Question No : 1

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi’s market share in India has surged from 3% in 2015 to over 28% in 2018, enabling it to _____ the top slot for smart phone sales from Samsung.

(1) Dominate

(2) Wrest

(3) Overtake

(4) Excel

(5) Retain

Question No : 2

Thomas Savery’s _____ invention of a machine that could be powered by steam paved the way for the industrial revolution.

(1) Potent

(2) Mighty

(3) Ingenious

(4) Disreputable

(5) Ingenuous

Question No : 3

According to the court, the nature of the crime was too _____ for it to be a non-bailable offence.

(1) Hefty

(2) Powerful

(3) Moderate

(4) Expendable

(5) Serious

Question No : 4

Pulp fiction brought millions of new readers to serious fiction and prevented literature from being _____ to elitist populations.

(1) Enlarged

(2) Conjoined

(3) Rescued

(4) Confined

(5) Expanded

Question No : 5

The famous guitarist, Terry Kath died of an _____ gunshot wound to the head from a gun that he thought was empty but still had a round in the chamber.

(1) Mischievous

(2) Afflicted

(3) Sombre

(4) Accidental

(5) Irreverent

Question No : 6

If thereafter, their subcontracts are for some reason reduced, such firms ____ fixed expenses.

(1) Could face potential crippling

(2) Could be a potential cripple

(3) Could face potentially cripple

(4) Could face potentially crippling

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

A pyrotechnic week of geopolitical intrigue has yielded new clarity about the ____ of the Russia imbroglio, including one insight straight from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

(1) Whole caboodle

(2) Worm’s eye view

(3) Whys and wherefores

(4) Xeros subsidy

(5) Soft Option

Question No : 8

Previous obituary writers have had to ____ and acknowledge that paperless offices are a bit like fantasising a date with an adored actor— possible, but improbable

(1) Rob the cradle

(2) Silver surf

(3) Blot their copy-book

(4) Eat a humble pie

(5) Break every rule in the book

Question No : 9

Don’t you think you ____ by not showing up at the meeting you underwent so much of trouble to organize?

(1) Made your head spin

(2) Burnt Bridges

(3) Cut Corner

(4) Got a taste of your own medicine

(5) Hung in there

Question No : 10

The detention lasted for three long hours; the teacher made us work ____.

(1) At our wit’s end

(2) Catch-22

(3) With our noses to the grindstone

(4) In dire straits

(5) The tip of the iceberg