Q1. It would be in order to ask whether A the defections are aimed at currying favour B from the government at the Centre C in regard to the investigations D No error E

Q2. Directions For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given in bold in the sentence His most trusted friend proved to be a snake in the grass

Q3. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom Like a dying duck in a thunderstorm

Q4. In the Economic Survey 2017 18 it was said that the government s priority should be to flush farmers out of agriculture and adding insult to the injury the Survey also quoted Dr Ambedkar warning about the dangers of romanticising rural India

Q5. In each of the following questions one phrase has been given and it has been followed by four sentences You have to find out in which of these sentences phrase has been used properly according to its meaning and mark your answer from the options denoted by a b c and d Mark e as your answer if you find that phrase has been applied properly in all the sentences Play up i All the children have been scolded as they were playing up in the class again ii I will have to change my phone as its battery plays up again and again iii In the meeting she simply played up the advantages of the proposal but did not mention any drawback iv He wants to play up in state Hockey State Championship