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Q1:

In today's fast-paced world, individuals are inundated with information, necessitating the cultivation of critical thinking skills in order to navigate the influx of data ______________. Additionally, the prevalence of fake news and misinformation presents a ______________ challenge, undermining people’s trust in media and institutions. Promoting media literacy and cultivating a culture of scepticism are vital for ______________ informed citizenship and democratic values.
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Option: 1
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Q2:

Conspiracy theorists suggest that if climate change is slowly turning the planet into an oven, then this must have been the outcome of our enemies’ intentional ______________. If there are no coincidences in the world, then everything, including ______________ events, can be controlled. It is only a matter of power and ______________.
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Option: 3
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Q3:

It is widely argued that social media can benefit aspiring ______________. Populists in particular latch on to social media today as a way to connect directly with people, ______________ restraints on their behaviour that political parties would have provided in the pre-internet age. They can also profit from echo chambers, which reinforce the sense that a whole people ______________ supports a populist leader.
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Option: 3
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Q4:

An ______________ found that one of the marathon runners had ______________ slowed down in the last two kilometres and after ______________ to the one behind him had let him cross the finish line just one second before he did.
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Option: 4
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Q5:

In an era of globalization, cultural diversity is celebrated and valued across societies. However, the rise of xenophobia and intolerance poses a ______________ challenge to social cohesion and harmony. Building inclusive communities and promoting intercultural dialogue are essential for ______________ mutual understanding and respect among diverse populations. Additionally, educating individuals about the benefits of cultural diversity and challenging ______________ are crucial steps toward creating inclusive societies and encouraging peaceful coexistence.
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Option: 2
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Q6:

The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in a health crisis and a drop in economic activity that were without ______________ in history. While containing and ______________ the spread of the virus was the first priority of public authorities, reducing the ______________ of the disease and limiting the pressure on healthcare systems were also considered equally important.
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Option: 2
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Q7:

The culture of the 21st century – on an increasingly _______ scale – is oriented around the practical principles of utility, effectiveness, and impact. Things are good to the extent that they are instrumental, with instrumentality usually defined as the capacity to produce money or things. The worth of anything – an idea, an activity, an artwork, a _______ with another person – is determined _______.
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Option: 2
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Q8:

_____________ have to label their _______ posts in order to bring about transparency and _______ the interests of the customers.
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Option: 2
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Q9:

The human resource chief said that the company will not _______ on investing in people and has _______ spending on employee needs in order to _______ them and provide them with a sense of stability and certainty.
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Option: 2
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Q10:

Working from home requires that you may have to put your _______ life on _______. Some people find this very _______ as they like to keep their work and home lives separate.
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Option: 2
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Q11:

In its early stages, dementia is often _______ from normal ageing, in which the older brain may naturally begin to show signs of cognitive impairment. Neither dementia nor cognitive ageing is currently _______, though they may be slowed through diet, exercise, and keeping the mind agile with social and intellectual activity.
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Option: 3
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Q12:

In the alleyways of old Cairo, in its cafes, warehouses and barbershops, framed portraits of Egyptian icons are _______ on fading walls. Kings, presidents, religious and political figures are all _______ as symbols of a glorious past.
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Option: 2
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Q13:

The beauty of ______________ is that it poses thought-provoking questions and inspires us to think deeply about _____________ and life in general. Further, ______________ about the ideas and perspectives outlined by different thinkers can help us to gain a better _______________ of the world we live in.
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Option: 1
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Q14:

Visually strong, __________________ films of the 1920s are _______________ preserved and suffer from censorship cuts, leading to the __________________ that they were primitive and barely watchable.
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Option: 4
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Q15:

Everyday more than 1 billion promotional messages are sent that are commercial and ___________________. Although _______________ have used more technology to stop this, ________________ find ways around it.
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Option: 1
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Q16:

The investigators have _____________ that he had leaked confidential _______________ information about the acquisition, thereby allowing associates to profit _________________ from the deal.
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Option: 2
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Q17:

Achieving spaceflight enabled humans to begin to explore the solar system and the rest of the _______________, to understand the many objects and ____________ that are better observed from a space perspective, and to use for human benefit the resources and attributes of the space environment. All of these activities - discovery, scientific understanding, and the ______________ of that understanding to serve human purposes - are elements of space ________________.
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Option: 4
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Q18:

In an anthropocentric ______________, animals are no more than property to human beings. Therefore, the concepts of 'humane' treatment and 'necessary' __________ are economic in nature. The idea that killing animals is not a serious issue as long as animals are not made to suffer rests ___________ on the widely accepted idea that animals do not have a right to life.
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Option: 4
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Q19:

When we think about listening, we tend to assume that it is basically the same as hearing; this is a _________because it leads us to believe that effective listening is_________ . As a result, we make little effort to learn, or develop listening skills and thereby__________ a vital communication function.
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Option: 4
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Q20:

