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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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SAVANT

A. Glutton

B. Postulant

C. Shrink

D. Pluck

Correct Answer :

B. Postulant


Savant means a person who knows a lot about a particular subject. Option (b) postulant refers to a candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order that means he knows more about religion.

Related Questions

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BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits. Which color screen is displayed when encountered a BSOD Error?

A. Red

B. Grey

C. Black

D. Blue

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4

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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EMBEZZLE

A. Misappropriate

B. Balance

C. Remunerate

D. Clear

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4

SAVANT

A. Glutton

B. Postulant

C. Shrink

D. Pluck

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4

Which is a feature included in Microsoft PowerPoint software that allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time?

A. Slide Sorter

B. Slide Master

C. Handout Master

D. Slide Header

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4

The high-security banknote production facility which is credited with the design of the Rs 2000 banknote has been set up at _____________ .

A. Nasik

B. Dewas

C. Mysuru

D. Noida

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4

Which of the following schemes is NOT related to the Digital India?

A. Digital Locker

B. e-education

C. e-health

D. National Scholarship Portal

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4

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2016 imposed a ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder coated 'manja' for flying kites. Who is the Chairman of NGT?

A. Lokeshwar Singh Panta

B. Jagdish Singh Khehar

C. Dinesh Saxena

D. Swatanter Kumar

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4

14 6 4 4 8 ?

A. 26

B. 32

C. 46

D. 27

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Aggregation of risks is somewhat quite new to banks in India. While some banks have started thinking in that line by trying to put integrated limits framework and integrated risk policies as well as using CBS solutions for technological integration, the effort required is beyond such requirement. Risk aggregation would mean aggregating the individual risk measures to decide most appropriate assets class that would contain the risk to the desired level dictated by the risk appetite .Capital allocation (about how much) would be based on such strategies………..

A. Most banks are yet to conceptualize the same in their processes

B. Most banks have already integrated it in their functioning; it is working over the years satisfactorily.

C. Which would in long run prove to be the growth impeding

D. Of risk aggregation which is really a new concept to Indian banks

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Why is the government providing tax incentive to companies in manufacturing sector?

A. For better infrastructure.

B. For tax deductions on emoluments paid to new employees,

C. To create new job opportunities and to initiate project Make in India

D. to create new job opportunities and to initiate project Standup India.

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For the buying and selling of precious metals such as Gold and Silver, the market established is termed as ________ .

A. Capital Market

B. Money Market

C. Bullion Market

D. wholesale cash market

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A company reduces his employee in the ratio 14 : 12 and increases their wages in the ratio 16:18. Determine whether the bill of wages increases or not and in what ratio.

A. Decreases, 28: 27

B. Increases, 27:28

C. Decreases, 29:28

D. Increases, 28:29

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4

Statements: All trees are plants. All houses are trees. Some pots are plants. All tools are plants.
Conclusions:
I. Some plants are not houses
II. Some tools being trees is a possibility
III. All pots are tools is a possibility.
IV. All houses are tools is a possibility.

A. Only III and IV follow

B. Only II, III, and IV follow

C. Only I and IV follow.

D. All follow.

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Which of the following is the first micro finance company to start operation as a commercial bank?

A. Oriental Bank of Commerce

B. State Bank of India

C. Reserve Bank of India

D. Bandhan

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Please select the most appropriate option

A. I have been ill for fortnight and the Management and the school sports committee as well prefer to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it is only in a fun but I was wrong.

B. I had been ill for the fortnight and the Management and the school sports committee preferred to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in a fun but I was wrong.

C. I have been ill for a fortnight and the Management as well as the school sports committee prefers to elect me Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in fun but I was wrong.

D. I was ill for fortnight thus the Management as well as the school sports committee preferred to elect me the Captain of school team. Initially I thought that it was only in a fun but I was wrong.

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Who amongst the following lives exactly between H and the one who owns Lenovo Laptop?

A. B, C

B. G, D

C. F, G

D. E, A

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Which among the following is the slogan of Allahabad Bank?

A. A tradition of trust

B. World wise

C. Honour your trust

D. Invest with confidence

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4

How many females are there in the family?

A. One

B. two

C. three

D. four

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4

Who among the following have seminar on Friday?

A. I, E

B. H, J

C. B, A

D. D, E

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A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white marbles. Three marbles are drawn at random. What is the probability that they are not of the same colour ?

A. 40/44

B. 44/41

C. 41/44

D. 40/39

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6 16 45 184 917 ?

A. 5506

B. 4756

C. 5786

D. 5686

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How many persons have seminar at 3'0 clock between G and C?

A. 5

B. 6

C. 2

D. 4

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4

Who is Y's husband ?

A. Q

B. P

C. X

D. Can't be determined

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Which among the following is a recently debated principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication?

A. Comcast

B. Net Neutrality

C. Oblique-net

D. Net Fraternity

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276.75 + 4% of 678 + 0.0169 = ?

A. 304

B. 124

C. 122

D. 228

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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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Many of the people invited for a marriage at ABC Hotel fell ill due to food poisoning and were admitted to the hospitals.
I. The government should keep on hold marriages till further notice.
II. The hospitals should be advised to give good services to the effected people.

A. If only course of action I follows

B. If only course of action II follows

C. If either course of action I or II follows.

D. If neither course of action I nor II follows.

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

A. A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.

B. The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.

C. Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern

D. Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?