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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group

A) etiquette B) frizette
C) epaulette D) fossette
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) etiquette

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

A) Adroit B) Handy
C) Pliable D) Simple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Simple

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 

Carlyle's mother was ________.

 

A) a regular letter writer B) not confident at letter writing
C) always eager to write letters to Alec D) old and enjoyed writing letters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) not confident at letter writing

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

having or showing an interest in learning things; curious.

A) probe B) inquisitive
C) speculative D) snoop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) inquisitive

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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 no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

It has (being) too dangerous for too many people.

A) to be B) become
C) be  D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) become

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

Disdain

A) Antipathy B) Admiration
C) Derision D) Scorn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Admiration

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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.

Proposition made as a basis for reasoning without the assumption of its truth

A) Hypertext B) Hypocrisy
C) Hyperbole D) Hypothesis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hypothesis

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Pritam said, "These pastries are yummy."

A) Pritam said that those pastries are yummy. B) Pritam said this that those pastries were yummy.
C) Pritam said that those pastries were yummy. D) Pritam said that these pastries are yummy.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pritam said this that those pastries were yummy.

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