Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
Jump the gun
Watch a person carefully
There is always a cost to do something
Intentionally raise a false alarm
Start something too soon or act hastily
Jump the gun means to start something too soon or act hastily.
Eg- These days the media jumps the gun and gives out the verdict of controversial cases even before the investigation completes.
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Can you please _________ this sauce over the pasta?
pore
pour
power
purr
'Pour' means to make a liquid or substance flow out of a container. The given sentence states that can you please pour this sauce over the pasta.
Hence, 'pour' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
To put someone's back up
To flatter someone
To deceive someone
To help someone
To irritate someone
To put someone's back up - to irritate someone.
E.g.- Bhaskar didn't try to argue with his boss as it would just put his back up.
Question 4:
Select the correctly spelt word.
Condusive
Endognous
Apparently
Bottelneck
'Apparently' is the correct spelling.
Question 5:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The British king, Charles I, had (1) __________ a very difficult financial situation from his father. His period saw a very high rate of inflation. He wanted to (2) _______ money. Therefore, he (3) ________ creating the title of Baronet and selling it to (4) __________ candidates. However, his decision was (5) _________ by the British parliament.
3.
started
ventured
Appeared
continued
started
'Started' means to begin doing something. The given passage states that he started creating the title of Baronet. Hence, 'started' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 6:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Can you please _________ this sauce over the pasta?
power
pour
purr
pore
'Pour' means to make a liquid or substance flow out of a container. The given sentence states that can you please pour this sauce over the pasta.
Hence, 'pour' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 7:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The British king, Charles I, had (1) __________ a very difficult financial situation from his father. His period saw a very high rate of inflation. He wanted to (2) _______ money. Therefore, he (3) ________ creating the title of Baronet and selling it to (4) __________ candidates. However, his decision was (5) _________ by the British parliament.
inherited
devised
Genetic
owned
inherited.
'Inherited' means to receive property, money, etc. from somebody who has died. The given passage states that the British king, Charles I, had inherited a very difficult financial situation from his father.
Hence, 'inherited' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Hilarious
Humourless
Ridiculous
Pretentious
Usual
Hilarious- extremely funny
Humourless- lacking a sense of humor
Ridiculous- very silly or unreasonable
Pretentious- trying to appear more serious or important than you really are
Usual- happening or used most often
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'.
Shall you pass me that pasta bowl?
Can you pass
Could passing you
Shall pass you
No improvement
'Shall' is used when someone is making a polite request for work or help. But, in the given sentence, someone is asking for the pasta bowl not requesting it.
Hence, 'Can you pass' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 10:
Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,
Lasting for a very short period of time
Pungent
Ephemeral
Ceaseless
Permanent
Ephemeral- lasting for a very short period of time
Permanent- lasting for a long time or forever
Ceaseless- continuing for a long time without stopping
