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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 111-115) : In each of the following questions four options are given, of which one word is most nearly the same or opposite in meaning to the given word in the question. Find the correct option having either same or opposite meaning.

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PRODIGY

A. Pauper

B. Despondent

C. Demure

D. Epitome

Correct Answer :

D. Epitome


Prodigy refers to a particular quality and its close meaning is the word 'epitome' that refers to, example of a particular quality or type.

Related Questions

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The rate of inflation increases when the purchasing power of money___________ .

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Stable

D. Decrease just half

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4

Which e-commerce website has partnered with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to enable cashless payments at all national and city toll plazas?

A. Paytm

B. Mobikwik

C. Freecharge

D. Oxigen

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4

A and B can do a piece of work in 24 and 30 days respectively. Both started the work and worked for 6 days. Then B leaves the work and C joins and the remaining work is completed by A and C together in 11 days. Find the days in which C alone can do the work

A. 80

B. 100

C. 120

D. 130

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From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A. India has 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, according to the World Health Organization.

B. The government should redouble its efforts to combat climate change, which will naturally slash not just greenhouse-gas emissions but particulates as well.

C. Every year, more than half a million people are estimated to die prematurely because of air pollution.

D. While air quality tends to worsen around this time of year as millions of Indians light firecrackers to celebrate the Diwali festival, the problem isnt limited by season or geography.

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Which of the following is not a primary function of a bank?

A. Facilitating import of goods

B. Remittance facility

C. Safe custody of articles

D. Foreign Exchange

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India was the highest ranked country by capital investment in 2015, with how much worth of FDI projects announced according to FDI Intelligence?

A. $63 billion

B. $63 million

C. $66 billion

D. $44 billion

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4

Which of the following error occurs when software tries to access protected memory?

A. Segmentation Fault

B. Display time Error

C. IO Error

D. Runtime Error

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4

Two persons A and B invested in a business with 115000 and 75000 rupees respectively. They agree that 40% of the profit should be divided equally among them and rest is divided between them according to their investment. If A got 500 rupee more than B, then the total profit is.

A. 3599.34

B. 699.34

C. 3958.34

D. 999.34

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The Mumbai Stock Exchange was set up in ____________.

A. 1880

B. 1930

C. 1847

D. 1875

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Which among the following key can be used as a shortcut to rename a folder in Microsoft Windows 8 and higher versions?

A. F2

B. F4

C. F6

D. F9

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Statement : A � C, C $ B, B % E
Conclusion :
I. E @ C
II. B @ A
III. A � E

A. Only I is true

B. Ony II is true

C. Both I and II are true

D. Both I and III are true

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Please select the most appropriate option

A. If you try to understand the concept in the class you will not only remember it but also will not be able to put to use while solving even the difficult exercises.

B. If you tried to understand the concept of the whole class, you will not only remember it, but also can put to use while solving even the difficult exercises.

C. If you tried to understand the concept in the class, you would not only remember it but also can put it to use while solving even the difficult exercises.

D. If you tried to understand the concept in the class, you would not only remember it but also could put it to use while solving even the difficult exercises.

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14 6 4 4 8 ?

A. 26

B. 32

C. 46

D. 27

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The term 'Zero Based Budgeting' refers to __________.

A. A specified sum of money authorized by the Legislature for a specific period of time

B. To ensure that every rupee spent is result oriented

C. A statutorily mandated form of reimbursement or upfront payment for state expenditures

D. A cost item for which payment is made by one state agency to another

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The difference between compound interest compounded every 6 months and simple interest after 2 years is 248.10. The rate of interest is 10 percent. Find the sum

A. 12000

B. 14000

C. 16000

D. 18000

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276.75 + 4% of 678 + 0.0169 = ?

A. 304

B. 124

C. 122

D. 228

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According to 2011 Census figures, which state has recorded the highest sex ratio?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Haryana

C. Punjab

D. Kerala

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Statement: You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation. - A line in an appointment letter.
Assumptions:
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.

A. If only assumption I is implicit

B. If only assumption II is implicit

C. If either I or II is implicit

D. If both I and II are implicit.

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Jayashree was habitually so docile and erratic that her friends could not understand her sudden hostile her employers.

A. accommodating, outburst against

B. erratic, envy of

C. truculent, virulence toward

D. hasty, annoyance toward

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Which of the following laptops does E own?

A. TOSHIBA

B. Lenovo

C. DELL

D. Samsung

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16 persons are participated in a party. In how many different ways can they host the seat in a circular table, if the 2 particular persons are to be seated on either side of the host?

A. 16! × 2

B. 14! × 2

C. 18! × 2

D. 14!

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The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. (_________________).

A. And slowly and steadily, the atmosphere grew stale and lost all the vibrancy it had

B. And he put it to us in this waymarking the points with a lean forefingeras we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity

C. We sat like toddlers do in a nursery, eagerly anticipating the show the Time Traveler would put on for us

D. We sat benumbed by the proceedings, for the radiance of the Time Traveler was unimaginable and unbearable

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In which year in India, was the demonetisation announced for the first time?

A. 1978

B. 1999

C. 1946

D. 1962

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If the rupee depreciates, how the exporters are affected?

A. They are unaffected

B. They are in loss

C. They are in profit

D. They get credit crunch

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Which among the following is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure created by Microsoft?

A. Simple Storage Service

B. Atmos

C. Openstack Swift

D. Azure

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How many persons are facing outward?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Can't be determined

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Who amongst the following faces vacant seat of first row?

A. MSD

B. P.V.Sindhu

C. Mary Kom

D. Sardana Singh

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Twelve million youth enter the Indian work force every year. Eighty per cent of these youth are unskilled.
(A) While eighty per cent
(B) Since twelve million
(C) Of the twelve million

A. Only (A)

B. Only (C)

C. Only (A) and (C)

D. All (A), (B) and (C)

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Which among the following is not an Object Oriented Programming Language?

A. Python

B. PASCAL

C. Java

D. C++

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Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours together. But if these pipes operate separately A takes 40 hours less than B to fill the tank. In how many hours the pipe A will fill the cistern working alone?

A. 60

B. 20

C. 40

D. 15