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SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
SELECTING WORDS

Directions (Qs. 1 to 182) : Pick out the most effective
word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make
the sentence meaningfully complete.
1. A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ??? a safety pin.
(a) was just swallowing
(b) swallowed
(c) had just swallowed
(d) just swallowed
Ans: ( c ) had just swallowed

2. The telephone ??? several times before I answered it.
(a) was ringing
(b) has rung
(c) had rung
(d) would ring
Ans: ( c ) had rung

3. An employment advertisement should ??? the number of
vacancies.
(a) provide
(b) specify
(c) contain
(d) declare
Ans: ( b ) specify

4. A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market,
where the iron-smiths were ??? the pieces of metals.
(a) flattening
(b) striking
(c) hammering
(d) thrashing
Ans: ( c ) hammering

5. Ambition is one of those ??? which are never satisfied.
(a) ideas
(b) fancies
(c) passions
(d) needs
Ans: ( c ) passions

6. The new education policy provides a useful ??? for the
planners to remove illiteracy.
(a) breakup
(b) breakthrough
(c) breakaway
(d) break-in
Ans: ( b ) breakthrough

7. The family gave father a gold watch one the ??? of his
fiftieth birthday.
(a) time
(b) event
(c) occasion
(d) celebration
Ans: ( c ) occasion

8. The passengers were afraid but the captain ??? them that
there was no danger.
(a) promised
(b) assured
(c) advised
(d) counselled
Ans: ( b ) assured

9. It?s very kind of you to ??? to speak at the meeting.
(a) accept
(b) agree
(c) comply
(d) concur
Ans: ( b ) agree

10. I haven?t seen you ??? a week.
(a) within
(b) since
(c) for
(d) from
Ans: ( c ) for

11. Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ???
cosmetics too.
(a) with
(b) in
(c) at
(d) for
Ans: ( b ) in

12. That rule is applicable ??? everyone.
(a) to
(b) for
(c) about
(d) with
Ans: ( a ) to

13. I shall take revenge ??? you.
(a) from
(b) with
(c) on
(d) at
Ans: ( c ) on

14. The ruling party will have to put its own house ??? order.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) to
(d) into
Ans: ( a ) in

15. ??? all intents and purposes, the manager is the master
of the firm.
(a) in
(b) upon
(c) with
(d) to
Ans: ( d ) to

16. Like any other country India has its ??? share of
superstitions.
(a) proper
(b) abundant
(c) fair
(d) peculiar
Ans: ( c ) fair

17. The miser gazed ??? at the pile of gold coins in from of
him.
(a) avidly
(b) admiringly
(c) thoughtfully
(d) earnestly
Ans: ( a ) avidly

18. The pilot had been warned about the storm before he ???
(a) took away
(b) took up
(c) took over
(d) took off
Ans: ( d ) took off

19. On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the
cattle became ???
(a) flippant
(b) jubilant
(c) agitated
(d) emaciated
Ans: ( d ) emaciated

20. I saw a ??? of cows in the field.
(a) group
(b) Herd
(c) swarm
(d) flock
Ans: ( b ) Herd

21. He was sent to the prison for his ???
(a) sin
(b) vice
(c) crime
(d) guilt
Ans: ( c ) crime

22. ??? of old paintings is a job for the experts.
(a) Resurrection
(b) Retrieval
(c) Restoration
(d) Resumption
Ans: ( c ) Restoration

23. Once he has signed the agreement, he won?t be able to ???
(a) back up
(b) back in
(c) back at
(d) back out
Ans: ( d ) back out

24. She ??? a brief appearance at the end of the party.
(a) put on
(b) put in
(c) put across
(d) put up
Ans: ( b ) put in

25. The battalion operating from the mountain was able to
??? three enemy divisions.
(a) tie up
(b) tie down
(c) tie on
(d) tie with
Ans: ( b ) tie down

26. Do you know ??? ?
(a) where she comes from
(b) where does she come from
(c) where from she comes
(d) from where does she come
Ans: ( a ) where she comes from

