Q2081.Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.
He said that he was returning the borrowed book the next day.
- AHe said, "I return the borrowed book tomorrow."
- BHe said, "I am returning the borrowed book tomorrow."
- CHe said, "I was returning the borrowed book the next day."
- DHe said, "I will return the borrowed book the next day."
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Concept: Undo the backshift: past continuous → present continuous, 'the next day' → 'tomorrow'.
- 'he was returning' → 'I am returning'.
- 'the next day' → 'tomorrow'.
- He said, "I am returning the borrowed book tomorrow."
Trick: Direct speech never keeps 'the next day' — options (C) and (D) drop out instantly.
Answer: (B) He said, "I am returning the borrowed book tomorrow."
अवधारणा: Backshift उलटें: past continuous → present continuous, 'the next day' → 'tomorrow'।
हल:
- 'he was returning' → 'I am returning'
- 'the next day' → 'tomorrow'
- He said, "I am returning the borrowed book tomorrow."
ट्रिक: Direct speech में 'the next day' नहीं रहता — (C), (D) तुरंत बाहर।
उत्तर: (B) He said, "I am returning the borrowed book tomorrow."
Q2082.Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
1. It allows for the exchange of ideas and the challenging of assumptions.
2. Open discourse is fundamental for a healthy democratic society.
3. Without it, public debate can become stagnant and divisive.
4. Engaging with diverse viewpoints broadens understanding and promotes empathy.
- A1-4-3-2
- B1-2-3-4
- C3-1-2-4
- D2-1-4-3
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Concept: Start with the sentence that names the topic; pronoun sentences follow.
- 2 introduces 'open discourse' — opener (no pronoun).
- 1 'It allows…' explains its role; 4 adds the benefit of diverse views.
- 3 'Without it…' gives the result of its absence — conclusion.
Trick: A sentence starting with 'It' or 'Without it' can never be first — this removes (A), (B), (C).
Answer: (D) 2-1-4-3
अवधारणा: विषय बताने वाला वाक्य पहले; सर्वनाम वाले वाक्य बाद में।
हल:
- 2 में 'open discourse' का परिचय — पहला वाक्य।
- 1 'It allows…' उसकी भूमिका बताता है; 4 विविध विचारों का लाभ जोड़ता है।
- 3 'Without it…' उसके अभाव का परिणाम — निष्कर्ष।
ट्रिक: 'It' या 'Without it' से शुरू वाक्य पहला नहीं हो सकता — (A), (B), (C) बाहर।
उत्तर: (D) 2-1-4-3
Q2083.Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: Silent
- AQuiet
- BMute
- CVociferous
- DTaciturn
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Concept: Silent = making no sound / not speaking.
- Vociferous = loud, noisy and forceful in speech — the opposite.
- Quiet, mute and taciturn (reserved, speaking little) are near-synonyms.
Trick: Three options share one meaning — the odd one out is the antonym.
Answer: (C) Vociferous
अवधारणा: Silent = शांत / न बोलने वाला।
हल:
- Vociferous = ज़ोर-ज़ोर से, मुखर होकर बोलने वाला — विलोम।
- Quiet, mute, taciturn (कम बोलने वाला) — सभी समानार्थी।
ट्रिक: तीन विकल्प एक ही अर्थ के हों, तो बचा हुआ विकल्प विलोम है।
उत्तर: (C) Vociferous
Q2084.Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Rather than being a drawback, his opposing views acted as a ____ against the group's complacency.
- Acounterweight
- Bdetriment
- Cdiversion
- Dreputation
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Concept: 'Rather than being a drawback' signals the blank is something positive.
- Counterweight = a force that balances or checks another.
- His opposing views checked the group's complacency — positive role.
- Detriment (harm) contradicts the contrast; diversion and reputation don't fit 'against'.
Trick: Contrast words (rather than, instead of) flip the tone — look for the opposite of 'drawback'.
