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VA - 1
Vocabulary
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Content : Different types of Vocab questions

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CAT has not given direct vocabulary questions in recent years. However, the reading
comprehension section in CAT requires a candidate to have an above average
vocabulary.

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The Non-CAT exams ask vocabulary questions regularly. Hence, we need to practice
vocabulary questions.

Let’s begin.

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For questions 1 to 16
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Which one of the following is not a synonym of bibelot?

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(1) Dragoon (2) Trinket

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(3) Curio (4) Knickknack

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Question – 1
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the synonym of halcyon from the following.

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(1) Placid (2) Hooligan

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(3) Unsettled (4) Doleful

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Question – 2
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the synonym of flinty from the following.

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(1) Benignant (2) Austere

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(3) Tender (4) Clout

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Question – 3
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Which among the following is not a synonym of ululate?

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(1) Bawl (2) Bellow

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(3) Whimper (4) Wail

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Question – 4
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the most suitable synonym of abeyance from the following.

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(1) Inhere (2) Suspension

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(3) Resentment (4) Brigand

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Question – 5
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the synonym of friable from the following.

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(1) Fried (2) Colloquy

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(3) Sturdy (4) Brittle

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Question – 6
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the synonym of hector from the following.

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(1) Assuage (2) Conciliate

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(3) Browbeat (4) Propitiate

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Question – 7
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Which among the following is not a synonym of presage?

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(1) Augur (2) Premonition

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(3) Precarious (4) Prognosticate

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Question – 8
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of lackadaisical from the following.

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(1) Enticed (2) Fainéant

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(3) Indolent (4) Sluggish

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Question – 9
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of stalwart from the following:

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(1) Doughty (2) Valiant

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(3) Pusillanimous (4) Intrepid

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Question – 10
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of nefarious from the following:

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(1) Iniquitous (2) Sublime

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(3) Vile (4) Vicious

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Question – 11
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of lenitive from the following:

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(1) Emollient (2) Soothing

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(3) Strident (4) Palliative

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Question – 12
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of quixotic from the following:

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(1) Impetuous (2) Impulsive

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(3) Chimerical (4) Pragmatic

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Question – 13
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Select the antonym of abjure from the following:

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(1) Forswear (2) Abdicate

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(3) Succumb (4) Relinquish

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Question – 14
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Which among the following is opposite in meaning to soporific?

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(1) Invigorating (2) Slumberous

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(3) Tranquilizing (4) Somniferous

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Question – 15
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Read the following question and choose the correct answer.

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Which among the following is opposite in meaning to profligate?

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(1) Wasteful (2) Improvident

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(3) Parsimonious (4) Spendthrift

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Question – 16
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

A person who insists on something -

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(1) Submissive (2) Temperate
(3) Clement (4) Stickler

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Question – 17
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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To confirm or give support with the help of theory or evidence is -
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(1) Veto (2) Resolute
(3) Corroborate (4) Deliver

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Question – 18
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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An incantation used to call upon a deity or the supernatural -
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(1) Convolution (2) Invocation
(3) Petrifaction (4) Transcendence

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Question – 19
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one –

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(1) Oxymoron (2) Alliteration
(3) Innuendo (4) Rhyming

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Question – 20
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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A large organized group of singers, especially one which performs with an orchestra or
opera company:
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(1) Chorale (2) Conductor

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(3) Soliloquy (4) Devout

Question – 21
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts-
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(1) Discriminating (2) Ritzy
(3) Suave (4) Philistine

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Question – 22
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

One who studies the atmosphere –

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(1) Anthropologist (2) Agrologist
(3) Aerologist (4) Psephologist

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Question – 23
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The question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely

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to the given meaning:

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The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope-

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(1) Cosmogony (2) Cosmography
(3) Apiology (4) Epistemology

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Question – 24
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Some idioms are given below, together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning

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of proverb/idiom.

Elvis has left the building:

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(1) A funeral has been announced
(2) It’s all over
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(4)

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A setback has been encountered by the performer
The show will continue despite the setback

Question – 25
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Some idioms are given below, together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning

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of proverb/idiom.

Jump on the bandwagon:

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(1) Dangerously attracted to something
(2) Join a group of travellers
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(4) Join a group of explorers

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Join a popular trend or activity

Question – 26
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Some idioms are given below, together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning

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of proverb/idiom.

A doubting Thomas:
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(1) Someone who likes to argue
(2) Someone who likes to cause trouble
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Someone who likes to question Thomas
Someone who likes to ask for evidence

Question – 27
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To steal someone’s Thunder:

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(1)

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To announce something important during someone else’s wedding

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(2) To take the credit for someone else’s work.

