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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.

A) cup and lip	B) cups and lips
C) the cup and the lip	D) No improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the cup and the lip

Explanation:

The phrase ‘between the cup and lip’ needs to be replaced with ‘between the cup and the lip’. It means a situation where things did not happen at the last minute the way they were expected to due to unforeseen reasons. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘There is many a slip between the cup and the lip’.

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

There is also

P - drought, the
Q - the hope that after two years of
R - monsoon will be good in the coming fiscal

A) QPR	B) RQP
C) PQR	D) PRQ

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) QPR

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What would be the next number in the series

9, 8, 18, 6, 36, 4, 72, 2, 144, ?

A) 288	B) 1
C) 0	D) 576

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0

Explanation:

Here there are combination of two series.

1) 9, 18, 36, 72, 144

2) 8, 6, 4, 2, 0

Therefore, The next number in the given series is 0.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Corruption has become (the day's order).

A) today's order	B) the order of the day
C) the order of today	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the order of the day

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

We are late because my wife took two hours to (put up) her make-up.

A) put on	B) put
C) put over	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) put on

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Hit hard by austerity measures

P-government, they lead
Q-of the Conservative
R-lives embedded in anxiety

A) RPQ	B) QRP
C) QPR	D) PRQ

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QPR

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Our destiny is always and only in our own hands – (inspite) all apparent evidence which may indicate otherwise.

A) despite in	B) despite of
C) despite	D) No improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) despite

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The (needs) of the hour was to reform the entire banking system.

A) need	B) needing
C) needings	D) no improvement

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