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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) fidellity B) befalen
C) probable D) salwager
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) probable

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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.

 

The elephant in the room

A) A very fat man B) When a big person is finally trapped
C) An obvious problem that no one wants to discuss D) One person who is strong enough to defeat everybody else
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) An obvious problem that no one wants to discuss

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In the following questions, 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.


Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
The very word "animal" can _____ the brutish and the sensual.

A) connote B) rectify
C) trouble D) understand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) connote

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Elephants live in groups in the jungle.

A) crowds B) herds
C) hoards D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) herds

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

It must (being) quite an exciting time to be alive.

A) has been B) have been
C) been D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) have been

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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.

under the weather

 

A) changing moods like weather B) a situation changes so fast that it leaves one unprepared
C) slightly unwell D) raining heavily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) slightly unwell

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

Lambency

A) Effulgence B) Dullness
C) Gusto D) Phosphorescence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dullness

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

Plebiscite

A) Referendum B) Tyranny
C) Despotism D) Monarchy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Referendum

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