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Q:

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 angle

A) To measure the river breadth B) To fish with a net
C) To fish D) To sit and watch the river
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To fish

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four
parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is
correct

 


1. In summer tiny oysters are collected.

P. Then each oyster is taken out and a small hole is drilled in its shell.

Q. There they are kept for three years.

R. A tiny piece of sand is put inside the oyster.

S. They are placed in trays and planted in the sea.

6. Then the oysters are again left in the sea.

A) SRPQ B) SQPR
C) SPQR D) SPRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) SPRQ

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

He swam to(A)/an island that(B)/was not far away.(C)/No error(D)

 

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

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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".

 

A guest from Europe (was quite fascinate) by the papaya tree in my garden.

A) was quite fascinated B) was quite fascinating
C) is quite fascinating D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was quite fascinated

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Q:

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

Spin your wheels

 

A) Set an activity in motion B) Waste your time or efforts
C) A firmly held belief D) With great affection or enthusiasm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Waste your time or efforts

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

Many people die(A)/with cholera(B)/every year(C)/No error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B

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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.

Keep under one's hat

A) Keep all your wealth in your home B) To keep something a secret
C) Steal and hide something D) Take care of somebody else's valuables given to you for safe keeping
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To keep something a secret

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

We drank a little and flung

X-soon were all asleep
Y-sand, thoroughly tired out, and
Z-ourselves down on the

A) ZXY B) YZX
C) YXZ D) ZYX
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ZYX

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