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• Question 1891: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).One needs to exemplify or _____ the aspect of the subject being discussed? Options:
  A) supply
  B) declare
  C) satisfy
  D) demonstrate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1892:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  When the farmers were found guilty of unlawful assembly and procession, their lawyer _____ before the sentence was passed

  Options:
  A) begged for mercy
  B) made a plea for mitigation
  C) made an overture
  D) made a plea for litigation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1893:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  It is usually hard to change the course of action when one crosses the rubicon. The underlined expression, as used in this sentence means to

  Options:
  A) pass through a place called rubicon
  B) cross a river called rubicon
  C) cross a bridge called rubicon
  D) pass a special test
  E) be irrevocably commited
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1894: In this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
  The flying Eagles put up a plucky defense against their opponents. Options:
  A) Weak
  B) Strong
  C) Careless
  D) Cold
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1895:

  Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of Science and Technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or sculptor. He can build his bridge, attest to its from and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an Art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the Mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study of related concepts and objects from patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry: the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music, the artist arranges colours to produce pattern called painting and the Mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns- the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of some order, harmony and beauty. So if Mathematics is not an art what is art?

  The expression 'Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences' contains Options:
  A) a contradiction
  B) an analogy
  C) an irony
  D) a lie
  E) nonsense
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1896:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:

  The member of the panel were _____

  Options:
  A) discussing about it
  B) discussing on it
  C) discussing upon it
  D) discussing it
  E) discussing around it
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1897: Identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) resist
  B) salon
  C) confirm
  D) intact
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1898:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The charge brought against my brother was hardly tenable?

  Options:
  A) sensible
  B) defensible
  C) meaningful
  D) flimsy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1899:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  They were all behaving like a bunch of _____ children?

  Options:
  A) querulous
  B) querrulous
  C) querrullous
  D) quarrelous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1900:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  The woman is one of the _______ of the society?

  Options:
  A) elitist
  B) elite
  C) elites
  D) elitists
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  The correct answer is C .