27. ??? works of reference are as valuable as is the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(a) A few
(b) Few
(c) The few
(d) So few
Ans: ( b ) Few

28. The paths of glory lead ??? to the grave.
(a) straight
(b) but
(c) in
(d) directly
Ans: ( b ) but

29. Walking at three o? clock, I heard the ??? of thunder.
(a) crackle
(b) rumble
(c) ripple
(d) clank
Ans: ( b ) rumble

30. The thief ??? all the money.
(a) made up
(b) made off with
(c) made do with
(d) made good
Ans: ( b ) made off with

31. Pakistan lost a ??? wicket just when they seemed to be
doing so well, and that led to their eventual defeat.
(a) critical
(b) crucial
(c) sensitive
(d) providential
Ans: ( b ) crucial

32. In high school many of us never realized the importance
that grammar would ??? in later life.
(a) figure
(b) portray
(c) play
(d) exercise
Ans: ( c ) play

33. I was astounded at his ??? lack of knowledge about the
Continent of Africa.
(a) abundant
(b) colossal
(c) huge
(d) great
Ans: ( b ) colossal

34. The ??? of the Minister?s statement cannot be verified
by people who have no access to official records.
(a) veracity
(b) verbosity
(c) ambiguity
(d) validity
Ans: ( a ) veracity

35. You haven?t had your lunch yet, ??? you?
(a) are
(b) aren?t
(c) have
(d) haven?t
Ans: ( c ) have

36. Life is to death as pleasure is to ???
(a) poverty
(b) suffering
(c) anguish
(d) pain
Ans: ( d ) pain

37. The French ??? reputed to have a very good sense of humour.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) are
(d) will be
Ans: ( c ) are

38. ?Please? and ?Thank you? are the little courtesies by
which we keep the ??? of life oiled and running smoothly.
(a) path
(b) machine
(c) garden
(d) river
Ans: ( b ) machine

39. Catching the earlier train will give us the ??? to do
some shopping.
(a) chance
(b) luck
(c) possibility
(d) occasion
Ans: ( a ) chance

40. ??? a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving
very slowly
(a) Owing
(b) Due to
(c) Because
(d) Since
Ans: ( b ) Due to

41. We had ??? wonderful time at the party last night.
(a) such a
(b) so
(c) such
(d) very
Ans: ( a ) such a

42. Leave a two-inch ??? on each page for the teacher?s remarks.
(a) border
(b) Margin
(c) blank
(d) gap
Ans: ( b ) Margin

43. I don?t really know how to ??? the problem.
(a) tackle
(b) cope
(c) draw
(d) erase
Ans: ( a ) tackle

44. What is the ??? for an airletter?
(a) fare
(b) value
(c) postage
(d) stamp
Ans: ( c ) postage

45. The manner in which bombs exploded in five trains within
a short span of time suggests that it is a part of a ???
(a) game
(b) conspiracy
(c) villainy
(d) sabotage
Ans: ( b ) conspiracy

46. Some regions of our country still remain ??? to the
average man.
(a) inaccessible
(b) impossible
(c) impermeable
(d) impenetrable
Ans: ( a ) inaccessible

47. The old ?Nature versus ???? debate regarding crime
continues even today.
(a) Man
(b) Universe
(c) Culture
(d) Narture
Ans: ( a ) Man

48. Physically we are now all neighbours, but
psychologically we are ??? to each other.
(a) primitives
(b) complimentary
(c) strangers
(d) cowards
Ans: ( c ) strangers

49. It is not what you say that ??? but what you do.
(a) matches
(b) implies
(c) matters
(d) moves
Ans: ( c ) matters

50. He ??? in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his
wife?s disapproval.
(a) insists
(b) persists
(c) desists
(d) resists
Ans: ( b ) persists

51. The more your action and thought are allied and ??? the
happier you grow.
(a) diverget
(b) unravelled
(c) integrated
(d) invincible
Ans: ( c ) integrated

52. Many of the advances of civilization have been conceived
by young people just on the ??? of adulthood.
(a) boundary
(b) threshold
(c) peak
(d) horizon
Ans: ( b ) threshold

