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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.

 

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

 

at certain hours, ____________ force of habit.

 

A) tough B) thought
C) though D) through
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) through

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INNOCUOUS

A) INNOCENT B) INNOVATIVE
C) INOFFENSIVE D) INNERMOST
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) INOFFENSIVE

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

DISAVOWAL

A) REBUTTAL B) REPEAL
C) APPROVAL D) APPEAL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) APPROVAL

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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) Blandnes B) Blandeness
C) Blandenes D) Blandness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Blandness

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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) frothyiest B) frotheist
C) frothyeist D) frothiest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) frothiest

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

A) Establish B) Impudence
C) Request D) Unveil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Unveil

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Carry the ball

A) Decorate the ball B) Be in charge
C) Take the decision D) Be the hostess
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Be in charge

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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.
All agog

A) Avoid B) Contentment
C) Amazed D) Unsystematically
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amazed

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