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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.

 

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

 

circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary.

 

A) without B) within
C) withheld D) withdrew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) within

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

Good role models in classrooms and in communities are the most important (1)/ part of getting educate as the actions and decisions (2)/ of role models impact the behaviour of others. (3)/ No error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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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 preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a ___________ Polish meadow to reject being a "____________" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. __________ his speech with ______________, the 79- year-old pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a ______________ that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.


"____________" who retreats into video games and computer screens

A) couch potato B) lazy tomato
C) loafer D) spectator
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) couch potato

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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.

Silver bullet

 

A) A very expensive solution used only as the last measure. B) A simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem.
C) A solution which is worse than the problem.   D) A thing of beauty but which is actually deadly.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem.

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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 bone of contention

A) The only part to which two arguing parties agree. B) An issue over which there is continuing disagreement.
C) A very expensive inherited property. D) To be happy with only a few things.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) An issue over which there is continuing disagreement.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Bonding with friends and extended family can be (uplifted).

A) uplifts B) uplifting
C) uplift D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) uplifting

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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.

 

India is a country that loves decentralisation and it covers almost every ________________. I will focus ________________ the subject of tyranny. For example, look _______________ our police stations. We ____________________ a Hobbesian sovereign ruling over us. In political ___________________, one has what is called the concept of sovereignty which is discussed in Hobbesian terms.

 

For example, look _______________ our police stations

 

A) into B) upon
C) at D) towards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) at

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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.

 


The last straw

 

A) A warrior saves his best arrow for the last   B) A minor difficulty but coming on top of a series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.    
C) The student who usually comes last in the class.     D) The lowest ranking official who gets the blame for any error.    
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A minor difficulty but coming on top of a series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.    

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