IIFT 2014 Question Paper

As the statement uses more in the former part of the sentence the latter part should also use more to maintain parallelism. The use of as much as is incorrect. Option D is ambiguous. Therefore option C is correct.

Mumble means not speaking clearly. Mumbling leads to unclear and indistinct conversation. The option that is closest in relationship to this is the option C as scribbling leads to illegible handwriting. The rest of the options are related in some different manner.
Swagger means to walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant way, whereas timid shows a lack of courage. So they are opposite to each other.
Exacerbate means makes something worse and cure is its opposite.
Drizzle is light rain whereas downpour is heavy rainfall.

Ruffle means disorder or disarrange. Equanimity means calm and composed. Ruffle and equanimity are almost antonyms. The only option that has this anonymous relationship is option B.
Bewilderment means confusion. Flounce means an exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience. Turmoil means a state
of great disturbance, confusion or uncertainty. Interest and Astound are unrelated. Astound means shock or greatly surprise.

One clear hint is (i)-6, 'in less time than it takes to soft-boil an egg'. So options B and C are incorrect. Further, (iii) and (v) is also another clear connection as seed financing in (v) refers to the $ 5.8 million in (iii).

(i)-(iii) is a clear connection. 'Both' in (i) refers to 'suffer the crime' and 'difficulty of forgiving'. Use of 'and' in (iii) clearly helps us in identifying this. So option A is wrong. Another connection is (iv) and (ii) as 'reinstated in the same position' is the perfect link.

I forgot that they are coming today is the grammatically correct sentence. Option B is wrong because parallelism between the two parts is not correct. Option C should have ‘inspiring’ instead of ‘inspiration’. In option D, confident should be followed by ‘of’ and it should have been ‘she is confident of speaking English'.

In option A, the sentence structure is wrong; it should be ‘to have fled the country’ instead of ‘to flee the country.’ Option B is inconsistent in using the preposition. The preposition ‘by’ before ‘plain’ is redundant. Option D should be structured as ‘... but not for my neighbour.’

Expiate means atone for (guilt or sin) or make amends for or make up for; Banish means to send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment which is synonymous with expatriate and exile.

Brevity means concise and exact use of words in writing or speech, which is synonymous with conciseness and succinctness; Circumlocution means the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

'The bigger they come, the harder they fall' is the correct idiom. The use of comparative degree and usage of hard with fall is appropriate in the context.