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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.

Zip your lip

A) Keep quiet about something. B) To talk fast.
C) To not think before speaking. D) The silence before a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Keep quiet about something.

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

Deliberately destroy something for military advantage

A) Devotion B)  Fidelity
C) Sabotage D) Ardour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sabotage

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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.

With a blood test, a physician was able to ___________ the woman's pregnancy.

A) term B) confirm
C) firm D) confer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) confirm

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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.

Mother said, "Will you tell me what it means, Pritam?"

A) Mother asked Pritam if he will tell her what it meant. B) Mother asked Pritam that he would tell her what it meant.
C) Mother asked Pritam if he would tell her what it meant. D) Mother asked Pritam that he will tell her what it meant.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mother asked Pritam if he would tell her what it meant.

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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.


Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.


to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions.

A) out of the ordinary B) suspicious
C) cautious D) skeptical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) suspicious

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Scemitars B) Scimitars
C) Scimetars D) Scemetars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scimitars

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Do you mind me leaving this payment until next year?

A) I B) my
C) mine D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) my

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Differ

A) Alter B) Concur
C) Digress D) Vary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Concur

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