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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

Olive, after her parents' death became

 

A) rich B) honest
C) brave D) fat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rich

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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.

 

Copious

 

A) Counterfeit B) Plentiful
C) Commendable D) Deficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Plentiful

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

Acerbic

A) Foretell B) Amazed
C) Harsh D) Bland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bland

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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.


Rohan is so magnanimous that everyone is always _____ to help him in his project.

A) eager B) enthusiastic
C) reluctant D) ignorant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) eager

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

One who is honourably discharged from service

A) Belligerent B) Emeritus
C) Truant D) Mercenary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Emeritus

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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 bite your tongue

 

A) to cause self­inflicting harm B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
C) harsh words once spoken can never come back D) to be astonished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to make a desperate effort to avoid saying something

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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.

 

Cyber security has ________________interesting parallel to terrorism. _________________ are asymmetric. Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably harder than hacking into a system. The attacker has an inherent ________________ in both conventional terrorism and cyber attacks. In the case _________________ state­-sponsored attacks, the challenges are of a much ________________ magnitude.

 

In the case _________________ state-­sponsored attacks.

 

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

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Sita didn't so far as blink when she heard she had won the scholarship to Cambridge.

A) so much as B) as far as
C) as good as D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) so much as

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