As vaccination rates rise and governments relax their pandemic_______ , the recovery of the event ecosystem is happening faster than expected. Event management___________ see the number of events and event attendance reaching and potentially____________ pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
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Option: 1
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Q21:

This ________,__________man was actually the __________manager the company ever had.
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Option: 2
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Q22:

The best strategy to give an ________is to deliver it orally as well as in_________ It is also important to_________ the employee's achievements in the same manner.
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Option: 3
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Q23:

The Aravalli range is the oldest_______ geological feature anywhere in the world. These were once tall mountains, possibly as high as the Himalayas. Over hundreds of millions of years these tall mountains have been______ to low hills and ridges. Yet, these diminutive hills have been_________ to many important events in Indian history.
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Option: 3
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Q24:

Cool-headed and rational, Jo Eun-cha is a talented and driven anchorman who commands as well as demands respect. After ___________ to get elected as a news director, he aims to ___________ to his job as the top news anchor to increase his ___________ of being elected next year.
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Option: 2
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Q25:

Coral reefs are one of the most ___________, biologically complex, and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth. This ecosystem is one of the ___________ paradoxes of the biosphere: how do clear, and thus nutrient-poor, waters support such ___________ and productive communities?
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Option: 2
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Q26:

The ability to ___________ and ___________ a cohesive team is particularly critical in hi-tech firms where the ___________ landscape can shift dramatically in the face of disruptive technologies.
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Option: 2
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Q27:

A collective investment fund (CIF), also known as a collective investment trust (CIT), is a group of ___________ accounts held by a bank or trust company. The financial institution ___________ assets from individuals and organizations to ___________ a single larger, diversified portfolio.
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Option: 4
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Q28:

It is a ___________ to live in a land without ___________. Even with all the technological advancement and economic growth, there are still millions who live in war zones where life every day is filled with ___________.
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Option: 2
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Q29:

Quantum Physics really begins to point to this discovery. It says that you can't have a Universe without mind __________ into it, and that the mind is actually __________ the very thing that is being __________.
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Option: 3
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Q30:

In response to my friend's request, I decided to write her a letter, which I hoped would be honest and practical, while also serving as a _________ of sorts for my own feminist thinking. This book is a ________ of that letter, with some details changed.
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Option: 1
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Q31:

The ___________ of multiculturalism, in times of war or economic ____________ tribalism is what causes those in power to confine groups of people with different _________ into ghettos or in communes on the margins of their cities.
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Option: 4
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Q32:

One who is ____________ gets on with his job in spite of obstacles, while the one who is __________ hardly shows any progress. The latter spends all his time ___________ about his troubles.
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Option: 2
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Q33:

That the artiste went about systematically to get traditional _________ back into the mainstream __________ and a textile culture for dance is to be celebrated.
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Option: 2
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Q34:

Which of the following is the synonym of the term "HACKNEYED"?
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Option: 3
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Q35:

Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Are people ___ (i) ___ or even typically, guided by reason, rather than, say, by passion or impulse ? If the norms of rational behaviour are not followed by people in their actual behaviour, how can we seek the same answer to two rather different questions : what would be rational for a person to do ? And what would the person actually do ? Shouldn't the economists who make such double use of maximisation - whether through explicit reasoning ___ (ii) ___ by implicit presumption - be invited to apply their minds to this ?
A number of economists have indeed paid attention to systematic departures from rationality in actual choices made by people. One argument that has been invoked, in a line of reasoning proposed by Herbert Simon, goes by the name of bounded rationality. It concerns the possibility that people may not, in all cases, look for fully ___ (iii) ___ choices because of their inability to be sufficiently focussed. There is considerable evidence, powerfully presented, for example, ___ (iv) ___ Kahneman, Slovic and Tversky, that people may fail to understand adequately the nature of the uncertainty.

Pick the most appropriate word to fill (iii) in the given passage :
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Option: 1
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Q36:

Pick the correct antonym of the term "DILATE".
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Option: 3
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Q37:

Pick the best substitute for the following expression:
"One who does not care for literature or art".
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Option: 3
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Q38:

Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Are people ___ (i) ___ or even typically, guided by reason, rather than, say, by passion or impulse ? If the norms of rational behaviour are not followed by people in their actual behaviour, how can we seek the same answer to two rather different questions : what would be rational for a person to do ? And what would the person actually do ? Shouldn't the economists who make such double use of maximisation - whether through explicit reasoning ___ (ii) ___ by implicit presumption - be invited to apply their minds to this ?
A number of economists have indeed paid attention to systematic departures from rationality in actual choices made by people. One argument that has been invoked, in a line of reasoning proposed by Herbert Simon, goes by the name of bounded rationality. It concerns the possibility that people may not, in all cases, look for fully ___ (iii) ___ choices because of their inability to be sufficiently focussed. There is considerable evidence, powerfully presented, for example, ___ (iv) ___ Kahneman, Slovic and Tversky, that people may fail to understand adequately the nature of the uncertainty.

