Directions(Q.1-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q1. A group of girls
(a) Bevy
(b) Convoy
(c) Troupe
(d) Coterie
Ans-a (Bevy -a large group of people or things of a particular kind.)
Q2. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama
(a) Prologue
(b) Dialogue
(c) Epilogue
(d) Monologue
Ans-c (Epilogue -a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.)
Q3. A mournful song (or poem) for the dead
(a) Ballad
(b) Dirge
(c) Ode
(d) Lyric
Ans-b (Dirge -a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.)
Q4. Stealthily done
(a) Devious
(b) Nefarious
(c) Surreptitious
(d) Villainous
Ans-c ( Surreptitious-kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.)
Q5. Something no longer in use
(a) Desolate
(b) Absolute
(c) Obsolete
(d) Primitive
Ans-c (Obsolete -no longer produced or used; out of date.)
Q6. One not concerned with right or wrong
(a) Moral
(b) Amoral
(c) Immoral
(d) Immortal
Ans-b (Amoral -lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.)
Q7. Severely abusive writing in journals
(a) Imaginary
(b) Speculative
(c) Scurrilous
(d) Sarcastic
Ans-c (Scurrilous -making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.)
Q8. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space
(a) Agoraphobia
(b) Claustrophobia
(c) Xenophobia
(d) Paranoia
Ans-b (Claustrophobia -extreme or irrational fear of confined places)
Q9. A person who is unable to pay his debts
(a) Solvent
(b) Banker
(c) Insolvent
(d) Lender
Ans-c (Insolvent -unable to pay debts owed. )
Q10. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there
(a) Immigrant
(b) Emigrant
(c) Tourist
(d) Settler
Ans-a ( Immigrant -a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.)
