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Select the alternative that shows a similar relationship as the given pair -

 

Impulsive : Impromptu

 

A) Moderate : Increase B) Flawless : Impeccable
C) Perpetual : Transitory D) Resistant : Receptive

Answer:   B) Flawless : Impeccable



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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.

 

Tongue in cheek

 

A) In an ironic or insincere way. B) Being practical.
C) Stop yourself from saying something hurtful. D) Be gutsy and speak the unpleasant truth.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) In an ironic or insincere way.

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

large vocabulary has __________ been confined

 

A) usual B) usuals
C) usually D) usualness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) usually

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

timidity and self-___________. The method used

 

A) depreciate B) depreciated
C) depreciates D) depreciation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) depreciation

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language,

 

 

A) for B) as
C) of D) form
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) of

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

do not put _________ practical use in their

 

A) inside B) inner
C) onto D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) into

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary.

 

A) without B) within
C) withheld D) withdrew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) within

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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) Gorrilla B) Guerrilla
C) Geurial D) Guirilaa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Guerrilla

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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 inIndirect/Direct Speech.

She said to me, “I like your smartphone .”

 

A) She told me that she liked my smartphone. B) She liked my smartphone.
C) She said that she like my smartphone. D) My smartphone was liked by her.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) She told me that she liked my smartphone.

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