| Q. No. 1: | FISH : SCHOOL
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| A : | Corn : Stem
| | B : | Whale : Shoal
| | C : | Hair : Strand
| | D : | Timber : Strip
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Answer: B
School of fish is a large number of fish swimming together. A shock of corn is a pile or a collection of corn.
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| Q. No. 2: | FEZ : FEDORA
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| A : | Coif : Coiffure
| | B : | Colander : Strainer
| | C : | Hair : Hairdo
| | D : | Sandal : Slipper
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Answer: D
Fez and Fedora are two types of hat
Sandal and slipper are two types of footwear and all of them are items of clothing.
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| Q. No. 3: | SUBTERFUGE : ARTIFICE
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| A : | Deep : Shallow
| | B : | Stratagem : Chicanery
| | C : | Sophistry : Elite
| | D : | Wile : Clever
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Answer: B
Subterfuge is a synonym of artifice
strategem is a synonym of chicanery.
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| Q. No. 4: | BYWORD : AXIOM
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| A : | Limerick : Canto
| | B : | Allegory : Fable
| | C : | Apothegm : Adage
| | D : | Apologue : Proverb
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Answer: C
Byword, axiom, apothegm and axiom are synonyms and mean a saying or a proverb.
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| Q. No. 5: | FLAGITIOUS : FORTHRIGHT
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| A : | Profligate : Unimpeachable
| | B : | Blameless : Inequitous
| | C : | Irreproachable : Execrable
| | D : | Sagacious : Judicious
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Answer: A
Flagitious is the appetite of forthright
Profligate is the opposite of unimpeachable.
The order of the pairs has to be noted.
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| Q. No. 6: | IMPRESSIONISM : RENOIR
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| A : | Neoclassicism : Picasso
| | B : | Renaissance : Rembrandt
| | C : | Surrealism : Dali
| | D : | Barroque : Courbet
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Answer: C
Renoir is famous for the impressionist form of painting.
Dali is famous for the surrealist form of painting.
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