Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Despite their _________, impersonal rules that apply to all are essential in large systems.
limitations
advantages
support
benefits
limitations
Support: To help somebody by saying that you agree with him/her/it, and sometimes giving help such as money.
Advantages: something that may help you to do better than other people
Benefits: an advantage or useful effect that something has
Limitations: the act of limiting or controlling something; a condition that puts a limit on something
Clearly, the word that we are looking for is limitations.
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Despite their _________, impersonal rules that apply to all are essential in large systems.
support
advantages
limitations
benefits
limitations
Support: To help somebody by saying that you agree with him/her/it, and sometimes giving help such as money.
Advantages: something that may help you to do better than other people
Benefits: an advantage or useful effect that something has
Limitations: the act of limiting or controlling something; a condition that puts a limit on something
Clearly, the word that we are looking for is limitations.
Question 3:
Direction :- Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. To work as a journeyman he needed to have had the seven years of apprenticeship under his belt.
B. Under advice from his well-wishers at the University, Watt proceeded to London to learn his trade.
C. Watt made acquaintances with folks at the University of Glasgow.
D. In London, he found out that as an apprentice he had to spend seven years learning the trade.
BCDA
CBDA
ABCD
DABC
CBDA
Sentence C will be the starting line as it contains the main idea of the para jumble i.e. Watt made acquaintances with folks at the University of Glasgow. However, Sentence B states that under advice from his well-wishers at the University, Watt proceeded to London to learn his trade. So, B will follow C. Further, Sentence D states that in London, he found out that as an apprentice he had to spend seven years learning the trade and sentence A states that to work as a journeyman he needed to have had the seven years of apprenticeship under his belt. So, A will follow D.
Going through the options, option c has the correct sequence.
Question 4:
Direction :- Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. To work as a journeyman he needed to have had the seven years of apprenticeship under his belt.
B. Under advice from his well-wishers at the University, Watt proceeded to London to learn his trade.
C. Watt made acquaintances with folks at the University of Glasgow.
D. In London, he found out that as an apprentice he had to spend seven years learning the trade.
ABCD
DABC
BCDA
CBDA
CBDA
Sentence C will be the starting line as it contains the main idea of the para jumble i.e. Watt made acquaintances with folks at the University of Glasgow. However, Sentence B states that under advice from his well-wishers at the University, Watt proceeded to London to learn his trade. So, B will follow C. Further, Sentence D states that in London, he found out that as an apprentice he had to spend seven years learning the trade and sentence A states that to work as a journeyman he needed to have had the seven years of apprenticeship under his belt. So, A will follow D.
Going through the options, option c has the correct sequence.
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
A snake in the grass
A timid person
A talkative person
A wealthy personsol
A deceitful person
A snake in the grass- a deceitful person.
E.g.- I told my younger sister not to trust Kartik as he looks honest but actually he is a snake in the grass.
Question 6:
Direction:- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Austere
Promising
Brisk
Stern
Mitigating
Austere -very strict and serious
Stern- very serious
Promising- showing signs of being very good or successful
Brisk- quick or using a lot of energy
Mitigating - to make something less severe or less unpleasant
Question 7:
Direction:- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Salubrious
Septic
Beneficial
Insidious
Vicarious
Salubrious- clean and pleasant to live in
Beneficial- having a good or useful effect
Vicarious- felt or experienced by watching or reading about somebody else doing something
Insidious- spreading gradually or without being noticed, but causing serious harm
Septic-infected with poisonous bacteria
Question 8:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
A probe has been ordered by the incident that occurred at the celebrations.
that occurred at the celebrations
by the incident
No error
A probe has been ordered
'Probe into' a correct phrase meaning (To begin inquiring into or investigating something)
The correct sentence will be as follows: A probe has been ordered into the incident that occurred at the celebrations.
Question 9:
Direction:- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
I was forbidden to take any drink.
prohibited from rebuffing
prohibited from rejecting
prohibited from receiving
prohibited from snubbing
'Receiving' means to get or accept something that somebody sends or gives to you. The given sentence states that the narrator was forbidden to accept any drink. However, we generally use the preposition 'from' after the verb 'prohibit'. Hence, 'prohibited from receiving' is the most appropriate answer.
