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Which of the following animals can change its sex?

A) Planarian B) Snail
C) Ascaris D) Nereis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Snail

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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.

 

A fool and his money are easily parted

A) a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless B) a miser will eventually lose all his money due to one foolish mistake
C) a foolish person will never be able to get rich D) a rich person should be smart enough to avoid people who will fool him for his wealth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless

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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.

 

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.

 

marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices

 

A) cacophony B) high decibel
C) whisper D) silence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cacophony

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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.

 

Back to the drawing board

 

A) A creative person will always find a solution to any problem.   B) An artist will express his feelings by drawing.  
C) It is better to work on a fanciful idea bound to fail than have no ideas at all.   D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Used to indicate that an idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

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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.

 

an arm and a leg

 

A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money B) a highly motivated person can succeed even with few resources
C) one loves a person so much that one is willing to sacrifice his most precious things for them D) all children are equal for a mother. She can't sacrifice anyone.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money

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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.

 

India is a country that loves decentralisation and it covers almost every ________________. I will focus ________________ the subject of tyranny. For example, look _______________ our police stations. We ____________________ a Hobbesian sovereign ruling over us. In political ___________________, one has what is called the concept of sovereignty which is discussed in Hobbesian terms.

 

We ____________________ a Hobbesian sovereign ruling over us.

 

A) do not need B) are not needing
C) shall not need D) won't be needing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) do not need

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

The _____ background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon.

A) soporific B) merciful
C) vivid D) hardened
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) vivid

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

Rule to roost

A) To repent B) To dominate
C) To understand D) To apologize
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To dominate

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