Questions

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

Piquant

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The parting was painful for ______.

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

excuse my French

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

Tongue in cheek

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.

not only the present __________________ succeeding generations,

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

A substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs.

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.

People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

we see does not ____________ our lives.

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

turn turtle