Answer: (A) counterweight
अवधारणा: 'Rather than being a drawback' बताता है कि रिक्त स्थान में सकारात्मक शब्द चाहिए।
हल:
- Counterweight = किसी दूसरी शक्ति को संतुलित/नियंत्रित करने वाली शक्ति।
- उसके विरोधी विचारों ने समूह की आत्मसंतुष्टि पर रोक लगाई।
- Detriment (हानि) विरोधाभास के उलट है; diversion, reputation 'against' के साथ नहीं बैठते।
ट्रिक: Contrast शब्द (rather than) भाव उलट देते हैं — 'drawback' का उल्टा खोजें।
उत्तर: (A) counterweight
Q2085.Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
The missing equipment was reported to have been discovered by workers near the construction site.
- AWorkers are reported to have discovered the missing equipment near the construction site.
- BWorkers reported to discover the missing equipment near the construction site.
- CIt was reported that workers discover the missing equipment near the construction site.
- DThe construction site is reported to discover the missing equipment.
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Concept: 'X is reported to have been V3 by Y' → 'Y is/are reported to have V3 X'.
- Doer of discovering = workers → new subject.
- Keep the reporting frame and perfect infinitive: are reported to have discovered.
- Workers are reported to have discovered the missing equipment near the construction site.
Trick: Keep 'to have + V3' unchanged — only (A) preserves it.
Answer: (A) Workers are reported to have discovered the missing equipment near the construction site.
अवधारणा: 'X is reported to have been V3 by Y' → 'Y is/are reported to have V3 X'।
हल:
- खोजने वाले = workers → नया कर्ता।
- Reporting ढाँचा और perfect infinitive बना रहे: are reported to have discovered।
- Workers are reported to have discovered the missing equipment near the construction site.
ट्रिक: 'to have + V3' जैसा का तैसा रहे — केवल (A) में है।
उत्तर: (A) Workers are reported to have discovered the missing equipment near the construction site.
Q2086.Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
1. It delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells.
2. The human body has a complex circulatory system.
3. This keeps all our tissues functioning correctly.
4. The heart pumps blood through this network.
- A1-4-3-2
- B3-4-1-2
- C2-3-4-1
- D2-4-1-3
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Concept: General statement → mechanism → function → result.
- 2 introduces the circulatory system.
- 4 'this network' — the heart pumps blood through it.
- 1 'It delivers oxygen…' — what the blood does; 3 'This keeps tissues…' — the result.
Trick: Follow the pointers: 'this network' (4) refers to 2; 'It' (1) refers to blood in 4.
Answer: (D) 2-4-1-3
अवधारणा: सामान्य कथन → कार्यविधि → कार्य → परिणाम।
हल:
- 2 परिसंचरण तंत्र का परिचय देता है।
- 4 'this network' — हृदय इसी से रक्त पंप करता है।
- 1 'It delivers oxygen…' — रक्त का कार्य; 3 'This keeps…' — परिणाम।
ट्रिक: संकेत शब्द देखें: 'this network' (4) → 2 से जुड़ा; 'It' (1) → 4 के रक्त से।
उत्तर: (D) 2-4-1-3
Directions (Qs. 87-91): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A schizochronic state, in which outdatedness and modernism exist at the same time, is often seen in postcolonial infrastructures. Flyovers abandoned mid-construction, railway terminals immobilized during renovation, and electrical networks fluctuating between overload and blackout do not merely indicate dysfunction. Instead, they reveal a (87) ____ temporality in which the present moment is severed from historical continuity and refuses alignment with a predictable future. These structures do not operate as neutral utilities but function as affective markers of temporal disruption. Modernity, once announced through concrete and steel, now intermittently appears within these stalled projects — visions of advancement immobilized by administrative inertia. Here, efficiency becomes irrelevant. What gains significance is the performative (88) ____ of development: highways that suggest movement despite being unusable, and transit systems that evoke futurity even while remaining static. Within this framework, infrastructure ceases to be a technical concern and becomes a narrative apparatus — a spatial discourse that (89) ____ the aspirational promises of the nation-state into durable form. Perpetually unfinished bridges and endlessly reconstructed airports do not signify breakdown, but persistence — the sustained repetition of incomplete intention. Such built forms demand a revised interpretive lens. A literal reading obscures their symbolic charge. Their deterioration is not collapse but (90) ____: a visual lexicon of state temporality, wherein incompletion itself becomes the political language of continuity. This represents a temporal mode defined by expectancy without fulfillment. Consequently, the postcolonial built environment articulates not immobility, but (91) ____ — a condition in which movement persists without direction and progress is enacted through endless incompletion.
