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For each word written in capital letters, choose the word from the given alternative, which is opposite in meaning.

TURNCOAT

For each word written in capital letters, choose the word from the given alternative, which is opposite in meaning.

JEOPARDIZE

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentences.

The industry, poised for growth, is in an interesting phase in the years ahead.

For each word written in capital letters, choose the word from the given alternative, which is the closest in meaning.

FARCICAL

Choose the correct alternative.

One feature brings the words Emperor Penguins, Venus Flytrap and Sharks in one category. Which of the following can join this group?

They were eating a heavy Bengali lunch hunched _______ plates of rice and dal

Choose the correct meaning of the phrase given below:

In full swing:

Choose the meaning of the part of the sentences underlined.

What really catches my eye is the kind of crowd that this place now boasts of!

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence.

1. Classical purists might throw up their hands in horror, but there have always been musicians who have sworn by the intermingling of various kinds of music to create a new genre, which may be called fusion music.

A. This was around the time when audiences were thinning at jazz concerts.

B. Think fusion and think of the jazz great Miles Davis who was galvanised into creating the strand known as jazz - rock after seeing the musically ignorant multitudes at rock shows.

C. Miles knew what he had to do – if you can’t beat ‘em,…..

D. “But they don’t know anything about real music and they attend shows like these in droves!” was the incredulous thought that crossed his mind on attending his first rock concert.

6. So, he drew from all kinds of things from rock, for instance he took the pulsating beats and wove them into jazz riffs to create a new sound – that of jazz rock.

Choose the meaning of the idioms from the four options given below.

HOBSON'S CHOICE