Pick the most appropriate word to fill (iii) in the given passage
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Option: 2
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Q39:

Read the following sentence and choose the best definition for the underlined word by searching for context clues in the sentence:

The attorney wanted to expedite the process, because her client was becoming impatient.

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Option: 1
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Q40:

This question gives a word followed by four choices. From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (word which means the same for the main word and mark its number as the answer.

PALPABLE

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Option: 2
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Q41:

Read the following sentence and choose the best definition for the underlined word by searching for context clues in the sentence.

Mr. Powers was so gullible that he believed even the most outlandish excuses of his insincere employees.

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Option: 2
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Q42:

Pick out the synonym of the word 'Communicable.'

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Option: 2
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Q43:

This question gives a word followed by four choices. From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (word which means the same) for the main word and mark its number as the answer.

FAMISHED

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Option: 2
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Q44:

This question gives a word followed by four choices.

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (word which means the same) for the main word and mark its number as the answer.

OSTENSIBLE

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Option: 3
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Q45:

This question has a word followed by four choices. From the choices, identify the one which is opposite in meaning (antonym) for the main word and mark its number as your answer.

CONSIDERATE

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Option: 4
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Q46:

Pick out the synonym of the word 'reproach'

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Option: 1
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Q47:

This question has a sentence with two blanks followed by four pairs of words as choices. From the choices, select the pair of words that can best complete the given sentence: We are truly ______ to the many hands and hearts that made this book ______.
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Option: 3
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Q48:

Pick out the antonym of the word ‘dissimulate’.
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Option: 4
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Q49:

Identify the word which means the same as ‘sift’.
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Option: 1
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Q50:

Pick out the antonym of the word ‘jocund’.
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Option: 3
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Q51:

Find out an appropriate synonym for the word 'Ebullient':
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Option: 2
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Q52:

A person belonging to the same period with another person is called _______
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Option: 3
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Q53:

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: When people are _______, as long as they hold fast to their language, it is as if they have the key to their prison.
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Option: 3
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Q54:

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word 'VENERATE'.
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Option: 4
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Q55:

In this question, there are two sentences I and II, each having a blank, followed by four words. Select only one word which fills both the blanks.
I. The company has agreed in ______ to our suggestion.
II. The equipment works on the ______ of Archimedes.
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Option: 3
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Q56:

Fill in the blanks by the same proper word from the given option in both the sentences.
A. The manager is not __________ for his position.
B. In a __________ of anger, the teacher turned him out of the class.
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Option: 2
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Q57:

In this question, Out of the four options choose the one which can be substituted for the sentence.
'A general pardon granted by the Government to political offenders'
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Option: 1
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Q58:

Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word 'AUDACIOUS'.
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Option: 1
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Q59:

In this question, there are two sentences I and II, each having a blank, followed by four words. Select only one word which fills both the blanks.
I. The child sat ______ through the long sermon.
II. We have ______ to receive the documents.
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Option: 4
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Q60:

In this question, out of the four options choose the one which can be substituted for the sentence.
One who feels at home in every country
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Option: 2
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Q61:

The following phrase is followed by four options. One of the options best describes its meaning. Select the correct option.
A thing of little or no importance
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Option: 1
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Q62:

A word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
Agog
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Option: 4
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Q63:

A word has been used in sentences in four different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
Tantamount
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Option: 2
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Q64:

In questions given below, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can best substitute the given sentence.
Someone who is willing to take risks or to do something shocking
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Option: 3
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Q65:

In questions given below, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can best substitute the given sentence.
To use special chemicals, smoke or gas to destroy the harmful insects or bacteria in a place
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Option: 2
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Q66:

In questions given below, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can best substitute the given sentence.
It's a state in which a person has apprehensions all the time about their well-being and considers that they are ill.
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Option: 2
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Q67:

In the following question choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
ABOMINATE:
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Option: 2
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Q68:

In the following question choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
ABHOR
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Option: 4
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Q69:

In the following question choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
ENORMOUS:
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Option: 3
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Q70:

In the following the question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
IMPROMPTU:
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Option: 1
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Q71:

In the following the question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
WRETCHED:
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Option: 1
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Q72:

In the following the question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ERRONEOUS:
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Option: 4
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Q73:

In the following question, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.
CONFLATE
(I) I was able to conflate the two processes into one, blending it down into a solid formula.
(II) The bag is divided into conflate compartments.
(III) The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to conflate them.
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Option: 1
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Q74:

In the following question, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.
RARE
(I) The coin was a rare edition and was not found in many collections around the world.
(II) Diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, the patient’s doctors knew little about his unique condition.
(III) Standing in the rare of the long line, the family could barely see the entrance to the theatre.
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Option: 4
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