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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.

Be a dab hand at something

A) Always telling nonsense B) Hearing a fake intention
C) Ready to listen to other people's conversation D) Skilled in a particular area
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Skilled in a particular area

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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.


Technical skill ____________ to the ability and knowledge to use the pedagogy, tools and techniques involved in the teaching and research of a specific subject. Ability in programming or software designing and operating a computer is, ___________ instance, a technical skill. There are two things a teacher should understand __________ transformational technical skills. In the first place, he must know __________ skill and what level of skill should be applied on a particular student. He should be ____________ enough with their potential to ask discerning questions. Secondly, a teacher must understand the role of each event organised and the transformational skill applied, and the inter-relationships between the events and skills.

 

understand __________ transformational technical skills.

A) about B) at
C) among D) upon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) about

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

an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence

A) stanza B) episode
C) series D) lesson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) episode

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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.

Actions speak louder than words

A) Achievers are better than those who talk big B) No action can compensate for saying bad words
C) A pen is mightier than a sword D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do

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In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains the list of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer.

The Bill states that companies with more than 10 employees would periodically debate specific terms with their workers, publish their own charter, and create an Employee Welfare Committee consisting of representatives of the company’s workforce.

A) Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8) B) (4)-(8)
C) (1)-(5) D) (3)-(7)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (1)-(5)

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'Debate' results in only one of the parties involved in the argument to win. But, when employees and employers discuss the terms of working, the end results must satisfy both and not just one of them. This is called 'negotiation', not a debate. Also, employees are the same as that of workers. So, no change is required here. A committee is formed by 'representatives' from various factions. 'Capital' doesn’t require representation.

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

 


Most economists in the United States seem captivated by the spell of the free market. Consequently, nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements of the free market. A price that is determined by the seller or, for that matter (for that matter: so far as that is concerned), established by anyone other than the aggregate of consumers seems pernicious. Accordingly, it requires a major act of will to think of price-fixing (the determination of prices by the seller) as both "normal" and having a valuable economic function. In fact, price-fixing is normal in all industrialized societies because the industrial system itself provides, as an effortless consequence of its own development, the price-fixing that it requires. Modern industrial planning requires and rewards great size. Hence, a comparatively small number of large firms will be competing for the same group of consumers. That each large firm will act with consideration of its own needs and thus avoid selling its products for more than its competitors charge is commonly recognized by advocates of free-market economic theories. But each large firm will also act with full consideration of the needs that it has in common with the other large firms competing for the same customers.

 

Price-fixing is a phenomenon that is normal in -

A) agricultural societies B) industrialized societies
C) pre-industrial societies D) globalised societies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) industrialized societies

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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.

 

Great minds think alike

 

A) When an evil plan is hatched criminals agree. B) Said to those people who don’t like each other to make them agree.
C) Said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice. D) Intelligent people will think of plans to which everybody will say yes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice.

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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.

 

He was sorry ______ her loss.

 

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

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