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Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
PELAGIC
Explanation: Pelagic describes something relating to the open sea, particularly waters situated far from the coast. Maritime is therefore the closest synonym. Littoral refers specifically to the coastal or shore region, while terrestrial relates to land. Steppic describes something connected with a steppe and is unrelated to the marine sense of the given word.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
SCUPPER
Explanation: Scupper means to ruin, defeat, or prevent a plan from succeeding, and thwart expresses this meaning precisely. Facilitate means to assist or make something easier and is an antonym. Ordain means to appoint formally or ceremonially, while christen means to baptize or give a name during baptism.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
GHOULISH
Explanation: Ghoulish describes a disturbing or horrible interest in death, suffering, or frightening subjects. Macabre conveys the same morbid and death-related quality. Cheerful, tranquil, and wholesome express pleasant or peaceful qualities, while littoral relates to a coastal region and has no connection with the given meaning.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
BAPTIZE
Explanation: Baptize means to perform the Christian ceremony of baptism or to give someone a name during that ceremony. Christen is its closest synonym. Renounce means to reject or give up, deconsecrate means to remove sacred status, and thwart means to prevent a plan from succeeding.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
ANOINT
Explanation: Anoint may mean to apply sacred oil, consecrate someone, or appoint someone formally to an important position. Desecrate, meaning to violate or remove the sacred character of something, is its appropriate antonym. Bless, sanctify, and consecrate all express meanings closely related to making something sacred and therefore cannot be opposites.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
GHOULISH
Explanation: Ghoulish refers to something morbid, horrifying, or disturbingly associated with death and suffering. Wholesome, which suggests something pleasant, healthy, or morally sound, is its opposite. Morbid, grisly, and macabre all reinforce the frightening or death-related sense of ghoulish.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SCUPPER
Explanation: Scupper means to prevent, ruin, or defeat a plan. Facilitate means to assist the progress of something or make it easier and is therefore the correct opposite. Sabotage, wreck, and thwart all involve obstructing or damaging a plan and are synonymous with the target word.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
TORNADO
Explanation: A tornado is a violently rotating column of air, whereas stillness indicates the complete absence of movement or disturbance. Funnel cloud, whirlwind, cyclone, and twister all describe rotating atmospheric phenomena and are therefore related to, rather than opposite in meaning to, tornado.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A large area of flat, treeless grassland, especially in Europe and Asia.
Explanation: A steppe is a vast, flat, and largely treeless grassland, particularly associated with Europe and Asia. A savanna is a tropical grassland with scattered trees, while the troposphere is an atmospheric layer. Pelagic relates to the open sea, and a tornado is a violently rotating column of air.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A small and extremely sharp knife used by surgeons during operations.
Explanation: A scalpel is a small and exceptionally sharp surgical knife used for making precise incisions. A tornado is an atmospheric phenomenon, while a steppe and a savanna are types of grassland. The troposphere is the lowest atmospheric layer and cannot refer to a surgical instrument.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The lowest layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, where most weather changes occur.
Explanation: The troposphere is the lowest atmospheric layer and the region in which clouds, rain, storms, and most other weather changes occur. Pelagic relates to the open sea, while savanna and steppe refer to grasslands. A tornado is a particular weather phenomenon rather than an atmospheric layer.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To perform the Christian ceremony of baptism on someone or give someone a name during it.
Explanation: Baptize precisely means to perform the Christian ceremony of baptism or to name a person during that ceremony. Anoint involves applying oil ceremonially or appointing someone formally. Scupper means to ruin a plan, while ghoulish and pelagic are adjectives connected with frightening subjects and the open sea respectively.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
The investigators concluded that the deliberate leak had been intended to ______ the negotiations before an agreement could be reached.
