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past year questions, IPMAT Rohtak 2020

Reading Comprehension

past year questions, Verbal Ability, IPMAT Rohtak 2020

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One spring, while visiting in the little village among the High Mountains where her ancestors had dwelt for _____ my Aunt kindled the callow fancy of my uncle, Howard Carpenter, then an idle, shiftless boy of twenty-one.

What is the meaning of the word shiftless as it is used in the passage?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Shiftless means lazy and unwilling to work. The word "idle" just before also suggests the same or someone who has nothing to do. Hence, Option 3 is the answer.

Amiable - Means to have a pleasant and friendly manner.

Ruthless - Means to be savage and brutal.

Carefree - Means to have nothing to worry about. There is a difference between "having nothing to do" and "not willing to do anything," hence it doesn't fit to be the answer.

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Which word, if inserted in the blank, makes the most sense in the context of the passage?

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