Q2087.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (87).
- Astagnant
- Bregressive
- Cdisjunctive
- Dauthoritative
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Concept: The blank is defined right after it: a present 'severed from historical continuity'.
- Disjunctive = marked by breaks or disconnection — matches 'severed'.
- Stagnant = not moving; regressive = going backward — neither means 'cut off'.
- Authoritative is unrelated.
Trick: In cloze, read the clause after the blank — 'in which…' often defines the missing word.
Answer: (C) disjunctive
अवधारणा: रिक्त स्थान के तुरंत बाद उसकी परिभाषा है: 'severed from historical continuity' (इतिहास से कटा हुआ)।
हल:
- Disjunctive = टूटा हुआ, असंबद्ध — 'severed' से मेल।
- Stagnant = रुका हुआ; regressive = पीछे जाने वाला — 'कटा हुआ' अर्थ नहीं।
- Authoritative का यहाँ कोई संबंध नहीं।
ट्रिक: क्लोज़ में रिक्त के बाद वाला 'in which…' भाग अक्सर शब्द की परिभाषा देता है।
उत्तर: (C) disjunctive
Directions (Qs. 87-91): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A schizochronic state, in which outdatedness and modernism exist at the same time, is often seen in postcolonial infrastructures. Flyovers abandoned mid-construction, railway terminals immobilized during renovation, and electrical networks fluctuating between overload and blackout do not merely indicate dysfunction. Instead, they reveal a (87) ____ temporality in which the present moment is severed from historical continuity and refuses alignment with a predictable future. These structures do not operate as neutral utilities but function as affective markers of temporal disruption. Modernity, once announced through concrete and steel, now intermittently appears within these stalled projects — visions of advancement immobilized by administrative inertia. Here, efficiency becomes irrelevant. What gains significance is the performative (88) ____ of development: highways that suggest movement despite being unusable, and transit systems that evoke futurity even while remaining static. Within this framework, infrastructure ceases to be a technical concern and becomes a narrative apparatus — a spatial discourse that (89) ____ the aspirational promises of the nation-state into durable form. Perpetually unfinished bridges and endlessly reconstructed airports do not signify breakdown, but persistence — the sustained repetition of incomplete intention. Such built forms demand a revised interpretive lens. A literal reading obscures their symbolic charge. Their deterioration is not collapse but (90) ____: a visual lexicon of state temporality, wherein incompletion itself becomes the political language of continuity. This represents a temporal mode defined by expectancy without fulfillment. Consequently, the postcolonial built environment articulates not immobility, but (91) ____ — a condition in which movement persists without direction and progress is enacted through endless incompletion.
Q2088.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (88).
- Acollapse
- Bsemiotics
- Chesitation
- Drestoration
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Concept: Once efficiency is set aside, the passage values the message these unfinished structures send.
- Highways 'suggest' movement; transit 'evokes' futurity — they work as signs.
- Semiotics = the study/use of signs and their meanings.
- Collapse, hesitation, restoration don't describe 'suggesting' or 'evoking'.
Trick: Words like suggest, evoke, symbolic, lexicon in the passage point to 'signs' → semiotics.
