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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.
At one's wits end

A) A man of ability B) At the last moment
C) To get puzzled D) Undecided controversy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To get puzzled

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A sentence with one blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits the blank appropriately.

As the festival approaches, the number of customers _________

A) Will have increased B) Has increasing
C) Will be increased D) Increases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Increases

Explanation:

The given sentence is in simple present tense and states a general fact, hence the latter half of the sentence with the blank will also be in the simple present tense. Since the subject in the latter part of the sentence is singular .i.e. 'the number', the verb will be followed accordingly. Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


I had seen this road many years ago when my parents moved to Mundakotukurussi, our ancestral village. However, in those early years, I hadn't begun exploring the countryside. I stored the unknown road in my head under 'One Day I Will'. Ten years ago, when I recovered from a herniated disc, it was to discover that I had a useless left leg. Though I managed to lose the limp, I hated not being able to stride around as I used to. I needed a challenge to tell myself that I wasn't going to buckle to a creature called sciatica. Thus the 'One Day I Will' arrived. "Where does the road by the medical shop lead to?" I asked my parents while visiting them next. "Chalavara," they said. "It's not an easy road to walk on," my father added. "There are too many ups and downs." Chalavara was a superior grade of a village as compared to Mundakotukurussi, with a high school, a fine library, ATMs and several shops. But it also has two approach roads. The one I had chosen was a narrow back road used by the locals and that settled it for me. I needed to know for myself I could walk a road that wasn't going to be easy. And the next day, I would get up and walk that road again.

 

One Day I Will' is the title of?

A) A village B) The unknown road
C) A tourist place D) A path famous with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The unknown road

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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CALUMNY’

A) Apology B) Eulogy
C) Enjoyment D) Reservation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Eulogy

Explanation:
CALUMNY means making of false statement.
Apology means regretful acknowledgement
Eulogy means a speech or piece of writing that praises someone → which is nearly opposite in meaning to calumny.
Enjoyment means the state of taking pleasure in something.
Reservation means action of reserving something.
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Phobia of dogs

A) Orophobia B) Cynophobia
C) Vatrachophobia D) Phemophobia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cynophobia

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Phlegmatic

A) Ardent B) Indifferent
C) Prohibit D) Merciless
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ardent

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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.

 

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

 

A) Proof B) Conjecture
C) Clincher D) Averment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Conjecture

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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.
flesh and blood

A) a very gory murder scene B) a lot of hard work
C) loss of lives in battle D) a person's physical body and their needs and frailties
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a person's physical body and their needs and frailties

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