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.

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

Once ______________,

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Whinny

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

Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Defile

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

Officious

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

No dice

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

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'.

Every effect we see, hear or speak in our outside (1)/ or physical world has a specific cause that (2)/ have its origin in the inner or mental world. (3)/ No error (4)