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Question 1
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Given below idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose whichever is the most appropriate meaning and mark your answer.

Open a Pandora's box

A
To do something that causes a lot of new problems that you did not expect

B
To do something out of compulsion

C
To do something beyond expectation

D
To do something out of the box, that causes awards and ceremonies for you

Solution

The meaning of 'Open a Pandora's box' is to do something that creates a lot of new problems that you did not expect.

Example: Sadly, his reforms opened up a Pandora's box of domestic problems.
Question 2
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Given below idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose whichever is the most appropriate meaning and mark your answer.

Palsy-walsy friends

A
Good friends

B
Friends who help each other in difficult suituations

C
Friends by choice, and not by chance

D
Unfriendly

Solution

The meaning of the 'Palsy-walsy friends' is good friends, pals, or buddies.

Example: I'm surprised you haven't met Ravi's new palsy-walsy friends from school yet.
Question 3
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Given below idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose whichever is the most appropriate meaning and mark your answer.

Pull your socks up

A
To get well - dressed for the occasion

B
Improve your work or behaviour

C
To speak in an honest way without hesitation

D
To be in control of an organization, often secretly

Solution

The meaning of 'Pull your socks up' is to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough.

Example: He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team.
Question 4
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Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. Mahatma Gandhi got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months.

B. Health conditions in Champaran were miserable.

C. The doctor gave quinine to malaria patients and the ointment with castor oil to those with skin eruptions.

D. Only three medicines were available- castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment.

A
BADC

B
BCDA

C
ACBD

D
CDAB

Solution

The correct order is "BADC".

The sentence 'B' is independent of any other sentences as it is giving general information about "Health conditions in Champaran". So, 'B' is the first part.

The noun "doctor" mentioned in the sentence 'A' is linked with the phrase 'Health conditions' mentioned in the sentence 'B'. So, 'A' follows 'B'.

The noun "quinine" mentioned in the sentence 'C' refers back to the 'quinine' mentioned in the sentence 'D'. So, 'C' follows 'D'.
Question 5
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Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. “Wow! That’s fantastic news,” said his family and friends.

B. He had gone to Kolkata for the inter-state swimming championship.

C. Irfan was a swimming champ.

D. “He won golds in 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly and relay,” informed his coach.

A
CDAB

B
CBAD

C
CABD

D
CBDA

Solution

The correct order is "CBDA".

The sentence 'C' is independent of any other sentences as it is giving general information about "Irfan". So, 'C' is the first part.

The pronoun "He" mentioned in the sentence 'B' refers back to the noun 'Irfan' mentioned in the sentence 'C'. So, 'B' follows 'C'.

The phrase "He won golds in 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly and relay" in the sentence 'D' is linked with the phrase 'the inter-state swimming championship' in the sentence 'B'. So, 'D' follows 'B'.

The sentence 'A' is the concluding sentence. So, 'A' is the last sentence.
Question 6
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Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. The other was on the side table near the window.

B. When I returned, I was shocked to see one set lying on the floor.

C. I was gone for more than an hour.

D. I had not completed reading the proofs so I left them on my desk.

A
CBDA

B
DCBA

C
DBAC

D
CDAB

Solution

The correct order is "DCBA".

The sentence 'D' is independent of any other sentences as it is giving general information about "the proofs". So, 'D' is the first part.

The phrase "for more than an hour" mentioned in the sentence 'C' is linked with the word 'left' mentioned in the sentence 'D'. So, 'C' follows 'D'.

The word "returned" mentioned in the sentence 'B' is linked with the word 'gone' mentioned in the sentence 'C'. So, 'B' follows 'C'.

The sentence 'A' is the concluding sentence. So, 'A' is the last sentence.
Question 7
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A word is spelled in four different ways. You are to identify the one which is correct. Choose the alternative bearing the correct spelling from the given options.

A
Accommodate

B
Acomodate

C
Accomdate

D
Acomodait

Solution

The correct spelling is 'Accommodate'.

Accommodate: to have enough space for somebody/something, especially for a certain number of people; to provide somebody with a place to stay, live or work.

For example: The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height.

The other words are incorrectly spelled.
Question 8
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Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

I will not go to the party lest you will promise to accompany me.

A
until you should

B
if you will

C
No improvement

D
unless you

Solution

The correct answer is "unless you".

In the given sentence, the use of the conjunction 'lest' is incorrect. The conjunction 'lest' means with the intention of preventing something undesirable; to avoid the risk of. The conjunction 'unless' should be used in place of 'lest' as per the context of the sentence. The conjunction 'unless' means except if (used to introduce the case in which a statement being made is not true or valid).

'Unless' is followed by a present tense, a past tense, or a past perfect tense (never by a conditional). The given sentence is the first conditional sentence, therefore the format should be unless + present tense. Therefore, the use of the verb 'will' is superfluous and it should be removed from the sentence.

Correct sentence: I will not go to the party unless you promise to accompany me.
Question 9
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Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

I am really looking forward to meet you.

A
No improvement

B
to be meeting you

C
to have met you

D
to meeting you

Solution

I am really looking forward to meeting you.

In the given sentence, the preposition 'to' is a part of the phrasal verb "looking forward to" (verb + adverb + preposition).

The subject in the sentence is 'I', the verb in the sentence is "am really looking forward to" and the object is "meet you".

But in the object of a sentence, the verbs are never used and only the nouns, pronouns or the noun phrases are used.

In the underlined segment, the word 'meet' is a verb and a gerund (here, meeting) should be used in place of the verb 'meet'.
Question 10
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Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

We are coping the problems with the best of our ability.

A
No improvement

B
coping with the problems to

C
coping the problems at

D
coping in the problems by

Solution

We are coping with the problems to the best of our ability.

The verb 'cope' in the given sentence an intransitive verb meaning to deal with something well, despite or in the face of some difficulty. The verb 'cope' is usually followed by the preposition 'with'. The given sentence is in the present continuous tense, therefore, the present participle "coping with" should be used.

The present participle verb "coping with" means to deal with something usually skillfully or efficiently. Also, in the underlined segment, the use of the preposition 'with' is incorrect. The particle 'to' should be used in place of the preposition 'with'.

'To' here is used for indicating a proposition that is known, believed, or reported about a specified person or thing.

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Question 1

To do something that causes a lot of new problems that you did not expect

To do something out of compulsion

To do something beyond expectation

To do something out of the box, that causes awards and ceremonies for you

Solution

Question 2

Good friends

Friends who help each other in difficult suituations

Friends by choice, and not by chance

Unfriendly

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Question 3

To get well - dressed for the occasion

Improve your work or behaviour

To speak in an honest way without hesitation

To be in control of an organization, often secretly

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Question 4

BADC

BCDA

ACBD

CDAB

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Question 5

CDAB

CBAD

CABD

CBDA

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Question 6

CBDA

DCBA

DBAC

CDAB

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Question 7

Accommodate

Acomodate

Accomdate

Acomodait

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Question 8

until you should

if you will

No improvement

unless you

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Question 9

No improvement

to be meeting you

to have met you

to meeting you

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Question 10

No improvement

coping with the problems to

coping the problems at

coping in the problems by

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