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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.

Put one's foot down

A) Give up easily without a fight B) Learn to dance inspite of being clumsy
C) Adopt a firm policy when faced with opposition or disobedience D) Take the first step of a very long difficult journey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Adopt a firm policy when faced with opposition or disobedience

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In the following question, four words are given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

A) orthopeadic B) orthopadic
C) orthopaedic D) orthopedic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) orthopaedic

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

When the stranger saw me, (A) / he seemed to recognise me (B) / and asked me what was my name. (C) / No Error (D)

A) B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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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 course of the development of different life-forms heredity—which, in plain English, is unconscious memory generated in the first life-form and ______________ through all the different species—is the sole factor in the ____________ of the parent properties; while adaptation to surrounding conditions and circumstances, natural selection in the struggle _____________ existence, and partner selection in the struggle of the males for ____________ are the principal factors in the differentiation of species.

 

_______________ the course of the development of different life-forms heredity

 

A) Into B) In
C) Inside D) Onto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) In

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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.

Cut to the chase

A) Come to the point. B) To run after somebody.
C) To cut out the important bits of information. D) To take a short cut
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Come to the point.

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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 Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government!

A) are disposed of B) were disposed of
C) are disposed off D) had been disposed off
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were disposed of

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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.

The shepherd guarded a large ________ of sheep and allowed them to move from pasture to pasture.

A) block B) culture
C) shoal D) flock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) flock

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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 very ___________________ of apologizing and forgiveness _________________ the importance of memory and the vitality of the community as a link between past, present and future. It ________________ the question of the responsibility ______________ the past and its injustices. Somehow for many politicians, the past is a different country for _________________ they have no responsibility.

 

The very ___________________ of apologizing

 

A) act B) stand
C) behaviour D) attitude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) act

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