35th bcs question

35 th BCS Preliminary

76. Societies living in the periphery are always ignored. Here the underlined word means-

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1. offshore areas

2. marginal areas

3. remote place

4. backward places

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77. The idiom “A stitch in time saves nine”—refers the importance of -

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1. saving lives

2. timely action

3. saving time

4. time tailoring

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78. Which is the correct sentence?

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1. He insisted on seeing her

2. He insisted for seeing her

3. He insisted in seeing her

4. He insisted to be seeing

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79. The phrase “nouveau riche” means-

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1. Riche rich

2. Well off

3. New high class

4. New rich

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80. What would be the best antonym of “hibernate”?

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1. dormancy

2. liveliness

3. sluggishness

4. democracy

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