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Verbal Aptitude
GATE 2020
Easy
He is known for his unscrupulous ways. He always sheds_____tears to deceive people.
- Afox's
- Bcrocodile's
- crocodile
- Dfox
Explanation
'Crocodile tears' is the standard idiom for insincere/deceptive sorrow — an attributive noun phrase, so no possessive apostrophe-s is needed ('crocodile tears', not 'crocodile's tears').
Source: GATE ME 2020 Session 1 (ME-1) (2020)
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