Section : English Comprehension
1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
True colours
1. Real character
2. Bright colours
3. Light colours
4. Black and white
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2. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Ms. Suma was a bit apprehensive about doing so much in just one day, but it was all plain sailing.
1. boring
2. risky
3. mentally and physically exhausting
4. very easy
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3. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Populous
1. Sleepy
2. Inactive
3. Lifeless
4. Crowded
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4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Annoy
1. Satisfy
2. Graze
3. Mystify
4. Employ
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5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Impunity
2. Illicite
3. Illegible
4. Illegal
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6. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be on the breadline
1. Find a successful way of making money
2. Earn a lot of money very easily
3. Be very poor
4. Having plenty of money
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7. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
This is the worse famine this country has seen in a decade.
1. most worse
2. No substitution required
3. the worst
4. very worst
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8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Between Raima and Saima, the former is intelligent, while the latter is beautiful.
1. later was
2. letter is
3. No substitution required
4. later is
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9. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Glee
1. Anxiety
2. Mirth
3. Abhorrence
4. Distress
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10. Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
Spices have exhibited numerous health benefits in preventing and treating a wide variety of diseases such as cancer, ageing, metabolic, neurological, cardiovascular and inflamatory diseases.
1. neurological
2. numerous
3. metabolic
4. inflamatory
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11. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Reluctant
1. Hesitant
2. Confident
3. Indiscreet
4. Definite
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12. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
“Mrs. Pooja is / very busy at / the moment.” / “All right. I had been waiting.”
1. “All right. I had been waiting.”
2. “Mrs. Pooja is
3. very busy at
4. the moment.”
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13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To give someone the cold shoulder
1. To listen to someone with empathy
2. To carry the burden of everyone
3. To be carried on someone’s back
4. To ignore someone
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14. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She blew the candles on the cake.
1. The candles on the cake were being blown by her.
2. The candles on the cake is blown by her.
3. The candles on the cake were blew by her.
4. The candles on the cake were blown by her.
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15 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the capitalised word in the given sentence.
The fanatics are trying to OBSTRUCT the peace process.
1. Assist
2. Repress
3. Spoil
4. Disrupt
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16. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Consummate
1. Inept
2. Worrisome
3. Soothing
4. Ideal
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17 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Stupendous
1. Perfect
2. Smart
3. Terrible
4. Jealous
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18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
When grandmother found her granddaughter’s collection like her numismatist daughter’s, she knew her granddaughter is a chip off the old block.
1. Damaged
2. Getting obsessed
3. A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
4. Changed
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19. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase.
Cause to continue; keep up; preserve (a state of affairs, an activity etc)
1. mainstay
2. maintain
3. mainly
4. maintop
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20. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Auxiliary
2. Aclaim
3. Believe
4. Absence
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21. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
The scientific study of worms and insects
1. Entomology
2. Anemology
3. Zoology
4. Anatomy
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22. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Picnicked
2. Panick
3. Picnic
4. Panicked
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23. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The lease of our house has run down.
1. run up to
2. run apart
3. run into
4. run out
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24. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Belly laugh
1. To be subjected to mockery and ridicule
2. A loud and unrestrained laugh
3. Mocking someone
4. Laughing with inhibition
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25. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Radiant
1. Frowning
2. Depressing
3. Dismal
4. Glowing
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