Sentence Completion and Idioms

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: You are listening to me and _____ each other, you are not smiling _____.

The sentence, "going to do 'a thing about radically changing the education system; so it will drag on a monstrous revolution, which will merely be another _____" requires which option to complete it?

Which of the following best completes the sentence: "substitution - there will be much more control because the totalitarian government knows how to shape the minds and hearts of the people, they _____ the trick."

What does the idiom 'He makes decisions on the fly' most likely mean?

What is the most accurate interpretation of the idiom 'follow suit'?

What does 'close shave' signify in idiomatic language?

In which of the following situations would the expression 'at the crossroads' be most appropriately used?

What does the phrase "a pearl of wisdom" represent?

Rearrange the following sentence parts (P, Q, R, S) to form a coherent sentence: P: have become integral to most people's lives, Q: debate for years as the devices, R: have drawn intense interest and, S: safety questions about cell phones.

Arrange the sentence fragments in the correct order: P: by means of education, Q: civilization to bring about, R: it is difficult in modern, S: an integrated individual.

Rearrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence: P: is that it is not professional enough, Q: have not done their homework, R: a valid criticism of the profession of politics in India, S: as the majority of its practitioners.

Which sequence forms a logical sentence from the parts: P: that suit partisan political objectives, Q: when great historical figures are appropriated, R: we are living at a time, S: and reduced into stereotypes?

Rearrange the sentence: P: that suit partisan political objectives; Q: when great historical figures are appropriated, R: and reduced into stereotypes, S: we are living at a time

Arrange the following parts (P, Q, R, S) into a coherent sentence: P: and prosperity must be viewed, Q: the role of agriculture as a provider of jobs R: it is in this context that; S: there was a time when Gandhi expressed

Rearrange the sentence: P: and they largely relied on agriculture, fishing, and hunting; Q: the people had a subsistence economy R: the opinion that a human life, S: from excavation sites indicate that;

Rearrange the following parts (P, Q, R, S) into a coherent sentence: P: and that is 'To learn to say I am sorry'; Q: as the chairperson of the sports committee; R: but surely there must be; S: something important enough that.

Form a complete sentence: P: freely elected by the people; Q: or affect the masses, R: as essential as a limb of democracy as a parliament S: everyone should learn it.

One of the difficulties the whole of mankind: P: The speaker of their inaction has identified, Q: charging the opponents, R: to what I may have said before; S: many issues besides

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence: P: must offer convincing solutions; Q: the government and job markets, R: and think at a given moment without regard S: to the crises in the rural economy

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence: P: The best part of literary flouishes. Q: Is the man in the competition has been elected; R: as essential as a limb of democracy as a parliament, S: and locates the story with the larger framework of our world

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence:P: Children that grow into beautiful trees! Q: May be a few isolated tribal groups found; R: many of the provisions were arrived at; S: are like the tender samplings.

Arrange the sentences to form a correct logical sentence. P: We with real life experiences! Q: the day after tomorrow, R: to what I may have said before, S: tend to learn with interest

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence: P: should learn It; Q: Elementary education ensuring the growth of a nation, R: and what to say after; S: is inevitable

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence: P: the process of motivation, Q: that towers over the Kangra valley, R: under the leadership of Govenor General; S: besides conducting surveys on housing.

Arrange the parts to form a grammatically correct and logical sentence:Elementary education ensuring the growth of a nation P: is home to a chain of high altitude lakes, Q: may be a few isolated tribal groups found; R:Under the leadership of Govenor General; P and is home to a chain of high altitude lakes S: many issues beisdes

Given the intro sentence: The giant wall of the Dhauladhar range in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most stunning sights in the Himalayas. Arrange the following P, Q, R, S logically: P: As the life line of the region it acts as a watershed ridge between Chamba's Ravi river system and Kangra's Beas river system. Q: Wisdom begins with self knowledge; R: the more you stay in one place, the more people you get to know; S; Something important enough that

Given the intro Truth is far more important than the teacher. Re-arrange remaining sentences in their correct order: Q: May be a few isolated tribal groups found, P; As the life line of the region it acts as aS: Therefore you, who are the seeker of truth, have to be both the pupil and the teacher. P: Without self-knowledge, the air-plane becomes the most destructive instrument in life; but with self-knowledge, it is a means of human help.

Given the first sentence: Though most of us talk of discipline, what do we mean by that word? Arrange sentences P Q R S in correct order to complete the thought logically: P: The teacher would understand each child and help him in the way required. Q: But if you have five or six in a class, and an intelligent understanding teacher with a warm heart, I am sure there would be no need for discipline. R: When you have a hundred boys in a class, you will have to have discipline; otherwise there will be complete chaos. S: Discipline in schools becomes necessary when there is one teacher to a hundred boys and girls.

Given the first sentence: Tolstoy Farm was founded in 1910 by which time Gandhi had already conceptualized ideas that he would develop in India. Find the meaningful sequnce of the sentences: P: He was rich and used his money to buy the land and help set up the farm. Q: A Jewish architect, Kallenbach was by his side through this period. R: Tolstoy Farm became the subject of research for different kinds of cooperative communities across the world. S: He first put in the social, moral, religious components of his doctrine.

Given the sentence:: Decentralized planning is a process of planning that begins from the grassroots level taking into confidence all the beneficiaries. Arrange the P, Q, R, S in meaningful order such that the sentence conveys maximum information. P: Under decentralized planning, the operation is from bottom to top. Q: It can be said that it is more connected with the capitalistic economies. R: It empowers the individuals and small groups to carry out their plans for their achievement of a common goal. S: The decentralized planning is implemented through market mechanism.

Given the first sentence: It is doubtful if mankind, throughout his long history, has ever lived at all 'sustainably'. Find the appropriate order of the sentences to correctly conclude the context. P: But in general mankind has regarded the environment as an endless 'resource' to be exploited and plundered. Q: May be a few isolated tribal groups found the necessary balance with nature lived without the desire for endless 'more'. R:Now we have reached a point where we are on the verge of destroying ourselves and most of the life on earth.

Which of the following first sentences can best be explained using following paras S: This process has accelerated greatly since the industrial revolution. P : It also indicates where things are not going so well, so that corrective action can be taken. S6: The concept of 'sustainable' is so far from reality that it is almost laughable.

Given the sentences we can conclude about first and last sentences as: . Measurement is an important concept in performance management: P : It also indicates where things are not going so well, so that corrective action can be taken. Q: It identifies where things are going well to provide the foundations for building further success. S6: It is more difficult in the case of knowledge workers, for example, scientists and teachers.

Given if equity theory is concerned with the perception people have about how they are being treated compared with others, Find the order of completing rest of the paras meaningfully S: the time you invest; P: To be dealt with equitably is to be treated fairly in comparison with another group of people or a relevant other person.

We cannot understand the power of rumours and prophecies in history by checking whether they are factually correct or not. Given that first line, can you rearrange these following lines in meaningful manner such that logical statement is true: , Under the leadership of Governor General Lord William Bentinck. We need to see what they reflect about the minds of people who believed them their fears and apprehensions, their faiths and convictions. With the cooperation of sections of Indian society they set up English-medium schools, colleges and universities which taught Western sciences and liberal arts

The Constitution of India thus emerged through a process of intense debate and discussion Is initial assumption In that context rearrange the remaining sentences and mark which could be right sequence to go about Given sentence is: - for in other democracies the vote had been granted slowly, and in stages, - Many of the provisions were arrived at through a process of give-and-take, by forging a middle ground between two opposed positions. - This was on the granting of the vote to every adult Indian., -In countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, only men with education were allowed into the charmed circle.

Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite in meaning to 'obscure'.