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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Manoeuvre B) Manauvre
C) Maneauvre D) Meneauver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manoeuvre

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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.

 

Inundate

 

A) Engulf B)  Immerse
C) Overrun   D) Underwhelm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Underwhelm

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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".

 

By the time we set out, the sun (sit) pretty in the blue sky.

 

 

A) was sitting B) had sitting
C) was sit D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was sitting

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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.
Will-o-the wisp

A) Something that is impossible to get or achieve. B) To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person.
C) To spend recklessly. D) Accept or leave the offer.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Something that is impossible to get or achieve.

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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'.

 

Her elegance (1)/ makes her (2)/ an attracting lady. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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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.

 

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

 

The guiding ____________ in the reform

 

A) law B) rule
C) principle D) path
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) principle

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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 person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted

 

A) fugitive B) vagrant
C) pariah D) tramp
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pariah

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

Benediction

A) Criticism B) Invocation
C) Beatitude D) Approbation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Criticism

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