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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 steal someone's thunder

A) To share the secret of a person just before that person was supposed to receive praise	B) To defuse the ego of an egoistic person
C) To plagiarize work done by others	D) To do a job before another person can do it and take away the credit

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To do a job before another person can do it and take away the credit

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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. Vinoo was to leave for Hyderabad by the 5 o'clock train.
P. Quickly, both got the luggage in and the train began to move.
Q. He drove to the station and reached a few minutes before the train was to leave.
R. However, Vinoo had a busy schedule on that day and could leave the office only around 4:45 PM.
S. He rushed on to the platform and found his friend waiting near their compartment.

6. Vinoo heaved a sigh of relief and settled down to enjoy the journey.

A) PQSR	B) RSQP
C) SQPR	D) RQSP

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RQSP

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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 asentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

1. The 26th of January was chosen

2. to commemorate the Purna Swaraj

3. declaration for the complete independence, of 1930.

4. No error

A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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Five statements are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E, among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A) This takes us back to John Stuart Mill, the great nineteenth-century economist and philosopher, who believed that nobody can be a good economist if he or she is just an economist.	B) To be sure, most academic disciplines have become highly specialized since Mill’s day; and, since the collapse of theology,
C) no field of study has aimed to understand the human condition as a whole.	D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.

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All statements except ‘D’ are based on the economists versus the economy, while sentence D talks about 'The Destructive Power of Inflation'.

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__________________ is a good whose quantity demanded decreases when consumer income rises.

A) Veblen good	B) normal good
C) exclusive good	D) inferior good

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inferior good

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Which American of Indian descent has recently been appointed as the president of the US-Indian Business Council?

A) Nina Davuluri	B) Nisha Dessai Biswal
C) prith Banerjee	D) Asim Ghosh

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nisha Dessai Biswal

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Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Statements:
1. All cycles are ducks.
2. All ducks are swans.
Conclusions:
I. All swans are cycles.
II. Some swans are cycles.

A) Only conclusion I follows	B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both conclusions follows	D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only conclusion II follows

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Which sport has the highest rank of Yokozuna?

A) Sumo wrestling	B) Judo
C) Jujitsu	D) Kendo

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