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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'jump the gun' in the sentence:
You shouldn't jump the gun before getting confirmation.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A speech given after conclusion of a drama
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The mountaineers spotted an injured snow leopard lying motionless near the frozen stream.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Three decades of failed monsoons have _______ a region that was once the granary of the province.
Which of the following idiom given in the alternatives has the meaning?
Describing the shortest, most direct path between two points, measured in a straight line and disregarding any obstacles like roads, rivers, or mountains.
The following sentence has two blanks. Choose the most suitable set of prepositions from the given options to fill in the blanks and complete the sentence meaningfully.
The poor fellow fell _____ his bicycle and landed _____ a puddle.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence.
The standing committee recommended that the proposal is deferred until the next financial quarter.
Choose the most suitable preposition from the given options to fill in the blank in the following sentence:
She apologized _____ her rude behaviour at the meeting.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please help the injured man at once.
Change the following sentence into the Active form.
The groundbreaking quantum theory should not have been dismissed as mere speculation by the scientific community.
Directions (86-90): Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Rajasthan's farmers have been banging plates and lighting fires these days. It is their desperate attempt to scare away the swarms of migratory locusts invading their fields and eating away crops. The pest attack has come as a double blow for farmers already reeling under the impact of the Covid lockdown. Millions of locusts, covering 1-4 sq km of the skyline, have reached 10 of the state's 33 districts within three weeks of being first spotted on April 30. Last year, yellow locusts had entered India from Pakistan in the second half of May. The attack had originated from Yemen, coming all the way to West Asia and Pakistan and then India, creating havoc in 17 countries en route.
With the harvest nearly over in Rajasthan, the invading population of grasshoppers this May is feeding mainly on sprouting cotton crop sown last month, vegetables and fodder. State officials, though, fear damage to the young millet and moong dal crops due in July and August if the locusts breed.
Flying in through the Pakistan border near Jaisalmer, the locust swarms have infiltrated as deep as Kishangarh in Ajmer district. Locusts can cover 200-250 km in a day if they get wind support. Presently, the dust storms sweeping parts of Rajasthan are aiding their flight.
Officials said the Union agriculture ministry's Locusts Warning Organisation (LWO) is in the process of acquiring 60 vehicles with mounted insecticide sprayers from abroad by July. Ten such vehicles were purchased this January.
"Immature pink locusts are very active, which is why they have reached the interiors of Rajasthan [from Pakistan] so quickly," says K.L. Gurjar, deputy director, LWO. Their metabolism slows down during winters, but in summers, they can fly from 4 am to 8 pm, covering long distances and consuming more crops along the way than mature locusts would.
The LWO has put 10 insecticide-spraying vehicles on the job in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan government has provided rented tractors, on which insecticide sprayers are mounted, and also the manpower to man them. The Centre-state joint operation has so far cleared a few hundred sq km of fields of the locusts. Preliminary estimates put the loss to crops at a few crore rupees.
State officials say there is an urgent need to contain the pink locusts before they start breeding in the next few weeks. Indiscriminate aerial spraying of insecticides is ill-advised as this can damage crops as well as affect human settlements.
One of the strategies being considered now is to use fixed-wing aircraft for ultra-low volume spraying of chemicals. The state government may request for such aerial sorties by the air force. Drones have limited capabilities as they can carry only about 20 liters of insecticide at a time, making them effective only over small areas.
Q86. If the locusts breed, which crops will they damage?
Directions (86-90): Refer to the passage on the locust invasion in Rajasthan.
Q87. It can be inferred from the passage that the present swarm of locusts consists of:
Directions (86-90): Refer to the passage on the locust invasion in Rajasthan.
Q88. The main theme of the passage is:
Directions (86-90): Refer to the passage on the locust invasion in Rajasthan.
Q89. After reading this passage it can be said that it is:
Directions (86-90): Refer to the passage on the locust invasion in Rajasthan.
Q90. Which of the following measures the government of Rajasthan wants to procure for containing locusts?
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an erroΠ³.
The presiding officer, along with two senior assistants, / have examined the documents / submitted by the applicants / before the stipulated deadline.
Choose the correctly spelt word:
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
Had the discrepancy been detected earlier, the office _____ the incorrect entry before the file was submitted.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect voice.
The student said, "I have been practicing for the competition for months, but I am still nervous, as the other competitors are very skilled."
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
It was reported that the minister had been summoned by the tribunal.
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error.
Neither the administrative officer / nor the members of the selection committee / were willing to reconsider / the decision taken earlier.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Vociferous
Find the word most nearly SIMILAR in meaning to the given word:
Surreptitious
Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech.
Shalini asked Yusuf if he would go to her party that night.
The sentence given below is divided into four segments labelled P, Q, R, and S. Select the segment that contains a grammatical, syntactic, or idiomatic error.
(P) Although the newly appointed directors were initially eager to exculpate the CEO by any wrongdoing, / (Q) they found themselves entirely at odds with the legal counsel's aggressive strategy, / (R) which sought to attribute the catastrophic financial losses directly to systemic institutional negligence / (S) rather than to external, unpredictable market forces.