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Directions: In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words 1 and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Precept and Percept

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Precept is a noun and it means a general rule intended to regulate behaviour. Percept is a noun and it means an object of perception.

The correct answer is Option 3. "Precept" is a noun meaning a general rule intended to regulate behavior, while "Percept" is a noun referring to something perceived or an object of perception.

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  1. Directions: Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists:

    List I
    (Word/Expression)
    List II
    (Meaning)
    A. Kernel1. Something that causes bad luck
    B. Brook2. Small stream
    C. Jinx3. Something that gives feeling of comfort
    D. Solace4. Soft part inside a seed


    Code:
    A B C D

  2. 'Immolate'
    1. To kill somebody or self by burning
    2. To kill somebody or self or an animal as an act of sacrifice

  3. 'Raconteur'
    1. Someone who is capable of telling stories in an interesting manner
    2. Somebody who believes in only telling tall tales

  4. 'Quotidian'
    1. To quote inaccurately
    2. Someone fond of quoting others

  5. 'Anarchism'
    1. Absence of government and/or authority
    2. Chaos and disorder in the absence of government

  6. 'Pristine'
    1. In the original condition
    2. In the defiled condition

  7. 'Emasculate'
    1. Making someone strong and powerful
    2. Increase one's musculature

  8. 'Perturbation'
    1. Mental anxiety and disturbance
    2. Deviation of a system or moving object caused by an outside influence

  9. 'Enormity'
    1. The fact of something being serious and grave
    2. Abominable crime or sin

  10. 'Minimise'
    1. Reduce something to the smallest possible degree
    2. Reduce expenses, or the degree of anything or of any activity


Important Questions from Vocabulary

  1. A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.

    As we get older, our muscles start to become _______

  2. Choose the correct meaning of the given word.

    Craven

  3. Direction : In the following items a word is followed by four explanatory expressions. Choose the expression which best describes the word:

    Stopgap

  4. Direction : In the following sentence, out of the given alternatives choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

    He warned against making hasty decisions.

  5. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

    Freud's work with free association, dream analysis and the unconscious was of ____________ importance to the Surrealists in developing methods to liberate imagination.

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