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SPOTTING ERROR
>The signpost at the gate (A)/ of the gardenread (B)/ 'Trespassers shall be persecuted'. (C) No error (D)
(C) 'Prosecuted' is an appropriate word, to replace 'persecuted'
>Virat checked both the bats (A)/ and finally decided (B)/ to buy the expensive one. (C)/ No error (D)
(C) When one is chosen out of two, we use a comparative degree preceded by 'the'. Thus, Add 'more' before 'expensive'.
I forbade Ram (A)/ not to go through (B)/the contents of his letter. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) 'Forbade' doesn't take 'not' after it. Remove 'not'.
This small chair (A)/ will collapse (B)/ if Harish will stand on it. (C)/ No error (D)
(C) In such sentences, 'if clause' remains in simple present tense and 'the main clause'
in simple future tense. Change 'Harish will stand' into 'Harish stands.'
It is high time (A)/ that I send (B)/ rose petals to Shanaya. (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Sentence starting with 'it is high time'is always followed by simple past tense.
Thus, replace 'send' by 'sent'
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Ritu asked Rashmi not to _____ in her affairs.
(A) intercede
(B) cross
(C) interfere
(D) impose
C
_____ glances were exchanged between the lovers at the feast.
(A) unknown (B) secret
(C) clandestine (D) unsuspecting
C
Ram won't have a cigarette now, he is trying to cut _____.
(A) off (B) down
(C) about (D) against
B
>You must _____ facts and not run away from the truth.
(A) face (B) notice
(C) know (D) realise
C
Like every individual, I too, wish to lead a_____ life.
(A) respected (B) respectful
(C) respectable (D) respective
C
SYNONYMS
FALLACY
(A) truth (B) honesty
(C) delusion (D) certainty
C
HEINOUS
(A) pleasing (B) wicked
(C) appealing (D) Beneficial
B
HIDEOUS
(A) shocking (B) illegible
(C) humorous (D) false
A
hideous
extremely ugly or bad:
They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the seafront.
She wears the most hideous colour combinations you could ever imagine.
ANTONYMS
HAZARD
(A) assurance
(B) honour
(C) tyranny
(D) danger
A
OVERWHELM
(A) triumph (B) overpower
(C) exotic (D) falter
D
PUNGENT
(A) acute (B) sharp
(C) soothing (D) shallow
C
SPELL CHECKER
>(A) upbraided (B) pansive
(C) penchant (D) paucity
B
(A) contryte (B) respyte
(C) graphite (D) syte
C
IDIOMS
I decided "to pay her back in her own coin" and refuse to help her.
(A) to provoke a person to quarrel
(B) to offer another polite attention
(C) to retaliate
(D) to give a word of encouragement or praise
C
pay somebody back in their own coin. (British & Australian old-fashioned) to treat someone in the same bad way that
they have treated you I decided to pay her back in her own coin and refuse to help her
The doctor told me to behave properly or sit down here and "cool my heels" until he calls me.
(A) to rest for sometime
(B) to give no importance to some one
(C) to remain in a comfortable position
(D) to be kept waiting for sometime
D
Sam's work with the youth group is largely "by the rule of thumb."
(A) by the use of force
(B) by the use of trickery
(C) by cheating and deception
(D) by practical experience which is rather rough
D
I trusted him to invest money for me, but he "took me for a ride."
(A) provided entertainment
(B) kept company with
(C) deceived
(D) exploited
C
>Since there was so much noise in the office, the boss asked me to "cut the cackle".
(A) to go away
(B) to stop annoying
(C) to stop talking
(D) to act in a friendly way
C
cut the cackle
stop talking aimlessly and come to the point.
"cut the cackle and just get us there"
The hospital has "blazed a trail" in children's care by giving them many things to do and allowing visitors at any hour.
(A) resumed a work
(B) opposed something vehemently
(C) did something different
(D) earned by wrong means
C
IMPROVEMENT
How can your boss sympathize with you when what you say is hardly "gullible" ?
(A) incredible
(B) credulous
(C) credible
(D) no improvement
C
The 'Three Musketeers' "have been written" by Dumas.
(A) are being written
(B) has been written
(C) are written
(D) No improvement
B
The little master offered me tea but I "denied" it.
