Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A bad patch

(A) A path that is untravelled

(B) A period of time when a person faces lots of troubles

(C) A person who takes a difficult path

(D) A dangerous road to walk on

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.

All his friends admired him because he was a (straight shooter).

(A) Excellent shooter

(B) Complicated and confusing person

(C) Miserly and pessimistic individual

(D) A thoroughly upright straightforward person

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

I goes / to the school / every day / irrespective of the weather.

A. every day

B. I goes

C. irrespective of the weather

D. to the school

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Despite of being / a small girl / she fought / the bull bravely.

A. the bull bravely

B. a small girl

C. she fought

D. Despite of being

Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

What are the future possibilities for space travel in the long term? ____(1)____ will humans go after they have explored our solar system?
It is said that 'Star Trek' could hold the ______(2)________to these questions. It is predicted
that travel to other galaxies will only be ___(3)___ in huge 'starships'.
These will wander through space for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human ___(4)__. Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until life on planet Earth could be just a ____(5)_____memory.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

(A) They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go to Jupiter's wedding, even when especially invited.

(B) The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back.

(C) After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding.

(D) No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home.