Answer: (B) semiotics
अवधारणा: वाक्य कहता है कि दक्षता अप्रासंगिक है; महत्व इस बात का है कि ये ढाँचे क्या संकेत देते हैं।
हल:
- राजमार्ग गति का 'आभास' देते हैं, परिवहन भविष्य का 'संकेत' — ये प्रतीक की तरह काम करते हैं।
- Semiotics = संकेतों और उनके अर्थ का अध्ययन।
- Collapse, hesitation, restoration इस भाव में फिट नहीं।
ट्रिक: Passage में suggest, evoke, symbolic, lexicon जैसे शब्द 'संकेत' की ओर इशारा करते हैं → semiotics।
उत्तर: (B) semiotics
Directions (Qs. 87-91): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A schizochronic state, in which outdatedness and modernism exist at the same time, is often seen in postcolonial infrastructures. Flyovers abandoned mid-construction, railway terminals immobilized during renovation, and electrical networks fluctuating between overload and blackout do not merely indicate dysfunction. Instead, they reveal a (87) ____ temporality in which the present moment is severed from historical continuity and refuses alignment with a predictable future. These structures do not operate as neutral utilities but function as affective markers of temporal disruption. Modernity, once announced through concrete and steel, now intermittently appears within these stalled projects — visions of advancement immobilized by administrative inertia. Here, efficiency becomes irrelevant. What gains significance is the performative (88) ____ of development: highways that suggest movement despite being unusable, and transit systems that evoke futurity even while remaining static. Within this framework, infrastructure ceases to be a technical concern and becomes a narrative apparatus — a spatial discourse that (89) ____ the aspirational promises of the nation-state into durable form. Perpetually unfinished bridges and endlessly reconstructed airports do not signify breakdown, but persistence — the sustained repetition of incomplete intention. Such built forms demand a revised interpretive lens. A literal reading obscures their symbolic charge. Their deterioration is not collapse but (90) ____: a visual lexicon of state temporality, wherein incompletion itself becomes the political language of continuity. This represents a temporal mode defined by expectancy without fulfillment. Consequently, the postcolonial built environment articulates not immobility, but (91) ____ — a condition in which movement persists without direction and progress is enacted through endless incompletion.
Q2089.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (89).
- Aconverts
- Barticulates
- Cconceals
- Dmaterializes
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Concept: The verb must turn abstract 'promises' into 'durable form'.
- Materialize = give physical shape to something abstract.
- Infrastructure gives the nation's promises a concrete, lasting body.
- Conceals reverses the sense; articulates and converts don't pair naturally with 'into durable form' here.
Trick: Abstract → physical ('into durable form') is the core meaning of 'materialize'.
Answer: (D) materializes
अवधारणा: क्रिया को अमूर्त 'वादों' को 'स्थायी रूप' में बदलना है।
हल:
- Materialize = अमूर्त चीज़ को भौतिक रूप देना।
- बुनियादी ढाँचा राष्ट्र के वादों को ठोस, टिकाऊ रूप देता है।
- Conceals (छिपाना) अर्थ उलट देता है; बाकी 'into durable form' से उतना मेल नहीं खाते।
ट्रिक: अमूर्त → भौतिक ('into durable form') — यही 'materialize' का मूल अर्थ है।
उत्तर: (D) materializes
Directions (Qs. 87-91): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A schizochronic state, in which outdatedness and modernism exist at the same time, is often seen in postcolonial infrastructures. Flyovers abandoned mid-construction, railway terminals immobilized during renovation, and electrical networks fluctuating between overload and blackout do not merely indicate dysfunction. Instead, they reveal a (87) ____ temporality in which the present moment is severed from historical continuity and refuses alignment with a predictable future. These structures do not operate as neutral utilities but function as affective markers of temporal disruption. Modernity, once announced through concrete and steel, now intermittently appears within these stalled projects — visions of advancement immobilized by administrative inertia. Here, efficiency becomes irrelevant. What gains significance is the performative (88) ____ of development: highways that suggest movement despite being unusable, and transit systems that evoke futurity even while remaining static. Within this framework, infrastructure ceases to be a technical concern and becomes a narrative apparatus — a spatial discourse that (89) ____ the aspirational promises of the nation-state into durable form. Perpetually unfinished bridges and endlessly reconstructed airports do not signify breakdown, but persistence — the sustained repetition of incomplete intention. Such built forms demand a revised interpretive lens. A literal reading obscures their symbolic charge. Their deterioration is not collapse but (90) ____: a visual lexicon of state temporality, wherein incompletion itself becomes the political language of continuity. This represents a temporal mode defined by expectancy without fulfillment. Consequently, the postcolonial built environment articulates not immobility, but (91) ____ — a condition in which movement persists without direction and progress is enacted through endless incompletion.
Q2090.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (90).
- Aexpression
- Bdefault
- Centropy
- Dsentimentality
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Concept: 'Not collapse but ____: a visual lexicon…' — the blank must mean a way of communicating.
- A lexicon is a vocabulary; the decay 'speaks' a political language.
- Expression = a way of conveying meaning ✓.
- Entropy and default suggest breakdown — which the sentence denies.
Trick: After 'not X but ___', the answer is the contrast to X — collapse ↔ meaningful expression.
