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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Having finished the voluminous novel, (it was being put away by him).

A) was put away by him B) he has had put it away
C) he put it away D) no improvement

Answer:   C) he put it away



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Who was the Governor-General of India duringthe‘Sepoy Mutiny’?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Harding
C) Lord Canning D) Lord Lytton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Canning

Explanation:

Lord Canning (1856-1862) was the Governor-General during the mutiny of 1857 (India’s first war of independence). After war he was made first Viceroy of India.

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Choose the correctly spelt word

Can you the car into that parking spot?

A) Manuer B) Manever
C) Manoeuvre D) Manuver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Manoeuvre

Explanation:

Manoeuvre is correctly spelt which means series of moves requiring skill and care.

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Choose the correctly spelt word

The din caused by the children howling is enough to the dead.

A) Ressurect B) Resurrect
C) Resurect D) Resurecct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Resurrect

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Choose the correctly spelt word

The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and

A) Trepidation B) Terpidation
C) Trepidition D) Trepidattion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Trepidation

Explanation:

Trepidation is spelt correctly which means a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

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Choose the correctly spelt word

‘God is Dead’ is a statement.

A) Blasphemus B) Blaphemous
C) Blasphemous D) Blosphemos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Blasphemous

Explanation:
Blasphemous is spelt correctly which means irreligious.
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Choose the correctly spelt word

The school alumni gathering put us in a mood.

A) Remniscent B) Reminisent
C) Reminiscent D) Reminicent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reminiscent

Explanation:
Reminiscent is correctly spelt which means tending to remind one of something.

 

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A style in which a writer makes a display of hisknowledge’

A) Verbose B) Pedantic
C) Ornate D) Pompous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Verbose

Explanation:

Verbose means using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Pedantic means excessively concerned with minor details or rules.

Ornate means elaborately or highly decorated.

Pompous means self-important

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase‘Prolonged inability to sleep’

A) Amnesia B) Utopia
C) Nausea D) Insomnia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Insomnia

Explanation:
Amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.
Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Nausea means a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
Insomnia means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep
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