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Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Defrock
Explanation: Defrock means to deprive someone, especially a member of the clergy, of an official position or status. Oust closely conveys the idea of removing someone from a position. Reinstate, induct, and install imply placing or restoring someone in a position and therefore do not express the intended meaning.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Equipollent
Explanation: Equipollent describes things that are equal in force, power, effect, or significance. Tantamount most closely expresses equivalence in effect or significance. Disparate, different, and inequivalent indicate lack of equality and therefore convey ideas opposed to the target word.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Nescient
Explanation: Nescient means lacking knowledge or awareness. Uninformed is therefore the closest synonym. Learned, aware, and knowledgeable all indicate possession of knowledge or understanding and consequently express meanings contrary to nescient.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Outclass
Explanation: Outclass means to surpass someone decisively in quality, ability, or performance. Eclipse can similarly mean to surpass or overshadow another person or thing. Trail and lag indicate falling behind, while fail refers to lack of success rather than superiority over another competitor.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Apotropaic
Explanation: Apotropaic refers to something intended to avert evil, harm, or bad luck. Baleful denotes something harmful or malign and thus expresses the opposite idea. Protective, talismanic, and warding are closely associated with the preventive or protective sense of apotropaic.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Underfund
Explanation: Underfund means to provide less money than is necessary or required. Overfund directly reverses this idea by indicating the provision of funds beyond the required level. Skimp, starve, and shortchange all suggest inadequate provision and therefore are related to the meaning of underfund.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Paralogism
Explanation: A paralogism is a fallacious or logically invalid argument or conclusion. Soundness indicates logical validity and reliability and therefore provides the clearest opposite. Sophism, fallacy, and misreasoning all refer to defective or misleading reasoning and are semantically related to paralogism.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Riverine
Explanation: Riverine refers to something relating to, formed by, or situated near a river or its banks. Oceanic relates to the ocean and is given as an opposite in this vocabulary context. Riparian, fluvial, riverside, and riverbank are all closely associated with rivers.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To provide less money than is necessary or required for a programme or institution.
Explanation: Underfund precisely means to provide less money than is necessary or required. Outclass means to surpass decisively, defrock means to deprive someone of official status, paralogism denotes invalid reasoning and nescient describes a person lacking knowledge or awareness.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
An authoritative set consisting of ten rules or commandments.
Explanation: Decalogue denotes the Ten Commandments or, more generally, any authoritative set of ten rules. Alderman refers to a municipal council member, riverine relates to rivers, nescient means ignorant and equipollent means equal in force or effect.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A member of a city or municipal legislative body or council.
Explanation: An alderman is a member of a city or municipal legislative body or council. Decalogue denotes ten authoritative rules, defrock is a verb meaning to remove from official status, riverine concerns rivers and nescient describes a lack of knowledge.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Relating to, formed by, or situated near a river or its banks.
Explanation: Riverine is the precise adjective for something related to a river or its banks. Apotropaic means protective against evil or harm, equipollent means equal in force or effect, outclass means surpass decisively and paralogism refers to invalid reasoning.
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.
Although the argument appeared persuasive at first, its conclusion ultimately depended on a ______ rather than logically valid reasoning.
Explanation: Paralogism fits because the sentence contrasts apparently persuasive reasoning with a logically invalid conclusion. A decalogue is a set of ten rules, an alderman is a municipal council member, riverine concerns rivers and equipollent means equal in force or effect.
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 ceremonial object was regarded as ______ because the community believed that it could ward off evil and misfortune.
Explanation: Apotropaic correctly describes something intended to avert evil, harm, or bad luck. The contextual clue ward off evil and misfortune directly signals this meaning. Equipollent, nescient, riverine, and alderman relate respectively to equality, ignorance, rivers and municipal governance.
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.
Despite having less experience, the athlete managed to ______ every rival through consistently superior performance.
Explanation: Outclass means to surpass someone decisively in ability, quality, or performance and therefore fits the reference to superior performance. Underfund concerns inadequate financing, defrock concerns removal from status, decalogue is a noun and paralogism denotes invalid reasoning.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
His conclusion rested on a paralogism.
Explanation: The phrase rested on a paralogism means that the conclusion was founded upon faulty or logically invalid reasoning. A decalogue concerns ten authoritative rules, equipollence concerns equality in effect and apotropaic qualities concern protection from harm, so the other interpretations do not fit.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The young athlete outclassed all her competitors.
