, not against it.'Occasion' is a particular event or the time at which it takes place. 'Date' is the number of a day along with the month of the year specified by a number. Since no number is present, 'occasion' is correct. Wherein and whereby have the same meaning in the sentence and since none of the options mention the combination, it can be ignored. 'Equity' is the quality of being fair and impartial, which will not suit the sentence. Hence, the correct
answer is 4.

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