Direction (Q. Nos. 20 to 24): Find the meaning of the following phrases from the given alternatives.
20. To get one’s back up :
(A) To become irritated
(B) To sit straight
(C) To act proud
(D) To give support
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21. To plough the sands:
(A) To be extremely accomplished
(B) To be resourceful
(C) To be dejected
(D) To busy oneself in an unprofitable proposition
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22. To rip up old sores :
(A) To destroy something
(B) To act cruelty
(C) To reopen a quarrel
(D) To inflict pain on someone
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23. To be at sixes and sevens:
(A) To be undecided
(B) To be a great success
(C) To be certain
(D) To give away generously.
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24. Put one’s foot down:
(A) To demand
(B) To take rest
(C) To be firm about something
(D) To do something stupid
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Direction (Q. Nos. 25 to 29): Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined lines in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
25. The casting vote of the chairman clinched the issue.
(A) closed
(B) decided
(C) finished
(D) started
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26. Don’t stick your neck out.
(A) interfere
(B) lock outside
(C) invite trouble unnecessarily
(D) move
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27. Shweta might scream blue murder, but I feel Ritu should get the promotion since she is better qualified for the job.
(A) suffer from persecution complex
(B) try to prove herself as more suited
(C) regard it as an act of partiality
(D) make a great deal of noise and object vehemently
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28. The boy had a hair-breadth escape from a street accident.
(A) lucky
(B) easy
(C) narrow
(D) quick
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29. When he tells stories about himself, he is inclined to draw the long bone.
(A) get excited
(B) exaggerate
(C) get emotional
(D) understate
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Direction (Q. Nos. 30 to 48): Choose correct one-word substitution for phrases or clauses for the following:
30. To examine one’s own thoughts and feelings:
(A) Meditation
(B) Retrospection
(C) Reflection
(D) Introspection
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31. List of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting :
(A) Schedule
(B) Agenda
(C) Proceedings
(D) Excerpts
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32. A post without remuneration :
(A) Voluntary
(B) Sinecure
(C) Honorary
(D) Involuntary
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33. To send an unwanted person out of the country :
(A) Exclude
(C) Deport
(B) Ostracise
(D) Expatriate
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34. A government run by a dictator :
(A) Democracy
(B) Autocracy
(C) Oligarchy
(D) Theocracy
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35. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good :
(A) Stoic
(B) Hedonist
(C) Epicure
(D) Sensual
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36. An office or post with no work but high pay:
(A) Honorary
(B) Sinecure
(C) Gratis
(D) Ex-officio
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37. Regard for others as a principal of action :
(A) Cynicism
(B) Nepotism
(C) Philanthropy
(D) Altruism
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38. Opposed to great or sudden change :
(A) Static
(B) Revolutionary
(C) Conservative
(D) Evolutionary
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39. A short stay at a place :
(A) Halt
(B) Interlude
(C) Intermission
(D) Sojourn
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40. One who deserts his religion :
(A) Deserter
(B) Turn-Coat
(C) Fanatic
(D) Apostate
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