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Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
ATTUNE
Explanation: Attune means to make receptive or aware, or to bring something into harmony with something else. Harmonize expresses this meaning most precisely. Alienate, detach, and disorient convey separation, disconnection, or lack of adjustment and therefore represent ideas opposed to being attuned.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
ESCARPMENT
Explanation: An escarpment is a long, steep slope or cliff separating two relatively level areas. Bluff is therefore the closest synonym among the alternatives. Lowland, flatland, and level ground describe comparatively flat terrain and are conceptually opposite to the steep geographical feature denoted by escarpment.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
UNUTTERABLE
Explanation: Unutterable refers to something so extreme, great, or terrible that it cannot adequately be expressed in words. Indescribable conveys this sense accurately. Articulable, expressible, and utterable all indicate that something can be put into words, making them unsuitable in this context.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
BACKSLIDE
Explanation: Backslide means to return to a worse condition or to former bad habits after making progress. Relapse expresses the same idea of falling back into an earlier undesirable condition. Recover, advance, and improve indicate positive movement and are therefore contrary to the meaning of backslide.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
ATTENTIVE
Explanation: Attentive describes someone who pays close attention or shows thoughtful care. Heedless means lacking attention or concern and is therefore the best antonym. Observant, considerate, and watchful are all closely associated with attentiveness rather than opposition to it.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
BUDGE
Explanation: Budge means to move slightly or to change a fixed position or opinion. Persist conveys continuing firmly without changing and therefore provides the strongest opposite in the given context. Shift, yield, and relent all involve some form of movement or change and are associated with the meaning of budge.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
KILLJOY
Explanation: A killjoy is a person who spoils the enjoyment or enthusiasm of others. A merrymaker, by contrast, participates in or promotes enjoyment and celebration, making it the best antonym. Grouch, spoilsport, and wet blanket all describe people whose behaviour may diminish the enjoyment of others.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
INTERLEAVE
Explanation: Interleave means to insert something between the pages, layers, or parts of something else. Separate is the most appropriate opposite because it involves keeping things apart rather than placing them among one another. Insert, intersperse, and alternate all convey arrangements compatible with interleaving.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment or enthusiasm of others.
Explanation: Killjoy precisely describes a person who deliberately spoils the pleasure or enthusiasm of other people. Totem is a significant group symbol, backwater refers to an isolated or backward place, escarpment is a steep slope or cliff, and attentive describes someone who pays close attention.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
An object, animal, or symbol having special significance for a particular group.
Explanation: A totem is an object, animal, or symbol regarded as representing or having special significance for a group. Backwater refers to an isolated place, killjoy denotes a person who spoils enjoyment, and escarpment denotes a steep geographical slope or cliff.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To return to a worse condition or former bad habits after having made progress.
Explanation: Backslide means to regress or return to an undesirable condition or former bad habits after improvement. Interleave means to place things between other parts, attune means to adjust or bring into harmony, and budge means to move or alter a fixed position slightly.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A remote or isolated place regarded as backward or largely unaffected by progress.
Explanation: Backwater describes a remote or isolated place considered backward or unaffected by progress. Escarpment is a steep slope or cliff, totem is a symbol of special group significance, and killjoy is a person who deliberately spoils other people’s enjoyment.
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.
An effective administrator must ________ institutional procedures to changing public needs without abandoning essential principles.
Explanation: Attune is the most appropriate word because it means to adjust or bring something into harmony with particular needs or circumstances. The sentence concerns adapting institutional procedures to changing needs. Backslide implies deterioration, interleave means inserting things between other parts, and budge usually refers to slight movement or changing a fixed position.
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.
Though repeated negotiations were held, neither side would ________ from its firmly stated position.
Explanation: The idiomatic expression would not budge from its position means refusing to move from or modify a fixed opinion. Backslide refers to regression after improvement, interleave concerns insertion between layers or parts, and attune refers to adjustment or harmonisation rather than stubborn refusal.
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 researcher chose to ________ statistical observations with brief field accounts rather than present them in completely separate sections.
