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Title: Basic english
Description: Basic english grammar for all

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SYNONYMS

'Directions (For the 23 items wlzicl1 follow):
Each of the following twenty three items consists of a word in capital letters followed by
four words or groups of words
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word or group of words that is most similar in
meaning to the word in capital letters
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GENIAL

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REVAMP

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RESCIND·

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RESPLENDENT

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Simple

(d) Calm

(d) Respectful

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CORPULENT
(a) Fleshy

(a) Feminine

(b) Thin

(b) Cat-like

(c) Stout

(c)

(d) Bony

(d) Ugly-and clumsy

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· PERPETIJAL

(a) Being tenacious

(a) Contagious

(b) Not substantial
(b) Continuous
(c) Gross

(c) Perplexing

(d) Popular

(d) Perennial

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DAUNTLESS
(b) Too costly

(a) Praiseworthy

(c) Extemporaneous
(d) Exotic

(b) Effortless and smooth

(c) Fearless and determined

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SEETHING

(c) Lost narrow] y
(d) Won easily

(a) Dissatisfied

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STINGY

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(a) Implore
(b) Miserly
(b) Hatter

(c) Cautious

(c) Pacify
(d) Compensate

(d) Quarrelsome

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OBVIATE

(a) Extinction

(a) Delaying the solution of a problem

(b) Anxiety

(b) To remove a difficulty

(c) Jubilation

(c) Make obstruction

(d) Expectation

(d) Supercede

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SACRILEGE

(a) Dastardly

(a) Offering sacrifice

(b) Deceptive

(b) Privilege

(c) Flabby

(c) Blasphemy

(d) Valiant

(d) Being sacred
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COMPREHENSION

Directlolls (For the 20 items which follow) :
In this Section you have Six short passages
...
First, read a passage, and then answer the questions based
on it
...

Examples 'I' and 'J' are solved for you
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Different forms of life at
different levels of existence make up the teeming denizens of this earth of ours
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Life is as dear to a
mute creature as it is to a man
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Just as each one of us wants to live and not to die, so do all other
creatures
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The author's main point is that

J
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a desire for peace

(c) peace and security are the chief goals
of all
...
ness and Ii fe and pain and death

(d) even the weakest creature struggles
to preserve its life

Explanation :
I
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So (c) is the correct answer
...


The best assumption underlying the passage is "The will to survive of a creature is
identified with a desire for peace", which is response (b)
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PASSAGE I

Ah ! whatever could be said was said
...
Even his own mother who
claimed to understand him the best
...
Yet, there he
was, still with a sparkling hope and knew that the truth must prevail
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Which statement does not ?

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Whatever others· said about him, he

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He seemed
interested in every passenger aboard
...
Being quite
interested in what he was doing I asked him what all those notations meant and then came
the startling reply
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He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics
...
The man was-scribbling down

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The man
because

caught author's

(d) The fact that "a man's face can be
analysed as thousands of squares"
was a strange concept
...
From the passage we gather that
(a) The author is very inquisitive

(b) He was staring at every person m
the bus

(b) The author tries to poke his nose in

other people's business

(c) He would stare at every person
and then scribble down some·
mathematical notation

(c) The author is interested m mathematical notations

(d) He was a budding artist learning the
art of graphics

(d) The author wants to talk to, fellow
passengers in the bus

PASSAGE III
With the inevitable growth of specialization I see the universities facing two great dangers
...
And secondly, in an effort tp condition a university to the needs of its
students and to the needs of the State it may lose its power to make or mould those students
into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the
their thoughts to others
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examrace
...
The author calls growth of specialisation

(b) The aim of education is to mould

the youth to work for the State

'inevitable'
...
Which one of the following statements
most correctly suggests the warning
implied in the passage ?

economtc

(a) Uni vcrsity education should not be
concerned with technical details

(d) In an age of science and technology
specialization becomes necessary

(b) Universities should not subordinate
themselves to the interests of the
State

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The fire roared and brightened the ro
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The faces of the
father and mother had a quiet gladness; the children laughed; the oldest daughter was the
picture of happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother who
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(c) gloomy

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The oldest daughter looked

(c) collected

(a) stupid

(d) found

(b)

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examrace
...
He was walking
unmarked in moonlight, innocent of her reaction to him
...
She felt
ihanked him for the help he had given her father
...
She glanced at him when

(c) She realized her sense of shame

(a) He walked alone and unnoticed in
moonlight

(d) She looked carefully at him

(b) She was sure that she was not being
noticed

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Her reactions did not have any
effect on him

spying on him

(b) There was more to him than she
had imagined

(d) The unpleasant feeling passed

(c) A recurring thought came back to
her

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g passed when
(a) He did not take any notice of her

·(d) She had never thanked him for his
help to her father

(b) The moonlight was beautiful
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PASSAGE VI ·

As I slung my pack onto my shoulders a big mosquito thudded against my cheek
...
But now as I would down the ridge,
the last breeze faded, and they were on me
...
I reached in my pocket for the repellent, and came up empty
...
The traveller could not feel the breeze
because

(c)
...
When he was in the arctic, the time of
· the year was

(c) There was no ice on the mountain
(d) There was no breeze on the tundra
mountain

(a) Middle of winter
(b) Early autumn

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The first sentence (S 1 ) and the ·
final sentence (S
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The middle four sentences in each have been
removed and jumbled up
...
You are required to find out the
proper sequence
...
four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet
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R : After seeing the Taj one could
profitably visit half a dozen other
Mughal buildings
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S : This tomb has the delicacy of a
P
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work
...

