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| 1. |
Savita kept talking loudly oblivious . . . . . . . . the fact that it was the college library and not the students' common room. |
| A. | egarding |
| B. | f |
| C. | bout |
| D. | or |
| Answer» C. bout | |
| 2. |
He . . . . . . . . for this company since 1972. |
| A. | s working |
| B. | ad worked |
| C. | orked |
| D. | as been working |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
He has been recently discharged . . . . . . . . the army. |
| A. | ff |
| B. | y |
| C. | o |
| D. | rom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
The doctor tried both penicillin and sulphanilamide; the pencillin proved to be the . . . . . . . . effective drug. |
| A. | ery |
| B. | ore |
| C. | ost |
| D. | ome |
| Answer» C. ost | |
| 5. |
After the advice of his father, he was reconciled . . . . . . . . his wife. |
| A. | nto |
| B. | y |
| C. | ith |
| D. | o |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The ruling party will have to put its own house . . . . . . . . order. |
| A. | nto |
| B. | o |
| C. | n |
| D. | n |
| Answer» D. n | |
| 7. |
In the fierce attack, the enemies were completely wiped . . . . . . . . |
| A. | ut |
| B. | ff |
| C. | way |
| D. | ver |
| Answer» B. ff | |
| 8. |
Washing machines . . . . . . . . popular in India in the last ten years or so. |
| A. | ecame |
| B. | re become |
| C. | ave become |
| D. | re becoming |
| Answer» D. re becoming | |
| 9. |
My first lesson . . . . . . . . forgiveness came from my father. |
| A. | n |
| B. | n |
| C. | bout |
| D. | pon |
| Answer» B. n | |
| 10. |
I took that person . . . . . . . . a thief. |
| A. | fter |
| B. | or |
| C. | o |
| D. | s |
| Answer» C. o | |
| 11. |
Everyone wants to . . . . . . . . for one's achievements. |
| A. | e admired |
| B. | dmire |
| C. | eing admired |
| D. | e admiring |
| Answer» B. dmire | |
| 12. |
The sun is shining brightly, please . . . . . . . . the light. |
| A. | ut on |
| B. | ut off |
| C. | ut out |
| D. | ake off |
| Answer» D. ake off | |
| 13. |
He . . . . . . . . his camera on the railing. |
| A. | aid |
| B. | ay |
| C. | ain |
| D. | ie |
| Answer» B. ay | |
| 14. |
I devote much of time . . . . . . . . writing. |
| A. | n |
| B. | o |
| C. | n |
| D. | t |
| Answer» C. n | |
| 15. |
I shall not desert him . . . . . . . . all the world. |
| A. | ith |
| B. | rom |
| C. | y |
| D. | or |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The telephone . . . . . . . . several times before I answered it. |
| A. | ould ring |
| B. | ad rung |
| C. | as rung |
| D. | as ringing |
| Answer» C. as rung | |
| 17. |
She stood . . . . . . . . Amit, but could not utter a single word for quite some time. |
| A. | or |
| B. | o |
| C. | bout |
| D. | efore |
| E. | owards |
| Answer» E. owards | |
| 18. |
He succeeded in getting possession . . . . . . . . his land after a long court case. |
| A. | or |
| B. | o |
| C. | f |
| D. | ith |
| E. | gainst |
| Answer» D. ith | |
| 19. |
After the rain the weather . . . . . . . . and the sun came out. |
| A. | leared off |
| B. | leared out |
| C. | leared up |
| D. | leared away |
| Answer» D. leared away | |
| 20. |
You will have to catch the morning flight, so you . . . . . . . . better get ready. |
| A. | ould |
| B. | ay |
| C. | hould |
| D. | ad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The waiter hasn't bought the coffee . . . . . . . . I've been here an hour already. |
| A. | till |
| B. | et |
| C. | p |
| D. | ill |
| Answer» C. p | |
| 22. |
Nobody has come to see us . . . . . . . . we bought these fierce dogs. |
| A. | hen |
| B. | ill |
| C. | ince |
| D. | or |
| Answer» D. or | |
| 23. |
The examinee could guess . . . . . . . . the answer correctly. |
| A. | ith |
| B. | f |
| C. | bout |
| D. | t |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
He is so bad-tempered that he has . . . . . . . . friends. |
| A. | ot of |
| B. | lot of |
| C. | ew |
| D. | few |
| Answer» D. few | |
| 25. |
He stumbled at the stone and fell . . . . . . . . a ditch. |
| A. | n |
| B. | nto |
| C. | n |
| D. | ithin |
| Answer» C. n | |
| 26. |
. . . . . . . . all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm. |
| A. | ith |
| B. | n |
| C. | pon |
| D. | o |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The lawyer was threatened . . . . . . . . dire consequences. |
| A. | rom |
| B. | y |
| C. | ith |
| D. | f |
| Answer» D. f | |
| 28. |
We shall fail . . . . . . . . we are industrious. |
| A. | hough |
| B. | ntil |
| C. | ven |
| D. | hether |
| E. | nless |
| Answer» F. | |
| 29. |
It is no use . . . . . . . . to come now. He is very busy. |
| A. | o ask him |
| B. | sking him |
| C. | hat you ask him |
| D. | f you asked him |
| Answer» C. hat you ask him | |