(A) said no (B) rejected
(C) refused (D) No improvement
C
Student "told her" teacher to explain the chapter once again.
(A) ordered her
(B) invited her
(C) asked her
(D) No improvement
C
I have not written any letter to him since he "had gone" London for higher studies.
(A) has gone (B) will be going
(C) went (D) No improvement
C
>These facts had been "digested into" them.
(A) dictated to
(B) spoken to
(C) reached through
(D) No improvement
A
>My parents believed that girls who "received" western education would make slaves of their husbands.
(A) could received (B) had received
(C) have received (D) No improvement
D
>The day we went on picnic, the weather was not good; it was "a bit" unpleasant.
(A) rather (B) to some extent
(C) fairly (D) No improvement
A
ONE WORDS
Speed of an object in one direction.
(A) pace (B) tempo
(C) velocity (D) velodrome
C
Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him.
(A) Dandy (B) Bastard
(C) Concubine (D) Cuckold
D
Course for chariot races
(A) Hippodrome
(B) Sanatorium
(C) Hangar
(D) Arena
A
>One who pretends illness to escape duty.
(A) Truant
(B) Malingerer
(C) Hypocrite
(D) Concubine
B
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on
others
(A) Malevolence (B) Bigotry
(C) Masochism (D) Sadism
D
Present opposing arguments or evidence.
(A) Criticise (B) Rebuff
(C) Rebut (D) Reprimand
C
>A person who makes and sells ladies’ hats,
etc.
(A) Draper (B) Milliner
(C) Farrier (D) Tinker
B
SPOTTING ERROR
Reema helps (A)/ poor (B)/ and the sick people (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Add 'the' before poor, as 'the poor' represents class of poor people.
Before the alarm (A)/ had stopped ringing (B)/ Raina had pulled up the shade (C)/ No error (D)
(B) Remove 'had', when two actions takeplace subsequently, the first action which
happened earlier will be in past perfect tense and the 2nd action will be simple pasttense.
Prakash gave me (A)/ two important informations (B)/ I had been waiting for (C)/ the last two months.(D)
(B) Nouns such as 'information' have no plural form, but adding a few words before
those certain uncountable nouns make them countable, thus plural. Thus, it should
be 'prakash gave me two pieces of information'
>He hates everybody (A)/ and everything who (B)/ reminds him (C)/ of his blunder. (D)
(B) Words such as 'everything' and 'everyone' i.e both living and non-living will
take a relative pronoun 'that'. Thus, replace 'who' by 'that'
>When will you find out (A)/ a solution to this problem (B)/ you will be awarded a prize. (C)/ No error (D)
(A) 'When you have found out' is correct. If the 2nd action takes place after the 1 st action
has already finished, the 1 st action will be in present perfect tense.
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Planets move in elliptical ______ round the sun.
(A) figures (B) shapes
(C) orbits (D) circles
C
Since the road was closed for repairs, he took the ______.
(A) deviation (B) diversion
(C) digression (D) divergence
B
>Parliamentary democracy demands a discipline and _____ to the rules.
(A) adherence (B) obligation
(C) ordinate (D) permission
B
I was _____ with a serious crime.
(A) convicted (B) accused
(C) charged (D) condemned
C
It was a ______ moment for Ravi when he finally gathered up his courage and told Aruna that he loved her.
(A) trying
(B) poignant
(C) complicated
(D) distressing
A
SYNONYMS
>IMPRECATION
(A) abuse (B) blessing
(C) bliss (D) oath
A
imprecation
an offensive word:
The old woman walked along the street muttering imprecations.
>HERETICAL
(A) fiery (B) corrupt
(C) impious (D) disputable
D
HOOD WINK
(A) deceive (B) stab
(C) prefer (D) collide
A
ANTONYMS
>VINDICATE
(A) exonerate (B) defend
(C) condemn (D) excuse
C
vindicate
to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong:
The decision to include Morris in the team was completely vindicated when he scored two goals.
>ADMONISH
(A) reprove (B) tolerate
(C) flatter (D) approve
C
admonish
to tell someone that they have done something wrong:
His mother admonished him for eating too quickly.
