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Q1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.
Unless you are above board in your dealings, you will not be able to win the trust of your clients.
(a) bold and reckless
(b) exceptionally talented
(c) smart and deceptive
(d) honest and frank
Q2. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select ‘No error’
If he wants to recover, he must abstain for alcohol.
(a) No error
(b) wants to recover
(c) he must
(d) abstain for alcohol
Q3. Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
A detailed plan for a journey especially a list of places to visit
(a) directory
(b) itinerary
(c) trajectory
(d) inventory
Q4. Select the wrongly spelt word.
(a) Sacrelegious
(b) Manoeuvre
(c) Millennium
(d) Connoisseur
Q5. Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
One who denies oneself from ordinary bodily pleasures
(a) aesthetic
(b) theist
(c) atheist
(d) ascetic
Q6. Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.
He is completely at sea about where to invest his hard-earned money.
(a) in shock
(b) committed
(c) sure
(d) confused
Q7. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
FLOURISH
(a) Languish
(b) Wither
(c) Shrivel
(d) Thrive
Q8. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Due to shortage of time, I was unable ______ the task satisfactorily.
(a) for completing
(b) from complete
(c) to complete
(d) in completing
Q9. Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.
The thieves made off with all the cash and jewellery in the house.
(a) squandered
(b) ran away with
(c) transferred
(d) discovered
Q10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I who ______ your friend and well-wisher, should have been informed about your decision.
(a) be
(b) am
(c) is
(d) are
Select the most appropriate option
Q11.He enjoys to go on tours with his children.
(a) to go for tours
(b) going for tours
(c) going on tours
(d) No improvement
Q12.Never such incidents have taken place in our locality.
(a) have such incidents
(b) such incidents has
(c) were such incidents
(d) No improvement
Q13.We have been look forward to the arrival for the new machinery for two weeks.
(a) looked forward for
(b) looked forward at
(c) looking forward to
(d) No improvement
Q14.Problems faced by the common man can be classified by several categories.
(a) can classify by
(b) can be classified into
(c) will be classified between
(d) No improvement
Q15.The issues were so complicated that they could hardly be resolved in such a limited time.
(a) were hardly to resolve
(b) could resolved hardly
(c) were being hardly resolved
(d) No Improvement
ANSWER
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. To be above board means to be legitimate, honest, and/or legal.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. There is a preposition related error. ‘Abstain’ will take preposition ‘from’ thus replace ‘for’ with ‘from’.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Directory is a book or website listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
Trajectory is the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
Inventory means a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Correct spelling is ‘sacrilegious’ that means treating something holy or important without respect.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Aesthetic means concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Theist is a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe.
Atheist is a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Someone who’s at sea is completely lost or deeply confused.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Flourish means (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.
Thrive means (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.
S8. Ans.(c)
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Make off with (someone or something) means to escape with someone or something that has been stolen, snatched, etc.
S10. Ans.(b)
S11.Ans.(c)
Sol. Enjoy takes gerund form of verb (V + ing) with it.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Never’ takes the inversion form if appears in the beginning in clauses i.e. Never/No sooner + H.V + Subject + Main Verb
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol.The correct phrase is “look forward to’. Since the given sentence is in present perfect continuous tense, the obvious structure of the sentence should be –
S + have/has been + V4 (v1+ ing) …. Hence the verb ‘look’ should be ‘looking’.
S14.Ans.(b)
Sol.In the given sentence, the phrase printed in bold is ‘can be classified by‘. When we try to understand the real intention of the given sentence we find that the writer’s intention is not to write a sentence in passive voice, rather his intention is to focus on the classification of problems faced by the common man. The verb’ Classify‘ takes the preposition ‘into‘ after it.
S15.Ans.(d)
