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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.

Strain every nerve

A) Try all tricks B) Work very hard
C) Beg before others D) Spend a large amount
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Work very hard

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

The clerk asked for my __________.

A) determination B) destiny
C) destination D) designation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) designation

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
The quality of being particularly noticeable

A) Salience B) Frivolous
C) Immaterial D) Trivial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salience

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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 buy a lemon

A) to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems B) buying only half the recipe will not help you prepare the full dish
C) to purchase an insignificant thing which eventually becomes very useful D) to buy stuff which you don't need
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- Epistemological idealists (such as Kant) might insist that the only things which can be directly known for certain are ideas.
Q- The approach to idealism by Western philosophers has been different to that of Eastern thinkers.
R- In much of Western thought (though not in such major Western thinkers as Plato and Hegel) the ideal relates to direct knowledge of
subjective mental ideas, or images.
S- It is then usually juxtaposed with realism in which the real is said to have absolute existence prior to and independent of our knowledge.

A) RQPS B) PQSR
C) PRQS D) QRSP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QRSP

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

Affectionate

A) Neglectful B) Aloof
C) Sympathetic D) suppressive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sympathetic

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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.

Prudent

A) Unwise B) Frugal
C) Careless D) Improper
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Frugal

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

 

the way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity

A) corpulency B) consistency  
C) exigency D) exultancy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) consistency  

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