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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

What a _____ holiday!

A) momentous B) memorable
C) momentary D) immortal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) memorable

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

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 

The argument in the paragraph is based primarily on :

A) facts of history and statistical studies. B)  facts derived from the author's personal observations.
C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience. D) feeling passed down to the authors by ancestors.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) feelings the author has picked up from personal experience.

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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.

 

I said to my father, "I want to build a raft which can hold four people ."

 

A) I told my father that I am wanting to build a raft which could hold four people. B) I told my father that that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.
C) I told my father that that I am wanting to build a raft which could hold four people. D) I told my father that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I told my father that I wanted to build a raft which could hold four people.

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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) Throtled B) Throttlede
C) Throtlede D) Throttled
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Throttled

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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.

On thin ice

A) To keep failing after repeated efforts B) To endure a harsh winter
C) To keep one's cool even in a tough situation D) In a precarious or risky situation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In a precarious or risky situation

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In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

 

He is quite __________; you can never count on him in matters of secrecy.

A) unjust B) unbearable
C) inefficient D) unreliable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) unreliable

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Unreliable, someone we cannot count on or depend on is called as unreliable, therefore option-d follows. Unjust means characterized by injustice. Unbearable means not bearable. Inefficient means someone who cannot bring the desired result.

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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.

Out of date

A) Not have time; very busy B) Not stick to the schedule
C) Fail to find a partner D) Old-fashioned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Old-fashioned

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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.

An axe to grind

A) Attack aggressively B) Suffer a lot
C) Betray somebody D) Have a selfish interest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Have a selfish interest

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