Questions

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.

Decisions that profoundly _________________ not only the present __________________ succeeding generations, should not be taken in a ______________, or through one­time referendums. This is basic political common ________________. But in a voter turnout of 72.2 per cent, 51.9 per cent decided that Britain should exit the European Union (EU). The ___________________ of the Brexit vote are painfully clear.

The ___________________ of the Brexit vote are painfully clear.

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

to make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

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

whole nine yards

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

We have lost the magic of living, and (is mired) in numbers.

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

Catch red-handed

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

Obligatory

How would you document a patient's medical history?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

That year too, ‘Photographers’ (was listed) separately in the Trade List of The Madras Almanac.