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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.

Mount Everest has earned the _____ distinction of being the world's highest garbage dump.

A) marked B) disgusting
C) dubious D) dismal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dubious

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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".

Sita didn't so far as blink when she heard she had won the scholarship to Cambridge.

A) so much as B) as far as
C) as good as D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) so much as

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

A) Dark B) Loud
C) Rough D) Sweet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dark

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

She was completely nonplussed by the erratic behaviour of her father.

A) completely plussed B) completely no-nonplussed
C) entirely not nonplussed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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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.

For all intents and purposes

A) For all businesses B) Obliquely
C) Practically D) Almost perfect
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Practically

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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.

 

To know ______ reality, the powers of the mind need to be turned back upon itself. With concentration, the mind can ______ its innermost secrets, just as the darkest places reveal their secrets to the penetrating rays of light. We can then ______ soul truths, whether life exists for five minutes or for ______, and whether there is a God. To go beyond the mind and our present reality, we need to use the mind itself as a tool. Patanjali, in his Hatha Yoga Pradipika, stated, “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications of the mind.”

 

We can then ______ soul truths

A) receive B) connive
C) perceive D) costive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) perceive

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 


We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

 


the _____ of western culture.

 

A) tide B) sway
C) current D) wind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sway

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

 

Vista

 

A) Confront B) Contour
C) Blindness D) Outlook
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Blindness

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