Explanation: Scupper means to ruin or prevent a plan or process from succeeding, which fits the deliberate attempt to stop the negotiations. Facilitate would mean to help the negotiations and therefore expresses the opposite idea. Anoint, baptize, and consecrate refer to ceremonial or religious actions and do not suit the context.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Because tuna and sharks spend much of their lives in the open ocean far from the coast, they are classified as ______ creatures.
Explanation: Pelagic refers to the open sea, particularly areas located far from the coast, and therefore accurately describes tuna and sharks living in such waters. Steppic relates to a steppe, tropospheric relates to the lowest atmospheric layer, and tornadic relates to tornadoes. Ghoulish describes a disturbing interest in death or frightening subjects.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
The exhibition’s disturbing fascination with graves, death, and suffering gave it a distinctly ______ character.
Explanation: Ghoulish appropriately describes a morbid or horrifying interest in death, suffering, and frightening subjects. Wholesome and tranquil convey pleasant or peaceful qualities and are inconsistent with the context. Pelagic relates to the open sea, while steppic relates to a large treeless grassland.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
To scupper a plan
Explanation: The phrase to scupper a plan means to ruin, defeat, or prevent the plan from succeeding. Supporting its implementation expresses the opposite meaning, while blessing something ceremonially is associated with consecration or anointment. Executing something precisely does not convey the sense of obstruction or failure contained in the phrase.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
To anoint someone as a leader
Explanation: In this context, to anoint someone as a leader means to select or appoint that person formally to an important position. Rejecting the person conveys an opposite idea, while preventing a plan from succeeding corresponds to scupper. Giving someone a name during baptism is associated with baptize or christen, not with this figurative use of anoint.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
A pelagic species
Explanation: A pelagic species is one that inhabits the open sea, especially waters situated away from the coast. A treeless inland grassland is a steppe, while a tropical grassland with scattered trees is a savanna. The troposphere is an atmospheric layer, and a rainforest is neither an open-sea nor a pelagic environment.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
The unexpected withdrawal of financial support scupper the committee’s carefully prepared expansion plan last week.
Explanation: The expression last week indicates a completed action in the past, so the simple past form scuppered is required. Scuppering cannot function as the main finite verb without an auxiliary, and has scupper is structurally incorrect because the present perfect requires the past participle and is generally incompatible with the definite past-time expression last week.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Clouds, rain, and storms occur in the troposphere.
Explanation: The original phrase is grammatically correct. The compound plural subject clouds, rain, and storms correctly takes the plural verb occur, and the preposition in appropriately indicates location within the troposphere. Occurs creates a subject-verb disagreement, into incorrectly suggests movement, and are occurred is an invalid passive construction.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
The surgeon used a scalpel to made a precise incision during the operation.
Explanation: The infinitive marker to must be followed by the base form of the verb, so to make is correct. To made wrongly places the past-tense form after the infinitive marker, while to making incorrectly uses the gerund form. For made is also ungrammatical because for cannot be followed by the past-tense form in this construction.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br> An interdisciplinary research institute planned a two-part expedition. Marine biologists were to study <strong> pelagic </strong> species living far from the coast, while ecologists would survey an inland <strong> steppe </strong> and a nearby <strong>savanna</strong> containing scattered trees. An atmospheric team would also record changes in the <strong> troposphere </strong>, since most weather disturbances develop in that layer. <br><br> Three days before the expedition, a powerful <strong> tornado </strong> damaged the institute’s storage facility and threatened to <strong>scupper</strong> the entire project. Several administrators proposed cancelling the expedition and transferring the remaining funds to immediate repairs. The project director, however, argued that the conditions following the storm could themselves provide valuable observations. She reorganised the schedule, replaced only essential equipment, and allowed the different teams to begin their work in stages. <br><br> At the coastal station, the marine team documented how open-sea species behaved after the disturbance. The inland team compared the treeless steppe with the savanna-like transition zone. A local museum requested dramatic photographs for a public exhibition, but the director refused to provide <strong>ghoulish</strong> images of injured animals merely to attract attention. She believed that sensational material might obscure the scientific purpose of the project. <br><br> The expedition ultimately succeeded, but its report did not present adaptability as an unlimited solution. It warned that repeated storms could exhaust financial resources and gradually undermine long-term research. The project therefore demonstrated that careful coordination may prevent a single crisis from ruining a well-designed plan, but it cannot make institutions permanently immune to environmental disruption.
