Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Sound made by ducks

1. Moo

2. Caw

3. Quack

4. Grunt

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To pick up the threads

1. To restart from the previous closing point

2. To examine an issue seriously

3. Being received very warmly

4. At a short distance

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To shake off

1. to denounce

2. to get rid of

3. to recollect

4. to pass off

In the following sentence, some part of the sentence may contain an error. Identify which part it is and indicate it. If the statement is error-free, choose ‘no error’.

A rice crop / soaked by acid rain / can be saved / if it is rinsed with clean water / No error.

1. can be saved

2. if it is rinsed with clean water

3. No error

4. soaked by acid rain

Question has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (A) or (B) or (C). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (D):

As an officer (A) / He not only was competent (B) / but also honest (C) / No error (D)

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Bharath is a skilful achiever, so he (hits the nail on the leg).

1. hits the nail on the head

2. hits the nail on the shoulder

3. put the nail in the hole

4. hits the screw on the top

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

A fixed orbit in space in relation to the earth

1. Geo centric

2. Geological

3. Geo stationary

4. Geo synchronous