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

Perverse

A) Agreeable B) Nefarious
C) Compliant D) Willing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nefarious

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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.

 

Rohit said, "Leela, when is the next bus?"

 

A) Rohit asked Leela when the next bus was supposed to come. B) Rohit asked Leela when was the next bus coming.
C) Rohit asked Leela when the next bus was. D) Rohit asked Leela when the next bus was coming.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rohit asked Leela when the next bus was.

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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.

Beggars can't be choosers

 

A) those who have nothing have no hope B) all your options close when you are going through a bad time
C) a poor person is forced to kill all his desires D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) people with no other options must be content with what is offered

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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.

 

Declension

 

A) Decay B) Decision
C) Improvement D) Increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Decay

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

 

Disarming

 

 

A) Detestable B) Charming
C) Silk D) Convincing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Detestable

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

She said, “Let us wait for the seat”

 

A) She proposed that they should wait for the seat.   B) She proposed that they could wait for the seat.  
C) She proposed to wait for the seat.   D) She proposed let us wait for seat.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She proposed that they should wait for the seat.  

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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.

 

Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility

 

A) Fallow B) Urbane
C) Sophisticated D) Genteel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fallow

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

 


The author portrays mankind as

 

A) superhuman B) by and large ignorant
C) intelligent D) ancient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) by and large ignorant

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