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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.

 

Level playing field

 

A) A game played where the weaker side is given an advantage to make it a fair fight B) A situation in which everyone has a fair and equal chance of succeeding
C) A game where you progress level by level D) A game which appears unfair but is actually fair
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A situation in which everyone has a fair and equal chance of succeeding

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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) effuzively B) effusively
C) efusively D) efuzively
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) effusively

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) ceramix B) bulwaark
C) adjourns D) studiuos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) adjourns

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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.

 

_____________ nearly eight decades, the women's movement __________ and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity? Is it for the "integrity of the nation" that uniformity in laws is required, as some judicial pronouncements ___________? If so, who exactly is the beneficiary? Which sections of people benefit from "integrity of the nation", that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind as your husband throws you out on the street?

 

and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity?

A) holding B) positioning
C) posturing D) posing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) posing

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n 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 rising sun has great inner ______. Not just to ______ the new morning right after the dark night, but also the new rhythms and vibrations within existence. The entire universe – including the trees, birds and flowers – wake up to the rising sun. When we listen to the birds chirping and see the flower petals open, remember that the sunrise is not just a great happening on the outside. If we are alert and aware, then the sunrise is also happening deep within us. Something within ourselves is also ______ with the first rays of the sun. We just need to be sensitive and available; we just need to be ______. Like the outside world, we need to open the inner door to let the new dawn enter within. Just open the window of our inner world and allow the beautiful experience of sunrise to ______ within ourselves – this experience is beyond anything earthly.

 

we just need to be ______.

A) additive B) abditive
C) imitative D) receptive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) receptive

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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) Contusion B) Contution
C) Cuntusion D) Cuntution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Contusion

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Which of the following gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984?

A) Methyl isocyanate B) Methyl isochlorate
C) Methyl Phosphate D) Methyl Isopropate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Methyl isocyanate

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The first woman Chess Grandmaster from India is

A) S. Vijayalakshmi B) Tania Sachdev
C) Harika Dronavalli D) Richa Pujari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) S. Vijayalakshmi

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