Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Accustomed
Temparary
Fragrance
Interfere
Temporary (lasting for a short time; not permanent)
Fragrance - a pleasant smell
Interfere- to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful
Accustomed - often used or practiced/ familiar with something
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Ludicrous
Crazy
Astute
Intuitive
Intrinsic
Ludicrous is foolish and unreasonable. So 'b' crazy is the most appropriate answer.
Intuitive is based on what one feels.
Astute is mentally sharp and clever.
Intrinsic is essential
Question 3:
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
Avoid the most important part of text
Avoid unnecessary introduction and go to the more important part
Disallow important introduction and go to the least 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 4:
The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Your advices were timely / and guided me / to take the right decisions.
No error
and guided me
Your advices were timely
to take the right decisions
'Advice' does not have any plural form. Use 'pieces of advice / Bits of advice' in place of 'advices' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
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.
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.
2.
off
over
under
inside
The preposition 'off' will perfectly fit in the context of the sentence. The given passage states that he turned off the road and along with the sound below the church. “Turn off” is a phrasal verb which means to leave a major road one is travelling along.
Hence, 'off' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 6:
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
Epitome
Cantonment
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 7:
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. The robber demanded all his valuables or threatened to kill him.
B. But he put up a brave front and challenged the robber.
C. A merchant was confronted by a highway robber.
D. The merchant was scared to death.
CADB
DABC
ADCB
BCAD
CADB
Sentence C will be the starting line because it contains the main idea of the para jumble i.e. confrontation of a merchant. However, Sentence A states that the robber demanded all his valuables. So, A will follow C. Further, Sentence D states that the merchant was scared to death & Sentence B states that but he put up a brave front and challenged the robber. So, B will follow D. Going through the options, option d has the correct sequence.
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Interfere
Accustomed
Fragrance
Temparary
Temporary (lasting for a short time; not permanent)
Fragrance - a pleasant smell
Interfere- to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful
Accustomed - often used or practiced/ familiar with something
Question 9:
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.
2.
over
off
inside
under
The preposition 'off' will perfectly fit in the context of the sentence. The given passage states that he turned off the road and along with the sound below the church. “Turn off” is a phrasal verb which means to leave a major road one is travelling along.
Hence, 'off' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 10:
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?
did you?
haven't you?
No substitution required
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.
