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English - 3 (DMRC Exam)

Description: English - 3
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: English - 3 Antonyms Idiomatic and Phraseal Use Spellings Sentence/Paragraph Completion (Gap Fills) Synonyms/Meanings
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Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To see eye to eye with

  1. To agree

  2. To stare fixedly

  3. To be angry

  4. To take revenge

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The phrase means to agree with someone.

Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To frame a person

  1. To befool someone

  2. To make one appear guilty

  3. To praise someone

  4. A narrow escape

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The phrase means to trap someone, so that he appears guilty.

Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To wash dirty linen in public

  1. To discuss personal matters of a scandalous nature before unknown persons

  2. To not use the bathroom for washing clothes even when it is provided

  3. To wash clothes when they become dirty

  4. Old and torn dirty clothes should not be washed, but thrown away

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To fight or quarrel over personal matters in front of strangers 

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the given Latin expression.

Mutatis mutandis

  1. Bring transformations

  2. With the appropriate changes made

  3. Creating mutations

  4. Imitating the original

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

COMPLAISANCE

  1. Churlishness

  2. Emptiness

  3. Difficulty

  4. Swiftness

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Link complaisance with complacence. While the former is to keep others happy, the latter is to be in a happy and self-satisfied state.

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

HIRSUTE

  1. Gracious

  2. Crafty

  3. Hairless

  4. Noiseless

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hirsute originates from hircine (like a goat). So, hirsute is a person with a hairy body like a goat.

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

Today, the Chinese foreign minister called ____ President Obama and remained _____ the White House _____ an hour.

  1. upon, in, until

  2. for, in, beyond

  3. on, at, for

  4. at, in, till

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Call on' is used for meeting a person; 'at' is used for specific places or time; 'for' is used to show the duration of time.

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Commettee

  2. Committea

  3. Comittee

  4. Committee

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Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word.

Adulation

  1. Vinegary

  2. Flattery

  3. Pinnacle

  4. Light

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

I like ________ go ________ the temple with my parents everyday.

  1. to, to

  2. to, toward

  3. to, in

  4. to, into

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We go 'to' a place. Considering this, option 1 seems to be the best answer. 'Toward' is used for direction.

Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

He is known for his gift of the gab.

  1. He has a talent for speaking impressively.

  2. He is a bad speaker.

  3. He suffers from stage fright.

  4. He is known for his sense of humour.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Gab means tongue. 'Gift of the gab' means to have the art of speaking.

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Reover

  2. Rcover

  3. Rceover

  4. Recover

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Correct Option: D

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

ALLUSION

  1. Clarity

  2. Confusion

  3. Jugglery

  4. Explanation

  5. Simplicity

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Relate allusion with illusion. Both use the root word ‘lud/lus’ that means play. Allusion is reference to a play or an earlier event or practice; illusion is deceptive play. The opposite of allusion or reference is explanation.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The civil dispensaries should be within easy _______ of rural habitations.

  1. approach

  2. reach

  3. admission

  4. circle

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

You will have to eat your words if you do not speak cautiously.

  1. retract your statement

  2. confirm your statement

  3. keep your promise

  4. be humiliated

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'To eat your words' means to admit that you said something wrong.

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