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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.

 

Pejorative

 

A) Right   B) Discussion  
C) Derogatory   D) Complimentary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Derogatory  

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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.

 

Lacking foresight or intellectual insight

 

A) Sagacity B) Myopic
C) Acumen D) Discern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Myopic

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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 child looked up at her teacher, obviously afraid that she would further __________ her.

 

A) revere B) extol
C) laud D) chastise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) chastise

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

A hair’s breadth

A) Telling about the smallest possible amount or degree of something B) Irresponsible pleasure sealing in an old age
C) Praising someone’s abilities and achievements D) Looking for something which is not clearly visible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Telling about the smallest possible amount or degree of something

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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 the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Organic pulses are so popular today (1)/ that many people wonder (2)/ how they ever lived without them. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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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) This takes us back to John Stuart Mill, the great nineteenth-century economist and philosopher, who believed that nobody can be a good economist if he or she is just an economist. B) To be sure, most academic disciplines have become highly specialized since Mill’s day; and, since the collapse of theology,
C) no field of study has aimed to understand the human condition as a whole. D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.

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All statements except ‘D’ are based on the economists versus the economy, while sentence D talks about 'The Destructive Power of Inflation'.

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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 brother said to me, "I was upset, but now I am fine."

 

A) My brother told me that he was upset, but now he was fine. B) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he will be fine.
C) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine. D) My brother told me that he has been upset, but then he is fine.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My brother told me that he had been upset, but then he was fine.

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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.

 

Anti­apartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hard­headed when he says, "In almost ____________ language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that ______________ reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. _____________ him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of ______________ relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to _____________ scrutiny deserve to be treasured.

 

Mr. Tutu adds that ______________ reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing.

 

A) artificial B) phony
C) spurious D) bogus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) spurious

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