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.

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

do not put _________ practical use in their

In the given question, an idiom/phrase highlighted in bold is given in a sentence. Choose the most suitable meaning of the idiom/phrase.

The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren’t looking

The __________ exchange rate is the price of one unit of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency.

The goal of expansionary fiscal policy is to increase

Who received the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for his novel ' A brief history of seven killings'?

The amount of Rs. 10,000 after 2 years, compounded annually with the rate of interest being 10% per annum during the first year and 12% per annum during the second year, would be (in rupees)

What is the effective discount (in %) on two successive discounts of 20% and 10%?

Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad was completed by