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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.

 

Get on somebody's nerves

 

A) To calm an anxious person. B) To be an irritant.
C) To crack jokes at somebody's expense. D) Be angry with yourself but take out the anger on somebody else.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be an irritant.

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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 a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Saving water and ensuring that our stocks of water (1)/ are fair distributed to everyone who needs them, (2)/ is absolutely crucial for keeping us alive. (3)/ No error(4)

 

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

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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.

 

Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

 

A) Oblivion B) Nascence
C) Exegesis D) Naivete
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Exegesis

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

The report (has already been) given to the Board.

 

A) have already been B) have already being
C) has already being D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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 get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice

 

 

A) habit B) habits
C) habitual   D) habitually
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) habitually

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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.


The phrase consists usually of a few words which denote a single idea that __________ a separate part of a sentence. In this respect it differs from the clause, ___________ is a short sentence that forms a distinct part __________ a composition, paragraph, or discourse. Correct phrasing is_______________ by rests, such rests do not break the ______________ of a thought or the progress of the sense.


idea that __________ a separate part

A) form B) forms
C) formation D) forming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) forms

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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.

 

Abeyance

 

A) Revival B) Inactivity
C) Operation D) Continuation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Inactivity

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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.

 

Hummock

 

A) Ridge B) Hill
C) Upland D) Ditch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ditch

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