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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. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P."How did you manage it?" asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. "Oh, it was nothing", replied the traveller.
S. "When I was in El Doab", he said, "I made fifty Arabs run!"
6. "I ran, and they ran after me!"

A) RPQS B) QRSP
C) QSPR D) PQSR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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

A hollow object used to contain something.

A) platter B) salver
C) plate D) receptacle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) receptacle

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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) Pontifical B) Pontiffical
C) Pontifecal D) Pontificol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pontifical

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A passage with three blanks, followed by five options, each containing one word, is given. Choose the word that can fill all the three blanks.
An __________ is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Participants bid openly against one another, with each subsequent bid required to be higher than the previous bid. An auctioneer may announce prices, bidders may call out their bids themselves (or have a proxy call out a bid on their behalf), or bids may be submitted electronically with the highest current bid publicly displayed. In a Dutch ____________, the auctioneer begins with a high asking price for some quantity of like items; the price is lowered until a participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price for some quantity of the goods in the lot or until the seller's reserve price is met. In economic theory, an ____________ may refer to any mechanism or set of trading rules for exchange.

A) Assets B) Auction
C) Autarky D) Arbitrage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Auction

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‘Assets’ mean things that have earning power or some other value to their owner. ‘Auction’ means a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. ‘Autarky’ refers to the idea that a country should be self-sufficient and not take part in international trade. ‘Arbitrage’ means the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset. ‘Amortisation’ means the running down or payment of a loan by instalments. The given passage includes the presence of an ‘auctioneer’ who is defined as a person who conducts auctions by accepting bids and declaring goods sold. Thus, option 2 is the correct fit for all three blanks.

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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 a finger in every pie

A) To Fight with everybody B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
C) To make fun of everybody D) To leave every job unfinished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises

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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.

 

Decay of organic matter producing a fetid smell

 

A) Putrefy B) Crisp
C) Neoteric D) Virgin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Putrefy

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Mother said, "Oh! It's a scorpion. Don't go near it, children."

 

A) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
C) Mother exclaimed with disgust that it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. D) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

It doesn't look like you're all that ________ at singing either.

 

A) ignorance B) skilled
C) adept D) adapt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) adept

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