English — Pack 06

Question 1

Synonym of MALIGN:

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Slander — Speak evil of.

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Praise

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Help

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Approve

Question 2

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He sat under the tree.' ('under'):

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Preposition — 'Under' shows relation between 'sat' and 'tree' → preposition.

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Noun

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Adverb

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Conjunction

Question 3

Synonym of TRANQUIL:

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Calm — Tranquil = calm, peaceful.

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Noisy

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Angry

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Sad

Question 4

The Indian Constitution is written in English and:

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Hindi — Article 394A: official English and Hindi copies of Constitution.

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Sanskrit

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Urdu

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Marathi

Question 5

The Romantic poet John Keats wrote:

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Ode to a Nightingale — Keats (1819) odes include 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'.

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Paradise Lost

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The Prelude

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Don Juan

Question 6

Synonym of INUNDATE:

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Flood — Overwhelm with water or things.

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Drain

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Empty

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Reduce

Question 7

Find the antonym of 'combat'.

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Yield — Combat means fight; antonym is Yield (surrender/give in).

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Compete

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Contest

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Fight

Question 8

Synonym of RAZE:

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Destroy — Tear down completely.

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Build

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Preserve

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Lift

Question 9

Voltaire's famous quote defending free speech: 'I disagree with what you say but I will defend…'

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Your right to say it, to the death — Voltaire's iconic paraphrase: 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.'

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My beliefs

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The truth

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The state

Question 10

Synonym of QUERULOUS:

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Complaining — Complaining.

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Content

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Satisfied

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Grateful

Question 11

Reported speech change — 'said that':

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Indicates indirect speech — E.g., 'He said, "I am tired"' → 'He said that he was tired.' 'That' often optional after 'said'.

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Direct

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Question

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Exclamation

Question 12

Change to passive voice: Did the blast terrify the children?

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Were the children terrified by the blast? — Past simple interrogative passive: Were + object + V3 + by + subject.

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Was the blast terrified by the children?

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Was the children terrified by the blast?

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Were the children terrifying by the blast?

Question 13

Antonym of OPEN:

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Closed — Open ↔ closed.

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Ajar

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Wide

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Clear

Question 14

Synonym of NOXIOUS:

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Harmful — Toxic; harmful.

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Healthy

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Safe

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Clean

Question 15

Choose the meaning of the idiom 'to blaze a trail':

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to initiate work — 'Blaze a trail' = pioneer, lead the way, initiate something new.

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to set fire

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to blow one's trumpet

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to be annoying

Question 16

'The assailant ___ several places before being apprehended by the police.' (phrasal verb)

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called at — 'Called at' = visited a place; 'called on' = visited a person.

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called on

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called up

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called upon

Question 17

Antonym of JOIN:

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Separate — Join ↔ separate.

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Connect

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Unite

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Attach

Question 18

'She has worked here ___ 2015':

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since — 'Since' with point in time.

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for

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from

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during

Question 19

Antonym of WASTE:

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Save — Waste ↔ save.

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Discard

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Throw

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Spend

Question 20

One word: Circular reasoning:

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Tautology — Tautology.

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Syllogism

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Paradox

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Pun

Question 21

Antonym of GIVE:

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Take — Give ↔ take.

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Donate

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Provide

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Offer

Question 22

Synonym of ETHEREAL:

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Delicate/heavenly — Extremely delicate.

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Solid

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Heavy

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Earthy

Question 23

The term 'magical realism' was coined by art critic:

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Franz Roh (1925) — German critic Franz Roh introduced the term for post-expressionist art; later adopted for literature.

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Jorge Luis Borges

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Mario Vargas Llosa

Question 24

Synonym of APATHY:

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Indifference — Lack of interest.

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Enthusiasm

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Anger

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Fear

Question 25

Fill in the blank: 'Kerala is famous ___ its backwaters.'

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for — 'Famous for' — preposition of reason/cause.

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in

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of

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with

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