Questions

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

A wet blanket

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

to cut up (food, especially meat) into very small pieces

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Then the liberalisation process became inevitable.
Q: It encourages initiative, entrepreneurship and competition which is very vital for growth of the economy.
R: In due course of time our institutions became stagnant, corrupt and inefficient due to permit raj and centralized control.
S: Liberalisation enhances economic activities.

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

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

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

Florid

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

Disarming

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A group that explores a new land