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Q1,201

Get a second wind
Hindi Meaning: थकने के बाद दोबारा ऊर्जा और उत्साह प्राप्त करना।
English Sentence: I was exhausted halfway through the work but got a second wind after lunch.
Hindi Sentence: आधा काम पूरा करते समय मैं थक गया था, लेकिन भोजन के बाद मुझे फिर ऊर्जा मिल गई।

A. Become tired suddenly
B. Change one's opinion
C. Regain energy after becoming tired
D. Experience breathing difficulties
Answer
Correct option: CRegain energy after becoming tired
Q1,202

Get one's ducks in a row
Hindi Meaning: किसी काम से पहले सभी आवश्यक तैयारियाँ और व्यवस्थाएँ सही क्रम में कर लेना।
English Sentence: Get your ducks in a row before submitting the application.
Hindi Sentence: आवेदन जमा करने से पहले सभी आवश्यक दस्तावेज और तैयारियाँ व्यवस्थित कर लो।

A. Arrange animals in order
B. Organize everything properly before proceeding
C. Delay preparations deliberately
D. Follow another person's plan
Answer
Correct option: BOrganize everything properly before proceeding
Q1,203

Give someone short shrift
Hindi Meaning: किसी व्यक्ति या उसकी बात को बहुत कम ध्यान या सहानुभूति देना।
English Sentence: The manager gave the unreasonable complaint short shrift.
Hindi Sentence: प्रबंधक ने अनुचित शिकायत को बहुत कम महत्व दिया।

A. Give detailed consideration
B. Offer financial assistance
C. Allow extra time
D. Give little attention or sympathy
Answer
Correct option: DGive little attention or sympathy
Q1,204

Go down to the wire
Hindi Meaning: किसी प्रतियोगिता या निर्णय का अंतिम क्षण तक अनिश्चित बने रहना।
English Sentence: The championship went down to the wire.
Hindi Sentence: प्रतियोगिता का परिणाम अंतिम क्षण तक अनिश्चित रहा।

A. Continue until the very last moment before the result is decided
B. Fail immediately
C. End much earlier than expected
D. Become unnecessarily complicated
Answer
Correct option: AContinue until the very last moment before the result is decided
Q1,205

Go off the deep end
Hindi Meaning: अत्यधिक गुस्सा या भावनात्मक प्रतिक्रिया देना।
English Sentence: Don't go off the deep end before hearing the full explanation.
Hindi Sentence: पूरी व्याख्या सुनने से पहले अत्यधिक गुस्सा मत करो।

A. Remain calm under pressure
B. Begin swimming
C. React with extreme anger or emotion
D. Take a carefully calculated risk
Answer
Correct option: CReact with extreme anger or emotion
Q1,206

Have a bee in one's bonnet
Hindi Meaning: किसी विशेष विचार को लेकर लगातार सोचते या बात करते रहना।
English Sentence: He has a bee in his bonnet about punctuality.
Hindi Sentence: वह समय की पाबंदी के विषय को लेकर लगातार बात करता रहता है।

A. Have an insect problem
B. Be preoccupied with a particular idea
C. Become frightened easily
D. Have many unrelated thoughts
Answer
Correct option: BBe preoccupied with a particular idea
Q1,207

Have a thin skin
Hindi Meaning: आलोचना या टिप्पणियों से बहुत जल्दी आहत हो जाना।
English Sentence: You need a thick skin in public life; you cannot afford to have a thin skin.
Hindi Sentence: सार्वजनिक जीवन में आलोचना से बहुत जल्दी आहत होना कठिनाई पैदा कर सकता है।

A. Be physically unhealthy
B. Be fearless
C. Ignore criticism completely
D. Be easily upset by criticism
Answer
Correct option: DBe easily upset by criticism
Q1,208

Hit the ground running
Hindi Meaning: किसी नए काम को शुरुआत से ही तेजी और प्रभावी ढंग से शुरू करना।
English Sentence: The new manager hit the ground running and solved several pending issues.
Hindi Sentence: नए प्रबंधक ने शुरुआत से ही तेजी से काम करते हुए कई लंबित समस्याएँ हल कर दीं।

