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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.

Abettor

A) Accomplice B) Adversary
C) Careless D) Indolent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Accomplice

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Serena Williams defeated__________ to win the women’s singles title of Australian Open 2015.

A) Venus Williams B) Sania Mirza
C) Maria Sharapova D) Ana Ivanovic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maria Sharapova

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Serena Williams won the title, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 7–6, to earn her sixth Australian Open title.

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Q:

During world war II, Germany was a member of the

A) Axis powers B) Allies
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Axis powers

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During world war II, Germany was a member of the Axis powers.

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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.

 

at certain hours, ____________ force of habit.

 

A) tough B) thought
C) though D) through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) through

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The people considered him as an outcast.

 

A) He was an outcast for the people. B) He is considered by the people as an outcast.
C) He was consider as an outcast by the people. D) He was considered as an outcast by the people.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He was considered as an outcast by the people.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) anteques B) carotane
C) scewl D) apoplexy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) apoplexy

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Q:

Losar festival is celebrated in which state?

A) Assam B) Orissa
C) Nagaland D) Sikkim
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sikkim

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Q:

The apparent weight of a person in a lift which is moving down with uniform acceleration is _______.

A) greater than the weight when the person is stationary B) twice the weight when the person is stationary
C) less than the weight when the person is stationary D) same as the weight when the person is stationary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) less than the weight when the person is stationary

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