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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.

to bite your tongue

 

A) to cause self­inflicting harm B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
C) harsh words once spoken can never come back D) to be astonished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

I said to Arun, "What do you want?"

 

A) asked that Arun what he wanted. B) I asked that Arun what he wants.
C) I asked that Arun what he is wanting. D) I asked Arun what he wanted.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I asked Arun what he wanted.

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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.

 

A bad hair day

 

A) A day which has a bad start will eventually become better. B) A day on which everything seems to go wrong.
C) Don’t worry over hair loss or else you will lose more. D) A day when you forget to comb your hair.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A day on which everything seems to go wrong.

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Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny of Indian freedom struggle?

A) Lord Ellenborough B) Lord Hardinge
C) Lord Bentinck D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lord Canning

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Who invented the bifocal glasses?

A) Thomas Alva Edison B) Benjamin franklin
C) Evangelista D) Isaac Newton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin franklin

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

He had transported all his equipment to his factory.

A) All his equipment are transported to his factory by him. B) All his equipment were transported to his factory by him.
C) All his equipment have transported by him to his factory. D) All his equipment had been transported by him to his factory.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All his equipment had been transported by him to his factory.

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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.


We are ____ in a time of great and _____changes. The most obvious _____of the modern world is the _____development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper _____of nature.


We are ____ in a time of great

A) existing B) living
C) surviving D) alive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) living

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Sneer

A) Praise B) Scorn
C) Mock D) Despise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Praise

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