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GATE2012 CY: GA-3
Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? Latitude Eligibility Freedom Coercion Meticulousness
Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?LatitudeEligibilityFreedomCoercionMeticulousness
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16 votes
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GATE2012 AR: GA-3
Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence: He laid in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning. He layed in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning. He lain in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning. He lay in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.
Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:He laid in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.He layed in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.He lain in bed till $8$ o’c...
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4 votes
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GATE2012 AR: GA-1
Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? Pacify Excite Soothe Deplete Tire
Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?PacifyExciteSootheDepleteTire
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GATE2012 AE: GA-4
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: To those of us who had always thought him timid, his ___ came as a surprise. intrepidity inevitability inability inertness
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the followingsentence:To those of us who had always thought him timid, his ___ came as a ...
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4 votes
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GATE2012 AE: GA-2
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: Food prices ___ again this month. have raised have been raising have been rising have arose
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the followingsentence:Food prices ___ again this month.have raisedhave been raisinghave b...
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GATE2012 AE: GA-1
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: I ___ to have bought a diamond ring. have a liking should have liked would like may like
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the followingsentence:I ___ to have bought a diamond ring.have a likingshould have likedw...
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GATE2011 GG: GA-2
Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word: Polemical imitative conciliatory truthful ideological
Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:Polemicalimitativeconciliatorytruthfulideological
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GATE2011 GG: GA-1
Choose the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below to complete the following sentence. The environmentalists hope ________ the lake to its pristine condition. in restoring in the restoration of to restore restoring
Choose the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below to complete the following sentence. The environmentalists hope ________ the lake to its pristine c...
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GATE2015 CE-2: GA-6
The word similar in meaning to ‘dreary’ is cheerful dreamy hard dismal
The word similar in meaning to ‘dreary’ ischeerfuldreamyharddismal
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GATE2015 CE-2: GA-3
Which word is not a synonym for the word vernacular? regional indigenous indigent colloquial
Which word is not a synonym for the word vernacular?regionalindigenousindigentcolloquial
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GATE2015 CE-2: GA-1
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. The official answered ____________ that the complaints of the citizen would be looked into. respectably respectfully reputably respectively
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.The official answered ____________ that the complaints of the citizen wou...
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GATE2015 ME-3: GA-2
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase. That boy from the town was a ____________ in the sleepy village. dog out of herd sheep from the heap fish out of water bird from the flock
Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.That boy from the town was a ____________ in the sleepy village. dog out of herd sheep from the heap fish out of water bir...
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GATE2015 ME-3: GA-1
Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence: Apparent lifelessness ____________________ dormant life. harbours leads to supports affects
Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence:Apparent lifelessness ____________________ dormant life.harbou...
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14 votes
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GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA02
A rewording of something written or spoken is a __________. paraphrase paradox paradigm paraffin
A rewording of something written or spoken is a __________.paraphraseparadoxparadigmparaffin
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GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA03
Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world." The sentence above is an example of a ____________ statement. figurative collateral literal figurine
Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world."The sentence above is an example of a ____________ statement....
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