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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.
Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

A) Valiant B) Stout
C) Phobic D)  Foolhardy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Phobic

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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 girl said to her partner, "You will have to dance better than this tomorrow."

A) The girl said to her partner that he will have to dance better than that the day after. B) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than this the day after.
C) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than that the day after. D) The girl said to her partner that he will have to dance better than this the day after.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The girl said to her partner that he would have to dance better than that the day after.

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Chief of a group of workmen.

A) Chieftain B) Engineer
C) Foreman D) Middleman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Foreman

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

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 

The recipient of your letter should ________.

 

A) use a lot of imagination B) know what you are talking about
C) get distracted when reading your letter D) find it difficult to understand your letter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) know what you are talking about

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) etarnity B) monition
C) advisary D) gigantec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) monition

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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 Have bitten off more than you can chew

A) To eat voraciously and then fall sick B) To behave disrespectfully towards elders and then repent the act
C) To have tried to do something which is too difficult D) To have missed a golden opportunity and after that willing to put twice the effort to recover the loss
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To have tried to do something which is too difficult

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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) Ditheering B) Dethering
C) Dithering D) Detheering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dithering

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

 

To make someone feel completely baffled.

A) to perplex B) to explicate
C) to construe D) to elucidate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to perplex

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