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16. (a) Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar 29. (d) Scrawny is the antonym of brawny. It
district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and means unattractively thin and bony.
Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great 30. (b) Antonym of prevalent is rare. Rare
Nicobar tehsil. It is the location of the means not occurring very often.
southernmost point of India’s territory. 31. (a) Ordinary is the antonym of bizarre. It
17. (c) The Japan Aerospace Exploration means very strange or unusual.
Agency is the Japanese national aerospace and 32. (b) Hide is the antonym of Reveal. It
space agency. Through the merger of three means put or keep out of sight.
previously independent organizations, JAXA 33. (c) Combine is the antonym of split. It
st
was formed on 1 October 2003. means join or merge to form a single unit or
18. (a) India became a member of the Asian substance.
Development Bank (ADB) as a founding 34. (c) Logical is the antonym of ironic. It
member in 1966. The Bank is engaged in means according to the rules of logic or formal
promoting economic and social progress of its argument.
developing member countries (DMCs) in the 35. (c) Advantage is the antonym of obstacle.
Asia Pacific Region. It means a condition or circumstance that puts
19. (b) Vitamin K affects the clotting one in a favourable or superior position.
mechanism by being essential for the 36. (c) To make clean breast of: to disclose
production of four distinct clotting factors: something openly.
prothrombin, factors VII, IX and X. 37. (b) ‘By means of’ is the meaning for the
20. (d) The Rigveda is the oldest work, which idiom ‘By dint of’. By means of, as in By dint of
Witzel states are probably from the period of hard work, he got his degree in three years.
1900 to 1100 BCE. Witzel, also notes that it is The word dint, which survives only in this
the Vedic period itself, where incipient lists expression, originally meant "a stroke or blow,"
divide the Vedic texts into three (trayī) or four and by the late 1500s signified the force behind
branches: Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. such a blow.
21. (a) Defunct means no longer living, 38. (b) To keeps one's temper: to maintain
existing, or functioning. control of one's composure despite being angry
22. (a) Brawn means physical strength in or upset.
contrast to intelligence. 39. (b) To catch a tartar: to deal with
23. (b) Debilitate means make (someone) someone or something that proves
very weak and infirm. unexpectedly troublesome or powerful.
24. (a) Daunt means make (someone) feel 40. (d) To drive home: give special
intimidated or apprehensive. importance or value to.
25. (c) Capricious means sudden and 41. (a) To have an axe to grind: to have a
unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour. strong personal opinion about something that
26. (b) Umbrage means offence or you want people to accept and that is the
annoyance. reason why you do something.
27. (a) Controversy means prolonged public 42. (b) To cry wolf: to ask for assistance when
disagreement or heated discussion. you don't need it.
28. (a) Commotion is the antonym of 43. (b) To end in smoke: to be destroyed or
tranquility. It means a state of confused and ruined.
noisy disturbance.