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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 116-120) : Which of the pair of phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (e) as the answer.

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The village headman was unlettered, but he was no fool, he could see through the mystery of the businessmans proposition and promptly moved him down.

A. deception, forced

B. naivete, turned

C. potential, forced

D. sophistry, turned

Correct Answer :

A. deception, forced


See through the deception……and promptly forced him down.

Related Questions

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A router is a networking device that forwards data packets and is connected to two or more data lines from different networks. Which among the following was the earliest device which had almost the same functionality as that of a router?

A. Interface Delay Device

B. Interface Traffic Manager

C. Interface Routing Processor

D. Interface Message Processor

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What is the difference between the no of players participating in Football in the year 2012 and the no of players participating in Cricket in the year 2015 ?

A. 1000

B. 2000

C. 2200

D. 1700

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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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What is the main concern of the author behind saying that the alarm bells should start ringing anytime now?

A. The current economic growth is slowing down due to regular failure of monsoon.

B. Due to power shortage industrial growth could not touch the target.

C. Household savings are sinking and they require to be revamped.

D. Due to a sharp decline in real interest rates people have lost their enthusiasm to invest in govt schemes.

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PRODIGY

A. Pauper

B. Despondent

C. Demure

D. Epitome

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Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?

A. G - HP

B. C - Apple

C. F - Samsung

D. H - TOSHIBA

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After a credit card transaction has been authorized by the issuing bank by sending an authorization code to the merchant, the settlement stage of the process begins. Which of the following is a system type used to process such statements?

A. Multitasking

B. Memory Processing

C. Level Processing

D. Batch Processing

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Ankita borrows 7000 at simple Interest from a lender. At the end of 3 years, she again borrows 3000 and settled that amount after paying 4615 as interest after 8 years from the time she made the first borrowing. What is the rate of interest?

A. 5.5%

B. 9.5%

C. 7.5%

D. 6.5%

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The village headman was unlettered, but he was no fool, he could see through the mystery of the businessmans proposition and promptly moved him down.

A. deception, forced

B. naivete, turned

C. potential, forced

D. sophistry, turned

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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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Which of the following is true with respect to the given information ?

A. Mary Kom sits exactly between Abhinav Bindra and Dipa Karmakar

B. Sania Mirza faces immediate neighbour of Abhinav Bindra

C. Sathish is an immediate neighbour of Mary Kom

D. P.V.Sindhu faces Vacant seat

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EMBEZZLE

A. Misappropriate

B. Balance

C. Remunerate

D. Clear

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Find the average of total no of staff in all the dept ?

A. 103.8

B. 108.3

C. 108.2

D. 108

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Let us understand the definition of metaphysics, a purely speculative science, which occupies a completely isolated position and is entirely independent of the teachings of experience. It deals with mere conceptionsnot, like mathematics, with conceptions applied to intuitionand in it, reason is the pupil of itself alone. It is the oldest of the sciences. (_________________)

A. And it would struggle to survive without the architecture of mathematical support that it draws its strength from

B. Yet it continued to baffle mankind because of its abstractions

C. But it has never had and never will have the good fortune to attain to the sure scientific method

D. And it would still survive, even if all the rest were swallowed up in the abyss of an all-destroying barbarism

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James' present age is 2/7th of his father's present age. James' brother is three year older to James. The respective ratio between present ages of James' father and James' brother is 14:5. What is the present age of James?

A. 12 years

B. 23 years

C. 19 years

D. 27 years

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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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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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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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Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:
I. There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
II. The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.

A. If only assumption I is implicit

B. If only assumption II is implicit

C. If either I or II is implicit

D. If neither I nor II is implicit

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Which of the following awards is given in the field of literature?

A. Arjuna Award

B. Ashok Chakra

C. Vyas Samman

D. Bharat Award

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Who among the following has been named as the 2016 ITF World Champions by the International Tennis Federation?

A. Rafael Nadal

B. Andy Murray

C. Roger Federer

D. Novak Dokovic

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Statement : X × W, W @ Z , Z % Y
Conclusion:
I.Y $ W II.Z $ W III.X ďż˝ Y

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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20 39 74 ? 262 499

A. 146

B. 169

C. 166

D. 139

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Out of 6 green ball, 4 blue ball, in how many ways we select one or more balls ?

A. 42

B. 34

C. 31

D. 22

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According to the given code, what is the code for 'M' ?

A. 12

B. 8

C. 10

D. 7

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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 agency in India provides refinance of export credit?

A. SIDBI

B. NABARD

C. RBI

D. EXIM Bank

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Which among the given options is IBM's Supercomputer?

A. Tihane-2

B. SunwayTaihu Light

C. Watson

D. Shasra-T

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According to author Dishantgautam, a novel is difficult to write when compared to a play is like going for an election where one has to appeal to a thousand people at a time whereas in a book one appeals to one only person.

A. simpler, running in

B. faster, voting through

C. easier, running for

D. fool proof, voting on

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I. 56×2 + 37x + 6 = 0
II. 66y2 13y 4 = 0

A. if x >= y

B. if x > y

C. if x < y

D. if x <= y