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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.

 

An axe to grind

 

A) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe. B) To have important jobs to do.
C) Have an ulterior motive. D) A weapon is useful only when it is sharp.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Have an ulterior motive.

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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.

 

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

 

A) Obeisance B) Veneration
C) Approbation D) Revile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Revile

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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.


Under the weather

 

A) Become a bit unpredictable like the weather. B) Slightly unwell or in low spirits.
C)  Feel optimistic simply because the weather is good. D)  Feel depressed because you expect bad weather.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Slightly unwell or in low spirits.

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

to easily bent; flexible.

 

A) putty B) pliable
C) rigid D) ductile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) pliable

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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.

 

A plant, leaf, or flower becoming limp

 

A) Bolster B) Invigorate
C) Wilt D) Fortify
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Wilt

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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.

 

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

 

A) tactfully B) tacit
C) taciturn D) tacitly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tacit

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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".

I purposely did that with a view to offend her.

A) with a view of offending her B) with a view that I offend her
C) with a view to offending her D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with a view to offending her

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

The _____ of war, however, is

A) case B) prisoner
C) perperator D) theme
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) theme

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