A. Begin an activity energetically and effectively
B. Fall while running
C. Start without preparation and fail
D. Exercise before beginning work
Answer
Correct option: ABegin an activity energetically and effectively
Q1,209

Hold the line
Hindi Meaning: दबाव के बावजूद अपनी स्थिति, सीमा या निर्णय बनाए रखना।
English Sentence: The negotiators held the line on safety standards.
Hindi Sentence: वार्ताकारों ने दबाव के बावजूद सुरक्षा मानकों पर अपना रुख बनाए रखा।

A. Disconnect a telephone call
B. Refuse to communicate
C. Maintain a position or resist pressure
D. Change one's position quickly
Answer
Correct option: CMaintain a position or resist pressure
Q1,210

In a cleft stick
Hindi Meaning: दो कठिन विकल्पों के बीच फँस जाना।
English Sentence: The manager was in a cleft stick: either option would upset part of the team.
Hindi Sentence: प्रबंधक दो कठिन विकल्पों के बीच फँसा था; किसी भी निर्णय से टीम का एक हिस्सा नाराज होता।

A. In a comfortable situation
B. Caught between difficult alternatives
C. Certain about the correct choice
D. Free from responsibility
Answer
Correct option: BCaught between difficult alternatives
Q1,211

In clover
Hindi Meaning: बहुत आराम और समृद्धि की स्थिति में होना।
English Sentence: After years of struggle, the successful entrepreneur was finally in clover.
Hindi Sentence: वर्षों के संघर्ष के बाद सफल उद्यमी अंततः आराम और समृद्धि का जीवन जी रहा था।

A. In serious trouble
B. Working in agriculture
C. Living without planning
D. Living comfortably and prosperously
Answer
Correct option: DLiving comfortably and prosperously
Q1,212

In the teeth of
Hindi Meaning: कड़े विरोध, कठिनाई या प्रतिकूल परिस्थिति के बावजूद।
English Sentence: The rescue continued in the teeth of the storm.
Hindi Sentence: भीषण तूफान के बावजूद बचाव कार्य जारी रहा।

A. Despite strong opposition or difficulty
B. Because of strong support
C. Before a problem begins
D. Without taking any risk
Answer
Correct option: ADespite strong opposition or difficulty
Q1,213

Keep something at arm's length
Hindi Meaning: किसी व्यक्ति या विषय से पर्याप्त दूरी बनाए रखना और अधिक निकटता से बचना।
English Sentence: She keeps office gossip at arm's length.
Hindi Sentence: वह कार्यालय की गपशप से दूरी बनाए रखती है।

A. Examine something carefully
B. Keep something physically nearby
C. Avoid becoming too closely involved
D. Give someone complete control
Answer
Correct option: CAvoid becoming too closely involved
Q1,214

Know on which side one's bread is buttered
Hindi Meaning: यह अच्छी तरह समझना कि अपना लाभ किस व्यक्ति या परिस्थिति से जुड़ा है।
English Sentence: He knows which side his bread is buttered on and avoids offending his biggest client.
Hindi Sentence: वह जानता है कि उसका मुख्य लाभ किस ग्राहक से जुड़ा है, इसलिए उसे नाराज करने से बचता है।

A. Know how to cook properly
B. Know where one's advantage lies
C. Be unable to choose between options
D. Depend entirely on luck
Answer
Correct option: BKnow where one's advantage lies
Q1,215

Lay one's cards on the table
Hindi Meaning: अपने विचार, योजना या उद्देश्य को स्पष्ट और खुले रूप से बता देना।
English Sentence: It is time for both sides to lay their cards on the table.
Hindi Sentence: अब दोनों पक्षों को अपने वास्तविक विचार और उद्देश्य स्पष्ट रूप से बताने चाहिए।

A. Begin playing a game
B. Conceal one's intentions
C. Change a previous statement
D. Speak openly about one's intentions or position
Answer
Correct option: DSpeak openly about one's intentions or position
Q1,216

