Question
Some analysts clutch the numbers and say corn
production will be hard-pressed to keep up with the overall demand. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.Solution
The idiom ‘crunch the numbers’ means ‘to do mathematical work involving large amounts of information or numbers’. This is the correct idiom. Some analysts crunch the numbers and say corn production will be hard-pressed to keep up with the overall demand.
Four letter-clusters have been given out of which four are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the one that is different.
Four letter clusters are given, which of the three are alike in a certain manner and one is different. Choose the different letter cluster.
Three out of the following four words are similar in meaning. Find the word that is different from the rest.
Four letter- clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner, while one is different. Choose the odd one.
Pick the odd one out.
Three out of four words are similar in a way. Find the odd one out.
Four number-pairs are given, out of which three are alike in a certain manner and one is different. Choose the different number-pair.
Select the odd letters from the given alternatives?
Four numbers have been given out of which three are alike in some manner, while one is different. Choose the odd one.
Select the odd number from the given alternatives.
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