(a) R S Q P
R · He lived with his mother
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S : But Jack refused to work
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(c)

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S

Q PR S

S6 : I saw my parents madly in love
again
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The conect sequence m this· example
is R Q P S which is marked by (a)
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Q : When my mother died, I wanted to
sell it but could not
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44, S 1 : Having visited the Taj Mahal many
tourists think that Agra has linle
else to offer
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S6 : There are few other buildings to
match the delicacy of this tomb
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Q : The design of the whole tomb was
given by his daughter Nur Jahan
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S 6 : Is not poverty a God's boon !
P : These persons get themselves
enrolled as poor persons and get all
the benefits of poverty
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P : It is important to note these signs
...


Q : Often the first sign of something
wrong is that the patient just does
not feel fit
...


S : He usually relies on these signs for
the diagnosis of the illness
...


R : They may help a doctor
what ls wrong
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S1 : Belur is 35 km
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S6 : They depict young women musicians and dancers - in various
poses
...

quietly by himself for about 18
months
...

is not very impressive
...


Q : It stands in a courtyard sun-ounded
· by a rectangular wall
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Q : He was the son of a Lincolnshire
farmer, and キ。セ@
born in 1642
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the

universities

were

S : He went to Cambridge to study
mathematics when he was 19
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·

The proper sequence should be

The proper sequence should be

(a) S P'R Q

(a) Q R S P

(b) Q P S R

(b) S R P Q

(c)

S Q P R

(c)

(d) Q S P R

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SPQ R

(d) S Q P R

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R : He believed in no particular 'ism'
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S 1 : When his business failed, he began
to look for 2 job in an office
...


S 6 : Unable to bear misfortunes any
further, he started toying with the
idea of ending his life of burdens
and strains
...


(b) P R Q S

Q : He soon realized that nothing was
more difficult than to find a job
...
S 1 : Louis Pasteur had a very busy and
· interesting life
...


S6 : He was always very proud of being
able to help his country in this way
...
in a state of drunkenness
...


The proper sequence should be
(a) P Q R S

Q : He worked hard in his laboratory
with test tubes and all kinds of
experiments
...


(d) Q R P S
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S : He not only made some exc1tmg
discoveries about ge1ms but he was
able to use his discoveries in very
practical ways
...


The proper sequence should be
(a)

P : His thought will therefore never be
out of date
...
truths which men may ignore only
at their peril
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S 1 : Tom Walker and his wife were
always at loggerheads
...


S6 : Tom silently thanked God for this
relief
...

The proper sequence should be

P : She never tired of reproaching him
on this score
...
Walker caught a
deadly cold, and shortly afterwards,
died
...
S 1 : Kennedy "kicked moodily at the leg
of the chair which he was holding
...


S6 : It was a depressing beginning
...


(a) P R Q S

(b) Q S P R

Q : If he had asked Fenn to help him in
a tight place, then he knew he could
have relied on him
...


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S : The feeling that his whole world
had fallen about his ears was
increasing with every hour he spend
at Kay's
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her face against my shoulder
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(b) R S P Q

Q : The clear blue ,of the distance
faded, and one star after another
came out
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S6 : I was just the normal Ramaswamy,
husband of Madeleine
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(c) Q R P S

Q : I concentrated on my food and I

(d) P

was convinced I had to eat
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QR S

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S : But lungs have temperament
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The proper sequence should be

P : In fact, only recently have there
been serious studies to find out how
many of us actually have nightmares
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(d) S P R Q

R : But the study of nightmares has
been curiously neglected
...
S 1 : Todd borrowed this dollar last year
on the 8th of April
...

·

S6 : And I said, 'certainly'
...


The proper sequence should be

Q : He merely said, 'Let me have a
dollar, will you' !

R : It happened
naturally
...


(d) S Q R P

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SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (For the 16 items which follow):
(i) In this Section a number of sentences are given
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Read each sentence to find out
whether there is an en-or in any underlined part
...
You may feel that there
is no error in a sentence
...

(ii) You are to indicate only one response for each item in your Answer Sheet
...
) Errors may be
in grammar, word usage or idioms
...

(iii) You are not required to conect the error
...

Examples 'P' and 'Q' have been solved for you
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We worked
(a)

very hard
(b)

a very sweet song
...

(d)

throughout the season
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(d)

Explanation :

In item P, the word 'singed' is wrong
...
·similarly, for item Q, (d) is the correct answer, as the sentence does not contain any
error
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I went to his house but
(a)

couldn't see him

because he went out before I arrived
...

(d)
I wi II tell him that

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(a)

what he has done is wrong
...

