Category: Miscellaneous

1.Resuscitate Meaning: revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death. Synonym: revive, resurrect, restore, regenerate, revitalise Antonym: extinguish, kill, quench, suppress Sentence: “an ambulance crew tried to resuscitate him” 2.Banal Meaning: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Synonym: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous Antonym: original Sentence: “songs with banal, repeated words” 3.Barbarian Meaning:…

Directions (1-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence? If none of the sentences is appropriate, mark (e), .i.e. `None of these’, as the answer. 1. Disapproving the rationale behind frequent…

1. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will start operating its regional centre on the campus of Wetland Research and Training Centre in which state?                                                            (3) 1.…

Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting in a row for lunch and all of them are facing towards north direction but not necessary in the same order. No two successive persons are sitting together according to alphabetical…

1. Shikha got married 9 years ago. Today her age is 4/3 times her age at the time of marriage. At present her daughter’s age is one-sixth of her age. What was her daughter’s age two years ago?                                (5) (1) 6…

1.Quixotic Meaning: idealistic Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise Sentence : That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage. 2. Implacable Meaning: merciless Synonym: cruel. unforgiving Antonym: kind, remorseful Sentence : Clinton accused congressional Republicans of “implacable hostility”. 3. Perpetual Meaning: Continual, lasting Synonym: Ceaseless, infinite Antonym: Bounded, Ceasing Sentence…

Directions (1-5): In the question given below two statements are given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by choosing the word given below the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose the best possible word as your answer accordingly from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.…

1. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has allowed to make calls during flights from __________. (1) 1. October 2018 2. November 2018 3. September 2018 4. December 2018 2. Which state government has decided to organize youths’ conclave ‘ATAL’ in September 2018?               (4) 1. Bihar 2. Assam 3. Jharkhand 4.…

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. There are eight members of a family – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. All of them are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. They belong to three different generations and there are three married couples among…

Directions (1-5): What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?                                           1. 29.9% of 440 + 39.9% of 480 = ?               …

1. Alliteration Meaning: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Sentence: “the alliteration of ‘sweet birds sang’” 2.Alleviate Meaning: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe. Synonym: reduce, ease, relieve Antonym: aggravate Sentence: “he couldn’t prevent her pain, only alleviate it” 3. Alchemy Meaning:…

Direction (1-5): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. 1. When doing Bhagiratasana, keep the…