Explanation: To outclass competitors is to surpass them clearly and decisively in ability or performance. It does not mean being ignorant of them, performing below them, depriving them of financial resources, or formally removing them from an official position.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Riverine communities
Explanation: Riverine refers to something relating to, formed by, or situated near a river or its banks. Therefore, riverine communities are communities associated geographically or functionally with rivers. The remaining options incorrectly connect the phrase with aldermen, nescience, apotropaic practices, or equipollence.
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 committee considered the two proposals equipollent to their practical effect despite their different wording.
Explanation: Equipollent is an adjective and is correctly used with the construction equipollent in their practical effect in this context. Equipollently is an adverb and does not fit after considered, while equipollence is a noun. The original preposition to makes the expression less appropriate here.
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 municipality decided to underfunded the programme despite repeated warnings about its financial requirements.
Explanation: After the verb decided, the infinitive construction to underfund is grammatically correct. To underfunded wrongly combines the infinitive marker with a past-tense form. Underfunding would require a different sentence structure, while has underfund is grammatically incomplete.
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 nescient member was unaware of the fundamental principles on which the proposal had been framed.
Explanation: The expression was unaware of is grammatically correct because unaware normally takes the preposition of. The subject member is singular, so were is inappropriate. Unawareness is a noun and cannot replace the adjective in the given structure. Therefore, no improvement is required.
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> In a <strong>riverine</strong> district, an <strong>alderman</strong> proposed a <strong>decalogue</strong> of principles for improving municipal administration. Among other measures, he argued that essential public programmes should never be <strong>underfunded</strong>, since inadequate financial support could weaken their practical effectiveness. He also criticised officials who remained <strong>nescient</strong> about local conditions yet formed confident conclusions about community needs. <br><br> During the debate, another member advanced what initially appeared to be a persuasive argument. He claimed that because two proposals were <strong>equipollent</strong> in their immediate effect, they must necessarily produce identical consequences in every circumstance. The alderman identified this conclusion as a <strong>paralogism</strong>. Equality in one practical effect, he explained, did not logically establish equality in every possible consequence. <br><br> The discussion also touched upon certain traditional symbols that local residents regarded as <strong>apotropaic</strong>, believing that such objects could avert evil or misfortune. The alderman did not require officials to accept these beliefs, but he insisted that administrators should understand the social context before dismissing them. He concluded that careful reasoning and informed administration could enable one policy to <strong>outclass</strong> another even when both initially appeared equally effective.
Why did the alderman reject the claim that the two proposals must produce identical consequences?
Explanation: The alderman rejected the argument because the fact that two proposals were equal in one immediate effect did not logically establish that all their future or wider consequences would also be identical. This distinction is central to why he described the other member’s conclusion as a paralogism.
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> In a <strong>riverine</strong> district, an <strong>alderman</strong> proposed a <strong>decalogue</strong> of principles for improving municipal administration. Among other measures, he argued that essential public programmes should never be <strong>underfunded</strong>, since inadequate financial support could weaken their practical effectiveness. He also criticised officials who remained <strong>nescient</strong> about local conditions yet formed confident conclusions about community needs. <br><br> During the debate, another member advanced what initially appeared to be a persuasive argument. He claimed that because two proposals were <strong>equipollent</strong> in their immediate effect, they must necessarily produce identical consequences in every circumstance. The alderman identified this conclusion as a <strong>paralogism</strong>. Equality in one practical effect, he explained, did not logically establish equality in every possible consequence. <br><br> The discussion also touched upon certain traditional symbols that local residents regarded as <strong>apotropaic</strong>, believing that such objects could avert evil or misfortune. The alderman did not require officials to accept these beliefs, but he insisted that administrators should understand the social context before dismissing them. He concluded that careful reasoning and informed administration could enable one policy to <strong>outclass</strong> another even when both initially appeared equally effective.
In the passage, the word equipollent most nearly means:
Explanation: The passage states that the two proposals were equipollent in their immediate effect, meaning that they were equal or equivalent in that particular effect. The other alternatives correspond to nescient, harmful or baleful, riverine and paralogistic ideas and therefore do not suit the context.
