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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.

Lend me your ear

A) To politely ask for someone's full attention B) Begging someone to listen to your grievances
C) When nobody is willing to hear your side of the story D) Call someone for severe scolding.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To politely ask for someone's full attention

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
We do not (agree on) certain things.

A) agree to B) agree about
C) agree of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Ambarass B) Embarass
C) Embarrs D) Embarrass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Embarrass

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A person who is working in the same institution.

A) Guide B) Collector
C)  Captain D) Colleague
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Colleague

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

To pull a long face

A) Looked happily B)  Looked surprised
C)  Looked sad D)  Looked calm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  Looked sad

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Select the antonym of
conjoined

A) sever B) adjoin
C) meld D) affix
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) sever

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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.

 

______ to the story of family existence

A) inordinate B) subordinate
C) audacious D) judicious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) subordinate

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A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
BC, GHI, NOPQ, ?

A) BCDEF B) UVWXY
C) WXYZA D) STUVW
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) WXYZA

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