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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.

 

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

 

A) It is wise to have many baskets before you start collecting eggs.   B) The strength of the safe has to be in proportion to the value of goods it has to protect.  
C) Have a fool proof plan before venturing on a risky mission.   D) Don't risk everything on the success of one venture.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Don't risk everything on the success of one venture.  

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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.


And then, a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore. ____________ time, the strokes were more fluid, the movements more relaxed. I turned back one last time ____________ hello to a clown fish, the reason why I came to the Andamans. As I watched, it played hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away. Suddenly, I realised a kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.


a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore.

A) late B) later
C) lately D) latest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) later

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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.

Someone who is incapable of being quietened or pacified.

A) Implacable B) Unflappable
C) Insatiable D) Inexplicable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Implacable

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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'.

He turned and walked (1)/ away, his head nearly a (2)/ foot up the others. (3)/No Error (4)

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

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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.

Some with natural _______________ would love to be in a scenic view and stare out of the window. Those nestlings could one day become a great biologist __________ a wildlife photographer or landscape artist to earn fame. Some always love to chit-chat with friends or family: encourage them so they have the ability to ___________. It is a gift ____________ verbal or linguistic creativity when they can tell stories, write essays, and converse easily with people. This __________ opportunities to them to bean orator, writer, poet, scholar or teacher.

Some with natural _______________ would love to be in a scenic

A) create B) creation
C) creativity D) creating
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) creativity

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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 woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, _____________ many of the sparrows. ____________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are _______________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, ______________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate.

West (with one exception) are different _______________ those of the East

A) for B) from
C) of D) to
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) from

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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 itby selecting the appropriate option.

 

She ______ all her money at one shop in the mall.

 

A) ignored B) spent
C) given   D) lawned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) spent

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Whinny

 

A) Lazy B) Stop
C) Calm D) Loud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Loud

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