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  • Question

  • In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word: ADVERSITY


  • Options
  • A. Failure
  • B. Helplessness
  • C. Misfortune
  • D. Crisis

  • Correct Answer
  • Misfortune  

    Explanation
    Adversity is a very difficult or unfavourable situation.

    • More questions

    • 1. 
      S1: Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful fisher girl.
      P : He went to the fisherman and asked him for her asked him for her hand in marriage.
      Q : The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace.
      R : He fell in love with the fisher girl.
      S : The fisherman agreed to it condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur.
      S6: Devavrata, the King's son, asked him the reason of his sadness.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. RPSQ
    • C. QSPR
    • D. PSQR
      • Discuss
    • 2. 
      S1: A force of exists between everybody in the universe.
      P : Normally it is very small but when the one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable.
      Q : It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton.
      R : Everything on or near the surface of the earth is attracted by the mass of earth.
      S : This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved.
      S6: The greater the mass, the greater is the earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PRQS
    • B. PRSQ
    • C. QSRP
    • D. QSPR
      • Discuss
    • 3. 
      S1: But how does a new word get into the dictionary?
      P : When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.
      Q : The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.
      R : The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language.
      S : The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.
      S6: He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. PRSQ
    • C. RQPS
    • D. RSQP
      • Discuss
    • 4. 
      S1: It is regrettable that there is widespread corruption in the country at all levels.
      P : So there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now.
      Q : And there are graft and other malpractices too.
      R : The impression that corruption is universal phenomenon persists and the people not cooperate in checking this evil.
      S : Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment.
      S6: This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. QSRP
    • B. SQRP
    • C. RSQP
    • D. PQSR
      • Discuss
    • 5. (solve as per the direction given above)

    • Options
    • A. He being the eldest son,
    • B. his father expects him
    • C. to take care of several things
    • D. besides his regular studies.
    • E. No error.
      • Discuss
    • 6. To be above board

    • Options
    • A. To have a good height
    • B. To be honest in any business deal
    • C. They have no debts
    • D. To try to be beautiful
    • E. None of these
      • Discuss
    • 7. He corroborated the statement of his brother.

    • Options
    • A. confirmed
    • B. disproved
    • C. condemned
    • D. seconded
      • Discuss
    • 8. This book is quite similar ......

    • Options
    • A. with the "Treasure Island"
    • B. of that film we saw at school
    • C. to the one I read last week
    • D. than a story told by our teacher
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      S1: While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous.
      P : Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few.
      Q : One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly.
      R : It is like the ability to play golf.
      S : It is not as difficult as most men imagine.
      S6: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SQPR
    • B. QSPR
    • C. QRSP
    • D. RSQP
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      S1: Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment.
      P : It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one.
      Q : His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, makes it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change.
      R : And that series of inventions by which man from age by age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution.
      S : Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow swim around us he is in the only one who is not locked in to his environment.
      S6: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. QPRS
    • B. SRQP
    • C. QRSP
    • D. SQRP
      • Discuss

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