The word scupper as used in the passage most nearly means:
Explanation: In the passage, the tornado threatened to scupper the project, meaning that it could have ruined or prevented the expedition from succeeding. A brief postponement would not necessarily destroy the project. The remaining alternatives relate to appointment, naming, or sharpening an instrument and do not fit the context of a threatened research programme.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br> An interdisciplinary research institute planned a two-part expedition. Marine biologists were to study <strong> pelagic </strong> species living far from the coast, while ecologists would survey an inland <strong> steppe </strong> and a nearby <strong>savanna</strong> containing scattered trees. An atmospheric team would also record changes in the <strong> troposphere </strong>, since most weather disturbances develop in that layer. <br><br> Three days before the expedition, a powerful <strong> tornado </strong> damaged the institute’s storage facility and threatened to <strong>scupper</strong> the entire project. Several administrators proposed cancelling the expedition and transferring the remaining funds to immediate repairs. The project director, however, argued that the conditions following the storm could themselves provide valuable observations. She reorganised the schedule, replaced only essential equipment, and allowed the different teams to begin their work in stages. <br><br> At the coastal station, the marine team documented how open-sea species behaved after the disturbance. The inland team compared the treeless steppe with the savanna-like transition zone. A local museum requested dramatic photographs for a public exhibition, but the director refused to provide <strong>ghoulish</strong> images of injured animals merely to attract attention. She believed that sensational material might obscure the scientific purpose of the project. <br><br> The expedition ultimately succeeded, but its report did not present adaptability as an unlimited solution. It warned that repeated storms could exhaust financial resources and gradually undermine long-term research. The project therefore demonstrated that careful coordination may prevent a single crisis from ruining a well-designed plan, but it cannot make institutions permanently immune to environmental disruption.
What can most reasonably be inferred about the project director’s decision after the tornado?
Explanation: The director reorganised the schedule, replaced essential equipment, and argued that post-storm conditions could provide valuable observations. This shows that she regarded adaptation as a means of preserving the project while gaining useful evidence. The passage does not state that she rejected all repairs, preferred one research team, sought sensational publicity, or believed institutions were immune to disruption.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br> An interdisciplinary research institute planned a two-part expedition. Marine biologists were to study <strong> pelagic </strong> species living far from the coast, while ecologists would survey an inland <strong> steppe </strong> and a nearby <strong>savanna</strong> containing scattered trees. An atmospheric team would also record changes in the <strong> troposphere </strong>, since most weather disturbances develop in that layer. <br><br> Three days before the expedition, a powerful <strong> tornado </strong> damaged the institute’s storage facility and threatened to <strong>scupper</strong> the entire project. Several administrators proposed cancelling the expedition and transferring the remaining funds to immediate repairs. The project director, however, argued that the conditions following the storm could themselves provide valuable observations. She reorganised the schedule, replaced only essential equipment, and allowed the different teams to begin their work in stages. <br><br> At the coastal station, the marine team documented how open-sea species behaved after the disturbance. The inland team compared the treeless steppe with the savanna-like transition zone. A local museum requested dramatic photographs for a public exhibition, but the director refused to provide <strong>ghoulish</strong> images of injured animals merely to attract attention. She believed that sensational material might obscure the scientific purpose of the project. <br><br> The expedition ultimately succeeded, but its report did not present adaptability as an unlimited solution. It warned that repeated storms could exhaust financial resources and gradually undermine long-term research. The project therefore demonstrated that careful coordination may prevent a single crisis from ruining a well-designed plan, but it cannot make institutions permanently immune to environmental disruption.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