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(3) To get engaged on the same day as one’s best friend

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(4) To steal someone’s most treasured power

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Question – 28
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Use your loaf:

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(1) Eat your own food

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(2) Use your own wealth

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(3) Think smart

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(4) Use your own assets

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Question – 29
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Given below are five lists of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the

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alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar
word or phrase

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Down, Upon, Off, With
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(1) Bear (2) Bow

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(3) Bind (4) Bend

Question – 30
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Given below are five lists of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the

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alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar
word or phrase

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Forth, In, On, Over
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(1) Beg (2) Hold

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(3) Bug (4) Heat

Question – 31
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Given below are five lists of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the

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alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar
word or phrase

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Out, Down, Into, Up
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(1) Bowl (2) Black

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(3) Buy (4) Blend

Question – 32
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Given below are five lists of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the

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alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar
word or phrase

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Away, Out, Up, Over
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(1) Smoke (2) Clear

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(3) Cross (4) Blow

Question – 33
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Given below are five lists of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the

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alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar
word or phrase

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At, Down, Into, Up
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(1) Tear (2) Steal

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(3) Sneer (4) Tone

Question – 34
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Fill in the blank with the correct usage.

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Raj is always the first to admit that he has not accomplished everything that he ______
achieve during his school days.

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(1) set out to (2) intend to
(3) had wanted (4) thought of

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Question – 35
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Fill in the blank with the correct usage.

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Like the best pop stars, Swift has borrowed from a _______ of genres and influences.

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(1) magnitude (2) plethora

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(3) platitude (4) varieties

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Question – 36
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Fill in the blank with the correct usage.

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If only there were some massive government apparatus available to us to sift through the
metadata and _____ these conmen out.

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(1) sleuth (2) harness
(3) stun (4) shadow

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Question – 37
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Fill in the blank with the correct usage.

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Historically, Washington is not _______ to cooperation with devils.

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(1) adverse (2) antagonistic

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(3) agnostic (4) allergic

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Question – 38
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Match the columns:

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Avant-garde
Blitzkrieg
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b. capable of laughing
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used to identify a woman by her maiden family name

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group of people who develop new and often very surprising

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ideas in art, literature, etc.

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4. Bucolic d. something existing in its original pristine state
5. Risible e. It is the life

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6. Casuistry f. Converted into a coded form
C’est la vie

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7. g. sudden and overwhelming military attack
8. Encipher h. marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking
of alcohol
9. Abstemious i. a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct
through interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine
10. Tabula rasa j. of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen

Question – 39
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Etymological Description of the word is given in each question below. Identify the

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country/language of the origin/source of the word.

DAEDALUS (adj.)
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Father of Icarus, builder of Cretan labyrinth, literally ‘the cunning worker’, ‘to work artfully’,

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has been taken from:

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(1) Latin (2) Roman
(3) Greek (4) French

Question – 40
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Etymological Description of the word is given in each question below. Identify the

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country/language of the origin/source of the word.

VICARIOUS (adj.)
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Taken from 1690’s as ‘done or experienced in place of another’(usually in reference to

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punishment, often of Christ).

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(1) Latin (2) Celtic
(3) Italian (4) Portuguese

Question – 41
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Etymological Description of the word is given in each question below. Identify the

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country/language of the origin/source of the word.

SENTENCE (noun)
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14th
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century, the word is taken, meaning ‘judgment rendered by God, a

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From early
verdict, a decision of God. Taken from 1690’s as ‘done or experienced in place of
another’(usually in reference to punishment, often of Christ).
(1) French
(3) Italian
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(2) Anglo-Indian
(4) Greek

Question – 42
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Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

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India’s railway network carries millions of people everyday linking the remotest
destinations. Yet in a fast-growing country with rising ambitions, the system is caught in a

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time ______, unable to scale up its services to global standards and _______ by

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inefficient management.
(1) gap, restricted (2) span, hobbled
(3) warp, tottered
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(4) travel, churned

Question – 43
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Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

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Recently, the CBFC sought to play the moral censor with regard to Lipstick Under My
Burkha, a film it thought was too ‘lady-oriented’ to be given a certificate, ________

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because it depicts their fantasies. The Film Certification Appellate tribunal had to

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_______ to secure the release of the film, with an ‘A’ certificate.
(1) presumably, intervene
(2) ostensibly, guarantee
(3) clearly, move
(4) notoriously, approve O n

Question – 44
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Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

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Indian democracy is both ________ and boisterous yet there are moments when
contested democracy gives way to broad agreement and the _________ of the political
class.
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(1) venomous, companion

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(2) garrulous, championship
(3) infectious, chemistry
(4) fractious, camaraderie
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Question – 45
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