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GATE 2016 EE – Question 2

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to __cope with__ the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia.

Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence.

  1. put up with
  2. put in with
  3. put down to
  4. put up against

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Correct answer: (A) put up with

Explanation

To "cope with" something difficult means to manage or tolerate it, which is what "put up with" means. "Put in with", "put down to" and "put up against" have different meanings.