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- Question 1 of 25
1. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
His answer was such _________ I expected him to give.
Hint
‘I expected him to give’ denotes the kind (category) of the answer. It is not the result of ‘his answer’. So use ‘as’, not ‘that’.
- Question 2 of 25
2. Question
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That charming girl was the _________ of all eyes.
Hint
If you are the cynosure of all eyes, you are a centre of attention or interest.
- Question 3 of 25
3. Question
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His attitude to his boss was so _________ that it caused a good deal of repulsion.
Hint
‘sycophantic’ means behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
- Question 4 of 25
4. Question
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His fears were explicitly betrayed by his _________ voice.
Hint
‘Fear’ makes your voice tremble. In other words, it becomes tremulous.
- Question 5 of 25
5. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The influence of the environment on man is revealed by an _________ study.
Hint
Ecology is the pattern of relations of plants, animals and people to each other and their surroundings (environment).
- Question 6 of 25
6. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
She had a terrible night caused by a(n) _________ during her sleep.
Hint
An incubus is a male devil supposed to have sex with a sleeping woman. Broadly, incubus means a very worrying problem. In literary usages, as in the given sentence, it means a bad dream and is synonymous with incubus.
- Question 7 of 25
7. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s works will be _________ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
Hint
‘Peruse’ means to read. A perusal (reading) of “Solzhenitsyn’s works” will “bring home to him” (make him understand) the truth about “Freedom” in Russia — that freedom is only nominal; it is, in fact, “restrictive”.
- Question 8 of 25
8. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
A great literary or artistic work is known as _________ .
Hint
‘Magnum’ means ‘big’ (or great). Opus means ‘work’. Combining the two, we get ‘magnum opus’ which means great work. ‘Magnum opus’ is used only in the sense of “a great literary or artistic work”.
- Question 9 of 25
9. Question
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He has a _________ tongue; his pinching sarcasm has _________ everyone who has come into contact with him.
Hint
Go for the second blank first. What is sarcasm? It is saying the opposite of what you mean. One gets sarcastic in order to mock or insult others. A girl whom you have treated with such “pinching sarcasm” will never be friendly or sympathetic to you in future. You have thus alienated her. Those who are thus “pinchingly sarcastic” have a vitriolic tongue. That is, their words are full of hatred and anger.
- Question 10 of 25
10. Question
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In spite of her other _________, Kasthuri still managed to find time for her hobbies.
Hint
Your preoccupations are the activities that take up your attention (or time), leaving little room for other things.
- Question 11 of 25
11. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The journey may be made by sea or _________ by road.
Hint
Alternatively implies that you have a choice (alternative) — either by sea or by road. In the given question conjunction ‘or’ gives us the clue. ‘alternately’ means first by sea’ then by road, the third time by sea again, the fourth time by road again, and so on.
- Question 12 of 25
12. Question
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The labour leader _________ the Government in the assembly today of not protecting the interests.
Hint
The preposition of makes our job easy. Of the given choices, only ‘assured’ and ‘accused’ dose followed by the preposition of “you accuse/assure someone of something.” But meaning wise, assured does not fit. Such an assurance (of “not protecting the interests”) would be suicidal for any “labour leader.”
- Question 13 of 25
13. Question
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Gokhale’s patriotic speeches _________ people to dedicate their lives to the nation.
Hint
inspired means influenced or helped by a particular feeling, thing or person. So Gokhale’s patriotic speeches inspired people to dedicate their lives to the nation.
- Question 14 of 25
14. Question
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In his address to the teachers, the Vice-Chancellor _________ certain measures being taken for improving the quality of college education.
Hint
If you highlight a point or problem, you throw greater light on it than on others. That is, you emphasise it or make others think about it.
- Question 15 of 25
15. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The problems that India’s economic development faces are _________.
Hint
‘enormous’ means very big or very great.
The problems that India’s economic development faces are enormous. - Question 16 of 25
16. Question
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In our zeal for progress, we should not _________ the executive with more powers.
Hint
“Powers” are “weapon” in the hands of the executive.
- Question 17 of 25
17. Question
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Undoubtedly, English is the most _________ spoken language in the world today.
Hint
If a language is spoken by many people or throughout a large area, we say that it is widely spoken.
- Question 18 of 25
18. Question
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He has not attained the age of 18. He was, therefore, no _________ to vote in this election.
Hint
If you have a right to do something (here ‘vote’), you are morally or legally entitled to do it. “The age of 18” is the legal barrier here.
- Question 19 of 25
19. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The President today _________ the committee with the induction of the five new general secretaries in place of those dropped.
Hint
When you review something, it is merely a study, not an action (implementation). But “induction” is an action. So we reject (‘reviewed’). Again, “the committee” already existed, otherwise how could five persons have been ‘dropped’. And you don’t form that which already exists. So (‘formed’) is rejected. (‘enlarged’) is rejected because ‘enlarging’ would only involve ‘induction’, no ‘dropping’.
- Question 20 of 25
20. Question
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To say that a rectangle will never be a square because it is a rectangle is simply to _________ the very thing you profess to prove.
Hint
To say that a rectangle will never be a square because it is a rectangle is simply to assume the very thing you profess to prove.
- Question 21 of 25
21. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
Traffic problems in Mumbai are as serious as in any other city in India; and they are complicated by digging of roads by the corporation on this or that _________.
Hint
A ‘pretext’ is a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something. That is, you tell people that X is the reason, but in fact, it is not.
- Question 22 of 25
22. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The Defence Minister said today that the Government was determined to _________ the accord and fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the people.
Hint
If you implement something (here “an accord” – that is, agreement), you ensure that it is brought into practice.
- Question 23 of 25
23. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
The unprecedented rise in the price of gold in India, contrary to the _________ elsewhere in the world, is baffling the experts.
Hint
The ‘trend’ shows which way the graph is moving: is it rising or falling? The word ‘rise’ gives us the clue.
- Question 24 of 25
24. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
AIDS is not a disease that can be _________ through the air or by insects.
Hint
If A transmits a disease to B, A has the disease and causes B to have it. Here, ‘disease’ gives us the clue.
- Question 25 of 25
25. Question
Select the most appropriate word for the blank space.
A controversial issue was _________ by a member of the Opposition in the Assembly, but there was no lime to discuss it.
Hint
If you raise a subject (here, “a controversial issue”), an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone attention (here, to the attention of the members of the “Assembly”).