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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Namita is from the state of Kerala. She has come to Dubai to serve as a governess for the only child of the Nairs. The Nairs are nice and gentle and Namita has no cause to complain. One day she overhears something that makes her jittery. Mr. Nair is not employed in an American company as she has been told. The nature of his business is illegal. She is shocked and wants to go back to her home town to her own people.

Gopal is from a very poor family. His family owns a very small piece of land that can hardly meet their food requirement. One day, Gopal gets a nice offer to work in the Emirates with a construction contractor. In order to meet the expenses on travelling, the family decides to sell their own land and send Gopal to the foreign country, to make money. On arrival, the contractor confiscates Gopal's passport and gives him a small place to live in with ten others like him. Gopal has little idea what he must do.


Namita and Gopal are in a similar situation, because they

A) love their families B) are happy with their situations
C) are from impoverished families D) are stranded in a foreign country
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) are stranded in a foreign country

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

A) Oenology B) Oncology
C) Phrenology D) Upology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Oncology

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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.
Pull the plug

A) Make a firm refusal B) Save a situation by acting in the nick of time
C) To waste away somebody's effort D) Prevent something from continuing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Prevent something from continuing

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

based on random choice or personal whim

A) auxiliary B) arbitrary
C) allegory D) ambulatory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) arbitrary

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Scanning means that the reader

A) reads every single word of the article. B) searches for the most important details.
C) looks for words to catch his or her attention. D) focuses on the text's conclusion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) searches for the most important details.

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Which amongst the following is not in the list of Maharatna?

A) Coal India Limited B) Steel Authority of India Limited
C) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited D) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

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Which one among the following is a main system board of a computer?

A) CPU B) Keyboard
C) Microchip D) Motherboard
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Motherboard

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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.

 

In the same boat

 

A) When the option that you have is equally bad as the situation you are in. B) Life like the river throws the same challenges for all boats.
C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others. D) Big and small boats suffer the same fate in a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others.

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