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- Question
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. Equally disappointing is the court's ________________, one-paragraph dismissal of the claim that criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech. Such proclamations are easy _______________ from the high, secure, and insulated bench of the Supreme Court. It is journalists and newspapers, fighting hundreds of _____________ cases in court, _______________ have to deal with the very real consequences. criminal ________________ creates a chilling effect upon speech
Options- A. defamating
- B. defamation
- C. defamate
- D. defamations
- Correct Answer
- defamation
- 1. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order Aggregate levels of under nutrition in India P-remain shockingly high, despite the impressive Q-stunting in the last decade R-reduction in
Options- A. PRQ
- B. QPR
- C. RPQ
- D. QRP Discuss
- 2. Select the synonym of sheath
Options- A. weapon
- B. hide
- C. encourage
- D. coat Discuss
- 3. Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. (Take off) your shoes before you enter the temple.
Options- A. Put away
- B. Extract
- C. Put off
- D. No improvement Discuss
- 4. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. He would often P-Brahmacharya if his protests were not functioning the way Q-he expected R-critique his own life of
Options- A. RQP
- B. PQR
- C. RPQ
- D. QRP Discuss
- 5. In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. The vehicles involved in the accident were _______________ the flow of traffic.
Options- A. obstructing
- B. stalling
- C. interfering
- D. delaying Discuss
- 6. Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives. In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth? 'Scouring up things' means ________.
Options- A. cleaning pans with a small ball of wire or plastic
- B. to search a place thoroughly in order to find something
- C. to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet
- D. writing something quickly and carelessly Discuss
- 7. Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives. In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth? Subdued tone means _______.
Options- A. not very loud
- B. unusually quiet and possibly unhappy
- C. not very busy
- D. not very bright Discuss
- 8. Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives. Riparian vegetation [the green band of vegetation along a watercourse] can help stabilize stream banks; filter sediment from surface runoff; and provide wildlife habitat, livestock forage,and scenic value. Well-developed vegetation also allows bank soils to absorb extra water during spring runoff, releasing it later during drier months, thus improving late-summer stream flows. In many parts of the arid West, trees and shrubs are found only in riparian areas. Woody plants are very important as winter cover for many wildlife species, including upland game birds such as pheasants and turkeys. Often this winter cover is the greatest single factor limiting game bird populations. Woody vegetation also provides hiding cover and browse for many other species of birds and mammals, both game and nongame. Dead trees ("snags") are an integral part of streamside habitats and should be left standing whenever possible. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, brown creepers, and other birds eat the insects that decompose the wood. These insects usually pose no threat to nearby living trees. Occasionally a disease organism or misuse of pesticides will weaken or kill a stand of trees. If several trees in a small area begin to die, contact your local extension agent immediately . How dependent are plants and animals on each other?
Options- A. Not dependent
- B. Very dependent
- C. Completely independent
- D. Slightly dependent Discuss
- 9. Antonym of 'Humble'?
Options- A. Bold
- B. Down-to-Earth
- C. Lowly
- D. Modest Discuss
- 10. Synonym of Sad?
Options- A. Glad
- B. Lucky
- C. Somber
- D. Fortunate Discuss
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Correct Answer: PRQ
Correct Answer: coat
Correct Answer: No improvement
Correct Answer: RPQ
Correct Answer: obstructing
Correct Answer: to search a place thoroughly in order to find something
Correct Answer: not very loud
Correct Answer: Very dependent
Correct Answer: Bold
Explanation:
Humble means not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness.
Humble means in a modest, lowly and down-to-earth manner. Not in a aggressive, bold, self confident manner.
Hence, in the given options Bold is an antonym of Humble.
Correct Answer: Somber
Explanation:
Sad means being unhappy, sorrowful, mournful, wistful,...
Hence, Somber means cheerless i.e, unhappy which is synonym of sad. All other options are opposites of Sad.
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