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FMS PAPER: (11-01-2009)

SECTION 4 ENGLISH USAGE

134. PUISSANCE Ans. (3) impotence

135. RECONDITE Ans. (4) obvious

136. RESTITUTION Ans. (3) deprivation

137. The Italian Goddess of womanhood Ans. (1) Juno

138. is venision or any other meat that Ans. (4) Pemmican

139. .. is a sport in which people wearing Ans. (4) Parascending

140. Identify the old pair from the options: Ans. (4) matador : quoits

141. Actor is to Thespian as Harlequin is to: Ans. (4) Buskar

142. Venom is to Toxin as Venial is to: Ans. (3) Dislike

143. Which word best refers generally to the creation Ans. (1) Hamper

144. Which word best refers to someone who is not giving Ans. (2) Careless

145. In which cluster all the words ignore Ans. (2) Atheism, Agnosticism, Secularism

146. Which set of words are only nouns: Ans. (1) analysis, praxis, thesis

147. Which set of words are only adjectives: Ans. (2) protestant, spheroid, oratory

148. In which set each word is a noun, Ans. (1) delegate, defeat, temporary, tertiary

149. From the options select the idiom which means: Ans. (4) to lead with ones chin

150. Choose the idiom from the options, which means: Ans. (1) to hide ones light under a bushel

151. Whats 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 fame

153. In which cluster the words are in the order of the Ans. (2) empyrean, encomium, emendation, embrocation

154. The .. in the dining hall was created by Ans. (1) bonhomie, bonmot, badinage, bon viveurs

155. The outery against the revolutionary leader portrayed Ans. (1) Factitious, Factious, Facets, Factions

156. His face wore a .. look when the priest Ans. (3) Beatific, Beatified, Beatitude

157. In which cluster all the words belong to the headword: green Ans. (4) all are correct

158. In which cluster all the words belong to the headword note. Ans. (2) music, letter, information, observe, money, explanation

159. Six prepositions are missing in the text. Ans. (3) in, for, to, to, for

160. Words or phrase that signal the writers Ans. (2) accordingly, as a result, consequently

161. In which cluster all the discourse markers convey: Ans. (1) for instance, for the most part, in the same way

162. The element anim has developed the following four Ans. (1) animalcule, animate

163. Libr means balance or weigh. Ans. (2) equilibrate, Librium

164. Which quotation from the options is closest in Ans. (1) It isnt important to come out on top. What matters is to be the one who comes out alive (Bertolt Brecht) 165. Which quotation from the options is closest in Ans. (1) It is better to be fortunate than wise. (John, Webster)

166. Who was a blue stocking? Ans. (1) Surekha

167. Who is a whited sepulcher? Ans. (3) Reena

168. Who is in a brown study? Ans. (1) Suresh

169. Who always pulled the chestnuts out of the fire Ans. (4) None of these

170. Who made the air turn blue? Ans. (3) Manager

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_________________________________________________________________________________________________ 172. What will fall like the wall of Jericho? Ans. (1) Opposing partys arguments

173. Emerald is to May as Sapphire is to . Ans. (2) July

174. Flapjack is to Macaroon as Croissant is to .. Ans. (1) Brioche

175. Futon is to Divan as Bench is to . Ans. (4) Creepie

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