Directions (1-3): In the following questions, a phrase is given in bold whose meaning can be inferred from one of the highlighted words/phrases of four sentences given below each phrase. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the phrase among the four options that can also be replaced by the given phrase without altering the meaning of the sentence. If none of the sentences conveys the correct meaning, choose option, “None of the above” as your answer.
Q1. Carried out
(a) Intensely mortified at this humiliation, the king fell sick, and henceforth his health failed rapidly.
(b) After Jenny saw a shark in the ocean 25 feet away, she swam amok to the beach.
(c) Tests are conducted to determine the efficiency of a new drug.
(d) Their dance step is intended to imitate the dance of a peacock in the rain.
(e) None of the above.
Q2. Lay off
(a) We had to fire just over 30% of our workforce as part of the takeover.
(b) As soon as she turned the faucet on, the hot water scalded her hands.
(c) Many authors prefer to write under a fictitious name.
(d) The decision of the judge was very fair.
(e) None of the above.
Q3. Weeds out
(a) The hangar was large enough to house at least six planes.
(b) I have a great program that deletes unwanted files.
(c) Travelers often search for cheap hostels o stay in.
(d) Politicians are invariably hypocritical as none of their campaign promises are delivered after the elections.
(e) None of the above.
Directions (4-5): A word has been given in each question and has been used in the sentences given below. Identify the statements where the word has been used in a contextually and grammatically correct manner.
Q4. Decorum
(i) The saint’s decorum proved to be correct.
(ii) One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum.
(iii) In the decorum, the snow hurtled down all the sides of the mountain.
(a) only (iii)
(b) only (ii)
(c) both (iii) & (i)
(d) both (ii) & (iii)
(e) All of these
Q5. Touted
(i) Testing is being touted as the means of making the U.S. education system competitive, even world-class.
(ii) An example of a hyperbole is that he would have touted away his fortune for a good night’s sleep.
(iii) The service cut will eliminate over 8,000 jobs, just when the government is priding itself on its much-touted Economic Action Plan for job creation.
(a) only (ii)
(b) only (iii)
(c) both (i) & (ii)
(d) both (i) & (iii)
(e) All of these
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The phrase “carried out” means perform or conduct (test, experiment).
Thus, among the given four statements, only the third sentence provides the exact meaning of the phrase and the highlighted word “conducted” can be replaced by the given phrase without altering the intended meaning of the sentence.
Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. The phrase “lay off” means an act of ending a worker’s job, esp. when the worker has done nothing wrong.
Thus, among the given four statements, only the first sentence provides the exact meaning of the phrase and the highlighted word “stranded” can be replaced by the given phrase without altering the intended meaning of the sentence.
Hence option (a) is the correct choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The phrase “weed out” means to reduce in number, to choose only the best and get rid of the others. Thus, among the given four statements, only the second sentence provides the exact meaning of the phrase and the highlighted word “deletes” can be replaced by the given phrase without altering the intended meaning of the sentence.
Hence option (b) is the correct choice.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Among the given sentences, decorum has been used correct in statement (ii) only.
Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice.
Decorum- behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Among the given sentences, touted has been used correct in statements (i) and (iii).
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.
Tout- to make much of; promote, talk up.
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