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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.
To steal a march

A) To act in a foolish way B) To break something
C) To outshine D) To see a hidden meaning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To outshine

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Who invented the pendulum clock?

A) Galileo Galilei B) Christiaan Huygens
C) Frederick Jones D) Davidson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Christiaan Huygens

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Who the following told, "Hunuz Dilli dur ast" (Delhi is still far away)?

A) Amir Khusrow B) Nizamuddin Auliya
C) Yahya Sirhindi D) Moinuddin Chisti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nizamuddin Auliya

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Who is the second bowler who took 10 wickets in test cricket?

A) Jim Laker B) Lakshmipathy Balaji
C) Anil kumble D) Wasim Akram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Anil kumble

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Anil kumble tore through Pakistan in Delhi with a stunning 10/74, becoming just the second man after Jim Laker to take all ten wickets in a Test innings.

 

26.3 overs

9 maidens

74 runs

10 Wickets !!!

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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.

 

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

 

process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion

 

A) possible B) allowed
C) imaginable D) viable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) possible

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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 square one

 

A) Remembering one's past makes one humble B) To be back to where one started, with no progress having been made
C) To become friends once again with a person with whom you had a fight D) To apologize for one's past actions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be back to where one started, with no progress having been made

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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.

 

She will never tell you the truth.

 

A) You will never be told the truth by her. B) She shall never be telling you the truth.
C) You were never be told the truth by her. D) Telling of the truth to you be her will never be done.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) You will never be told the truth by her.

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

The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.

 

A) The baby is carried by the kangaroo in her pouch. B) The baby is being carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
C) The baby had been carried by the kangaroo in her pouch. D) The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.

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