(d)

6 1
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No enor
...
examrace
...
(a)

forward to meet you

in future
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If J was the king,

(b)

(a)

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(d)

the instructions
...


(b)

(c)

(d)

was not as I expected

inspite of
(b)

(a)

No error
...

(c)

(b)

He did not pass the examination

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No en·or
...

(c)

he is not following

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(a)
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(d)

(d)

his best efforts
...

(d)

that I had to leave the attempt
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(b)

(c)

(a)

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_ If there a guarantee

No error
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(b)

(c)

(a)

No error
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so I do not 'know much about his activities
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(c)

(d)

(b)

(a)

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He asked me

who are in Kolkata

have come to visit us
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(b)

(c)

(d)

what my name is

and where I came from
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(b)

(c)

(d)

(a)

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(c)

No error
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At the
(a)

annual function of the school
(b)

the principal advised to the students to be ideal citizens
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(d)
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You arc required
to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the con·cct scセjエ」ョN@
Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly
...

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This is indicated by the sequence P S R Q and so (a) is the
correct answer
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He found the house

and knocked at

without any difficulty

the door

twice

(P)

(Q)

(R)

(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a)

PQ R S

(b) P R S Q
(c) Q P S R

(d) Q P R S
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When a spider has a meaL

its next meal,

until it has

to last for many months

(P)

(Q)

(R)

it eats enough

(S)
The cotTect sequence should be
(a) Q P S R
(b) S R Q P
(c)· S Q P R

(d) Q P R S

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The year

that has just ended

has proved to be disastrous

for my uncle ·s family

(Q)

(R)

(S)

(P)

The con·ect sequence should he
(a) P R S Q

(b) P Q R S
(c) P S R Q

(d) S P R Q

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Guards
...
(P)

(Q)

which they push
(R)

through the ground
(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a) S Q R P

(b) Q R S P
(c)

SRQ P

(d) Q S P R

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examrace
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Medical practice

in recent years

has changed so radically

(P)

(Q)

you only get specialists in a variety of fields
(R)

that you can no longer find a good general practitioner
(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a) P S Q R
(b) Q P S R
(c)

SPR Q

(d) P Q R S

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With an idea to reach the deprived child· by the United Nations
(Q)

(P)

the yem· 1979 has been declared as

the International Year of the Child

(R)

(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a) R S P Q
(b) R S Q P

(c) P R S Q

(d) P Q R S

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If you have something interesting

express it clearly

to write about

simply and

(P)

(Q)

(R)

with the human touch
(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a) P Q S R
(b) S P R Q
(c) R S Q P

(d) Q PR S

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(b) S Q P R
(c) P R Q S

(d) P S R Q

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The long gruelling hours

had finally paid off

on drawing after drawing,

(P)

(Q)

working tirelessly

painting after painting

(R)

(S)

The correct sequence should be
(<;) P R Q S
(b) R Q S P
(c) Q S R P
(d) R P Q S

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When the

the party realized that

elections were over

in the assembly

(P)

(Q)

(R)

it had lost its majoritY
(S)

The correct sequence should be
(a) P S Q R

(b) Q P S R
(c) Q R P S

(d) P Q R S
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before starti!Jg a war
(P)
{Q)

that the enemy may think twice
(R)

you want peace
(S)

The con·ect sequence should be
(a) S P R Q
(b) P R Q S
(o) R Q S P

(d) P R S Q
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s・ャセエ@
the word or group of words that
isfarthest in meaning to the word·in capital letters
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REPLENISH

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RELENTLESS

Early

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(d) Secretive

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DIVULGE
/

(a) Silence

(a) Reveal

(b) Buoyancy

(b) Hide

(c) Rigidity

(c) Tell

(d) Emptiness

(d) fnform

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GARRULOUS

(a) Confident

(a) Re!icent

(b) Cheerful

(b) Soft-spoken

(c) Firm

(c) Peaceful

(d) Quarrelsome

(d) Kind

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ACQUITTED

(a) Neglected

(a) Reaffirmed

(b) Discharged

(b) Reincarnated

(c) Anested

(c) Exhausted

(d) Convicted

(d) Devastated

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BY FITS AND STARTS

(a) Foiled

(a) Regularly

(b) Opposed
(b) When in a fit

(c) Supported

(c) From time to time

'(d) Tightened

(d) Without steady application

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PAUCITY
(b) Small fry
(c)

(a) Plenty

Riff-raff

{b) Pressure

(d) Novices

(c) Pause

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DIFFIDENCE
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(d) Vulnerable to

(a) Confusion

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FIGHT SHY OF

(a) Dilatory

(a) Welcome
(b) Harmless
(b) Avoid

(c) Being delicate

(c) Quarrel with

(d) Salubrious

(d) Feel shy of

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ON THE SLY

(a) Encouraged

(a) Openly

(b) Impressed

(b) Secret\ y

(c) Diverted
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Choose the
most appropriate one
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A FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP
(a) Accumu(ating
property

(d) A rapid decline of business leading
to its closure

more

money

or

(b) Taking more burden on oneself

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FOR GOOD

(d) To be very tenacious

(a) For a good cause
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Title: Basic english
Description: Basic english grammar for all