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> In a <strong>riverine</strong> district, an <strong>alderman</strong> proposed a <strong>decalogue</strong> of principles for improving municipal administration. Among other measures, he argued that essential public programmes should never be <strong>underfunded</strong>, since inadequate financial support could weaken their practical effectiveness. He also criticised officials who remained <strong>nescient</strong> about local conditions yet formed confident conclusions about community needs. <br><br> During the debate, another member advanced what initially appeared to be a persuasive argument. He claimed that because two proposals were <strong>equipollent</strong> in their immediate effect, they must necessarily produce identical consequences in every circumstance. The alderman identified this conclusion as a <strong>paralogism</strong>. Equality in one practical effect, he explained, did not logically establish equality in every possible consequence. <br><br> The discussion also touched upon certain traditional symbols that local residents regarded as <strong>apotropaic</strong>, believing that such objects could avert evil or misfortune. The alderman did not require officials to accept these beliefs, but he insisted that administrators should understand the social context before dismissing them. He concluded that careful reasoning and informed administration could enable one policy to <strong>outclass</strong> another even when both initially appeared equally effective.
Which of the following is the most appropriate antonym of nescient as used in the passage?
Explanation: Nescient means lacking knowledge or awareness. Knowledgeable is therefore its appropriate opposite. Unaware, unknowing, ignorant, and uninformed all reinforce the meaning of nescience rather than oppose it, making them unsuitable as antonyms.
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> In a <strong>riverine</strong> district, an <strong>alderman</strong> proposed a <strong>decalogue</strong> of principles for improving municipal administration. Among other measures, he argued that essential public programmes should never be <strong>underfunded</strong>, since inadequate financial support could weaken their practical effectiveness. He also criticised officials who remained <strong>nescient</strong> about local conditions yet formed confident conclusions about community needs. <br><br> During the debate, another member advanced what initially appeared to be a persuasive argument. He claimed that because two proposals were <strong>equipollent</strong> in their immediate effect, they must necessarily produce identical consequences in every circumstance. The alderman identified this conclusion as a <strong>paralogism</strong>. Equality in one practical effect, he explained, did not logically establish equality in every possible consequence. <br><br> The discussion also touched upon certain traditional symbols that local residents regarded as <strong>apotropaic</strong>, believing that such objects could avert evil or misfortune. The alderman did not require officials to accept these beliefs, but he insisted that administrators should understand the social context before dismissing them. He concluded that careful reasoning and informed administration could enable one policy to <strong>outclass</strong> another even when both initially appeared equally effective.
Consider the following statements based on the passage: <br><br> I. The alderman proposed a set of ten principles. <br><br> II. A paralogism represents logically sound reasoning. <br><br> III. The district described in the passage was associated with a river. <br><br> Which of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation: Statement I is correct because a decalogue is an authoritative set of ten rules or principles. Statement III is correct because riverine indicates association with a river or its banks. Statement II is incorrect because a paralogism is a fallacious or logically invalid argument rather than sound reasoning.
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> In a <strong>riverine</strong> district, an <strong>alderman</strong> proposed a <strong>decalogue</strong> of principles for improving municipal administration. Among other measures, he argued that essential public programmes should never be <strong>underfunded</strong>, since inadequate financial support could weaken their practical effectiveness. He also criticised officials who remained <strong>nescient</strong> about local conditions yet formed confident conclusions about community needs. <br><br> During the debate, another member advanced what initially appeared to be a persuasive argument. He claimed that because two proposals were <strong>equipollent</strong> in their immediate effect, they must necessarily produce identical consequences in every circumstance. The alderman identified this conclusion as a <strong>paralogism</strong>. Equality in one practical effect, he explained, did not logically establish equality in every possible consequence. <br><br> The discussion also touched upon certain traditional symbols that local residents regarded as <strong>apotropaic</strong>, believing that such objects could avert evil or misfortune. The alderman did not require officials to accept these beliefs, but he insisted that administrators should understand the social context before dismissing them. He concluded that careful reasoning and informed administration could enable one policy to <strong>outclass</strong> another even when both initially appeared equally effective.
The statement that one policy could outclass another implies that it could:
Explanation: In the passage, outclass means to surpass another policy decisively in quality, ability, or performance. It does not refer to underfunding, complete equality, ignorance, or protection from harm. The context specifically contrasts apparent initial equality with possible later superiority.
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