Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom. 

The youth involved in the accident escaped by the skin of his teeth.

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. Although Sonu had many more that he wanted to ask, he realised mummy was tired and became silent.

B. She answered a few and then stopped.

C. When mummy returned from work, she took Sonu for a walk.

D. But she was too tired to answer all his questions.

Comprehension: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. The modern-day student is extremely 1____ with technology. They do read quite a bit because of social media. While their writing skills may not be top notch, they do write, courtesy 2___ affinity to various platforms on the internet. However, one skill that has been 3______ affected is listening skills. They are extremely poor 4______ listeners. If this issue is not addressed, what we may be heading to in the future is a huge chunk of people across the globe, with poor skills of listening, and a huge number of passive listeners. Researchers say that listening is the prime ingredient for empathy and the world will be in extreme poverty in terms of number of 5_____ on the planet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.

There are two novels on the table which needs to be read before the exams, but neither one are interesting.
 (i) neither one has interested
 (ii) neither one is interesting
 (iii) neither one were interesting

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
 
 Our reputation and image is most definitely determined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. I invested some money in savings_______
 II. The aim was to_____the group into a closely-knit teams.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Brat

Fill in the blanks by choosing an appropriate alternative. 

The sun rises in the east and………………………….in the west.