Allahabad High Court ARO Exam Paper 2019 (Official Answer Key)

161. Choose the correct option to complete the idiom which means to overcome a barrier, specially the ones related to gender or race:
“To ___through the glass ceiling”
(A) crack
(B) break
(C) beat
(D) melt

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162. The word “approach” can be used as
(A) both noun and verb
(B) both noun and adjective
(C) both adjective and adverb
(D) noun, verb and adverb

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163. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
“The teacher complained _____ him when she met his mother in the market.”
(A) in
(B) against
(C) on
(D) by

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164. Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses from the following options :
“Galileo _____ that the Earth ____ around the Sun.”
(A) discovers, moved
(B) discovered, had moved
(C) discovered, moves
(D) discovers, has moved

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165. Identify the grammatical error in the given sentence:
“We went to the market yesterday to buy some fruits and furnitures.”
(A) We went to
(B) the market yesterday
(C) to buy some
(D) fruits and furnitures

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166. Choose the correct option which gives the antonym of the given word.
‘Precarious’
(A) Secure
(B) Equivocal
(C) Dubious
(D) Dicey

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167. Complete the analogy:
Acrophobia : Fear of heights :: Anglophobia : ?
(A) Fear of pain
(B) Fear of open spaces
(C) Fear of English culture, people
(D) Fear of opinions

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168. Substitute the phrase in bold italics with the appropriate option :
Usually, no one gives a job to someone who runs away from the law.
(A) a fugitive
(B) a persistent
(C) a juvenile
(D) None of the above

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169. Fill in the blank and complete the idiom :
They had successfully hidden the news of their venture from everyone. It was now time to let the _____ out of the bag.
(A) dog
(B) toy
(C) cat
(D) cards

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170. Fill in the blanks using the options given below :
If you wish to survive here, you must prove your _____.
You ought ______ to touch the fire unless you want to get burned.
(A) medal, knot
(B) mettle, not
(C) meddle, nought
(D) metal, note

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171. Fill in the blank using the options given below :
The activity that you are doing should _____ your interest.
(A) peak
(B) pique
(C) peek
(D) peke

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172. Complete the analogy :
Dirty : Filthy :: Silly : ?
(A) Mundane
(B) Frivolous
(C) Serious
(D) Discreet

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173. Which part of sentence has an error ?
“I found a purse lying in the corridor. I have no idea who it belonged to.”
(A) a purse
(B) lying in
(C) have no idea
(D) who it belonged

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174. Complete the sentence using the correct form of verb in the brackets :
Presidential _____ (assent/ascent) is a must _____ (in/on/for) the new legislation.
(A) assent, in
(B) ascent, on
(C) assent, for
(D) ascent, in

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175. Choose the correct word from the given pairs to complete the sentence :
‘As the ATM ran out of ‘_______’ the manager ordered to get money from the ____ to refill the ATM.
(A) cash, cash
(B) cash, cache
(C) cache, cache
(D) cache, cash

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176. Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom :
“Raining cats and dogs”
(A) Very heavy rain
(B) A strange event
(C) A false gossip
(D) Something impossible

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177. Which among the following phrase describes Someone who comes up with a counter argument contrary to what other people have been saying?
(A) Midnight’s Children
(B) Dark Sheep
(C) Devil’s Advocate
(D) Satan’s Sword

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178. Which among the following is the correct spelling according to the dictionary ?
(A) Millenieuma
(B) Milennieum
(C) Millennium
(D) Milleniumm

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179. Given below are parts of a single sentence.
Each part is labelled as K, L, M, N. You need to arrange the given parts to form a coherent sentence by identifying the correct sequence.
K: a reception which will be attended by
L : from the film and sports fraternity
M: a host of celebrities
N : tonight the couple will host
(A) NLMK
(B) KLMN
(C) NKLM
(D) NKML

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180. Identify the word that is spelt correctly.
(A) Baleweather
(B) Bellwether
(C) Bellweather
(D) Belwether

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