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Directions for Questions 66 to 68: In each question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
The cricket council that was [A] / were [B] elected last March is [A] are [B] at sixes and sevens over new rules.
The critics censored [A] / censured [B] the new movie because of its social unacceptability.
Amits explanation for missing the meeting was credulous [A] / credible [B].
She coughed discreetly [A] / discretely [B] to announce her presence.
Cricket Council is a collective noun so it takes a singular verb. The reference is made to a group as a whole and not to an individual.
Censure implies harsh criticism.
Censor means to put a ban on something objectionable. Credible means capable of being believed.
Credulous means tending to believe without evidence. Discretely means distinct whereas discreetly means to carefully avoid social embarrassment or distress; tactful.
Directions for Questions 66 to 68: In each question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
The further [A] / farther [B] he pushed himself, the more disillusioned he grew.
For the crowds it was more of a historical [A] / historic [B] event; for their leader, it was just another day.
The old man has a healthy distrust [A] / mistrust [B] for all new technology.
This film is based on a real [A] / true [B] story.
One suspects that the compliment [A] / complement [B] was backhanded.
Farther is used specifically for physical distance. Further is not used in the physical context and is used to indicate something of a greater degree or extent. Historical is something pertaining to history while historic is something significant.
Distrust means having a sense of fear anticipation of discomfort of danger whereas mistrust is believing that a particular party has a hidden agenda.
True means not false or not fictional while real means existing or occurring in the physical world.
Compliment means a remark or an act expressing respect or admiration
Complement means a person or thing that completes something
Directions for Questions 66 to 68: In each question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
Regrettably [A] / Regretfully [B] I have to decline your invitation.
I am drawn to the poetic, sensual [A] / sensuous [B] quality of her paintings.
He was besides [A] / beside [B] himself with rage when I told him what I had done.
After brushing against a stationary [A] / stationery [B] truck my car turned turtle.
As the water began to rise over [A] / above [B] the danger mark, the signs of an imminent flood were clear.
Regretfully would refer to the subject I
Sensual is more related to sense organs (bodily) Sensuous is aesthetically appealing to the senses. Beside oneself means overwhelmed
For example: Beside oneself with grief Stationary means something that is at rest Stationery means any writing material
Over refers to a more symbolic sense whereas above confirms with the idea of crossing the physical mark.
Directions for Questions 55 to 58: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
Anita wore a beautiful broach (A)/brooch (B) on the lapel of her jacket.
If you want to complain about the amenities in your neighbourhood, please meet your
councillor(A)/counsellor(B).
I would like your advice(A)/advise(B) on which job I should choose.
The last scene provided a climactic(A)/climatic(B) ending to the film.
Jeans that flair(A)/flare(B) at the bottom are in fashion these days.
Directions for Questions 55 to 58: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
The cake had lots of currents(A)/currants(B) and nuts in it.
If you engage in such exceptional(A)/exceptionable(B) behaviour, I will be forced to punish you.
He has the same capacity as an adult to consent(A)/assent(B) to surgical treatment.
The minister is obliged (A)/compelled(B) to report regularly to a parliamentary board.
His analysis of the situation is far too sanguine(A)/genuine(B).
Directions for Questions 55 to 58: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
She managed to bite back the ironic(A)/caustic(B) retort on the tip of her tongue.
He gave an impassioned and valid(A)/cogent(B) plea for judicial reform.
I am not adverse(A)/averse(B) to helping out.
The coupé(A)/coup(B) broke away as the train climbed the hill.
They heard the bells peeling(A)/pealing(B) far and wide.
Directions for Questions 55 to 58: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
We were not successful in defusing(A)/diffusing(B) the Guru's ideas.
The students baited(A)/bated(B) the instructor with irrelevant questions.
The hoard(A)/horde(B) rushed into the campus.
The prisoner's interment(A)/internment(B) came to an end with his early release.
The hockey team could not deal with his unsociable(A)/unsocial(B) tendencies.
