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31
Harish ran the marathon race in less than two hours.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Succeeded : achieve the desired aim or result.
Rushed : done or completed too hurriedly; hasty.
Completed : finish making or doing.
Scored : gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.
Ran : (of an athlete or a racehorse) compete in a race.

Synonym of Ran is Completed
32
The tinned food that we bought in the way was all contaminated and spoiled.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Polluted : contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances.
Rotten : suffering from decay.
Adulterated : render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.
Noxious : harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
Contaminated : make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Synonym of Contaminated is Polluted
33
I was shocked at his crass behaviour.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Indifferent : having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
Rigid : unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.
Stupid : having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.
Difficult : needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.
Crass : showing no intelligence or sensitivity.

Synonym of Crass is Stupid
34
I had to disclose the information due to some reasons.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Discuss : talk about (something) with a person or people.
Review : a formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary.
Suppress : forcibly put an end to.
Expose : reveal the true, objectionable nature of (someone or something).
Disclose : make (secret or new information) known.

Synonym of Disclose is Expose
35
She would take a deep sigh and lapse into silence.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Pass : move or cause to move in a specified direction.
Revert : return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.).
Turn : move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.
Get : come to have (something); receive.
Lapse : pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition).

Synonym of Lapse is Pass
36
His unscrupulous act would only tantamount to ravage and destruction.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Cause : a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.
Result : a thing that is caused or produced by something else; a consequence or outcome.
Equal : being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
Repetitious : another term for repetitive.
Tantamount : equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

Synonym of Tantamount is Equal
37
You will have to arrange for a provisional licence.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Transient : lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
Restricted : limited in extent, number, scope, or action.
Routine : a sequence of actions regularly followed.
Temporary : lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.
Provisional : arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

Synonym of Provisional is Temporary
38
Your explanation that your social commitments tie you down, does not convince me.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Reduction : the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Depletion : reduction in the number or quantity of something.
Restrictions : a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.
Obligations : an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
Commitments : the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Synonym of Commitments is Obligations
39
People refuse to pay obeisance to people whom they do not accept as their leaders.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Attention : notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important.
Respect : a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
Obedience : compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.
Command : give an authoritative or peremptory order.
Obeisance : deferential respect.

Synonym of Obeisance is Respect
40
Her today's story was merely an exaggeration of what happened before my eyes.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Overstatement : the action of stating something too strongly; exaggeration.
Reproduction : the action or process of copying something.
Falsehood : the state of being untrue.
Understatement : the presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.
Exaggeration : a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

Synonym of Exaggeration is Overstatement