Explanation: The passage explicitly states that the director refused to provide ghoulish images because sensational material might obscure the project’s scientific purpose. The expedition was reorganised rather than cancelled, and both marine and inland teams conducted research. The report warned about the consequences of repeated storms, and the museum did not receive control over the project’s presentation.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br> An interdisciplinary research institute planned a two-part expedition. Marine biologists were to study <strong> pelagic </strong> species living far from the coast, while ecologists would survey an inland <strong> steppe </strong> and a nearby <strong>savanna</strong> containing scattered trees. An atmospheric team would also record changes in the <strong> troposphere </strong>, since most weather disturbances develop in that layer. <br><br> Three days before the expedition, a powerful <strong> tornado </strong> damaged the institute’s storage facility and threatened to <strong>scupper</strong> the entire project. Several administrators proposed cancelling the expedition and transferring the remaining funds to immediate repairs. The project director, however, argued that the conditions following the storm could themselves provide valuable observations. She reorganised the schedule, replaced only essential equipment, and allowed the different teams to begin their work in stages. <br><br> At the coastal station, the marine team documented how open-sea species behaved after the disturbance. The inland team compared the treeless steppe with the savanna-like transition zone. A local museum requested dramatic photographs for a public exhibition, but the director refused to provide <strong>ghoulish</strong> images of injured animals merely to attract attention. She believed that sensational material might obscure the scientific purpose of the project. <br><br> The expedition ultimately succeeded, but its report did not present adaptability as an unlimited solution. It warned that repeated storms could exhaust financial resources and gradually undermine long-term research. The project therefore demonstrated that careful coordination may prevent a single crisis from ruining a well-designed plan, but it cannot make institutions permanently immune to environmental disruption.
Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of ghoulish in the context of the passage?
Explanation: Ghoulish in the passage describes disturbing or morbid images of injured animals. Wholesome, suggesting something pleasant, healthy, or morally sound, is the most suitable opposite. Gruesome, morbid, macabre, and grisly all describe horrifying, death-related, or disturbing qualities and therefore reinforce rather than oppose the contextual meaning.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br> An interdisciplinary research institute planned a two-part expedition. Marine biologists were to study <strong> pelagic </strong> species living far from the coast, while ecologists would survey an inland <strong> steppe </strong> and a nearby <strong>savanna</strong> containing scattered trees. An atmospheric team would also record changes in the <strong> troposphere </strong>, since most weather disturbances develop in that layer. <br><br> Three days before the expedition, a powerful <strong> tornado </strong> damaged the institute’s storage facility and threatened to <strong>scupper</strong> the entire project. Several administrators proposed cancelling the expedition and transferring the remaining funds to immediate repairs. The project director, however, argued that the conditions following the storm could themselves provide valuable observations. She reorganised the schedule, replaced only essential equipment, and allowed the different teams to begin their work in stages. <br><br> At the coastal station, the marine team documented how open-sea species behaved after the disturbance. The inland team compared the treeless steppe with the savanna-like transition zone. A local museum requested dramatic photographs for a public exhibition, but the director refused to provide <strong>ghoulish</strong> images of injured animals merely to attract attention. She believed that sensational material might obscure the scientific purpose of the project. <br><br> The expedition ultimately succeeded, but its report did not present adaptability as an unlimited solution. It warned that repeated storms could exhaust financial resources and gradually undermine long-term research. The project therefore demonstrated that careful coordination may prevent a single crisis from ruining a well-designed plan, but it cannot make institutions permanently immune to environmental disruption.
Which statement best expresses the central idea of the passage?
Explanation: The passage emphasises that careful reorganisation enabled the expedition to survive a serious crisis, but the final report still warned that repeated storms could exhaust resources and damage long-term research. Thus, adaptability is presented as valuable but limited. The other alternatives either contradict the passage, exaggerate one detail, or make comparisons that the passage never establishes.
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