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 imagine you have learnt a valuable lesson from this experience, didn't you?
have you?
haven't you?
No substitution required
did you?
According to the "Question Tag rule", if the statement is positive, the question tag will be negative but in the contracted form('t) & Vice-versa. However, the sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense. Similarly, the given sentence is positive So the question tag will be negative(haven't).
Hence, 'haven't you?' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
The coach was trying to twist the player's arm by asking him to practice throughout the day.
To console the weak
To try to force someone to do something
To refrain from resting
To train someone in warfare
To twist the arm means - To try to force someone to do something.
Eg- I didn't want to pay the bill, but my wife twisted my arm.
Question 3:
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.
Just before midnight he put on warm clothes and his new shoes and (1) ____________ across the bridge. He turned (2) ____________ the road and along the sound below the church. Ice had formed on the sound and inside the old harbor, but further out he could see a darker belt of (3) __________ water. As he stood there, the lights on the (4) ____________ of the church went out, and it was dark all around him. It was (5) ___________ cold and stars filled the sky.
1.
walked
danced
slept
stalked
'Walked' means to move in this way for exercise or pleasure. The given passage states that just before midnight he put on warm clothes and his new shoes and walked across the bridge.
Hence, 'walked' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 4:
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'.
The organization had set up for a Free Mandela Committee and launched a lively campaign with the slogan 'Free Mandela'.
had set to
had set over
had set up
had set upon
Set up is a phrasal verb. It means to build something or put something somewhere. So the word 'for' is incorrect. The sentence is in past tense so had will be used.
Hence option a is the most appropriate answer.
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
The litigant wished that justice would prevail.
abuser
detective
petitioner
culprit
Litigant- a person who is taking legal action in a court of law
Petitioner- a person who makes a formal application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
Detective- a person, especially a police officer, who tries to solve crimes
Culprit- a person who has done something wrong
Abuser- a person who uses something to bad effect or for a bad purpose.
Question 6:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
His poems are recondite in subject matter
brief
simple
mystical
obscure
Recondite - little known about or understood by people
Simple - easy to understand, do or use
Brief- short or quick
Mystical - connected with the spirit; strange and wonderful
Obscure - not well known
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,
An outlook that is influenced by people from all over the world
Cosmopolitan
Cantonment
Epitome
Unrefined
Cosmopolitan - an outlook that is influenced by people from all over the world
Epitome- a perfect example of something
Unrefined- not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.
Cantonment- a military garrison or camp
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
Cut straight to the chase
Allow to introduce an unimportant part
Disallow important introduction and go to the least important part
Avoid unnecessary introduction and go to the more important part
Avoid the most important part of text
Cut straight to the chase- avoid unnecessary introduction and go to the more important part.
E.g.- Poonam didn't have long to talk so She cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
Question 9:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
Cut straight to the chase
Avoid the most important part of text
Disallow important introduction and go to the least important part
Allow to introduce an unimportant part
Avoid unnecessary introduction and go to the more important part
Cut straight to the chase- avoid unnecessary introduction and go to the more important part.
E.g.- Poonam didn't have long to talk so She cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
Question 10:
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.
Just before midnight he put on warm clothes and his new shoes and (1) ____________ across the bridge. He turned (2) ____________ the road and along the sound below the church. Ice had formed on the sound and inside the old harbor, but further out he could see a darker belt of (3) __________ water. As he stood there, the lights on the (4) ____________ of the church went out, and it was dark all around him. It was (5) ___________ cold and stars filled the sky.
4.
vent
tunnel
facade
architecture
'Facade' means the front wall of a large building that you see from the outside. The given passage states that as he stood there, the lights on the facade of the church went out. Hence, 'facade' is the most appropriate answer.
