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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Hope against hope
Options
A. Think wishfully from time to time
B. Hoped with good reason
C. Nurture an impossible hope
D. Pretend to hope

Correct Answer

Nurture an impossible hope

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1. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Drag one's feet
Options
A. Make something more complicated
B. Expedite
C. Be reluctant to act
D. Stop working

2. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Beggar description
Options
A. Cannot be described
B. Something described by a beggar
C. A poor account of something
D. A description of a beggar

3. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. Harish soon gained _________ in English.
Options
A. provincialism
B. proficiency
C. efficiency
D. eminency

4. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. He gives everyone _________ the class opportunities for practice.
Options
A. at
B. in
C. of
D. on

5. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. The aim of a Peace Council is ________ rather than cure.
Options
A. salvation
B. preservation
C. maintenance
D. cultivation

6. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. Lack of skill
Options
A. Inertness
B. Insistence
C. Ineptness
D. Insolence

7. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding
Options
A. Thistle
B. Stifle
C. Sceptre
D. Pestle

8. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. An act when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person
Options
A. Election
B. Exitpoll
C. By-election
D. Referendum

9. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement". Jane had told me that she hasn't done her homework.
Options
A. told
B. tells
C. was telling
D. no improvement

10. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement". This survey is concerning your health as well as that of your family.
Options
A. concerns with
B. is concerned with
C. concerns to
D. no improvement

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