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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.

 

A diamond in the rough

 

A) Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish B) A person who dresses shabbily
C) A diamond will shine out even when it is not polished. D) A person of character will shine through even in tough times.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish

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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) arbittrates B) arbitrates
C) arbetrates D) arbettrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) arbitrates

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

The system which is observed to do progress

A) Violation B) Impairing
C) Preservation D) Reformism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Reformism

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

 

deserving reward or praise

A) meritorious B) honourable
C) virtuous D) noble
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) meritorious

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

 

The man who is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, - who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather-cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows-can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely, then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with flexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly; and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

 

The writer advises us to be ______.

A) wise, firm and resolute. B) weak, firm and resolute.
C) happy, firm and resolute. D) flexible, happy and resolute.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wise, firm and resolute.

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A place where soldiers live

A) Tanks B) Shacks
C) Ordnance Depots D) Barracks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Barracks

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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.
Both taciturn and _____ , Daniel seldom spoke and never spent money.

A) wary B) cheap
C) discreet D) miserly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) miserly

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The owners remodelled the car to help it sell.

A) The car was remodelled by the owners to help it sell. B) The car is being remodelled by the owners to help it sell.
C) The car was remodelled by the owners to help it being sold. D) The car is being remodelled by the owners to help it being sold.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The car was remodelled by the owners to help it sell.

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