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51
The boy gave a vivid description of all that happened.
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Answer: Option D
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Brilliant : (of light or colour) very bright.
Fresh :(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.
Explanatory : serving to explain something.
Picturesque : (of language) unusual and vivid.
Vivid : producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Synonym of Vivid is Picturesque
52
ISI marked goods are always pure.
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Answer: Option C
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Clear : easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.
Fresh : (of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.
Unmixed : not mixed.
Clean : free from dirt, marks, or stains.
Pure : not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

Synonym of Pure is Unmixed
53
War always has a baneful effect on the people of a nation.
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Answer: Option C
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Unpleasant : causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable.
Foul : offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.
Pernicious : having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Beneficial : resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.
Baneful : harmful or destructive.

Synonym of Baneful is Pernicious
54
The Court had to reprieve the hanging of the condemned prisoner.
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Answer: Option B
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Charge : demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
Forgive : stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.
Forego : precede in place or time.
Delay : make (someone or something) late or slow.
Reprieve : cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

Synonym of Reprieve is Forgive
55
He was punished to rigorous imprisonment for larceny.
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Answer: Option C
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Murder : the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Forgery : the action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
Stealing : take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
Dacoity : (in India or Burma (Myanmar)) an act of violent robbery committed by an armed gang.
Larceny : theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Synonym of Larceny is Stealing
56
Physical courage urges a man to risk injury or death.
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Answer: Option C
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Compels : force or oblige (someone) to do something.
Forces : mental or moral strength or power.
Persuades : induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
Forbids : refuse to allow (something).
Urges : try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Synonym of Urges is Persuades
57
The intruders strangled the lady to death.
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Answer: Option D
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Thrashed : beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
Forced : obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power.
Compressed : flattened by pressure; squeezed or pressed together.
Throttled : attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.
Strangled : squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death.

Synonym of Strangled is Throttled
58
The facade of our school building got a face-lift recently.
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Answer: Option D
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Basement : the floor of a building which is partly or entirely below ground level.
Floor : the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
Top : the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.
Front : the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.
Facade : the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Synonym of Facade is Front
59
The base of Indian politicians is the group of sycophants around them who earn bad name for their leaders.
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Answer: Option B
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Critics : a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something.
Flatterers : a person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant.
Foppish : (of a man) concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.
Detractor : a person who disparages someone or something.
Sycophants : a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

Synonym of Sycophants is Flatterers
60
He used to regale us with anecdotes.
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Answer: Option C
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Bore : make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.
Flatter : lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests.
Entertain : provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
Tire : feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.
Regale : entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.

Synonym of Regale is Entertain