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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.
dead ringer

A) a competition whose outcome is already decided (by unfair means) B) a candidate fraudulently substituted for another in a competition
C) a person who was in a situation to warn others is now missing D) a warning which comes too late, after the damage is done
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a candidate fraudulently substituted for another in a competition

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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.

Once again, a _____________ monsoon so vital to India's economic fortunes has left some states in shambles. From Assam to Karnataka, heavy rainfall in a ____________ has created paralysing floods that have taken a _______________, wiped out crops and destroyed hard-earned assets. When the waters ___________, a familiar cycle of assessment of damage by Central teams, preparation of loss estimates and expensive ____________ work such as repairs of river embankments, will follow.


heavy rainfall in a ____________

A) short span of time B) very quickly
C) short moments D) fraction of a second
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) short span of time

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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.

 

The coach said to me, "You have to get up early."

A) The coach tells me that I have to get up early. B) The coach told me that I have had to get up early.
C) The coach tells me that I have had to get up early. D) The coach told me that I had to get up early.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The coach told me that I have had to get up early.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health : he should be using health for work.


Talking about health all the time makes people

A) always suffer from imaginary illness B) sometimes suffer from imaginary illness
C) rarely suffer from imaginary illness D) often suffer from imaginary illness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) often suffer from imaginary illness

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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.

Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues

A) Accord B) Strife
C) Amity D) Affinity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Strife

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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.

A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.

A) Penalty B) Reprieve
C) Grace D) Amnesty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Penalty

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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. Giving advice is a difficult task.
P. Moreover one doesn't know oneself, amid ambiguity, how can one know others.
Q. It is a wonder how such people like politicians, reformers and people suchlike are so confident as to invent measures to live their life.
R. Life is but one and mistakes are often irrepairable.
S. Unless he knows another person, how can he advise?
6. I find it very difficult to give advice.

A) PSQR B) QRPS
C) SQPR D) RPQS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) QRPS

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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.

 

In the same boat

 

A) When the option that you have is equally bad as the situation you are in. B) Life like the river throws the same challenges for all boats.
C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others. D) Big and small boats suffer the same fate in a storm.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others.

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