Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

I got the information straight from the horse’s mouth.

If you take away the prefix and the suffix, what word is left of the word 'unemployed'?

Find the correct synonym for the word 

ALTERNATE

Directions: In the following questions, choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the given word.

BLOCK

Select the option that means the same as the given idiom.
In a nutshell

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

We keeps a horse, two cows, and six chickens.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

All weapons were surrendered by them.

Which of the following phrases (I), (II), and (III) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction required” as the answer.

Although as they now stand none appear to be of earlier date than the ninth or tenth century, these stories all breathe the very breath of a primitive world.
I. Even as they now stand
II. Though as they now stand
III. Even though as they now stand