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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.

 

Discretion is the greater part of valour

 

A) To be brave in any situation B) Caution is preferable to rash bravery
C) A genuinely brave person is always humble D) If you are over-cautious then you cannot achieve great things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Caution is preferable to rash bravery

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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.

State leaders ___________________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government

 

A) is showing B) have shown
C) to show D) have showed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) have shown

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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.


_____________ who argue in this way support their case by pointing to the lack of a general consensus of opinion which obtains in many parts of the field which the philosopher regards as his own; and also by ____________ out that, even within this field, there is a growing tendency ___________ the part of certain sciences to separate themselves from philosophy and _____________ independent. Thus the psychologist and the logician are sometimes very anxious to have it understood that they belong among the scientists and ___________ among the philosophers.


own; and also by ____________ out that, even within this field.

A) point B) pointed
C) pointing D) to point
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pointing

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

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

Olive, after her parents' death became

 

A) rich B) honest
C) brave D) fat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rich

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

When something moves in a straight line.

A) quadrilineal B) octalineal
C) rectilineal D) trapilineal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rectilineal

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
I have kept all your old letters.

A) Keeping of all your old letters has been done by me. B) I keep your letters which have become old.
C) Your letters which have become old would be kept by me. D) All your old letters have been kept by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All your old letters have been kept by me.

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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 kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate

 

A) to smite B) to extirpate
C) to lynch D) to smother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to smother

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In each of the following question, find out which part has an error. I told him on his face

A) /that he could not hope B) / to pass the stringent
C) / Medical examination of the Service Selection Board D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) /that he could not hope

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Could is used in hypothetical situation, where we want to express ability except willingness. So, ‘could’ should be replaced with should.

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