53. Wheat ??? carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins and dietary
fibre in our daily diet.
(a) has
(b) gives
(c) yields
(d) provides
Ans: ( d ) provides

54. The cinema ??? a welcome escape from cramped and dull
city life and the Indians are avid movie-goers.
(a) depicts
(b) highlights
(c) follows
(d) offers
Ans: ( d ) offers

55. This machine is difficult to build ??? easy to maintain.
(a) but
(b) and
(c) for
(d) if
Ans: ( a ) but

56. Farida sings very well and ??? does Salim.
(a) even
(b) too
(c) also
(d) so
Ans: ( d ) so

57. Government buildings are ??? on the Republic Day.
(a) enlightened
(b) lightened
(c) illuminated
(d) glowed
Ans: ( c ) illuminated

58. Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ??? .
(a) idealistic
(b) generous
(c) lazy
(d) optimistic
Ans: ( c ) lazy

59. You?ve only three months more to complete the course.
Don?t give ??? now.
(a) out
(b) away
(c) up
(d) off
Ans: ( c ) up

60. About twenty clerks were made ??? when the bank
introduced computers.
(a) dispensable
(b) redundant
(c) expendable
(d) obsolete
Ans: ( b ) redundant

61. To err is ??? to forgive divine.
(a) beastly
(b) human
(c) inhuman
(d) natural
Ans: ( b ) human

62. God is ???
(a) graceful
(b) gracious
(c) grateful
(d) greatful
Ans: ( b ) gracious

63. The king ??? the rebel.
(a) excused
(b) forgave
(c) pardoned
(d) none of these
Ans: ( c ) pardoned

64. The boy was cured ??? typhoid.
(a) from
(b) of
(c) for
(d) through
Ans: ( b ) of

65. Jawaharlal spent his childhood ??? Anand Bhawan.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) across
Ans: ( a ) at

66. The boy feel ??? the bicycle.
(a) of
(b) off
(c) from
(d) under
Ans: ( b ) off

67. Affix a revenue stamp and put your signature ??? it.
(a) on
(b) upon
(c) above
(d) over
Ans: ( a ) on

68. The answer was written ??? blue ink.
(a) with
(b) by
(c) in
(d) on
Ans: ( c ) in

69. The park ??? as far as the river.
(a) extends
(b) advances
(c) enlarges
(d) emerges
Ans: ( a ) extends

70. My father ??? down for a nap.
(a) lay
(b) laid
(c) lain
(d) lie
Ans: ( a ) lav

71. I put ??? the light and slept.
(a) up
(b) down
(c) in
(d) out
Ans: ( d ) out

72. I shall call ??? you tomorrow.
(a) at
(b) on
(c) with
(d) by
Ans: ( c ) with

73. West Bengal ??? plentiful rainfall and is consequently a
very green part of the country.
(a) misses
(b) receives
(c) expects
(d) regrets
Ans: ( b ) receives

74. If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally
feel ???
(a) drowsy
(b) tired
(c) confident
(d) giddy
Ans: ( b ) tired

75. I have read one novel by Premchand. I want to read ???
novel by him.
(a) other
(b) another
(c) all
(d) few
Ans: ( b ) another

76. Fate smiles ??? those who untiringly grapple with stark
realities of life.
(a) with
(b) over
(c) on
(d) round
Ans: ( c ) on

77. Those who persist in their endeavour at long last
triumph ??? the odds of life.
(a) over
(b) on
(c) upon
(d) about
Ans: ( a ) over

78. The parliament invested the new organisation ???
judicial authority.
(a) by
(b) with
(c) from
(d) through
Ans: ( b ) with

79. She has an aversion ??? taking even onion and garlic.
(a) with
(b) at
(c) against
(d) to
Ans: ( d ) to

80. Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ???
(a) off
(b) out
(c) apart
(d) away
Ans: ( b ) out

