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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.
Live from hand to mouth

A) Filthy rich people B) To be dependent on others
C) To have enough money to live on and nothing extra D) Living in miserable conditions.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To have enough money to live on and nothing extra

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

The act of speaking irreverently about sacred things

A) Atheist B) Blasphemy
C) Bellicose D) Defection
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Blasphemy

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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.

Mahatma Gandhi is called as the Father of the Nation.

A) called Father of the Nation B) called the Father of the Nation
C) Father of the Nation D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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No improvement required. Sentence is idiomatically correct.

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

 

Place or insert between one thing and another

 

A) Oust B) Efface
C) Purge D) Interpose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Interpose

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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 cause a process or action to begin

 

A) to initiate B) to impel
C)  to imitate D) to conscript
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  to imitate

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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 funeral poem

A) Elegy B) Pandemonium
C) Parody D) SonnetSonnet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Elegy

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a
sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Each boy was given (A)/a toy as a parting gift,(B)/which made them happy.(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form acoherent paragraph.

 

After dinner, my

 

A-the kitchen and offered to show

B-me what a dishwasher was

C-hostess followed me into

 

A) BCA B) BAC
C) ACB D) CAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) CAB

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