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Question 201

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in brackets in the following sentence, to fill in the blank.

The constables came running out, waving their big sticks, with the museum guards following close behind, _________(whispering) away.

  1. AOption (a)

    yelling

  2. BOption (b)

    beating

  3. COption (c)

    crying

  4. DOption (d)

    murmuring

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Answer: (a)A.

yelling

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Question 202

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Identify the idiom that conveys the meaning given in brackets.

When asked why he had lied, the student (avoided talking), narrating the events of the day.

  1. AOption (a)

    beat out the bush

  2. BOption (b)

    beat in the bush

  3. COption (c)

    beat behind the bush

  4. DOption (d)

    beat around the bush

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Answer: (a)A.

beat out the bush

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Question 203

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate tense form of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blank.

I got up and wandered out to the balcony and ________ (stare) at the river.

  1. AOption (a)

    staring

  2. BOption (b)

    stared

  3. COption (c)

    was stared

  4. DOption (d)

    had stared

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Answer: (a)A.

staring

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Question 204

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

“As I handed over the fifty rupee notes, the man ______ the note from my hand with a grin and cycled off quickly before we could argue: this _______ was getting expensive.”

  1. AOption (a)

    liberated, negotiating

  2. BOption (b)

    deliberated, sabotaging

  3. COption (c)

    mutilated, holidaying

  4. DOption (d)

    snatched, sleuthing

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Answer: (a)A.

liberated, negotiating

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Question 205

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Heinous

  1. AOption (a)

    Revolting

  2. BOption (b)

    Ritualistic

  3. COption (c)

    Glorious

  4. DOption (d)

    Harmless

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Answer: (a)A.

Revolting

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Question 206

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

First, tell me / why are they / late to work / every other day.

  1. AOption (a)

    First, tell me

  2. BOption (b)

    every other day

  3. COption (c)

    late to work

  4. DOption (d)

    why are they

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Answer: (a)A.

First, tell me

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Question 207

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate adverb to fill in the blank.

Would you mind driving _______ as I have motion-sickness?

  1. AOption (a)

    slowing

  2. BOption (b)

    slowingly

  3. COption (c)

    slowest

  4. DOption (d)

    slowly

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Answer: (a)A.

slowing

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Question 208

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the option in which the phrases are in correct order, thus forming a meaningful sentence.

  1. AOption (a)

    in the year of 1945, / the successor of the League of Nations / United Nations Organisation / came into being as

  2. BOption (b)

    came into being as / the successor of the League of Nations / in the year of 1945, / United Nations Organisation

  3. COption (c)

    came into being as / in the year of 1945, / United Nations Organisation/ the successor of the League of Nations

  4. DOption (d)

    in the year of 1945, / United Nations Organisation/ came into being as / the successor of the League of Nations

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Answer: (a)A.

in the year of 1945, / the successor of the League of Nations / United Nations Organisation / came into being as

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Question 209

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the following sentence.

Sister Rose said coolly, “I hope that doesn’t mean you become complacent, Jahan.”

  1. AOption (a)

    involved

  2. BOption (b)

    uninterested

  3. COption (c)

    stubborn

  4. DOption (d)

    passionate

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Answer: (a)A.

involved

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Question 210

IB Security Assistant 2023• English Language

Select the most appropriate punctuation mark to fill in the blank.

By the time we got inside ________ the two men had vanished.

  1. AOption (a)

    ,

  2. BOption (b)

    "

  3. COption (c)

    .

  4. DOption (d)

    ?

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Answer: (a)A.

,

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