81. The man came in a van to ??? the television set.
(a) mend
(b) reform
(c) correct
(d) alter
Ans: ( a ) mend

82. He was accused ??? stealing his aunt?s necklace.
(a) for
(b) with
(c) of
(d) on
Ans: ( c ) of

83. Indeed, all over the world, more and more people are ???
coffee.
(a) wanting
(b) drinking
(c) liking
(d) partaking
Ans: ( b ) drinking

84. He felt no ??? as he plunged the knife into her back.
(a) qualms
(b) scruple
(c) conscience
(d) morals
Ans: ( a ) qualms

85. A sanguine outlook is associated with the ???
(a) rationalist
(b) socialist
(c) philanthropist
(d) optimist
Ans: ( d ) optimist

86. True brevity ??? in saying only what needs to be said.
(a) consists
(b) depicts
(c) portrays
(d) resides
Ans: ( a ) consists

87. He became enamoured ??? her grace when he first saw her
dance.
(a) with
(b) of
(c) buy
(d) in
Ans: ( b ) of

88. We shall not be able to use your alibi in court unless
we can find someone to ??? your statements.
(a) corroborate
(b) vouch
(c) verify
(d) approve
Ans: ( a ) corroborate

89. In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ??? the
entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
(a) occupied
(b) conquered
(c) swallowed
(d) captured
Ans: ( d ) captured

90. If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not
only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ???
in the sincerity of the other side.
(a) faith
(b) belief
(c) substance
(d) certainty
Ans: ( a ) faith

91. My first lesson ??? forgiveness came from my father
(a) upon
(b) about
(c) in
(d) on
Ans: ( d ) on

92. He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was
an affront to his ??? vanity that you should disagree with him.
(a) overstrung
(b) overweening
(c) overwhelming
(d) overwrought
Ans: ( a ) overstrung

93. He passed the examination in the first class because he ???
(a) was hard working for it
(b) worked hardly for it
(c) had worked hard for it
(d) was working hard for it
Ans: ( c ) had worked hard for it

94. The American ambassador ??? his credentials to the
President of India.
(a) passed
(b) presented
(c) took
(d) returned
Ans: ( b ) presented

95. Man does not live by ??? alone.
(a) food
(b) bread
(c) meals
(d) diet
Ans: ( b ) bread

96. You cannot devise a method which ??? all possibility of
error.
(a) excludes
(b) includes
(c) avoids
(d) ignores
Ans: ( a ) excludes

97. When the morning ??? the murder was discovered.
(a) occurred
(b) arrived
(c) came
(d) happened
Ans: ( c ) came

98. My uncle decided to take ??? and my sister to the market.
(a) I
(b) mine
(c) me
(d) myself
Ans: ( c ) me

99. Hardly had he arrived ??? it started raining.
(a) before
(b) when
(c) than
(d) after
Ans: ( b ) when

100. It is fourteen years since I ??? him.
(a) have seen
(b) had seen
(c) saw
(d) see
Ans: ( c ) saw

101. The criminal seems to have acted in ??? with three others.
(a) collusion
(b) coalition
(c) collision
(d) cohesion
Ans: ( a ) collusion

102. I think they allow their children too much ???
(a) liberality
(b) latitude
(c) lassitude
(d) levity
Ans: ( b ) latitude

103. This book is quite similar ???
(a) with the ?Treasure Island?
(b) of that film we saw at school
(c) to the one I read last week
(d) Than a story told by our teacher
Ans: ( c ) to the one I read last week

104. If your persist in telling lies to me I shall sue you
??? slander.
(a) to
(b) on
(c) for
(d) with
Ans: ( c ) for

105. The traveler slept under the ??? shade of the banyan tree.
(a) cold
(b) cool
(c) cooling
(d) dark
Ans: ( b ) cool

106. The waiter hasn?t brought the coffee ??? I?ve been here
an hour already.
(a) till
(b) up
(c) yet
(d) still
Ans: ( c ) vet

107. This brand of TV is quite inferior ??? that one.
(a) than
(b) to
(c) with
(d) over
Ans: ( b ) to

108. Her parents will never give their ??? to such an
unsuitable match.
(a) acquiescene
(b) consent
(c) agreement
(d) willingness
Ans: ( b ) consent