Directions for Questions 59 to 62: In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Run
Directions for Questions 59 to 62: In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Round
Directions for Questions 59 to 62: In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
Buckle
Directions for Questions 59 to 62: In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
File
Directions for Questions 63 to 66: Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _________ manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to __________ and perpetrators alike.
Directions for Questions 63 to 66: Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
As navigators, calendar makers, and other __________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.
Directions for Questions 63 to 66: Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his __________ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _____
Directions for Questions 63 to 66: Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.
Exhaustion of natural resources, destruction of individual initiative by governments, control over mens minds by central _______ of education and propaganda are some of the major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of the impact of science upon minds suited by __________ to an earlier kind of world.
For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
BF: Here their accomplishments were superior to the expectation.
CE: It is difficult for us to comprehend the infinite mercy of God.
DG: He crossed limits when he embezzled from the fund.
For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
BF: The listener makes all sorts of guesses about the utterance.
CG: You can be sure from the long wait that the person is definitely inclined to meet him.
DH: She had distanced herself from the debate but for a perfunctory question, thereby hinting that she was not exactly excited by the debate.
For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
BE: He has been freed from the rashness of youth in his old age.
CH: The soil in the Gangetic plains are rich with the flow of time.
DF: The violin tunes were rich and pleasant.
For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
BH: The victims were given relief aid.
CG: The only diversion I get is by playing cards. DE: The sentry was released from the performance of duty.
For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
BH: Water had to be purified of foreign/superfluous ingredients by distillation.
CE: The opposition was gotten rid of after the coup.
D-G: Drugs that empty the bowels have a bad effect on the brain.
Specious: A specious argument is not simply a false one but one that has the ring of truth.
Obviate: The new mass transit system may obviate the need for the use of personal cars.
Disuse: Some words fall into disuse as technology makes objects obsolete.
Parsimonious: The evidence was constructed from very parsimonious scraps of information.
Facetious: When I suggested that war is a method of controlling population, my father remarked that I was being facetious.
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Cricket Council is a collective noun so it takes a singular verb. The reference is made to a group as a whole and not to an individual.
Censure implies harsh criticism.
Censor means to put a ban on something objectionable. Credible means capable of being believed.
Credulous means tending to believe without evidence. Discretely means distinct whereas discreetly means to carefully avoid social embarrassment or distress; tactful.
Farther is used specifically for physical distance. Further is not used in the physical context and is used to indicate something of a greater degree or extent. Historical is something pertaining to history while historic is something significant.
Distrust means having a sense of fear anticipation of discomfort of danger whereas mistrust is believing that a particular party has a hidden agenda.
True means not false or not fictional while real means existing or occurring in the physical world.
Compliment means a remark or an act expressing respect or admiration
Complement means a person or thing that completes something
Regretfully would refer to the subject I
Sensual is more related to sense organs (bodily) Sensuous is aesthetically appealing to the senses. Beside oneself means overwhelmed
For example: Beside oneself with grief Stationary means something that is at rest Stationery means any writing material
Over refers to a more symbolic sense whereas above confirms with the idea of crossing the physical mark.
BF: Here their accomplishments were superior to the expectation.
CE: It is difficult for us to comprehend the infinite mercy of God.
DG: He crossed limits when he embezzled from the fund.
BF: The listener makes all sorts of guesses about the utterance.
CG: You can be sure from the long wait that the person is definitely inclined to meet him.
DH: She had distanced herself from the debate but for a perfunctory question, thereby hinting that she was not exactly excited by the debate.
BE: He has been freed from the rashness of youth in his old age.
CH: The soil in the Gangetic plains are rich with the flow of time.
DF: The violin tunes were rich and pleasant.
BH: The victims were given relief aid.
CG: The only diversion I get is by playing cards. DE: The sentry was released from the performance of duty.
BH: Water had to be purified of foreign/superfluous ingredients by distillation.
CE: The opposition was gotten rid of after the coup.
D-G: Drugs that empty the bowels have a bad effect on the brain.
