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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.

 

Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

 

A) Counting your wealth repeatedly does not increase it.   B) You should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened.  
C) Chicken and egg is an infinite cycle, you can count this cycle endlessly. D) Eggs will not hatch unless you cease the counting process
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) You should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened.  

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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 thefour alternatives.

 

Teachers ____________ the country require proper training at the appropriate time in their careers. On account of the unique occupational dynamic, together _________the constant pressure to address the growing expectations of society and the ______________ of teaching pedagogy, teachers need to be engaged in continual re-examination of their role. This cannot be achieved unless they incorporate the subjects as varied ________ applied ethics, human psychology, spirituality, ____________values, peace studies, and organisational behaviour.

 

spirituality, ____________ values, peace studies, and organisational behaviour.

 

A) democracy B) democrat
C) democrats   D)  democratic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  democratic

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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.

Supercilious

 

- In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Supercilious
- In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Supercilious

A) Modest   B) Sociable  
C)  Arrogant   D) Rationa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  Arrogant  

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Experts have predict that (1)/ within ten years ethanol will emerge (2)/ as the primary automatic fuel in the world. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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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.

 


People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

 

and the world, ________ to the worst

 

A) nor   B)  or  
C)  and   D)  but  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  or  

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it
by selecting the appropriate option.


He has not submitted his assignment ______.

 

A) now B)  yet
C)  then D)  until then
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  yet

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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.

 

The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point ________ view that would altogether discourage____________ inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of the artist. Intuitions are shy things and apt to disappear if looked into too closely. And there is undoubtedly a danger that ______ much knowledge and training may supplant the natural ____________ feeling of a student, leaving only a cold knowledge of the means of expression ________ its place.

 

means of expression ________ its place.

 

A) onto   B) on  
C) in   D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) in  

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it byselecting the appropriate option.

The purpose of life is not to simply survive, but to discover ______fulfillment.

 

A) inner   B)  outer
C) outmost   D) top
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) inner  

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