HP Police Constable Mock Test - 7 - HP Police Constable MCQ

As per the meanings given below, the correct idiom will be ‘playing devil’s advocate’.
Take a rain check: postpone a plan.
Rain on someone’s parade: to spoil a moment.
Play devil’s advocate: to argue, just for the sake of it.
Play by the ear: to improvise.
Correct Sentence:
He was not agreeing to back off, as if he was playing devil’s advocate.
Hence, the correct answer is option C. 

Get one’s head around: to understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp, discern, recognize, interpret, get to know, fathom, get to the bottom of, come to terms with. This idiom can fit in the blank as the sentence implies that the concept is a little hard to understand.
Cry over spilt milk: regret of something that you will never be able to change. This idiom does not fit in the blank as there cannot be regret due to a concept.
Give a wide birth: stay away from (someone or something).
Hence, the correct answer is option C. 

Freak of nature (Idiom): something or someone that is unusual, rare, or abnormal in some way; beyond or outside the natural world.
Funny feeling (Idiom): an intuition or premonition about something; a sense of foreknowledge about a situation, condition, or set of circumstances.
Talk shop (Idiom): discuss matters concerning one's work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate.
Wear off (Idiom): lose effectiveness or intensity.
It is obvious that ‘freak of nature’ makes perfect sense in the given blank.
Hence, the correct answer is option B. 

The noun ken means "range of vision or comprehension." If quantum mechanics is beyond your ken, you don't understand it, or it is beyond your scope of knowledge.

When used as adjectives, vigilant means watchful, especially for danger or disorder, whereas wary means cautious of danger.

Rabble is a synonym for mob in crowd topic. In some cases you can use "Rabble" instead the word "Mob" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like people, masses, hoi polloi, large group of people.

Let us first learn the meanings of the given words:

Lavishness (noun): the quality of being very expensive or impressive.

Opulent (adjective): very costly and luxurious.

Destitute (adjective): without any money.

Artful (adjective): clever or skillful, especially in a crafty or cunning way.

Economical (adjective): operating with little waste or at a saving.

The idea is to state those hotels which are very costly and full of luxury. As per the context, ‘artful’ is a clear elimination. Grammatically, we need only an adjective to qualify noun ‘hotels’, thus ‘lavishness’ is incorrect. Now, between ‘destitute’, ‘economical’ and ‘opulent’, ‘opulent’ is the best contextual fit.

Hence, option B is correct.

Let us first learn the meanings of the given words:

Cruise (noun): a voyage on a ship or boat taken for pleasure or as a holiday and usually calling in at several places.

Expedition (noun): a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war.

Outing (noun): a short journey made by a group of people, usually for pleasure or education.

The idea here is to express the next trip of the astronauts, as the context is about ‘astronauts’, thus ‘expedition’ is the correct answer while ‘cruise’ and ‘outing’ are contextually weak.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

In the sentence, the first blank implies that the topic is in fashion (‘an apocalyptic future’, which is in demand for movie industry) and the most efficient word to describe a fashionable item from the given words is 'trending' which means 'currently popular', thus makes the answer, eliminating all other options.

Also, the second blank suggests that it is ‘adapted’ in "movies as well”. The right word is 'depcited' which means 'to represent', which is what is done with the ‘topic’.

Inclining (Verb): willing to do something.
Used (Adjective): having already been used.
Leaning (Verb): knowledge acquired through study.
Optimized (Verb): make the best.
Turning (Noun): a place where a road branches off from another.
Commoditised (Verb): treat as commodity.
Trending (Adjective): currently popular.
Depicted (Verb): to represent by or as if by a picture
Gravitating (Verb): move towards.
Shared (Adjective): distributed between members of a group.

So, the correct option is D.

The correct phrasal verb with verb ‘stem’ is ‘stem from’.

Stem from: to be caused by (something or someone).

Ex: Most of her health problems stem from an accident she had when she was five.

Hence, option A is correct.

As we know that ,
Irascible is hot tempered, or someone who easily gets angry, roguish is playful ., it is more clearly an antonym to hot tempered than friendly or even kind. Both words Irascible and roguish concern the temperament of a person, while others are about his nature.
Hence , roguish is antonym of Irascible  

The meaning of word Appreciation (Noun) is: Thankfulness. It’s antonym should be: Aspersions, e.g, to criticize harshly.

As we can say that ,
Nebulous is indistinct something that does not have a clear outline, Concrete is solid and of definite shape.
Hence , Concrete is antonym ( opposite ) of Nebulous . 

Tennis is to be shown on friday only. This implies that we can not show football a day after i.e. on Saturday as swimming is to be shown before football.
Moreover as it is given that we can not show a football a day before friday i.e. Thursday. Thus we can not even place it on wednesday as if we will do so then we will not be able to place kho-kho and cricket together as no consecutive days will be left with us.
Also football can not be shown on the first day i.e. Monday because swimming is to be shown before football.
Therefore to maintain a proper order we can place football only on Tuesday.

It is clear from the table.

it is clear from the table. Tennis is played on friday

1990 was not a leap year and had only 1 odd day.
Therefore, January 1, 1991 will be Tuesday.

As Diamond is made of Carbon similarly Ruby is made of Corundum.

We have 5x−3<3x+1
⇒ 5x − 3 + 3 < 3x + 1 + 3
⇒ 5x < 3x + 4
⇒ 5x − 3 × < 3x + 4 − 3x
⇒ 2x < 4 ⇒ x < 2
 When x is an integer the solutions of the given inequality are {.............,−4,−3,−2,−1,0,1}

Given statements: P < Q < R; R = S ≤ T

On combining: P < Q < R = S ≤ T

Conclusions:

I. Q > T → False (as Q < R and R = S ≤ T → Q < R = S ≤ T → Q ≤ T)

II. S > P → True (as P < Q < R; R = S → P < Q < R = S → P < S)

Hence, only conclusion II is true.

S E L D O M - M F T L N C

Case 1:
S + 1 = T
E + 1 = F
L + 1 = M

S E L → T F M → M F T

Case 2:
D - 1 = C
O - 1 = N
M - 1 = L

D O M → C N L → L N C

Resulting: SELDOM → MFTLNC

Similarly, PRINCE → JSQDBM

'P of Q + R' means Q is the father of P, R is the daughter of Q.

Hence, R is the sister of P.

21 + 31 = 52

and 39 + 46 = 85

Therefore, 16 + 83 = 99.

Let salary of A last year be Rs. 3s.
Salary of B last year = Rs. 4s
Let present salary of A be Rs. A and that of B be Rs. B.
So, 3s/A = 4/5 or A = 15s/4
4s/B = 2/3 or B = 6s
So, adding up the present salaries, we get (15s/4) + 6s = 4160
Or, s = 426.667
Present salary of A = Rs. A = Rs. (15/4)s = Rs. (15/4) × 426.667 = Rs. 1600
Thus, answer option (2) is correct.