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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 put a spoke in one's wheel

A) To be advantageous at the time of difficulty B) To maintain under all circumstances
C) To blame the other party D) To put a difficulty in the way of progress
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To put a difficulty in the way of progress

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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".

Hole wheat bread is good for health.

A) Whole B) Healthy
C) Holed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Whole

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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.

 

Lasting for a very short time

 

A) Ephemeral B) Immortal
C) Incessant D) Perennial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ephemeral

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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.

 

an arm and a leg

 

A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money B) a highly motivated person can succeed even with few resources
C) one loves a person so much that one is willing to sacrifice his most precious things for them D) all children are equal for a mother. She can't sacrifice anyone.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money

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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.

Repetition bred a sense of _____________ with the characters.

A) familiarity B) familiar
C) familiarly D) familiarise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) familiarity

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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 answer to the third question is __________________ answered; State leaders ___________________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government, presumably for a price. ________________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies. But they fail to ________________ that history cannot be disremembered, it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ___________________ injustice in these States.

The answer to the third question is __________________ answered

 

A) easily B) easy to
C) easy for D) so easy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) easily

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

A girl with brown hair

A) Damsel B) Lassie
C) Brunette D) Mademoiselle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brunette

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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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

 

after all, ___________ in the use of words

 

A) accurate B) accuracy
C) accurately D) accuratenesses
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) accuracy

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