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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.

 

Necessity is the mother of invention

 

A) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate B) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
C) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it

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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.

 

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

 

A) Many times those who fight eventually become best of friends B) If one has to give up fighting with some group because one can't win, band together with them
C) Not to hurt others. Instead, be friends with them. D) To fight till you get acceptance to a group which does not initially accept you as a member
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) If one has to give up fighting with some group because one can't win, band together with them

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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.


Sapna ______ with all of the chocolates.

 

A) have ran B)  has been running  
C)  has run off D) was run off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  has run off

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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.

 

We often feel, in such an environment, that our social sphere _____________ around us. We can see, in quantitative values — the number of likes, re-posts, shares — the interest garnered by anything created by us. This makes social interaction slightly more ___________, when we start to think of it in number terms. It becomes easier to see it in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues. And _____________ that happens we are motivated to reveal only those parts of ____________ that we know will trigger a considerable quantitative response.

 

those parts of ____________ that we know

 

A) our B) we
C) ourselves D) us  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ourselves

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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.

 

Burn the midnight oil

 

A) To live a life of hardship B) To waste away resources that could have helped in difficult times
C) Procrastinate and then work at the last minute to finish the task D) Read or work late into the night
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Read or work late into the night

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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 closure ______ the workers adversely.

 

A) expected   B) effected  
C) accepted   D) affected
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) affected

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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.

 

They said, “We are starting now."

 

A) They said that we were starting then. B) They said that they were starting now.
C) They said that they would be starting now. D) They said that they were starting then.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) They said that they were starting then.

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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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

He said to the doctor, "How soon will I be able to walk again?"

 

A) He asks the doctor how soon would I be able to walk again. B) He asked the doctor how soon would he be able to walk again.
C) He is asking the doctor how soon would I be able to walk again. D) He asks the doctor how soon will he be able to walk again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He asked the doctor how soon would he be able to walk again.

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