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

A) Pertinacious B) Demarcation
C) Temperament D) Sureptitious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sureptitious

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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.

He took a loan of hundred rupees from me.

A) debt B) demand
C) advance D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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No improvement is required. Loan is a temporary provision of money, usage is correct. Debt is an obligation. Demand is a claim to something owed. Advance is a supply in expectation of repayment.

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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.

flea market

A) a market for semi-precious stones and jewellery B) a market where stolen goods are sold
C) a street market selling second-hand goods D) a small but crowded and noisy place
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a street market selling second-hand goods

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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.

to get over it

A) to accept something that happened in the past and move on B) to complete a project or task
C) to control one's anger D) to achieve something seemingly easy, but with a lot of difficulty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to accept something that happened in the past and move on

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) wrapping B) bargundy
C) streses D) stenchhes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wrapping

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______. But almost always it can be justified as a moral principle on the basis of ______. When we talk about speaking the truth in order not to hide what, if hidden, will only prove damaging to others, we are emphasizing the ability to ‘feel’ for others. Again, often we purposely keep ourselves from communicating the truth as, once ______, it may hurt someone‘s feelings and sentiments. But keeping a person in the dark or denying him or her knowledge which he or she ought to have amounts to ______ another soul of its right to know that with which it has a ______.

communicating the truth as, as a moral principle on the basis of ______.

A) aggression B) compassion
C) progression D) intercession
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) compassion

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Mould

A) Genuine B) Shape
C) Slice D) Sculpt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Genuine

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Incorrigible

 

A) Hopeless B) Incurable
C) Reformable D) Loser
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reformable

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