Answer: (A) expression
अवधारणा: 'Not collapse but ____: a visual lexicon…' — रिक्त शब्द को अभिव्यक्ति का अर्थ देना है।
हल:
- Lexicon = शब्दावली; यह जर्जरता एक राजनीतिक 'भाषा' बोलती है।
- Expression = अर्थ व्यक्त करने का तरीका ✓
- Entropy, default पतन/विफलता बताते हैं — जिसे वाक्य नकारता है।
ट्रिक: 'not X but ___' में उत्तर X का विपरीत भाव होता है — collapse ↔ expression।
उत्तर: (A) expression
Directions (Qs. 87-91): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A schizochronic state, in which outdatedness and modernism exist at the same time, is often seen in postcolonial infrastructures. Flyovers abandoned mid-construction, railway terminals immobilized during renovation, and electrical networks fluctuating between overload and blackout do not merely indicate dysfunction. Instead, they reveal a (87) ____ temporality in which the present moment is severed from historical continuity and refuses alignment with a predictable future. These structures do not operate as neutral utilities but function as affective markers of temporal disruption. Modernity, once announced through concrete and steel, now intermittently appears within these stalled projects — visions of advancement immobilized by administrative inertia. Here, efficiency becomes irrelevant. What gains significance is the performative (88) ____ of development: highways that suggest movement despite being unusable, and transit systems that evoke futurity even while remaining static. Within this framework, infrastructure ceases to be a technical concern and becomes a narrative apparatus — a spatial discourse that (89) ____ the aspirational promises of the nation-state into durable form. Perpetually unfinished bridges and endlessly reconstructed airports do not signify breakdown, but persistence — the sustained repetition of incomplete intention. Such built forms demand a revised interpretive lens. A literal reading obscures their symbolic charge. Their deterioration is not collapse but (90) ____: a visual lexicon of state temporality, wherein incompletion itself becomes the political language of continuity. This represents a temporal mode defined by expectancy without fulfillment. Consequently, the postcolonial built environment articulates not immobility, but (91) ____ — a condition in which movement persists without direction and progress is enacted through endless incompletion.
Q2091.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (91).
- Ainertia
- Bkinesis
- Cexhaustion
- Dstability
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Concept: The blank is defined right after the dash: movement that persists without direction, set against 'immobility'.
- Kinesis = movement, especially movement with no fixed direction (in biology, undirected motion as opposed to directed 'taxis').
- The sentence contrasts 'not immobility, but ____', so the answer must mean motion – kinesis fits exactly.
- Inertia suggests resistance to change/standstill; stability and exhaustion contradict 'movement persists'.
Trick: 'Kine-' = motion (kinetic, cinema) – the dash definition 'movement … without direction' points straight to kinesis.
Answer: (B) kinesis
अवधारणा: डैश के बाद रिक्त स्थान की परिभाषा है: बिना दिशा के लगातार चलती गति, जो 'immobility' के विपरीत है।
- Kinesis = गति, विशेषकर बिना निश्चित दिशा की गति (जीवविज्ञान में दिशाहीन गति, 'taxis' के विपरीत)।
- वाक्य 'not immobility, but ____' कहता है, अतः उत्तर का अर्थ गति होना चाहिए – kinesis सटीक बैठता है।
- Inertia जड़ता/ठहराव का भाव देता है; stability, exhaustion 'movement persists' के विपरीत हैं।
ट्रिक: 'Kine-' = गति (kinetic, cinema) – 'movement … without direction' सीधे kinesis की ओर इशारा करता है।
उत्तर: (B) kinesis
Q2092.Select the correct spelling.
- ASerine
- BSirene
- CSerene
- DSereen
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Concept: Serene (adj.) = calm, peaceful, untroubled.
- Correct pattern: 'ser' + 'ene' → S-E-R-E-N-E.
- Serine is a different word (an amino acid); Sirene and Sereen are misspellings.
Yaad rakhein: Noun form – serenity; e.g., 'the serene waters of the lake'.
