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451.

Unlike in Bihar Board, English is an optional subject in the U.P. Board.

A. lementary
B. ompulsory
C. oluntary
D. ecessary
Answer» C. oluntary
452.

Unlike his brother, he is fat and flabby.

A. ealthy
B. all
C. kinny
D. hin
Answer» D. hin
453.

Under the circumstances, such pejorative comments should have been avoided.

A. oothing
B. porting
C. ppreciative
D. ritical
Answer» D. ritical
454.

This author has perspicuity in his style.

A. rankness
B. luntness
C. btuseness
D. ivacity
Answer» D. ivacity
455.

This area is well known for plentiful rain.

A. oor
B. mpoverished
C. carce
D. iserly
Answer» D. iserly
456.

They invited him to sumptuous lunch.

A. heap
B. eagre
C. oor
D. utritious
Answer» C. oor
457.

They have not been eating nourishing food.

A. eavy
B. ndercooked
C. nhygienic
D. oor
Answer» D. oor
458.

There was not a single bibulous adventurer in our expedition.

A. earful
B. owardly
C. ober
D. nenergetic
Answer» D. nenergetic
459.

There was no altruistic motive that prompted him to help her.

A. icked
B. rutal
C. nhuman
D. elfish
Answer» E.
460.

There was a marked deterioration in his condition.

A. eformation
B. mendment
C. mprovement
D. evision
Answer» D. evision
461.

There was a marginal increase in his pay.

A. nforeseen
B. egligible
C. ignificant
D. eripheral
Answer» D. eripheral
462.

There is an obscure cave on the other side of the hill.

A. dmired
B. otorious
C. nfamous
D. ell-known
Answer» E.
463.

You must quote examples to support your statement.

A. eveal
B. estrain
C. ontradict
D. dduce
Answer» D. dduce
464.

You can't work out this project with nebulous plans in mind.

A. seful
B. ractical
C. lear
D. undamental
Answer» D. undamental
465.

You cannot blame him beacause all his dealings are aboveboard.

A. nder
B. oring
C. nderhand
D. eneath
Answer» D. eneath
466.

Worldly-wise people find it prudent to adopt a morally flexible attitude towards current behaviour patterns.

A. eak
B. ncompromising
C. ostile
D. eutral
Answer» C. ostile
467.

With the advent of Green Revolution, India now produces sufficient quantity of foodgrains every year.

A. hort
B. nadequate
C. mall
D. ore
Answer» C. mall
468.

The officer incharge was quite humane in his approach.

A. ncultured
B. nsympathetic
C. ncivilised
D. ncompromising
Answer» C. ncivilised
469.

The new officer is a brash young man.

A. olite
B. rrogant
C. ind
D. andsome
Answer» B. rrogant
470.

The new government has abolished the Gold Control Act.

A. pproved
B. assed
C. estored
D. emoved
Answer» C. estored
471.

The momentum of the movement slackened in course of time.

A. ecovered
B. ultiplied
C. uickened
D. topped
Answer» D. topped
472.

The minister was punished with defection for his anti-party activities.

A. esignation
B. o-operation
C. nvitation
D. oining
Answer» E.
473.

The property of contraction of matter on cooling is put to several practical uses.

A. mprovement
B. rowth
C. xpansion
D. iminution
Answer» D. iminution
474.

The problem of dowry in our country has assumed gargantuan proportions.

A. egligible
B. earable
C. inute
D. inimal
Answer» D. inimal
475.

The Principal hardly managed to give the papers a cursory glance.

A. uperficial
B. hrough
C. horough
D. urious
Answer» D. urious
476.

The primary duty of our countrymen at present should be to curb such social evils as casteism and untouchability.

A. ecommend
B. estore
C. ncourage
D. einstate
Answer» D. einstate
477.

The priest would not allow anyone to desecrate the sanctity of the temple.

A. esist
B. ntegrate
C. ntensify
D. onsecrate
Answer» E.
478.

The police tried to find out the rightful owner of the ornaments left in the train.

A. ndefinite
B. istaken
C. nlawful
D. laimant
Answer» D. laimant
479.

The plantation workers were on a collision course before the labour officer intervened.

A. ircuitous
B. etaliatory
C. onciliatory
D. erfunctory
Answer» D. erfunctory
480.

The patient looks a little more cheerful this morning.

A. epressed
B. ull
C. nergetic
D. tupid
Answer» B. ull
481.

The passing of the bill was followed by a large scale retaliation by the citizens.

A. rocreation
B. econciliation
C. onciliation
D. edressal
Answer» C. onciliation
482.

The palace was indeed grotesque.

A. ood
B. ecent
C. ilthy
D. ongruous
Answer» E.
483.

The man's actions made it obvious that he had a wicked plan in mind.

A. ALSE
B. bscure
C. ertain
D. ifficult
Answer» C. ertain
484.

The man was liberated from the charge.

A. mancipated
B. nclosed
C. oncealed
D. mprisoned
Answer» E.
485.

The man at the gate had a forbidding appearance.

A. enient
B. riendly
C. ranquil
D. ild
Answer» C. ranquil
486.

The luxurious hotel is a paradise for hedonists.

A. toics
B. scetics
C. dventurers
D. aints
Answer» C. dventurers
487.

The long sickness has turned the boy flimsy.

A. ealthy
B. trong
C. gile
D. holesome
Answer» C. gile
488.

The minister was accused of indulging in nepotism.

A. mpartiality
B. atred
C. ondemnation
D. ndifference
Answer» B. atred
489.

The minister is optimistic about the new project just launched.

A. toical
B. ubious
C. essimistic
D. ynical
Answer» D. ynical
490.

The members of the opposition party made derogatory remarks about the policies of the government.

A. raiseworthy
B. audatory
C. espectable
D. dmirable
Answer» C. espectable
491.

The members of the Board were impressed by the candidates urbane behaviour.

A. ural
B. ndifferent
C. ude
D. egative
Answer» D. egative
492.

The leader was pragmatic in his approach to the problems facing the country.

A. ptimistic
B. dealistic
C. ndefinite
D. ague
Answer» C. ndefinite
493.

The leader might have had some covert reason for the change of his political affiliations.

A. limsy
B. nexplicable
C. bvious
D. njustifiable
Answer» D. njustifiable
494.

The last show of the concert at the Ritz theatre was a fiasco.

A. riumph
B. ictory
C. ruitful
D. uccess
Answer» E.
495.

The lady shouted with a loud, shrill voice.

A. eeble
B. lunt
C. uffled
D. naudible
Answer» D. naudible
496.

The king consolidated the empire into a powerful nation.

A. ivided
B. solated
C. ragmented
D. eakened
Answer» E.
497.

The key words in planning for an unpredictable future are focus and flexibility.

A. omplexity
B. ensity
C. liability
D. igidity
Answer» E.
498.

The intricate carvings on the panels are notable.

A. ateful
B. ncommon
C. rdinary
D. bsurd
Answer» D. bsurd
499.

The influence of political broadcasts on elections is considerable.

A. nadequate
B. ninfluential
C. egligible
D. nsignificant
Answer» D. nsignificant
500.

The incident frustrated all his ambitions.

A. atiated
B. ppeased
C. loyed
D. atisfied
Answer» E.