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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

When the miscreants saw the police they beat a retreat.

Choose the most suitable preposition.

When we get ready for dinner, I have to take my books__________ the table

Which of the following prefixes is used to denote something wrong or bad?

'Neela Chand' which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by -

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Splendid and expensive-looking

Point out the figure of speech used in the sentence given below.

‘She let such beautiful pearls of wisdom slip from her mouth without even knowing.’ What figure of speech is “pearls of wisdom”?

Select the synonym of the given word.

AFFINITY

Substitute the underlined phrase with the appropriate option.

Usually, no one gives a job to someone who runs away from the law.

In the given sentence, a word is underlined followed by four words/groups of words. Select the option that is opposite In meaning to the underlined word and choose the correct option.

People look for plausible remedies to the problems which they do not know.

In the following question the sentence has an underlined part that can be improved by replacing the part with one among the four options given below. Choose the correct option and if you think no improvements can be made, then select (D) as your answer.

The main point of her speech was well understood.