109. He is so ??? that he immediately believed my story of
ghosts.
(a) innocent
(b) credulous
(c) vociferous
(d) credible
Ans: ( b ) credulous

110. He is a very careful person, he never takes sides but
remains ???
(a) impartial
(b) unbiased
(c) neutral
(d) prejudiced
Ans: ( a ) impartial

111. The stenographer is very efficient. He is ??? to his firm.
(a) a boon
(b) a credit
(c) a blessing
(d) an asset
Ans: ( d ) an asset

112. His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not ??? suspicion.
(a) above
(b) beyond
(c) under
(d) in
Ans: ( a ) above

113. I hate sitting ??? him as he always smells of garlic.
(a) besides
(b) along
(c) at
(d) beside
Ans: ( d ) beside

114. A man remains narrow-minded, self complacent and
ignorant unless he visits other people and ??? from them.
(a) earns
(b) borrows
(c) learns
(d) hears
Ans: ( c ) learns

115. The English schemed to continue their rule in India by
playing off one community ??? the other.
(a) before
(b) upon
(c) against
(d) with
Ans: ( c ) against

116. When their examinations are over, the children
gleefully ??? the books they had been reading.
(a) shelve
(b) sidetrack
(c) overthrow
(d) abandon
Ans: ( d ) abandon

117. If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ???
by the customs authority.
(a) possessed
(b) punished
(c) confiscated
(d) fined
Ans: ( c ) confiscated

118. That the poor in our country, are happy is ???
(a) a dream
(b) a vision
(c) an ideal
(d) an illusion
Ans: ( d ) an illusion

119. ??? of any kind of demoralizing.
(a) Addiction
(b) Habit
(c) Custom
(d) Tradition
Ans: ( a ) Addiction

120. The sun is shining brightly, please ??? the light.
(a) put off
(b) put out
(c) take off
(d) put on
Ans: ( b ) put out

121. Health is too important to be ???
(a) discarded
(b) despised
(c) detested
(d) neglected
Ans: ( d ) neglected

122. In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of
the people appears to be to ??? money by all means, fair or
foul.
(a) print
(b) produce
(c) acquire
(d) extort
Ans: ( c ) acquire

123. However, the group?s long-term strategy is to ??? on
core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy.
(a) breed
(b) develop
(c) concentrate
(d) depend
Ans: ( c ) concentrate

124. But the introductory fee does not stop after the
initial handshake; brokers have to ??? it up after each
transaction.
(a) bring
(b) cough
(c) boost
(d) give
Ans: ( a ) bring

125. Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ??? on a share
of the value of eight per cent in the toothpaste market by
the end of the first year.
(a) cornering
(b) soliciting
(c) distributing
(d) keeping
Ans: ( a ) cornering

126. A stone that goes on rolling ??? no moss.
(a) collects
(b) gets
(c) gathers
(d) accumulates
Ans: ( c ) gathers

127. The river overflowed its ??? and flooded the area.
(a) edges
(b) fronts
(c) limits
(d) banks
Ans: ( d ) banks

128. In hot weather I like lying in the ??? of a tree.
(a) shade
(b) shelter
(c) protection
(d) shadow
Ans: ( a ) shade

129. She ??? Rs. 80 out of the bank every Friday.
(a) obtains
(b) draws
(c) pulls
(d) solves
Ans: ( b ) draws

130. He is too dull ??? this problem.
(a) solving
(b) to solving
(c) to solve
(d) solves
Ans: ( c ) to solve

131. At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement
would ??? specially over the issue of productivity linked wages.
(a) develop
(b) come out
(c) emerge
(d) grow
Ans: ( c ) emerge

132. I listened, but I had no idea what he was ??? about.
(a) saying
(b) talking
(c) telling
(d) discussing
Ans: ( b ) talking

133. The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their
??? affair was soon known to everyone.
(a) clandestine
(b) covert
(c) unknown
(d) candid
Ans: ( a ) clandestine

