Questions

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.

But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________? One popular theory ____________ that poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so. Intimidation occurs for sure but why then, voters in places where there is no intimidation do so? Another theory is that people vote in return for _____________. But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections and voters do not feel any obligation to vote for those handing out freebies. In fact, they often accept the goodies from allparties but vote for only one.

One popular theory ____________

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To go off the air

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

One who is indifferent to pain or pleasure

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

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

Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation

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

Fallacy

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

Scurrilous

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

A high degree of skill