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  • Question 1
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    Choose the correct meaning of the idioms and phrases:
    To keep the wolf from the door.
    Solution
    Option A is the correct answer because 'to keep the wolf from the door' means 'to have enough money to avoid starvation'. Thus, option A is the correct meaning of the given idiom.
    Option B is incorrect because 'to distinguish oneself' means to do something special or to excel. Thus, option B is not the correct meaning of the given idiom.
    Option C is incorrect because 'to be earnest' means to be sincere.     Thus, option C is not the correct meaning of the given idiom.
    Option D is incorrect because 'confusing situation' means 'chaos or disarray'.     Thus, option D is not the correct meaning of the given idiom.
  • Question 2
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    Identify the correct homophone to complete the sentence:
    She could not remember the _______ of the perfume she had liked at the store. 
    Solution

    Option A: “scent” refers to an aroma or smell. A perfume has the quality of aroma. Thus, the sentence makes sense with the word “scent”. Hence, this is the correct option.

    Options B and C: “sent” and “send” are different tenses of the verb “send”, which refers to making someone or something go somewhere. This is meaningless in the given case. Hence, these options are incorrect.

    Option D: “cent” is a unit of currency. This is meaningless in the given case. Hence, this option is incorrect.

  • Question 3
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    [passage-header]Read the passage carefully and answer the following question:[/passage-header]$$1$$ One would imagine that at the very first sight of the panther, deer, antelopes, and its other preys would just run for their lives. But nothing of this sort happens. They all stand their ground and make such a loud noise that the panther is left with no other choice but to leave quietly. I have seen a tiny chital baby standing in the middle of an opening in the forest, stamping its feet on the ground and shooing away a tiger. With the white of its erect tail showing, it kept up its shrill call until the tiger made itself scarce. No tiger in its senses would attempt to catch such an impertinent brat, just as you would not dream of catching an offending crow cawing away in your verandah.
    $$2$$ While the panther sticks to cover and hugs the edge of the forest, the game animals, on the other hand, like to assemble right out in open vast grazing grounds. Open spaces, which the panther carefully avoids, are what the game animals deliberately seek.
    $$3$$ It is difficult to describe the pandemonium kicked up by various animals when they spot or suspect a panther around. The chital strikes a shrill note, the kakar emits a deafening bark and the sambar rings a bell. The peacock on its perch, the jungle fowl on the ground, and the monkey on treetops, all join in the chorus of condemnation.

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    Identify the meaning of the word 'Shrill'. (Para $$1$$).
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    SHRILL means high-pitched.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    SMOOTH means even.
    ANGRY means annoyed.
    TERRIBLE means extremely bad.
  • Question 4
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    Fill in the blank with the most suitable word from the options given below:
    If someone opposes others all the time you call him ________.
    Solution

    Option D is the correct answer because ‘antagonist’ means ‘opponent or enemy’. Thus, option D is the right option.
    Option A is incorrect because ‘soldier’ means ‘person serving in army’. Thus, it is not an appropriate meaning for the given sentence.
    Option B is incorrect because ‘fighter’ means ‘a person fights’. Although ‘fighter’ is relatively similar in meaning it is not a completely appropriate meaning to the given word.
    Option C is incorrect because ‘protagonist’ means ‘the leading character’. Thus, it is not a similar meaning to the given word.

  • Question 5
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    Select the meaning of the given phrase / idiom.
    Take the bull by the horns.
    Solution
    Option B is the correct answer because the given idiom means 'to  deal decisively in a difficult situation. Thus, option B is the most appropriate meaning for the given idiom.
    Option A is incorrect because the given idiom means 'to  deal decisively in a difficult situation. Thus, option A is the not right answer.
    Option C is incorrect because     the given idiom means 'to  deal decisively in a difficult situation. Thus, option C is not the right answer.
    Option D is incorrect because bull fight is a contest in which men try to fight with a bull or kill or control it. Thus, option D is not the right answer.
  • Question 6
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    Directions For Questions

    [passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follow:[/passage-header]
    It could be a scene straight out of a horror film, but it was a reality in suburban Mumbai. Rain lashed on the ground. A hundred children wailed in terror in a cramped, dark hall. Water gushed in from all sides and inched up. The inmates of Additional Bal Griha of the Children's Aid Society, mostly terrified children, sang their daily prayer: "Itni Shakti Humme Dena Data". Asma, however, was the odd one out. She started calculating how soon the children will start drowning ."I could only think of one thing: I couldn't bear to see the smaller ones drown. I am their didi." She picked up two of the smaller kids and jumped into the water - nearly five feet of dirty, black liquid ."I didn't know how to swim. So, slowly I moved across the slippery ground, keeping my head up to keep the water from getting into my mouth and nose." She made over a dozen such trips, carrying nearly 40 kids on her shoulders to safety. Wasn't she scared? "Nothing scares me." Why didn't any of the other inmates join her? "Oh well, I'm the tallest." The girl doesn't know who or where her parents are ("Kya pata," she says.) Nor does she care to know about her life history from the orphanage files. But Asma certainly knows more about parenting than most. She loves to watch TV serials.

