Question
Fig Leaf (i) His act of philanthropy was merely
a fig leaf designed to hide his corrupt practices. (ii) The recently scheduled back-to-back meetings are like a fig leaf to cover the impending tasks of the project. (iii) You’ll have to use a fig leaf and work hard if you want to impress the board. In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
In (iii), pull of socks is a better fit as an idiom, which means to work hard. In the other two sentences, hiding an embarrassing fact is required, hence fig leaf is the correct usage.
Statements: No data is a number.
Some numbers are not letters.
Only letters are consonants.
Conclusions: I. All letters may be co...
Statement:
At-least some chairs are tables.
A few tables are fans.
Only a few windows are tables.
All tables are doors.
Statement:Â
At-least some E are F.
A few F are G.
Only a few H are F.
All F are Q.
Conclusion:
I. All G b...
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Statements:
All mangos are apples
Only a few apples are bananas
Some bananas are not guavas
Only a few guavas are orange
Statements: No bike is a car.
                          All car are cycle.
 Conclusions: I. Some cycle are n...
Read the given statements and conclusion carefully. Assuming the information given in the statement is true, even if it appears to be at variance with ...
Statements:All circles are rectangles.
No rectangle is a square.
Conclusions:I. No square is a rectangle.
II. Some rectangles are...
StatementÂ
Only Girls are boy
Some girls are men
No men is women
Conclusion
I. Some boy is women
II. Some...