Answer: (C) Serene
अवधारणा: Serene (विशेषण) = शांत, निर्मल।
हल:
- सही वर्तनी: S-E-R-E-N-E ('ser' + 'ene')।
- Serine अलग शब्द है (एक अमीनो अम्ल); Sirene, Sereen गलत वर्तनी।
याद रखें: संज्ञा रूप – serenity; जैसे 'the serene waters of the lake'।
उत्तर: (C) Serene
Q2093.Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
His early success in films turned out to be just a flash in the pan.
- AA bright idea
- BA sudden success that fails to last
- CA criminal plan
- DA methodical worker
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Concept: A flash in the pan = a sudden, short-lived success that is not repeated.
- His early film success did not continue.
- Origin: old flintlock guns — powder flashed in the pan but the gun failed to fire.
Yaad rakhein: Similar sense – 'one-hit wonder'; opposite – 'stand the test of time'.
Answer: (B) A sudden success that fails to last
अवधारणा: A flash in the pan = अचानक मिली, थोड़े समय की सफलता जो दोबारा न मिले।
हल:
- फिल्मों में उसकी शुरुआती सफलता टिक नहीं पाई।
- उत्पत्ति: पुरानी बंदूकों में बारूद 'pan' में चमका, पर गोली नहीं चली।
याद रखें: समान भाव – 'one-hit wonder'; विपरीत – 'stand the test of time'।
उत्तर: (B) A sudden success that fails to last
Q2094.Choose the one-word substitute for:
The court ordered the cancellation of the fine imposed on the offender.
- AAcquittal
- BRemission
- CReprieve
- DAmnesty
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Concept: Remission = cancellation or reduction of a penalty, fine or debt.
- The court cancelled the fine → remission.
- Acquittal = declared not guilty; reprieve = delay/cancellation of a punishment like execution.
- Amnesty = general pardon, usually to a group.
Yaad rakhein: 'Remission' is also used in medicine for a period when a disease's symptoms reduce.
Answer: (B) Remission
अवधारणा: Remission = दंड, जुर्माना या ऋण की माफ़ी/कमी।
हल:
- अदालत ने जुर्माना रद्द किया → remission।
- Acquittal = दोषमुक्ति; reprieve = सज़ा (जैसे फाँसी) टालना।
- Amnesty = सामूहिक क्षमादान।
याद रखें: चिकित्सा में भी 'remission' = रोग के लक्षणों में कमी की अवधि।
उत्तर: (B) Remission
Q2095.Select the correct spelling to fill in the blank.
He has only a ____ knowledge of computer programming.
- ARudimentry
- BRudimentary
- CRudementary
- DRudamentary
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Concept: Rudimentary (adj.) = basic, elementary.
- Root: rudiment + -ary → R-U-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y.
- 'Rudimentry' drops the A; 'Rudementary', 'Rudamentary' change the I after D.
Trick: Split it: RUDI-MENT-ARY — like 'element-ary'.
Answer: (B) Rudimentary
अवधारणा: Rudimentary (विशेषण) = प्रारंभिक, मूलभूत।
हल:
- मूल: rudiment + -ary → R-U-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y
- 'Rudimentry' में A गायब; बाकी में D के बाद I बदला है।
ट्रिक: तोड़कर याद करें: RUDI-MENT-ARY — 'element-ary' की तरह।
उत्तर: (B) Rudimentary
Q2096.Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
He bites his thumb at someone in the audience.
- ATo ridicule one's own sense of pride
- BTo show open contempt or insult someone
- CTo flatter someone insincerely
- DTo reveal inner fear
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Concept: To bite one's thumb at someone = to insult them openly / show contempt.
- It was an old rude gesture in England.
- Famous from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', where a servant uses it to provoke a quarrel.
Yaad rakhein: Similar idioms – 'cock a snook at', 'thumb one's nose at' (show disrespect).
Answer: (B) To show open contempt or insult someone
अवधारणा: To bite one's thumb at someone = किसी का खुलेआम अपमान करना / तिरस्कार दिखाना।
हल:
- यह पुराने इंग्लैंड का एक अपमानजनक इशारा था।
- शेक्सपियर के 'रोमियो एंड जूलियट' में झगड़ा भड़काने के लिए इसका प्रयोग हुआ।
याद रखें: समान मुहावरे – 'cock a snook at', 'thumb one's nose at' (अनादर दिखाना)।
उत्तर: (B) To show open contempt or insult someone
Q2097.Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: CONFUSION
- AExposition
- BClarity
- CTransparency
- DObfuscation
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Concept: Confusion = lack of clarity or understanding.
