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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.

 

Add insult to injury

 

A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation. B) A disgrace becomes worse when friends and family disown you.
C) The world usually slanders a fallen person rather than help him. D) A suffering is compounded if you are hurt at the same place again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation.

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

 

Replenish

 

A) Deplete B) Restore
C) Waste D) Drain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Restore

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If asentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.


The two men were(1)/ quarrelling with one another(2)/ claiming the same watch as their own.(3)/ No Error(4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
Emission ____________ are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission ___________ set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over specific timeframes. They are generally designed to achieve air quality standards and to protect human life. Many emissions ____________ focus on regulating pollutants released by automobiles (motor cars) and other powered vehicles. Others regulate emissions from industry, power plants, small equipment such as lawn mowers and diesel generators, and other sources of air pollution. While this have been used to dictate limits for conventional pollutants such as oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulphur (NOx and SOx), this regulatory technique may be used to regulate greenhouse gasses, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). In the US, this is given in pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour (lbs. CO2/MWhr), and kilograms CO2/MWhr elsewhere.

A) Norms B) Pollutants
C) Factors D) Standards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Standards

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From the given passage it is evident that we have to take the word filling the blanks in relation to the word ‘emission’ which means the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation. ‘Norms’ refer to a standard or pattern, especially of social behaviour, that is typical or expected. Thus ‘emission norms’ cannot be a correct term as it is not related social behaviour. ‘Pollutants’ mean a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. If this word is used in the given first blank it does not provide the correct term being defined. ‘Factors’ refer to a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result. ‘Standards’ refer to a required or agreed level of quality or attainment. ‘Limits’ means a restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible. Of all the given options ‘factors’ and ‘standards’ can be seen as the most appropriate words for the given blanks. But an emission factor is a representative value that attempts to relate the quantity of a pollutant released to the atmosphere with an activity associated with the release of that pollutant. Thus, option D is the best fit answer for the given blanks 

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 

The author believes that man's greatest and distinguishing ability is

 

A) his ability to project the future B) his capacity to escape from his present experience
C) his consciousness of the past D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) his capacity to escape from his present experience

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

 

Repugnance

 

 

A) Esteem   B) Respect
C) Aversion   D) Sympathy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aversion  

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Decimate

 

A) Preserve B) Destroy  
C) Execute   D) Abate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Preserve

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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.

 

We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


whether it will be able to hold its _____.

 

A) teachings B) doctrines
C) morals D) values
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) values

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