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  • Question 1
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    Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
    A funny imitation of a poem
    Solution
    A parody is an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. For example, "the film is a parody of the horror genre". Hence, Option D is correct. Among the rest of the options, counterfeit means a fraudulent imitation of something else, sonnet means a fraudulent imitation of something else, caricature means a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 2
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
    Solution
    A pilgrim is a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. For example, "The basilica reared over his tomb at Rome is still visited by pilgrims.". Hence, Option B is correct. Among the rest of the options, hermit means a person living in solitude as a religious discipline, saint means a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death, mendicant means a beggar. These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 3
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    Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
    Wistful longing for something one has known in the past
    Solution
    Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past, especially with regards to a person. For example, "I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days at university." Hence, Option C is correct. Among the rest of the options, hysteria means exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, megalomania means delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder)., logomania means pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking. These do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 4
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    Choose the most suitable one word for the following phrase.
    A room leading into a large room or hall
    Solution
    An anteroom is an antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room. For example, "He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour." Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest of the options, lounge means a public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax, lobby means a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building, pantry means a small room or cupboard in which food, crockery, and cutlery are kept. These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 5
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    Plain or self-evident truth
    Solution
    A truism is a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting.  For example, "the truism that you get what you pay for". Hence, Option C is correct. Among the rest of the options, proverb means a short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth or piece of advice, precept means a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought, formula means a mathematical relationship or rule expressed in symbols. These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 6
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    Choose the most suitable one word for the following phrase.
    Printed notice of somebody's death
    Solution
    An obituary is a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person. For example, "his obituary of Samuel Beckett ". Hence, Option C is correct. Among the rest of the options, condolence means an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of the death of a person's relative or close friend, calumny means the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation, ouija means a board bearing the alphabet and various symbols, with a planchette that is moved by the fingers to spell out messages, an action believed by some people to be under the direction of spirits . These options do not express this meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 7
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks
    Solution
    A hinterland is the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers. For example, "the hinterland of southern Italy". Hence, Option C is correct. Among the rest of the options, swamps mean an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects, archipelago means an extensive group of islands, isthmus means a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land. These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 8
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    To break off proceedings of a meeting for a time
    Solution
    To adjourn is to break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) to resume it later. For example, "the meeting was adjourned until December 4". Hence, Option C is correct. Among the rest of the options, convene means come or bring together for a meeting or activity, terminate means to end something, procrastinate means delay or postpone action. These do not express this meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 9
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    Something which is not thorough or profound
    Solution
    A superficial person is one never thinking about things that are serious or important. For example, "He's fun to be with, but he's very superficial". Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest of the options, superstitious means having or showing a belief in superstitions, superfluous means unnecessary, especially through being more than enough, supernatural means attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. These options do not express this meaning, hence incorrect. 
  • Question 10
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    Choose the most suitable 'one word' for the following phrase.
    A story in verse
    Solution
    A ballad is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next. For example, "Beginning in the Renaissance, poets have adapted the conventions of the folk ballad for their own original composition". Hence, Option D is correct. Among the rest of the options, elegy means a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead, hymn means a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god, sonnet means a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line .These options do not express the intended meaning, hence incorrect. 
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