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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.

All thumbs

 

A) Permission from the concerned people to go ahead. B) A crowd cheering their favourite team.
C) Physically awkward, especially with respect to the hands. D) An illiterate person who cannot sign his name.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A crowd cheering their favourite team.

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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.

 

Zenab said to me, “My father is a dentist.”

A) Zenab says to me that her father has been a dentist. B) Zenab told me that her father was a dentist.
C) Zenab says to me that that her father is a dentist. D) Zenab says this to me that her father was a dentist.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Zenab told me that her father was a dentist.

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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.

great minds think alike

A) it is said when two people have the same opinion B) it is said when clever people think rationally
C) since there is only one truth , the great philosophers have reached on similar conclusions D) scientists and philosophers easily become friends
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) it is said when two people have the same opinion

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Multitude

A) Scarcity B) Minority
C) Mass D) Radiant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mass

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The communities of ants are sometimes very large, (numbered) even upto 500 individuals: and it is a lesson to us that no one has ever yet seen quarrel between
any two ants belonging to the same community.

A) number B) numerous
C) numbering D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) numbering

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
We have kept the bird in the cage too long.

A) Keeping of the bird in the cage has been done by us for too long. B) The bird has been kept in the cage by us for too long.
C) We have been keeping for long the bird in the cage. D) The bird would have been kept in the cage by us for too long.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The bird has been kept in the cage by us for too long.

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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 theappropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

I seen (1)/ that it (2)/ is getting dark. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :Jumbo, the famous 3.3 metre elephant was born in Africa over a hundred years ago.
S6:Before his death in September 1882, he had been seen by over 20 million Americans.
P:After disembarkation in New York, he was taken in a procession to the place where he was to be kept.
Q:Another admirer was the famous American showman Barnum who bought it for a huge sum in February 1882.
R:Transported from his native land to London Zoo, he became a favourite of Queen Victoria.
S:He made his transatlantic voyage aboard SS Assyrian Monarch.

The proper sequence should be 

A) P Q R S  B) S R Q P
C) P S R Q D) R Q S P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) R Q S P

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The starting statement is talking about the birth of a 3 –3 metre elephant –Jumbo. So, the connecting statement would be discussing what happened after the birth. So statement R would be the next statement as it describes that he was transported to London; So, R being the first statement eliminates all other options. Thus, the correct sequence is RQSP.

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