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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Diarrhoea B) Diarhea
C) Diarrhea D) Diarrohea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Diarrhoea

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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.

My father said to the stranger, "Where do you live?"

A) My father asked the stranger where he lives. B) My father asked the stranger where he has been living.
C) My father asked where he lives to the stranger. D) My father asked the stranger where he lived.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My father asked the stranger where he lived.

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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.

Turbulence

A) Agitation B) Calmness
C) Repose D) Stillness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Agitation

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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.

Be left stranded

A) Unable to leave somewhere because of a problem. B) Suffer a bad hair day.
C) Having only a single thing to hold on to save yourself. D) To be the last person on whom the blame falls on eventually.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To be the last person on whom the blame falls on eventually.

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Five statements are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E, among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A) Untouchable have to kill or dispose of dead cattle or working with their hides for a living. B) They pursued activities that brought the participant into contact with emissions of the human body, such as faeces, urine, sweat, and spittle
C) They have to eat the flesh of cattle or of domestic pigs and have to live outside the village. D) They were not allowed to enter the temples or touch wells, river or ponds.
 
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All statements except ‘A’ are based about the same theme which is The Fight for Ocean Health while sentence A talks about The Next Phase of Climate Action.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

 

Bite the dust

A) eat poorly B) suffer a defeat
C) clean something D) attack and defeat somebody
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) suffer a defeat

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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.


The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.


as a territorially_______, yet bounded, social relation

A) extended B) extrapolated
C) excessive D) extensive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) extensive

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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.

To have at one's fingertips

A) To be very fast on the keyboard B) To be adroit with a percussion musical instrument
C) Recall of factual information at one's command D) To carefully note down minute details
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Recall of factual information at one's command

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