Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
One has to be persistent in studies if he/she wants to get his/her dream job. Success will remain unattainable if one studies________.

Option 1: root and branch

Option 2: the three R’s

Option 3: in ups and downs

Option 4: by fits and starts

Question : Due to the attraction of the sun and the moon, what is the frequency of ups and falls of ocean water in a day?

Option 1: Two

Option 2: Three

Option 3: Four

Option 4: One

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
She couldn’t continue with a ________ diet to reduce her blood sugar.

Option 1: practised

Option 2: shortened

Option 3: maintained

Option 4: balanced

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Against one’s grain

Option 1: Against the law

Option 2: Against the society

Option 3: Against one’s nature

Option 4: Against one’s family

Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Ramita said, “I wish I didn’t have to meet my step-mother.”

Option 1: Ramita said she wished she hadn’t have to meet her step-mother.

Option 2: Ramita said she wished she didn’t meet her step-mother.

Option 3: Ramita said she wished she didn’t have to meet her step-mother.

Option 4: Ramita said she wished hadn’t met her step-mother.

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
APJ Abdul Kalam’s house, located on Mosque Street, was within the reach of the famous temple of Rameswaram. It was just________from it.

Option 1: a stone’s throw away

Option 2: at one’s fingertip

Option 3: at arm’s length

Option 4: from pillar to post