134. When I was a child, I ??? to school every day instead
of going by cycle.
(a) had walked
(b) walked
(c) have walked
(d) have been walking
Ans: ( b ) walked

135. She ??? from the crowd because of her height and
flaming red hair.
(a) stood out
(b) stood off
(c) stood up
(d) stood by
Ans: ( a ) stood out

136. He lives near a lovely ??? of countryside.
(a) length
(b) piece
(c) section
(d) stretch
Ans: ( d ) stretch

137. We had a ??? of warm weather in February.
(a) time
(b) spell
(c) length
(d) phase
Ans: ( b ) spell

138. The grapes are now ??? enough to be picked.
(a) ready
(b) mature
(c) ripe
(d) advanced
Ans: ( c ) ripe

139. The robbers were arrested and ??? prison yesterday.
(a) brought into
(b) brought to
(c) taken into
(d) taken to
Ans: ( d ) taken to

140. His father-in-law ??? him up in business.
(a) put
(b) made
(c) set
(d) built
Ans: ( c ) set

141. People who ??? on horses usually lose in the end.
(a) gamble
(b) play
(c) risk
(d) place
Ans: ( a ) gamble

142. He is the person who is ??? to blame.
(a) mostly
(b) sure
(c) most
(d) bound
Ans: ( c ) most

143. The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets
around other stars, a key to the ??? for extraterrestrial
life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which
stars are born.
(a) perception
(b) discovery
(c) enquiry
(d) quest
Ans: ( d ) quest

144. Soft minded individuals are ??? to embrace all kinds of
superstitions.
(a) disposed
(b) eager
(c) reluctant
(d) prone
Ans: ( d ) prone

145. He is a person of sound character and ??? disposition.
(a) beneficent
(b) morous
(c) amiable
(d) amieable
Ans: ( c ) amiable

146. It being an ??? issue, it is not correct to introduce
questions of morality into the debate.
(a) moral
(b) immoral
(c) amoral
(d) irrelevant
Ans: ( d ) irrelevant

147. The communalist represents the ??? of everything noble
that we have inherited from our culture and history.
(a) antithesis
(b) antidote
(c) immorality
(d) antagonism
Ans: ( a ) antithesis

148. In a large cities people are cut ??? from nature.
(a) away
(b) off
(c) out
(d) down
Ans: ( a ) away

149. Man must ??? now to stop pollution.
(a) act
(b) perform
(c) operate
(d) behave
Ans: ( a ) act

150. There is a keen ??? in each trade.
(a) contest
(b) comparision
(c) competition
(d) cooperation
Ans: ( c ) competition

151. After the rain the weather ??? and the Sun came out.
(a) cleared out
(b) cleared up
(c) cleared away
(d) cleared off
Ans: ( b ) cleared up

152. I ??? a car to be absolutely necessary these days.
(a) consider
(b) regard
(c) think
(d) agree
Ans: ( a ) consider

153. The Sun ??? at six this morning.
(a) raised
(b) rose
(c) arose
(d) aroused
Ans: ( b ) rose

154. This book is a useful ??? to our library.
(a) discovery
(b) asset
(c) addition
(d) arrival
Ans: ( c ) addition

155. In Bush, Saddam was up ??? more than his match.
(a) for
(b) into
(c) against
(d) to
Ans: ( c ) against

156. Once you suspect a person of double dealing, you ought
to keep him at arm?s ???
(a) distance
(b) length
(c) aim
(d) width
Ans: ( b ) length

157. He tried to ??? himself against a horde of ruffians.
(a) collect
(b) save
(c) support
(d) defend
Ans: ( d ) defend

158. Find the ??? that accompany these cartoons.
(a) topics
(b) titles
(c) captions
(d) headings
Ans: ( c ) captions

159. During Diwali the shops are ??? of people.
(a) busy
(b) full
(c) crowded
(d) bubbling
Ans: ( b ) full

160. If I take a state road ways bus, I?ll get late ????
(a) isn?t it?
(b) won't I?
(c) will I?
(d) is it?
Ans: ( b ) won't I?