Leave someone out in the cold
Hindi Meaning: किसी व्यक्ति को किसी गतिविधि, निर्णय या लाभ से बाहर रखना।
English Sentence: The new policy left several temporary workers out in the cold.
Hindi Sentence: नई नीति ने कई अस्थायी कर्मचारियों को लाभ से वंचित कर दिया।

A. Exclude someone from participation or benefits
B. Make someone wait outdoors
C. Give someone an unpleasant task
D. Ask someone to work independently
Answer
Correct option: AExclude someone from participation or benefits
Q1,217

Live high on the hog
Hindi Meaning: बहुत महँगा और विलासितापूर्ण जीवन जीना।
English Sentence: After the business succeeded, they began living high on the hog.
Hindi Sentence: व्यवसाय सफल होने के बाद वे बहुत विलासितापूर्ण जीवन जीने लगे।

A. Live very economically
B. Depend on other people
C. Live in an expensive and luxurious way
D. Live in a rural area
Answer
Correct option: CLive in an expensive and luxurious way
Q1,218

Make a meal of something
Hindi Meaning: किसी साधारण काम को आवश्यकता से अधिक कठिन या लंबा बना देना।
English Sentence: It is a simple form; don't make a meal of it.
Hindi Sentence: यह साधारण फॉर्म है; इसे आवश्यकता से अधिक जटिल मत बनाओ।

A. Prepare food carefully
B. Spend more time or effort on something than necessary
C. Finish a task very quickly
D. Turn a hobby into a profession
Answer
Correct option: BSpend more time or effort on something than necessary
Q1,219

Make someone's flesh creep
Hindi Meaning: किसी को डर, घृणा या बेचैनी महसूस कराना।
English Sentence: The strange scratching sound made my flesh creep.
Hindi Sentence: अजीब खरोंचने की आवाज ने मुझे भय और बेचैनी से भर दिया।

A. Make someone laugh loudly
B. Make someone physically tired
C. Make someone feel proud
D. Make someone feel frightened or disgusted
Answer
Correct option: DMake someone feel frightened or disgusted
Q1,220

Nail one's colours to the mast
Hindi Meaning: अपने विचार या पक्ष को खुले और दृढ़ रूप से घोषित करना।
English Sentence: She nailed her colours to the mast and publicly supported the proposal.
Hindi Sentence: उसने अपने पक्ष को स्पष्ट करते हुए प्रस्ताव का सार्वजनिक रूप से समर्थन किया।

A. Declare one's beliefs or position openly and firmly
B. Change one's opinion frequently
C. Hide one's true intentions
D. Follow the majority without question
Answer
Correct option: ADeclare one's beliefs or position openly and firmly

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Q1

Select the most appropriate synonym of 'Obsequious'.

  1. Defiant
  2. Servile
  3. Independent
  4. Arrogant
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Answer: Servile

Obsequious describes a person who is excessively eager to please or obey someone, particularly a person in authority. Servile is the closest synonym because it suggests exaggerated submission and willingness to flatter. For example, an obsequious employee may agree with every opinion expressed by a superior, even when the opinion is incorrect. The word generally carries a negative meaning.

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Q2

Select the most appropriate antonym of 'Profligate'.

  1. Wasteful
  2. Extravagant
  3. Thrifty
  4. Reckless
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Answer: Thrifty

Profligate means recklessly extravagant or wasteful, especially in spending money. Thrifty describes someone who manages resources carefully and avoids unnecessary expenditure. Therefore, thrifty is the best antonym. A profligate person may spend beyond their means, whereas a thrifty person tries to save money and use resources efficiently.

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Q3

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

  1. Neither of the two explanations are satisfactory.
  2. Neither of the two explanations is satisfactory.
  3. Neither of the two explanation is satisfactory.
  4. Neither of the two explanations have satisfactory.
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Answer: Neither of the two explanations is satisfactory.

In formal standard English, neither, when used as a singular pronoun referring to two alternatives, generally takes a singular verb. Therefore, 'Neither of the two explanations is satisfactory' is the expected examination answer. The noun following 'of the two' remains plural, but the subject of the verb is 'neither'.

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