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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 be on cloud nine

A) To extremely happy B) To feely lucky
C) To experience the feeling of being intoxicated D) To make one last attempt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To extremely happy

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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.

Akash said, "Mahesh has gone home."

A) Akash said that Mahesh has gone home. B) Akash said then Mahesh had gone home.
C) Akash said then Mahesh has gone home. D) Akash said that Mahesh had gone home.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Akash said that Mahesh had gone home.

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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 cast iron stomach

A) a very greedy person B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems
C) to be indifferent to harsh words D) to face so many difficulties in life that one now becomes immune to even poison
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems

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

Impugnable

A) Dicey B) Debatable
C) Indubious D) Hazy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indubious

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

Late arrival of the Gomati Express created confusion among the passengers.

A) Confusion has been created among passengers due to the late arrival of the Gomati Express. B) Confusion have been created among passengers due to the late arrival of the Gomati Express.
C) Confusion was created among passengers due to the late arrival of the Gomati Express. D) Confusion is created among passengers due to the late arrival of the Gomati Express.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Confusion was created among passengers due to the late arrival of the Gomati Express.

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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.

 

Bite off more than you can chew

 

A) A voracious person who eats with big morsels. B) It is not good manners to hog food when you are in a social setting.
C) A commitment is a commitment irrespective of whether you can do it or not. D) Take on a commitment one cannot fulfil.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Take on a commitment one cannot fulfil.

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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 most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words.___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.

 

aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear

A) understand B) understandable
C) understood D) understandably
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) understood

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) daclination B) declineation
C) declination D) daclineation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) declination

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