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DILAPIDATED (Find opposite)

  • Costly
  • Well-furnished
  • Broken-down
  • Renovated
  • Correct Option: D  [ Renovated ]

    Remark:

The modern student _________ the importance of physical exercise.

  • understood
  • understand
  • have understand
  • understands
  • Correct Option: D  [ understands ]

    Remark: singular subject (i.e student) takes singular verb (i.e understands).
    Note: generally verb ends with "s" is singular.

It is bad to try to fish in troubled waters.

  • fish in hot weather.
  • catch fish in disturbed waters.
  • make a profit out of a disturbance.
  • go for fishing and cause trouble.
  • Correct Option: C  [ make a profit out of a disturbance. ]

    Remark:

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To cry wolf".

  • To Cry copiously
  • To raise false alarm
  • To be frightened
  • To scare people
  • Correct Option: B  [ To raise false alarm ]

    Remark: To cry wolf: to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it.

Her moods are as FLIGHTY as the weather.

  • changeable
  • rattling
  • typical
  • caliber
  • Correct Option: A  [ changeable ]

    Remark:

__________ book you want is out of print.

  • an
  • the
  • a
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ the ]

    Remark: "The" is used before the noun "book" to indicate that the speaker is referring to a specific book.

An animal living on fish:

  • Carnivore
  • Herbivore
  • Piscivore
  • Parasite
  • Correct Option: C  [ Piscivore ]

    Remark:

His folly has brought about his ruin.

  • frustrated
  • caused
  • disappointment
  • confirmed
  • Correct Option: B  [ caused ]

    Remark: brought about: to cause something to happen.

He complained _________ the Principal against the new student.

  • of
  • about
  • to
  • for
  • Correct Option: C  [ to ]

    Remark:

He stood ___________ the court charged with the murder of his wife.

  • in
  • for
  • before
  • of
  • Correct Option: C  [ before ]

    Remark: