Each question has a blank with two blanks followed by four pairs of words as choices. From the choices, select the pair of words that can best complete the given sentences.
Q. No. :
1
Question :
The change in Afghanistan is marked by the _____ of the traditionally _____ women suppressed for years.
A :
Emergence, reticent
B :
appearance, quiet
C :
arrival, loquacious
D :
issuance, garrulous
Answer: A
Q. No. :
2
Question :
A number of journalists and lens men were ______ by the police when they went to cover the _____ drive of the state government.
A :
attacked, vacuous
B :
infringed, demolition
C :
combated, evacuated
D :
assaulted, eviction
Answer: D
Q. No. :
3
Question :
A project of this _______ required enormous amounts of water and this need was taken up in right ______.
A :
amplitude, candidness
B :
dimensions, attitude
C :
magnitude, earnest
D :
stature, way
Answer: C
Q. No. :
4
Question :
After four years of _______ about the need for strategic reserves of oil, India's crude storage oil capacity does not extend beyond two months _______.
A :
contentions, necessities
B :
confabulations, requirements
C :
configuration, needs
D :
conflicts, demand
Answer: B
Q. No. :
5
Question :
The world's number one terror suspect ________ his war against the ______ of capitalism with funds earned through capitalist ventures.
A :
finances, citadels
B :
funds, castles
C :
apportions, fortresses
D :
recompenses, structures
Answer: A
Each question has a sentence with two blanks followed by four pair of words as choices. From the choices, select the pair of words that can best complete the given sentences.
Q. No. :
6
Question :
The two men were very _______ and rather looked the same but had ________ views on important aspects of life.
A :
close, wide
B :
similar, diverse
C :
different, complex
D :
familiar, similar
Answer: B
Q. No. :
7
Question :
Gun control __________ by the senator was rejected by the House and _______ as useless.
A :
prescribed, termed
B :
told, discarded
C :
championed, mentioned
D :
advocated, castaway
Answer: D
Q. No. :
8
Question :
Tourism has remained a _________ area even while there was a vast scope for its __________.
A :
rejected, approval
B :
prevented, acceptance
C :
neglected, development
D :
glum, fame
Answer: C
Q. No. :
9
Question :
The physical director mentioned that some people ______ fat _______ muscle during exercising.
A :
acquire, with
B :
lose, to gain
C :
lose, to accept
D :
gain, to atrophy
Answer: B
Q. No. :
10
Question :
The experts _________ the old views regarding marriage and __________ a set of new rules suitable for the present times.
A :
abandoned, formulated
B :
rejected, accepted
C :
said, lay
D :
enunciated, accepted
Answer: A
Find the antonyms of the word given below.
Q. No. :
11
Question :
SCOTCH
A :
renovate
B :
entrust
C :
unfasten
D :
encourage
Answer: D
Q. No. :
12
Question :
OUTLANDISH
A :
conventional
B :
prolific
C :
unchanging
D :
transparent
Answer: A
Q. No. :
13
Question :
PLUMB
A :
reversed
B :
lofty
C :
horizontal
D :
thin
Answer: C
Q. No. :
14
Question :
VACUITY
A :
certainty
B :
plenitude
C :
stability
D :
incontinence
Answer: B
Q. No. :
15
Question :
SUBROSA
A :
openly
B :
fashionably
C :
simply
D :
clandestinely
Answer: A
A sentence is given in four different forms. Only one of them is correct grammatically. Mark the correct one as the answer.
Q. No. :
16
Question :
A :
Some of our friends are staying with us at the moment.
B :
some of ours friends are staying with us at the moment.
C :
some of the friends of us are staying with us at the moment.
D :
There are some friends of ours who are staying with us at the moment.
Answer: A
Q. No. :
17
Question :
A :
The way out for greed is to learn to live within your means and be satisfied.
B :
The way out of greed is to learn to live within your means and be satisfied.
C :
The way out of greed is to learn living within your means and be satisfied.
D :
The way out of greed is to learn to live within your means and being satisfied.
Answer: B
Q. No. :
18
Question :
A :
Happiness consists of doing one's duty sincerely.
B :
Happiness consists doing one's duty sincerely.
C :
Happiness consists in doing one's duty sincerely
D :
Happiness consists while doing one's duty sincerely.
Answer: C
Q. No. :
19
Question :
A :
Every nation and every government aspire for economic betterment
B :
Every nation as well as every government aspire for economic betterment.
C :
Every nation and every government are aspiring for economic betterment.
D :
Every nation and every government aspires for economic betterment.
Answer: D
Q. No. :
20
Question :
A :
Either of the two roads lead to the station.
B :
Either or any of the two roads lead to the station.
C :
Either or any of the two roads have lead to the station.