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1. (d) All Agog- Full of interest and excitement. Sentence: The new laws are preposterous and will
Sentence: The audience was all agog as the speaker not solve the real crime issue.
recounted tales of his experience as a stunt car 20. (d) The most nearly synonym for the word
driver. dissemble is conceal.
2. (b) To the manner born- Naturally at ease. Sentence: He began to tremble, and could not
Sentence: Although he never lost his lower-class dissemble.
accent, he lived the life of a rich and successful 21. (c) The most nearly synonym for the word
businessman as to the manner born. Raucous is boisterous.
3. (c) Lose one’s marbles- become insane. Sentence: The beat was fast and raucous.
Sentence: When he started ranting about how the 22. (a) The most nearly synonym for the word
government was out to get him, I thought he'd lost Abrogate is put an end to.
his marbles. Sentence: The government has formally abrogated
4. (b) Bolt from the blue- complete surprise. the 1977 treaty.
Sentence: Salim return to India was a bolt from the 23. (b) From the passage, the source of energy is
blue. stimulation obtained from a set aim.
5. (a) Be like a bear with a sore head- be in a full 24. (c) The author’s chief concern is regulation of
mood. energy in the proper direction.
Sentence: Diya was like a bear with a sore head when 25 (d) none of the options are correct.
she found out she had missed her connecting flight. 26. (c) The book, ‘On My Terms: From the Grassroots
6. (d) The best opposite for the word beguile is cheat. to the Corridors of Power,’ is the autobiography of
Sentence: Government is using media to beguile the Sharad Pawar.
st
public. 27. (c) 21 Conference of Parties (COP21) on Climate
7. (a) The best opposite for the word Ameliorate is Change was held in Nov-Dec 2015 at Paris.
Deteriorate. 28. (a) Artificial rain is produced by seeding clouds
Sentence: After the last accident, he is ameliorating with Silver Iodide.
considerably. 29. (b) In India, Tamil Nadu Coast receives rainfall
8. (c) The best opposite for the word Feckless is from retreating monsoon.
strong. 30. (c) Sajeev Koshy was honored with the Order of
9. (b) The best opposite for the word Cacophonous is Australia, the highest Civilian Award in January this
Harmonious. year.
10. (d) About sixty percent of the human body is 31. (a) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami awarded
water. If you could squeeze out India's highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashoka
11. (b) A human being like a lemon, Chakra posthumously on 26 January, 2016.
12. (b) You would obtain about fifty liters of water. 32. (b) The Solar eclipse occurs on the position of the
This water which is not like ordinary water Moon between Sun and Earth on a new moon.
13. (a) Because of the substance it dissolves is 33. (a & D) Highest Civilian Award, Bharat Ratna was
necessary to the life of the human being. conferred in 2015 to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan
14. (d) About a gallon of it is in the blood vessels and Mohan Malaviya.
is kept circulating by temperature. 34. (c) The indigenously developed Navigational
15. (a) Correct spelling: Ascendancy Satellite system is known as IRNSS.
16. (b) Correct spelling: Hegemony 35. (b) Bajirao was appointed as Peshwa at the age of
17. (c) Correct spelling: Perpetuate 20 years under the reign of Chhatrapati Shahu.
18. (c) Correct spelling: Apocalyptic 36. (d) Syed Kirmani has been conferred with Col. C.K.
19. (c) The most nearly synonym for the word Naidu lifetime achievement award in 2015.
Preposterous is ridiculous.