Explanation: Interleave fits because it means to insert or arrange one kind of material between parts of another. The researcher is alternating statistical observations with field accounts. Backslide means regress, budge means move slightly or alter a position, and alienate conveys separation rather than integration.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Won’t budge
Explanation: The phrase won’t budge means that a person refuses to move even slightly or refuses to change a firmly held opinion or position. It does not imply regression, adaptation, or insertion, so the other alternatives fail to capture the established meaning of the expression.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Wet blanket, when used of a person, most nearly means:
Explanation: Wet blanket is used as a synonym for killjoy and refers to someone who dampens the enjoyment or enthusiasm of others. An attentive person is thoughtful and observant, while adaptation and regression are expressed by other vocabulary items and do not correspond to this phrase.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Slide backward after moving forward most appropriately conveys the idea of:
Explanation: The phrase captures the essential idea of backslide, namely to return to a worse state or former undesirable habits after having made progress. Attune concerns adjustment, interleave concerns insertion or alternation, and budge concerns slight movement or a change of position.
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.
Despite repeated persuasion, the committee refused to budged from its original position.
Explanation: After the infinitive marker to, the base form of the verb must be used; therefore, to budge is grammatically correct. To budged incorrectly uses the past form, to budging incorrectly uses the participial form after the infinitive marker, and omitting to after refused makes the construction grammatically defective.
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 editor decided to interleave the photographs with the written chapters so that the visual material supported the argument.
Explanation: The sentence is grammatically correct as written. The construction decided to interleave properly uses the infinitive after decided, and the phrase accurately describes placing photographs among written chapters. The other alternatives misuse participial or past forms or create an incorrect prepositional 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.
After several months of improvement, the organisation began to backsliding into its former practices.
Explanation: The verb following began to should appear in its base form, so began to backslide is correct. Began backslide lacks the necessary infinitive marker, while began to backslid incorrectly places a past-tense form after to. The original began to backsliding is also grammatically incorrect.
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><br> For decades, the mountain settlement had been dismissed as a <strong> backwater </strong>, separated from the nearest centre of activity by a formidable <strong> escarpment </strong>. When a group of teachers arrived there, they did not attempt to impose unfamiliar methods immediately. Instead, they tried to <strong> attune </strong> their teaching to local circumstances and remained <strong> attentive </strong> to the concerns expressed by families. Lessons were sometimes <strong> interleaved </strong> with practical activities connected to community life, while an old eagle emblem, regarded by residents as a <strong> totem </strong>, was used to encourage discussion about shared identity. <br><br> Progress, however, was neither immediate nor irreversible. A few residents refused to <strong>budge</strong> from their belief that formal education would weaken established practices. Others feared that the settlement might <strong>backslide</strong> into earlier isolation if the programme depended entirely on temporary outside support. Even so, the gradual change produced almost <strong>unutterable</strong> satisfaction among families who saw children participating confidently without losing their connection with the community. The experience suggested that durable reform required neither contempt for tradition nor unquestioning acceptance of it, but careful adjustment supported by sustained participation.
In the context of the passage, the word backwater most nearly refers to:
Explanation: The passage describes the settlement as geographically separated and historically dismissed as a backwater. In this context, the word denotes a remote or isolated place regarded as relatively unaffected by progress. The other alternatives describe ideas represented in the passage by different words such as escarpment, totem, or budge.
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><br> For decades, the mountain settlement had been dismissed as a <strong> backwater </strong>, separated from the nearest centre of activity by a formidable <strong> escarpment </strong>. When a group of teachers arrived there, they did not attempt to impose unfamiliar methods immediately. Instead, they tried to <strong> attune </strong> their teaching to local circumstances and remained <strong> attentive </strong> to the concerns expressed by families. Lessons were sometimes <strong> interleaved </strong> with practical activities connected to community life, while an old eagle emblem, regarded by residents as a <strong> totem </strong>, was used to encourage discussion about shared identity. <br><br> Progress, however, was neither immediate nor irreversible. A few residents refused to <strong>budge</strong> from their belief that formal education would weaken established practices. Others feared that the settlement might <strong>backslide</strong> into earlier isolation if the programme depended entirely on temporary outside support. Even so, the gradual change produced almost <strong>unutterable</strong> satisfaction among families who saw children participating confidently without losing their connection with the community. The experience suggested that durable reform required neither contempt for tradition nor unquestioning acceptance of it, but careful adjustment supported by sustained participation.
The use of attune in the passage suggests that the teachers attempted to:
Explanation: The passage states that the teachers did not immediately impose unfamiliar methods but tried to attune their teaching to local circumstances. This indicates adjustment and adaptation. The alternatives involving detachment, imposition, separation, or complete inflexibility contradict both the contextual meaning of attune and the teachers’ approach described in the passage.
