List of practice Questions

According to Oppenauer Oxidation reaction, oxidation of secondary alcohol to ketone by reagent (X) in acetone takes place, what is "X" :

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II :

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Fill in the blank with the correct option:
The President finally had to __________ the demands of the public for his resignation.

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The candidate assured the interviewers that the dip in her grades during her second semester was an ___________ since she had always been a top scorer in the first semester.

Evaluate the expression \[ 2 \cot h^{-1}(4) + \sec h^{-1}\left( \frac{3}{5} \right). \]

Fill in the blanks in the List-I with appropriate Idioms given in the List-II

List-I (Sentence)	List-II (Idiom)
(A) The officer tried to ______ his ideas with his superior by constantly praising.	(I) put your nose to the grindstone
(B) She realised that she was in the wrong and promised to ______.	(II) read between the lines
(C) You will do well at academics if you ______.	(III) turn over a new leaf
(D) A cryptic writing-style forces you to ______ the true meaning of the piece.	(IV) curry favours

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Choose the appropriate option to complete the following sentence:
She was totally ______ by the personal question during the interview for the post of an administrator.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word:
His impetuous behaviour has always been debated about.

Select the antonym of the underlined word in the sentence:
He was very curt on the subject of women's rights.

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Ignominious

Select the most appropriate word for the underlined word in the given sentence:
A few years ago Alpana started her own software development business, which turned out to be very advantageous.

Select the antonym of the given word: Mutinous

Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence:
Pardon my ______, I did not know that the path would lead to a dead-end.

Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below:
The interviewer skillfully tried to ______ our true feelings.

Choose the synonym of the underlined word:
What he saw inspired an IMPLACABLE hatred in him.

Choose the synonym of the word INFURIATE from the options given below

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:
I love listening to our President. She is such an ____ speaker.

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He has a terrible habit of always trying to ____ in things that are not his business.

Choose the word that is correctly spelt:

Choose the appropriate word to complete the sentence:
Since you don’t have much time, I’ll be as ____ as possible with my report.

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Definition)	List-II (Term)
(A) A publication containing academic articles, published at regular intervals, e.g. every three months	(II) Journal
(B) A written record of a person’s own life	(IV) Memoir
(C) A book or set of books containing articles arranged in alphabetical order, dealing with the whole of human knowledge or part of it	(I) Encyclopedia
(D) A collection of poems or short stories by different authors	(III) Anthology

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Choose the synonym of the words given in List-I with the ones given in List-II.

List-I (Word)	List-II (Synonym)
(A) Adhere	(III) comply
(B) Abolish	(IV) annul
(C) Acumen	(I) awareness
(D) Absolve	(II) pardon

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