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

A) Dull B) Timid
C) Unfriendly D) Lusty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dull

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

 

Melancholy

 

A) Destroyed B) Moody
C) Low D) Cheerful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cheerful

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n the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The rising sun has great inner ______. Not just to ______ the new morning right after the dark night, but also the new rhythms and vibrations within existence. The entire universe – including the trees, birds and flowers – wake up to the rising sun. When we listen to the birds chirping and see the flower petals open, remember that the sunrise is not just a great happening on the outside. If we are alert and aware, then the sunrise is also happening deep within us. Something within ourselves is also ______ with the first rays of the sun. We just need to be sensitive and available; we just need to be ______. Like the outside world, we need to open the inner door to let the new dawn enter within. Just open the window of our inner world and allow the beautiful experience of sunrise to ______ within ourselves – this experience is beyond anything earthly.

 

ourselves is also ______ with the

A) deaden B) hypnotise
C) awakened D) disowned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) awakened

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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 person employed to drive a private or hired car.

A) Amateur B) Chauffeur
C) Connoisseur D) Provocateur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chauffeur

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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.

 

The parting was painful for ______.

 

A) two B) second
C) both D) it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

 

The news regales us ________ the highlights

 

A) at B) from
C) with D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

Shah Jahan built the Red Fort.

 

A) The Red Fort is build by Shah Jahan B) The Red Fort was built by Shah Jahan
C) The Red Fort got build by Shah Jahan D) The Red Fort built by Shah Jahan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Red Fort was built by Shah Jahan

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Widespread liberalization of the economic ________________ regime was long overdue in 1991, and has played a positive role since, but its impact has ________________ its course and the policy has recognisable ___________________. Liberalization cannot address all aspects of the man­made environment and now climate change ________________ to change everything forever. We do not have another quarter century to deal ___________ these imperatives.

 

We do not have another quarter century to deal ___________ these imperatives.

 

A) about B) for
C) with D) of
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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