- Obfuscation = making something unclear or confusing — closest meaning.
- Clarity, transparency and exposition (clear explanation) are opposites.
Trick: Three options mean 'clear' — so they cannot be synonyms of 'confusion'; the remaining one is.
Answer: (D) Obfuscation
अवधारणा: Confusion = अस्पष्टता, भ्रम।
हल:
- Obfuscation = किसी बात को अस्पष्ट/उलझा देना — निकटतम अर्थ।
- Clarity, transparency, exposition (स्पष्ट व्याख्या) — विलोम।
ट्रिक: तीन विकल्प 'स्पष्टता' बताते हैं — वे समानार्थी नहीं हो सकते; बचा विकल्प उत्तर।
उत्तर: (D) Obfuscation
Q2098.Select the option which contains the most appropriate HOMONYM of the word given in bold/underline.
The cloth placed on the altar was trimmed with a red galloon.
- AThe tailor stitched a decorative galloon onto the robe.
- BThe supplier delivered rolls of galloon for church garments.
- CThe doctor advised taking a galloon daily for better health.
- DThe ceremonial fabric was bordered with a silk galloon.
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Concept: Homonym question: pick the sentence where the word is used in a different sense.
- Given sentence: galloon = narrow decorative braid/trim on cloth.
- (A), (B), (D) keep this textile meaning.
- (C) treats it as something taken daily for health — a different sense (sound-alike of 'gallon').
Trick: Three options share the same meaning as the question — the different one is the answer.
Answer: (C) The doctor advised taking a galloon daily for better health.
अवधारणा: Homonym प्रश्न: वह वाक्य चुनें जिसमें शब्द अलग अर्थ में आया हो।
हल:
- दिए वाक्य में galloon = कपड़े की सजावटी पतली गोट/किनारी।
- (A), (B), (D) में यही कपड़े वाला अर्थ है।
- (C) में इसे स्वास्थ्य के लिए रोज़ लेने की चीज़ बताया गया — अलग अर्थ ('gallon' जैसी ध्वनि)।
ट्रिक: तीन विकल्प प्रश्न वाले अर्थ में हों तो अलग अर्थ वाला ही उत्तर।
उत्तर: (C) The doctor advised taking a galloon daily for better health.
Q2099.Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The teacher asked the scholar to ____ her research idea.
- Afollow up
- Bexpand on
- Cgo over
- Dcall for
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Concept: Expand on = explain in more detail; develop further.
- The teacher wants more detail about the research idea.
- Follow up = act later on something; go over = review; call for = demand.
Trick: With 'idea/point/statement', the natural collocation is 'expand on'.
Answer: (B) expand on
अवधारणा: Expand on = विस्तार से समझाना, आगे विकसित करना।
हल:
- शिक्षक शोध-विचार का अधिक विवरण चाहते हैं।
- Follow up = बाद में आगे कार्रवाई; go over = दोहराना/जाँचना; call for = माँग करना।
ट्रिक: 'idea/point' के साथ स्वाभाविक जोड़ी 'expand on' है।
उत्तर: (B) expand on
Q2100.Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words:
'The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose.'
- ACorruption
- BChicanery
- CDiplomacy
- DPropaganda
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Concept: Chicanery = use of trickery or deception to achieve a goal.
- Matches 'deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose'.
- Corruption = dishonest use of power for gain; diplomacy = tactful handling of relations.
- Propaganda = biased information to influence opinion.
Yaad rakhein: Related words – duplicity, guile, skulduggery (all mean trickery).
Answer: (B) Chicanery
अवधारणा: Chicanery = उद्देश्य पाने के लिए छल-कपट/धोखे का प्रयोग।
हल:
- 'deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose' से मेल।
- Corruption = सत्ता का बेईमानी से उपयोग; diplomacy = कूटनीति।
- Propaganda = राय बदलने हेतु एकतरफ़ा प्रचार।
याद रखें: समान शब्द – duplicity, guile, skulduggery (सभी = छल)।
उत्तर: (B) Chicanery
