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Question ID :65497835260 Status :Answered Chosen Option :4

Q.1 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

I’m going to Mumbai next week. A friend of myself has invited me to her wedding.

Ans 1. friend of me 2. one of friend

3. No substitution required 4. friend of mine

Question ID :65497835285 Status :Not Answered Chosen Option :--

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Too much of television watching can ______ the thinking process of a child.

Ans 1. hamper

2. interrogate 3. instigate 4. horrify

Q.3 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

An animal that preys on other animals Ans 1. Hostile

2. Predator 3. Omnivore 4. Victim Section : Part D English

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Q.4 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

The captain and his sailors was surrounding by pirates.

Ans 1. was surround 2. were surrounded 3. were surrounding 4. No improvement required

Q.5 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Amalgam Ans 1. Distance

2. Monograph 3. Mixture 4. Telegram

The doctor who specialises in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities

Ans 1. Ophthalmologist 2. Neurologist

3. Cardiologist 4. Dermatologist

Q.7 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Ans 1. Pityful 2. Tactful 3. Guilty 4. Plead

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Q.8 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, select ‘No error’ as your answer.

I am wanting / to give Avika / a book on her birthday.

Ans 1. to give Avika 2. No error

3. a book on her birthday 4. I am wanting

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To be off the hook Ans 1. To be in trouble

2. To be trapped

3. To be close to the target 4. To escape a difficult situation

Preparing for an examination needs good planning and ______.

Ans 1. arrogance 2. mortality 3. lethargy

4. confidence

Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Concise Ans 1. Lengthy

2. Short 3. Fine 4. Abrupt

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Q.12 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Ans 1. Conference 2. Presense 3. Reference 4. Difference

Q.13 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Treasure Island is / always been / my favourite book / right from my childhood days.

Ans 1. my favourite book

2. right from my childhood days 3. Treasure Island is

4. always been

A disease which affects large populations at the same time Ans 1. Epidemic

2. Equinox 3. Endemic 4. Contagious

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Odd man out

Ans 1. Person having no knowledge 2. Person with a hereditary disease 3. Person who is useless

4. Person who doesn’t fit into a group

Question ID :65497835276

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Emerge

Ans 1. Disappear 2. Arrive 3. Flow 4. Rise

Unemployment has been the most ______ result of recession.

Ans 1. public 2. eminent

3. obvious 4. awkward

Q.18 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Specific

Ans 1. General

2. Exact 3. Limited 4. Different

Q.19 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Rajeev has / extended his leave / at one more week.

Ans 1. No error

2. at one more week 3. extended his leave 4. Rajeev has

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Q.20 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence.

He suddenly stopped the car and the conjuring of the brakes irritated us.

Ans 1. beseeching 2. stacking

3. screeching 4. snarling

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Listening to Mozart can significantly increase your intelligence, (1)______ to a research in America. Unfortunately, (2)______ effect is temporary. It only (3)______ for 15 minutes. Dr Frances Rauscher (4)______ his colleagues at the University of California (5)______ the findings in the journal ‘Nature’.

SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.

Ans 1. allowing 2. according 3. awarding 4. acceding

Comprehension:

Ans 1. the

2. a 3. one 4. an

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Comprehension:

Ans 1. lasts 2. is lasting 3. last 4. lasted

Comprehension:

Ans 1. so

2. and 3. also 4. but

Comprehension:

Ans 1. resulted 2. reduced 3. repeated

4. reported