161. Johny, where are you? ??? up this tree.
(a) There I am
(b) There am I
(c) Here am I
(d) Here I am
Ans: ( d ) Here I am

162. According to corporate circles Datta is pushing through
the merger to create a financially ??? company in the
processed foods business, the group?s thrust area for the 1990s.
(a) acceptable
(b) powerful
(c) leading
(d) straight
Ans: ( b ) powerful

163. One major ??? between the Election Commission and the
Union Government related to the powers of the former in
respect of the deployment of central police forces at places
where are elections are to be held.
(a) irritant
(b) conflict
(c) pain
(d) culprit
Ans: ( b ) conflict

164. Sita?s heart ??? at the sight of the beautiful diamond
necklace.
(a) leapt
(b) stopped
(c) slowed
(d) ran
Ans: ( a ) leapt

165. Arti pulled a long ??? when she was told that she could
not go to Agra.
(a) mouth
(b) skirt
(c) face
(d) hand
Ans: ( c ) face

166. He is so ??? to light that he never leaves the house
without sunglasses.
(a) insensitive
(b) sensitive
(c) afraid
(d) immune
Ans: ( b ) sensitive

167. In our zeal for progress we should not ??? the
executive with more power.
(a) avoid
(b) give
(c) enhance
(d) arm
Ans: ( d ) arm

168. Many areas of the city were ??? into darkness for
several hours.
(a) spread
(b) plunged
(c) merged
(d) deep
Ans: ( b ) plunged

169. If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we
must make ??? arrangements to go to the airport.
(a) alternative
(b) another
(c) alternate
(d) possible
Ans: ( a ) alternative

170. Many ??? decisions were taken at the meeting.
(a) hectic
(b) historic
(c) historical
(d) histrionic
Ans: ( b ) historic

171. We had to pay more taxi fare because the driver brought
us by a ??? route.
(a) circular
(b) circumscribed
(c) longest
(d) circuitous
Ans: ( d ) circuitous

172. Rama was so badly injured that he needed ??? care in
the hospital.
(a) extensive
(b) little
(c) deep
(d) intensive
Ans: ( d ) intensive

173. When Varun left the cocktail party he was as ??? as a
judge.
(a) sober
(b) drunk
(c) brave
(d) wise
Ans: ( d ) wise

174. The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their
??? was low.
(a) feeling
(b) moral
(c) consciousness
(d) morale
Ans: ( d ) morale

175. The ??? brought against the Ministry was rejected by
a vast majority in the Lower House of Parliament.
(a) bill
(b) motion
(c) decree
(d) suit
Ans: ( b ) motion

176. I haven?t eaten an apple ??? a long while.
(a) from
(b) since
(c) for
(d) until
Ans: ( c ) for

177. Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being
forced to ??? men.
(a) throw away
(b) send off
(c) put off
(d) lay off
Ans: ( d ) lay off

178. The building comprises ??? sixty rooms.
(a) of
(b) into
(c) by
(d) no preposition needed
Ans: ( d ) no preposition needed

179. In a changing and ??? unstructured business
environment, creativity and innovation are being ???
demanded of executives.
(a) highly, extremely
(b) progressively, increasingly
(c) increasingly, moderately
(d) excessively, rapidly
Ans: ( b ) progressively, increasingly

180. Moreover, a fact-finding mission ??? by BSN to India in
January this year strongly recommended that the French group
should go it alone, and not hand over ??? to an Indian partner.
(a) organized, papers
(b) constituted, authority
(c) sponsored, power
(d) dispatched, control
Ans: ( d ) dispatched, control

181. This partly, explains how the Mehta family has been
able to ??? its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite
the fact that all its assets have been ???
(a) keep, removed
(b) afford, attached
(c) develop, liquidated
(d) keep up, destroyed
Ans: ( d ) keep up, destroyed

182. Nobody can ??? me to do anything which I do not want to do.
(a) encourage
(b) request
(c) oppose
(d) compel
(e) delegate
Ans: ( d ) delegate

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