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Vocabulary & Sentence Improvement || VARC || MH-CET 2021 II 28 July

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Question 1

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.
A) Percolate
B) Pervade
C) Energy
D) Circumvent

Question 2

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.
A) Allege
B) Prodigious
C) Quantify
D) Insignificant

Question 3

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.
A) Surreal
B) Purport
C) Exquisite
D) Impersonate

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.
A) Disparity
B) Whisker
C) Flabbergast 
D) Astound

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.
A) Sanctum
B) Blessed
C) Shrine
D) Void

Question 6

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.
Dr. Ajaz Ali, a surgeon at Koyilandy Taluk hospital in Kozhikode district, said that since the news of the disease breaks out, many patients have refrained from coming to the hospital.

i. said that since the news of the disease broke out
ii. says that since the news of the disease breaks out
iii. said that since the news of the disease breaks into

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e. 'No correction required'.
A column of smoke rose from the mountain and hot volcanic material begins descending its south side, prompted new evacuation orders for a half dozen communities and the closure of a highway on Tuesday.
i. hot volcanic material begins ascending its south side, prompted new evacuation order for
ii. hot volcanic material begin descending its south side, for prompting new evacuation orders for
iii. hot volcanic material began descending its south side, prompting new evacuation orders for

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.
Given that most defendants need to keep working in the run-up to a court date, it's not uncommon for a defendant's family to pay hundreds of dollars to a private bond company to ensure their loved one’s liberty before trial - pushing vulnerable families deeper into poverty.
i.  for a defendant's family paying hundred dollars to a private bond
ii.  for a defendant's family to pay hundreds dollars to a private bond
iii. for a defendant family to pay hundreds dollars to a private bond

Question 9

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., 'No correction required'.
Golden hugs can be very controversial and can sometimes damage a company's public image because large executive payoffs are viewed as reward for failure.
i. Golden hugs can be very controversial and can sometimes damages a
ii. Golden hugs could be very controversial and can sometimes damage a
iii. Golden handshakes can be very controversial and can sometimes damage a

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e., "No correction required".
I heard the news through the wine that hundreds would die in subsequent years in periodic border clashes after Ethiopia's refusal to accept the ruling of an UN-backed boundary commission that divided up contested territory between the two countries.
i. I heard the news through the drinks that hundreds would 
ii. I heard the news through the wine that hundreds would
iii. I heard the news through the grapevine that hundreds would
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