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FMS PAPER: (11-01-2009)

SECTION – 4ENGLISH USAGE

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PUISSANCE

Ans. (3) impotence135.

RECONDITE

Ans. (4) obvious136.

RESTITUTION

Ans. (3) deprivation137. The Italian Goddess of womanhoodAns. (1) Juno138. …………… is venision or any other meat thatAns. (4) Pemmican139. …………….. is a sport in which people wearingAns. (4) Parascending140. Identify the old pair from the options:Ans. (4) matador : quoits141. Actor is to Thespian as Harlequin is to:Ans. (4) Buskar142. Venom is to Toxin as Venial is to:Ans. (3) Dislike143. Which word best refers generally to the creationAns. (1) Hamper144. Which word best refers to someone who is not givingAns. (2) Careless145. In which cluster all the words ignoreAns. (2) Atheism, Agnosticism, Secularism146. Which set of words are only nouns:Ans. (1) analysis, praxis, thesis147. Which set of words are only adjectives:Ans. (2) protestant, spheroid, oratory148. In which set each word is a noun,Ans. (1) delegate, defeat, temporary, tertiary149. From the options select the idiom which means:Ans. (4) to lead with one’s chin150. Choose the idiom from the options, which means:Ans. (1) to hide one’s light under a bushel151. “What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh?”Ans. (2) Inherited characteristics cannot be concealed

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152. “Brave men lived before Agamemnon.”Ans. (1) Heroes need writers to commemorate them if they are to achieve eternal fame153. In which cluster the words are in the order of theAns. (2) empyrean, encomium, emendation, embrocation154. The …………….. in the dining hall was created byAns. (1) bonhomie, bonmot, badinage, bon viveurs155. The outery against the revolutionary leader portrayedAns. (1) Factitious, Factious, Facets, Factions156. His face wore a …………….. look when the priestAns. (3) Beatific, Beatified, Beatitude157. In which cluster all the words belong to the headword: “green”Ans. (4) all are correct158. In which cluster all the words belong to the headword “note”.Ans. (2) music, letter, information, observe, money, explanation159. Six prepositions are missing in the text.Ans. (3) in, for, to, to, for160. Words or phrase that signal the writer’sAns. (2) accordingly, as a result, consequently161. In which cluster all the ‘discourse markers’ convey:Ans. (1) for instance, for the most part, in the same way162. The element ‘anim’ has developed the following fourAns. (1) animalcule, animate163. ‘Libr’ means balance or weigh.Ans. (2) equilibrate, Librium164. Which quotation from the options is closest inAns. (1) It isn’t important to come out on top. What matters is to be the one who comes out alive (BertoltBrecht)165. Which quotation from the options is closest inAns. (1) It is better to be fortunate than wise. (John, Webster)166. Who was a ‘blue stocking”?Ans. (1) Surekha167. Who is a “whited sepulcher”?Ans. (3) Reena168. Who is in a “brown study”?Ans. (1) Suresh169. Who always “pulled the chestnuts out of the fire”Ans. (4) None of these170. Who made the “air turn blue”?Ans. (3) Manager171. Who is a “champagne socialist”?Ans. (4) None of these