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><br> For decades, the mountain settlement had been dismissed as a <strong> backwater </strong>, separated from the nearest centre of activity by a formidable <strong> escarpment </strong>. When a group of teachers arrived there, they did not attempt to impose unfamiliar methods immediately. Instead, they tried to <strong> attune </strong> their teaching to local circumstances and remained <strong> attentive </strong> to the concerns expressed by families. Lessons were sometimes <strong> interleaved </strong> with practical activities connected to community life, while an old eagle emblem, regarded by residents as a <strong> totem </strong>, was used to encourage discussion about shared identity. <br><br> Progress, however, was neither immediate nor irreversible. A few residents refused to <strong>budge</strong> from their belief that formal education would weaken established practices. Others feared that the settlement might <strong>backslide</strong> into earlier isolation if the programme depended entirely on temporary outside support. Even so, the gradual change produced almost <strong>unutterable</strong> satisfaction among families who saw children participating confidently without losing their connection with the community. The experience suggested that durable reform required neither contempt for tradition nor unquestioning acceptance of it, but careful adjustment supported by sustained participation.
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the passage?
Explanation: The concluding sentence explicitly associates durable reform with careful adjustment and sustained participation, and the preceding discussion illustrates how the teachers adapted to community circumstances. The passage rejects both contempt for tradition and unquestioning acceptance, while also showing that progress is not automatic or irreversible. Therefore, option (c) is the most defensible inference.
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><br> For decades, the mountain settlement had been dismissed as a <strong> backwater </strong>, separated from the nearest centre of activity by a formidable <strong> escarpment </strong>. When a group of teachers arrived there, they did not attempt to impose unfamiliar methods immediately. Instead, they tried to <strong> attune </strong> their teaching to local circumstances and remained <strong> attentive </strong> to the concerns expressed by families. Lessons were sometimes <strong> interleaved </strong> with practical activities connected to community life, while an old eagle emblem, regarded by residents as a <strong> totem </strong>, was used to encourage discussion about shared identity. <br><br> Progress, however, was neither immediate nor irreversible. A few residents refused to <strong>budge</strong> from their belief that formal education would weaken established practices. Others feared that the settlement might <strong>backslide</strong> into earlier isolation if the programme depended entirely on temporary outside support. Even so, the gradual change produced almost <strong>unutterable</strong> satisfaction among families who saw children participating confidently without losing their connection with the community. The experience suggested that durable reform required neither contempt for tradition nor unquestioning acceptance of it, but careful adjustment supported by sustained participation.
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to attentive as used in the passage?
Explanation: In the passage, attentive means paying close attention to the concerns of families. Negligent conveys a failure to give proper care or attention and is therefore the correct antonym. Observant, watchful, considerate, and alert all express qualities compatible with attentiveness.
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><br> For decades, the mountain settlement had been dismissed as a <strong> backwater </strong>, separated from the nearest centre of activity by a formidable <strong> escarpment </strong>. When a group of teachers arrived there, they did not attempt to impose unfamiliar methods immediately. Instead, they tried to <strong> attune </strong> their teaching to local circumstances and remained <strong> attentive </strong> to the concerns expressed by families. Lessons were sometimes <strong> interleaved </strong> with practical activities connected to community life, while an old eagle emblem, regarded by residents as a <strong> totem </strong>, was used to encourage discussion about shared identity. <br><br> Progress, however, was neither immediate nor irreversible. A few residents refused to <strong>budge</strong> from their belief that formal education would weaken established practices. Others feared that the settlement might <strong>backslide</strong> into earlier isolation if the programme depended entirely on temporary outside support. Even so, the gradual change produced almost <strong>unutterable</strong> satisfaction among families who saw children participating confidently without losing their connection with the community. The experience suggested that durable reform required neither contempt for tradition nor unquestioning acceptance of it, but careful adjustment supported by sustained participation.
Consider the following statements based on the passage: <br><br> 1. Some residents feared that progress could be reversed if outside support proved temporary. <br><br> 2. The teachers deliberately kept practical activities completely separate from classroom lessons. <br><br> 3. The eagle emblem possessed special significance for the community. <br><br> Which of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation: Statement 1 is correct because some residents feared the settlement might backslide into earlier isolation if support was temporary. Statement 2 is incorrect because practical activities were interleaved with lessons rather than kept separate. Statement 3 is correct because the eagle emblem was described as a totem, indicating special symbolic significance for the community. Therefore, statements 1 and 3 alone are correct.
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