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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

REPROOF

A) WARNING B) RIDICULE
C) REBUKE D) THREAT
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) REBUKE

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In the given question, a statement divided into different segments is given. The first segment is fixed, rearrange the other segments to form a coherent statement.

As the files were being arranged/ been lost for several decades now (P)/ which were believed to have (Q)/ into a stack, the butler cam (R)/ across information about several of the family heirlooms (S)

A) RSQP B) PQRS
C) SRQP D) QSRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) RSQP

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The most logical segment that can follow the first segment is R, 'being arranged into a stack'. This leaves us with only one option i.e. option 1. Hence, the correct answer is RSQP.

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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.

Search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste

A) Scavenge B) Disperse
C) Dissipate D) Scatter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scavenge

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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.

 

Tongue in cheek

 

A) In an ironic or insincere way. B) Being practical.
C) Stop yourself from saying something hurtful. D) Be gutsy and speak the unpleasant truth.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) In an ironic or insincere way.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in the meaning of the given word.

Ribald

A) Provision B) Biased
C) Clean D) Vulgar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Clean

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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) Glamerous B) Glamrous
C) Glamorous D) Gleamorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glamorous

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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.

 

The _____ of war, however, is

A) case B) prisoner
C) perperator D) theme
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) theme

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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 noimprovement is needed, select "no improvement".

What seeds you (has sow) in the garden of your mind determine the quality of life you shall have.

A) sowing B) sow
C) had sow D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sow

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