| 30. |
The boy you met yesterday is in class . . . . . . . . |
| A. | inth |
| B. | he ninth |
| C. | ine |
| D. | he nine |
| Answer» D. he nine | |
| 31. |
This building comprises . . . . . . . . sixty rooms. |
| A. | ff |
| B. | o |
| C. | ith |
| D. | f |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The Deputy Manager . . . . . . . ., to resign because all his proposals were . . . . . . . . down by his superiors. |
| A. | ffered , thrown |
| B. | ave , held |
| C. | egan , kept |
| D. | illing , knocked |
| E. | hreatened , turned |
| Answer» F. | |
| 33. |
It is indeed . . . . . . . ., that 40 years after independence, we have failed to . . . . . . . . a suitable education or examination system. |
| A. | ad , produce |
| B. | mproper , create |
| C. | ad , evolve |
| D. | bjectionable , present |
| Answer» D. bjectionable , present | |
| 34. |
He was initially . . . . . . . . at the suggestion but was soon . . . . . . . . it himself. |
| A. | rowning , rejecting |
| B. | hocked , advocating |
| C. | mpressed , negating |
| D. | hrilled , propagating |
| E. | uspicious , trusting |
| Answer» C. mpressed , negating | |
| 35. |
The children . . . . . . . . crackers to celebrate the victory of their team. |
| A. | urst |
| B. | ired |
| C. | hot |
| D. | roke |
| E. | eleased |
| Answer» B. ired | |
| 36. |
. . . . . . . . between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society. |
| A. | ontroversy |
| B. | riction |
| C. | ssociation |
| D. | ompetition |
| E. | oordination |
| Answer» C. ssociation | |
| 37. |
If the president does not grant . . . . . . . . in his case, he will be hanged shortly. |
| A. | arole |
| B. | elease |
| C. | reedom |
| D. | ratitude |
| E. | lemency |
| Answer» F. | |
| 38. |
Defection is an unprincipled practice which can do . . . . . . . . damage to the democratic process. |
| A. | ncalculable |
| B. | nalienable |
| C. | ntolerable |
| D. | nfallible |
| E. | ndispensable |
| Answer» B. nalienable | |
| 39. |
The final electoral rolls have been intensively revised through house to house . . . . . . . . |
| A. | nvestigation |
| B. | nunciation |
| C. | numeration |
| D. | ocumentation |
| E. | ategorization |
| Answer» D. ocumentation | |
| 40. |
It was the help he got from his friends which . . . . . . . . him through the tragedy. |
| A. | elped |
| B. | oosted |
| C. | erked |
| D. | upported |
| E. | ustained |
| Answer» F. | |
| 41. |
This book is about a man who . . . . . . . . his family and went to live in the Himalayas. |
| A. | xiled |
| B. | eserted |
| C. | anished |
| D. | xpelled |
| E. | dmonished |
| Answer» C. anished | |
| 42. |
Successful people are genuinely very efficient in . . . . . . . . their tasks. |
| A. | aking |
| B. | ttaining |
| C. | chieving |
| D. | ompleting |
| E. | ccomplishing |
| Answer» F. | |
| 43. |
The accused . . . . . . . . to the judge for mercy. |
| A. | sked |
| B. | pplied |
| C. | emanded |
| D. | ppealed |
| E. | equested |
| Answer» E. equested | |
| 44. |
The vacancy . . . . . . . . by the dismissal of the superintendent is expected to be filled up by the promotion of a U.D.C. |
| A. | ade |
| B. | reated |
| C. | aused |
| D. | enerated |
| E. | rocured |
| Answer» D. enerated | |
| 45. |
The counter clerk was very busy and . . . . . . . . not pay . . . . . . . . to Sameer's request. |
| A. | an , help |
| B. | ould , respect |
| C. | ad , cash |
| D. | id , attention |
| E. | ertainly , acceptance |
| Answer» E. ertainly , acceptance | |
| 46. |
. . . . . . . . is a criminal . . . . . . . . in England and covers cases where offensive descriptions of Christianity are published. |
| A. | eathenism , act |
| B. | acrilege , violence |
| C. | lasphemy , offence |
| D. | bscenity , deviation |
| E. | mpiety , transgression |
| Answer» D. bscenity , deviation | |
| 47. |
The . . . . . . . . of glory lead but to the . . . . . . . . |
| A. | cts , prosperity |
| B. | chievements , suffering |
| C. | aths , grave |
| D. | ays , happiness |
| Answer» D. ays , happiness | |
| 48. |
We can . . . . . . . . to travel by air, but we . . . . . . . . train journey. |
| A. | lan , enjoy |
| B. | spire , commute |
| C. | fford , prefer |
| D. | ecide , undertook |
| E. | ecline , accepted |
| Answer» D. ecide , undertook | |
| 49. |
We must explore . . . . . . . . sources of energy as our supply of fossil fuel has been . . . . . . . . |
| A. | lternate , depleted |
| B. | uaranteed , over |
| C. | atural , exhausted |
| D. | ufficient , increased |
| E. | nnovative , augmented |
| Answer» D. ufficient , increased | |
| 50. |
Unlike most rulers in that . . . . . . . . age, Akbar believed in religious tolerance. |
| A. | ncient |
| B. | istorical |
| C. | eudal |
| D. | igoted |
| E. | ristocratic |
| Answer» C. eudal | |