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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE OUT OF THE FOUR.
1. The explosion that ______ the bus killed twelve people.
(1) wrecked (2) deflated
(3) stalled (4) hinderedd
2. There was some ………… between the member’s version and the committee’s version.
(1) discourse (2) discrepancy
(3) certainty (4) recurrence
3. We have talked a lot; now let us _______ to work.
(1) get down (2) set off
(3) take off (4) sit up
4. The life – guard would not let the children ______ at the deep end of the pool.
(1) swims (2) swim
(3) swam (4) to swim
5. The audience watched the clowns ______ their act.
(1) performs (2) perform
(3) performed (4) are performing
6. He was accused of bringing money into the country in _______ of foreign exchange rules.
(1) anticipation (2) compensation
(3) perpetration (4) violation
7. One of the players forgot to ____
(1) turn up for practice
(2) run away from school
(3) buy shoes for the exam
(4) bring the his books for the match
8. Today students should be reconciled ________ the way things are changing.
(1) with (2) to
(3) for (4) at
9. The country’s economic growth was adversely _______ by political instability.
(1) reflected (2) effected
(3) affected (4) expected
10. The agenda for the meeting is ______ the notice.
(1) forwarded in
(2) subscribed to
(3) enclosed with
(4) delivered as

ANSWERS:
1.(1): The word Wreck ( verb) means: to damage or destroy something.
2. (2) The word discrepancy ( Noun) means: difference between two or more things that should be the same.
3. (1) get down
4.(2) swim
5. (2) perform
6. (4) The word Violate (Verb) means: to go against or refuse to obey a law; flout. Hence, ‘violation’ should be used.
7. (1) Phrase turn up means: to arrive.
Hence, ‘turn up for practice’ should be used here
8. (1) the word ‘reconcile’ agrees with preposition ‘with’
Look at the sentence:
It was hard to reconcile his career ambitions with the needs of his children.
9. ( 3) The word affect (Verb) means; to produce a change in somebody/ something.
10. (3) enclosed with ….. should be used.

Directions (1-5): In the following questions out of the five alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given words.
1. ERRONEOUSLY:
(1) previously (2) effectively
(3) wrongly (4) evidently
(5) None of these
2. CAPITULATE:
(1) repeat (2) execute
(3) summarize (4) surrender
(5) None of these
3. PROPITIATE:
(1) conform (2) appease
(3) influence (4) approach
(5) None of these
4. RESTIVE:
(1)rested (2) restless
(3) limited (4) limitless
5. DEROGATORY:
(1) injurious (2) shattering
(3) destructive (4) disparaging
(5) None of these
Directions (6-10):In the following questions, four alternative are given for the idiom/phrase mentioned below. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
6. To blaze a trail:
(1) to lead the way as a pioneer’
(2) to light a track
(3) to set up a fire
(4) to wear a blazer while running.
7. To steer clear of:
(1) drive carefully
(2) avoid
(3) explain clearly
(4) escape
8. A dark horse:
(1) an unforeseen competitor
(2)a black horse
(3) a nightmare
(4) an unknown person
9. Red-letter day:
(1) a colourful day
(2) a fatal day
(3) happy and significant day
(4) hapless day
10. Have the last-laugh:
(1) be of a cheerful nature
(2) laugh only after understanding something
(3) to be victorious at the end of an argument
(4) to crack the final joke

Answers with Explanations: (1-5):

1. (3) Erroneously is a synonymous of wrongly.
Ex. They have arrived at some erroneous conclusions.

2. (4) The word Capitulate (verb) means stop fighting against somebody/something and agree to what they want. Hence Surrender and Capitulate are synonymous.
Ex. The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal right to women.

3. (2) The word Propitiate means win the favour of somebody by pleasing act. Hence Propitiate and appease are synonymous.
Ex. I have never gone out of my way to propitiate people.

4. (2) The word Restive (adjective) means unable to be still or quiet, difficult to control.
Ex. The audience grew restive.

5. (4) The word Derogatory means showing a critical attitude to somebody’s reputation, insulting. The word disparaging bears the same meaning.
Ex. He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.

Answers (6-10):
6. (1) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (3)

Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died on 25 March 2013 in Boston.
He died from due to complications of heart and renal failure. He was 85 years old.
He had won his first Pulitzer in 1955 for defending a Navy civilian falsely accused of being a communist sympathizer, and he won again in 1963 for reporting on the Supreme Court.

Lok Sabha member Prahlad Joshi appointed state ruling BJP chief by national President Rajnath Singh to lead the Assembly polls.
The appointment of Joshi, representing Dharwad, was announced by Karnataka BJP just a day prior, after the Election Commission declared the poll schedule.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has sought greater economic cooperation with India in the form of larger investments in the manufacturing, energy and IT sectors.
Speaking at the signing of an MoU between the CII and Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Foreign Minister of Bosnia, Zlatko Lagumdzija said, his country shares a very warm relations with India and pledge to take it to the next level.

Sebi on Tuesday summoned Sahara group chief Subrata Roy and three other top executives on April 10, to finalise the list of assets to be sold for refund of an estimated Rs 24,000 crore to about three crore investors.
ii. Ahead of their personal appearance, Roy and others would need to submit details of all their assets, bank accounts and tax returns by April 8, the market regulator said in an eight-page order.
iii. Sebi made it clear that it would go ahead with finalising the terms of the proclamation of sale ex parte, if Subrata Roy, Ashok Roy Choudhary, Ravi Shankar Dubey and Vandana Bhargava fail to appear on April 10.

The BRICS Summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), with about 12 African leaders and all the continent’s eight regional economic communities attending as interested parties, will announce the setting of an exclusive bank for themselves and the developing world.
BRICS officials say the bank will start functioning in two years after details such as capitalization, location and holding percentages are worked out.
The proposal for a bank, with a collective foreign exchange reserve and a fund for financing developmental projects, was mooted to counter the influence of other global institutions like the World Bank, which are more tuned to pursuing policies set by the West.

The BRICS Summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), with about 12 African leaders and all the continent’s eight regional economic communities attending as interested parties, will announce the setting of an exclusive bank for themselves and the developing world.
ii. BRICS officials say the bank will start functioning in two years after details such as capitalization, location and holding percentages are worked out.
iii. The proposal for a bank, with a collective foreign exchange reserve and a fund for financing developmental projects, was mooted to counter the influence of other global institutions like the World Bank, which are more tuned to pursuing policies set by the West.

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Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Republic of Mauritius visited India from 3 January 2013 to 10 January 2013. He was accompanied by Aneetah Purryag as well as the Ministers of Arts & Culture and of Social Integration and Economic Empowerment, and senior officials.