Questions

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

Distorted representation of something

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

Esoteric

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

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

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

Noted for its ____ of realistic detail and

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. The fame of Bacon as a creative writer rests mainly on his essays.
P. The term is derived from 'essai'.
Q. It may be perhaps desirable to write something on 'Essay'.
R. 'Essai' means experiment, attempt.
S. The essay covers an enormous range of composition.
6. In style the essay is often self revelatory and illustrative.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Churlish

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

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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

Chicken out