DISCREPANCY
(A) variance (B) inappropriate
(C) consistency (D) inconsistency
C
SPELL CHECKER
(A) Devious
(B) Immediate
(C) Defend
(D) Inresponsible
D
(A) Tantative (B) Infructuous
(C) Blameless (D) Affability
A
IDIOMS
"The carrot and stick policy" pays dividends in every organisation.
(A) fair and foul
(B) continuous vigilance
(C) democratic
(D) reward and punishment
D
>The police "closed the book" on the murder case.
(A) solved the case of
(B) handed the case over to another agency
(C) stopped working on
(D) refused to take up
A
) If you close the books, you balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report. also informally used as a noun:
"the close" ⇒ Accountants want to be able to close the books with a positive result against any negative expense.
>Modi "threw down the gauntlet" to cabinet colleagues.
(A) to agree
(B) to accept a challenge
(C) to suffer humiliation
(D) to accept an honour
B
To "throw down the gauntlet" is to issue a challenge.
A gauntlet-wearing knight would challenge a fellow knight or enemy to a duel by
throwing one of his gauntlets on the ground. The opponent would pick up the gauntlet to accept the challenge.
>Her actions "gave currency" to the rumor that he was about to leave.
(A) to bestow importance
(B) to misinterpret
(C) to make publicly known
(D) to originate
C
give currency (to something) to spread a story around. (With a negative if there is doubt about what is said.) ...
We give no currency to those stories. His actions gave currency to the rumor that he was about to leave.
>There was a job for Ashutosh "to cut his teeth on" a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.
(A) to gain experience
(B) to try
(C) to sharpen my wits
(D) to earn a decent salary
A
cut one's teeth on: to do at the beginning of one's education, career, etc., or in one's youth:
The hunter boasted of having cut his teeth on tigers. It's a metaphoric reference to when a baby's teeth first appea
IMPROVEMENT
When we saw her last, she "ran" to catch a bus.
(A) was running (B) has run
(C) had run (D) no improvement
A
I wish "I have" all those luxuries my friend has.
(A) I will have (B) I am having
(C) I had (D) I had been having
C
There is nothing "quite miserable" than handicap at such a tender age
(A) as miserable
(B) more miserable
(C) so miserable
(D) very miserable
B
The train will leave at 7 pm. We "had been" ready by 6 pm so that we can reach the station in time.
(A) were (B) must be
(C) have been (D) No improvement
B
She had no difficulty "to settle down" to his new life in the village.
(A) in settling down
(B) for settling down
(C) to settling down
(D) No improvement
A
By this time next year, Prasad "should have completed" his degree course at ABPN university.
(A) would complete
(B) will complete
(C) should be completed
(D) No improvement
(B) 'Will have completed' is a better option though not given here.
Let's go for a Friday ball party, "shouldn't"we?
(A) won't (B) shall
(C) shan't (D) No improvement
kd campus says
(C) An affirmative sentence starting with
'let's'/'let us' always takes 'shan't' as its
question tag and pronoun 'we'.
>As I spoke about my achievements, my "high" claims amused my father.
(A) tall (B) bigger
(C) huge (D) No improvement
(A) 'claims' are always 'tall', not 'bigger or
high'
one words
A long wall along the edge of a bridge, a roof etc. to stop people from falling.
(A) Parapet (B) Figurative
(C) Paraphrase (D) Paranoid
a
Something that must exist before something else can be done.
(A) Prerequisite (B) Inevitable
(C) Prerogative (D) Presage
a
A fixed territory in which authority can be exercised
(A) Jurisdiction (B) Judiciary
(C) Jurisprudence (D) Juristic
a
A restaurant that serves mainly pizzas
(A) Pizzazz (B) Piza-Hut
(C) Pizzeria (D) Pizzicato
c
Military exercises involving a large number of soldiers, ships, etc.
(A) Manoeuvre (B) Fleeting
(C) Sub-war (D) Presage
a
A right or advantage belonging to a particular person or group because of their importance or social position
(A) inevitable
(B) prerogative
(C) prerequisite
(D) presage
b
Something which is not thorough or profound
(A) Superficial
(B) Superstitious
(C) Superfluous
(D) Supernatural
a
A slow-witted and incompetent person
(A) Nigger (B) Dud
(C) Snotty (D) Duffer
d
A supporter of the cause of women
(A) Feminist
(B) Colleague
(C) Extempore
(D) Womanish
a
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