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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Hope against hope

A) Think wishfully from time to time B) Hoped with good reason
C) Nurture an impossible hope D) Pretend to hope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nurture an impossible hope

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

The maid vacuums and dusts the house every day.

A) Every day the house is vacuumed and dusted by the maid. B) Every day the house were vacuumed and dusted by the maid.
C) Dusting and Vacuuming of the house every day is being done by the maid. D) Dusting and Vacuuming of the house every day was being done by the maid.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Every day the house is vacuumed and dusted by the maid.

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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 paradise with perfect bliss.

A) Epineurium B) Elysium
C) Encomium D) Eulogium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Elysium

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

 

A gentleman at large

A) a man in the crowd B) a man without a job
C) a man who runs around D) a man who is generous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a man without a job

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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 lives by himself.

A) Bemuse B) Recluse
C) Applause D) Abstruse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Recluse

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

A) Ferocious B) Luxurious
C) Luscious D) Delicious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ferocious

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

Naive

A) Sarcastic B) Artful
C) Skeptical D) Ingenuous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ingenuous

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
"Alas! I have broken my grandfather's watch" said Amit.

A) Amit was sorrowful that he broke his grandfather's watch. B) Amit exclaimed sorrowfully that he has broken his grandfather's watch.
C) Amit was sorrowful that he had broken his grandfather's watch. D) Amit exclaimed sorrowfully that he had broken his grandfather's watch.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Amit exclaimed sorrowfully that he had broken his grandfather's watch.

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