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  • Question 1
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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks from the given alternatives.

    There are plans to ________ this area.
    Solution
    Extensive means covering or affecting a large area. (adjective)
    Extend means cause to cover a wider area or make something larger.(verb)
    Extensiveness means the area covered or affected. (noun)
    Extensively is derived from the word extensive. (adverb).
    From the options given, the most appropriate answer is option B) extend, since the sentence requires a verb. 
  • Question 2
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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
    [/passage-header]
    Newspapers are a very $$(1)$$ _________ source of advertisements and propaganda. Businessmen $$(2)$$ _______ their products through them and have their sales $$(3)$$ ______ up. The advertisements of $$(4)$$ ______ columns $$(5)$$ _____ the unemployed in getting jobs. The matrimonial columns help $$(6)$$ _______ young men and young women together and to get them (7)________. The sports $$(8)$$ _________ offers news and entertainment to sports lovers. In short $$(9)$$ ______ finds something or the other of his or her interest in newspapers.

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    Fill in blank number (7) _________.
    Solution
    The purpose of a 'matrimonial' site, as the meaning of the word suggests, is to help people get 'married' and so, the correct answer is option C) married.
  • Question 3
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    Identify the correct word from the given options, which means the following:
    A person who wishes to throw over all establishments.
    Solution
    Option B - 'Hooligan' is a violent person who fights or causes damage in public places. Thus option B is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Criminal' is someone who commits a crime or does something that is illegal. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Rebel' is a person who is opposed to the political system in their country and tries to change it using force. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option A - 'Anarchist' is someone who wishes to destroy the existing establishments, government and laws. Thus option A is the correct answer.
    'A person who wishes to throw over all establishments - Anarchist'
  • Question 4
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    Identify the correct word from the given options, which means the following: 

    A place where animals are kept
    Solution
    Option B - 'Aviary' is a large cage where birds are kept as pets. Thus option B is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Museum' is a building where objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interests are kept. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Sanitorium' is a special type of hospital, usually in the countryside, where people can have treatment and rest, especially when getting better after a long illness. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option A - 'Zoo' is an area where animals, especially wild animals are kept. Thus option A is the correct answer.
    'A place where animals are kept - Zoo'
  • Question 5
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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank from the given alternatives.

    Houses are very ________ in this area.
    Solution
    Expense is the cost incurred or required for something.
    Expenditure is the act of spending funds, money or resources.
    Expensive means something that costs a lot of money.
    Expendable means of relatively little significance and something which can be abandoned or destroyed easily. In the context of the given sentence, the best answer is option C) expensive.
  • Question 6
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    Complete the sentence by picking the best idiom from the options given below.

    He knocked from ______ for help. 
    Solution
    From the options given, option B) door to door is an idiom which means 'to move from one door to another or one house to another.' The other options are not idioms and cannot be used in the given sentence.
  • Question 7
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    Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.

    All that glitters is not gold 
    Solution
    The given phrase means 'Not everything that appears to be valuable actually is'.
    Option A is correct. It has the same meaning as the required one. Thus, it is the correct answer
    Options B, C and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
  • Question 8
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    Choose the exact meaning of the idiom/phrase.

    A snake in the grass
    Solution
    The given phrase means 'A treacherous person'.
    Option A is incorrect. It does not have the required meaning, thus it is incorrect.
    Option B is incorrect. 'A secret agent' does not mean 'a treacherous person'.
    Option C is correct. 'An unrecognisable enemy or danger' means 'treacherous'. Thus, among the given options, it is the closest in meaning to the required one. Thus, it is correct.
    Option D is incorrect. Unreliable does not mean treacherous. Thus, it is incorrect.
  • Question 9
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    Choose the exact meaning of the idiom/phrase:

    To smell a rat
    Solution
    The given phrase means 'To sense that someone is trying to betray you'.
    Option C is correct. 'Treachery' means 'betrayal'. Thus, it has the required meaning and thus, it is the correct answer.
    Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
  • Question 10
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    Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase:
    Take ill
    Solution
    The given phrase means 'become ill'.
    Option C is correct. 'to become sick' means the same as 'become ill'. Thus, it has the required meaning and is the correct answer.
    Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
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