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  • Question 1
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    Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word:
    The imagery used in  the poem is vivid. 
    Solution
    'Vivid' means 'intensely deep or bright colours'.
    Option A: 'Lively' means 'bright and strong colours'.
    Option B: 'Inert' means 'a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged'.
    Option C: 'Ebullient' means 'cheerful and full of energy'.
    Option D: 'Caustic' means 'sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way'.

    As you can see, 'lively' is nearest in meaning to 'vivid'. 'Vivid', 'lively' and 'ebullient' all mean 'full of life and energy'. But, in the context of the given poem, 'vivid' and 'lively' refers to colours, whereas 'ebullient' refers to the feelings and character. So, 'lively' is nearest in meaning.
    Hence option A is correct.
    The other words do not mean the nearest to the underlined word. Hence B, C and D are wrong.
  • Question 2
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    Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word:
    Ravi loves seclusion. Therefore, he lives in the mountains.
    Solution
    'Seclusion' means 'the state of being private and away from other people'.
    Option A: 'Nature' means 'all the animals, plants, land, and features of the world that are made by God'.
    Option B: 'Scripture' means 'the sacred writings of a religion'.
    Option C: 'Seafaring' means 'regularly travelling by sea'.
    Option D: 'Solitariness' means 'living alone, avoiding the company of others'.
    As you can see, 'solitariness' is nearest in meaning to 'seclusion'. Hence option D is correct.
    The other words do not mean the nearest to the underlined word. Hence A, B and C are wrong.
  • Question 3
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    Identify the correct word from the given options, which means the following: 
    A disease which ends in death
    Solution
    Option B - 'Cancer' is a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death. 'Often' doesn't mean always. Thus option B is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Life sucking' is referred to an event or a state of mind that is extremely unpleasant and not tolerable. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Incurable' means a disease or a condition that can't be cured. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option A - 'Fatal' means something that definitely causes death. Thus option A is the correct answer.
    'A disease which ends in death - Fatal'
  • Question 4
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    Select the word which means the following:
    The practice of having several husbands at the same time.
    Solution
    Polygamy : The practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time.
    Polyandry : The practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time.
    Polytheism : the worship of multiple gods
    Polyglot : Able to speak or write several languages;  multilingual.
  • Question 5
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    [passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
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    In a January 13, 1920, editorial-page feature, the New York Times ridiculed rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard for believing that a rocket could operate in a vacuum. Almost five decades later, the newspaper ate crow with this humorous and self-effacing correction. Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th century and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error.

    This degree of self-correction is laudatory in the specific but applied across the board would render daily newspapers unreadable, given the half-truths and falsities, festering in the compost of back issues. Most readers prefer that journalists collect today's news instead of annotating to the nth degree every ancient mistake or miscue.

    Yet some defective news stories moan like tormented spirits and wish for nothing more than to atone for their own errancy. Barton Gellman's is one such story. 

    Gellman, whose coverage of the post-invasion search for WMD in Iraq deserves high marks in general, was careful not to overplay his scoop. He didn't state that Al-Qaida received VX or any other nerve Hagent from the Iraqis and smuggled it through Turkey. His only claim was that the 'Bush administration had received a credible report' that such a scheme was in progress. 

    Gellman used multiple sources and characterized them as 'speaking without White House permission' for his story, which meant that it was not an official leak designed to bolster the Bush administration's position. But 18 months after the Gellman story ran, we can safely assume that the 'credible report' was false. No Iraqi VX or nerve agent appears to have been transferred to Al- Qaida, and nobody smuggled it through Turkey.

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    Complete the sentence using a suitable option:
    The option closest in meaning to the word 'laudatory' is ____________
    Solution
    The line from the passage - 'This degree of self-correction is laudatory' means that the content is praiseworthy. Here 'laudatory' means expressing praise and commendation (of a speech or a writing). 
    Option A - 'Despicable' means deserving hatred. Thus option A is incorrect.
    Option B - 'Very rare' is wrong as it doesn't mean praiseworthy. Thus option B is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Impractical' means not realistic. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Admirable' means commendable. Thus option C is the correct answer.
    'The option closest in meaning to the word 'laudatory' is admirable.'
  • Question 6
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    The word similar in meaning to ABSTINENCE is:
    Solution
    (A) Synchronic - concerned with something, especially a language, as it exists at one point in time
    (B) Torrential - (of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities.
    (C) Restraint - a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits.
    (D) Gluttony - habitual greed or excess in eating

    The given word Abstinence means the fact or practice of stopping oneself, holding oneself back from indulging in something, typically alcohol. Option (C) is synonymous to the given word. The options are words with completely different meanings. Hence the answer is option (C). 
  • Question 7
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    The synonym of the word GULLIBLE is:
    Solution
    (A) Credible - capable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful
    (B) Believable - (of an account or the person relating it) able to be believed; credible
    (C) Credulous - having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
    (D) Fallible - capable of making mistakes or being erroneous

    The word Gullible means easily persuaded to believe something. Credible is the capacity of convincing, Believable is an adjective for the event itself, Credulous describes a persons readiness to believe. Hence the closest match to the given word is option (C). Hence the answer is option (C). 
  • Question 8
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    Identify the correct word from the given options, which means the following:
    Unable to pay one's debt
  • Question 9
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    Identify the correct word from the given options, which means the following:
    A person who is filled with excessive enthusiasm.
    Solution
    Option A - 'Extrovert' is an energetic happy person who enjoys being with others. Thus option A is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Fastidious' means giving too much attention to small details and to be hard to please. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Introvert' means someone who is shy, quiet and is unable to make friends easily. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option B - 'Fanatic' is a person whose strong admiration or enthusiasm for something is extreme and unreasonable. Thus option B is the correct answer.
    'A person who is filled with excessive enthusiasm. - Fanatic'
  • Question 10
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    Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom:
    We kept our fingers crossed till the final results were declared.
    Solution
    NOTE: 'Kept our fingers crossed' means to hope strongly that something will happen.
    Option B - 'We kept chanting songs' is incorrect as we never chant songs when we hope. Thus option B is incorrect.
    Option C - Keeping fingers crossed means hoping for something to happen and not feeling scared. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'We stayed negative' is a completely opposite phrase to use. When a person crosses his/her fingers, he hopes for something to happen (certainly positive). Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option A - 'Waited expectantly' is correct as a person expects or hopes for something to happen when he crosses his fingers. Thus option A is the correct answer.
    'We waited expectantly till the final results were declared.'
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