Humanities & Social Sciences-Economics (XH-C1) - Previous Year Papers Previous Year Questions

Consider the following sentences: (i) After his surgery, Raja hardly could walk. (ii) After his surgery, Raja could barely walk. (iii) After his surgery, Raja barely could walk. (iv) After his surgery, Raja could hardly walk. Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT?

Inhaling the smoke from a burning _________ could _________ you quickly.

Rafi told Mary, “I am thinking of watching a film this weekend.” The following reports the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he _______ of watching a film that weekend.

If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simmer → seethe → smolder] is analogous to [break → raze → _______ ]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Here are two analogous groups, Group-I and Group-II, that list words in their decreasing order of intensity. Identify the missing word in Group-II.

Group-I: Abuse → Insult → Ridicule Group-II: _____ → Praise → Appreciate

“He often _____ the numbers. False claims are not going to help. Honesty _____
trust”, said the manager.
Choose the option with the correct order of words to fill the blanks.