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    Which word in the passage means 'cried in a high pitch'?
    Solution

    Option A: The phrase, "cried in a high pitch" contains a verb in past tense. Among the given options, the word "wailed" is the past tense of the verb, "wail" which means: To utter a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief or anger. Among the given options, "wailed" is the only verb and it means the same as "cried in a high pitch". Hence, this is the correct answer.

    Option B: The word, "cramped" is an adjective which means uncomfortably small or restricted. In the given paragraph, this word is used to describe the noun "hall". 

    Option C: The word, "terror" is an abstract noun which means: The emotion experienced in the presence of extreme threat or danger. The given paragraph mentions that the children wailed in "terror". This means that they wailed because they felt this extreme emotion. 

    Option D: The word, "inmates" is a plural noun which refers to the people residing or occupying a particular house or building. It usually refers to people who live in an institution like a prison or hospital. In the given paragraph, this word refers to the people (mostly children) who stayed in the Additional Bal Griha of the Children's Aid Society.

    The words, "cramped", "terror" and "inmates" are not verbs. None of them mean the same as "cried in a high pitch". Hence, options B, C and D are incorrect and option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 7
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    Identify personification in the given sentence:
    She was so busy with her work, we all felt that she was married to her job.
    Solution
    Personification is a figure of speech, in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are given human-like qualities; they're spoken of as if they're human beings. For example, "Opportunity knocks at the door but once", opportunity is an abstract idea that is spoken of as if it has hands to knock with. In the given sentence, the "job" is given the quality of a human, to whom the person "she" seems to be married to; hence the phrase in option D is a personification and D is correct. "Was so busy" is a verb phrase that expresses the past tense, "her work" is a phrase with a pronoun and noun, "we all felt" is a phrase with a subject and a verb. These three phrases do not function as personification but as verbs and nouns, hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 8
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    Which of the following is NOT an example of irony?
    Solution
    Irony is a figure of speech or literary device in which what actually happens is completely different or opposite from the reader or audience's expectations. 
    Option A is correct. One is not surprised that a left-handed person is called Lefty. It's a nickname we would expect. There is no twist or irony here.
    Option B is incorrect. There is contrast between a person being tall and someone calling them "Shorty". There is irony, more specifically, verbal irony. Verbal Irony shows a contrast between what is said and what is meant. Clearly, the person calling them that is employing verbal irony to highlight the person's height. There is verbal irony.
    Options C and D are incorrect. There is irony, more specifically, situational irony. Situational irony occurs when the actual result of a situation is totally different (often, completely opposite) from what you'd expect the result to be. In C, clearly the criminal can only be arrogant if he's good at not getting caught. So we would expect the criminal to never get caught. But in this situation, he does. There is thus a contrast between what we expect from a situation and what the actual result is.
    In D, the situation here is of a best-selling writer releasing a new novel. We would expect a best-selling author's next book to be a hit as well, but it is the opposite that happens. Thus, there is a contrast between what we expect from the situation and what the actual result is.
  • Question 9
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    Choose the synonym of the word given below:
    Fugitive
    Solution
    'Fugitive' means a person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation. E.g. Thousands of fugitives are fleeing from the war-torn area. 'Escape' means the act of successfully getting out of a bad or dangerous situation. 'Enduring' means existing for a long time. 'Weak' means not strong. 'Permanent' means lasting for a long time or forever.
    Thus, option A is the correct answer. 
  • Question 10
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    Identify personification in the given sentence:
    As the wolf lay there, with a bullet plunged into his heart, the wind howled into the cold, dark night.
    Solution
    Personification is a literary device used to represent an abstraction or a thing as a person.  Option C)the wind howled is correct as the sound made by a wolf or a dog is called 'howling' and here, the wind howls as the wind is personified (the wind howled) as a dog or a wolf. 
    The other options are incorrect because none of them are personified.
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