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351. |
Anticipating renewed rioting, the authorities erected . . . . . . . to block off the streets. |
A. | ykes |
B. | arrages |
C. | arricades |
D. | arracks |
Answer» D. arracks | |
352. |
He lives near a lonely . . . . . . . of countryside. |
A. | iece |
B. | ength |
C. | tretch |
D. | ection |
Answer» D. ection | |
353. |
He didn't have the . . . . . . . idea of the villager's problems. |
A. | mallest |
B. | inest |
C. | aintest |
D. | eeblest |
Answer» D. eeblest | |
354. |
No one will . . . . . . . you for having been rude to your teacher. |
A. | xclaim |
B. | dmire |
C. | dvise |
D. | ecommend |
Answer» C. dvise | |
355. |
The bright colour of this shirt has . . . . . . . away. |
A. | one |
B. | isapppeared |
C. | aded |
D. | aled |
Answer» D. aled | |
356. |
Some regions of our country still remain . . . . . . . to the average man. |
A. | mpenetrable |
B. | mpermeable |
C. | naccessible |
D. | mpossible |
Answer» D. mpossible | |
357. |
One . . . . . . . and you know who among them is the culprit. |
A. | aze |
B. | eep |
C. | ook |
D. | ight |
Answer» D. ight | |
358. |
The country needs a . . . . . . . government to tackle the challenges it faces today. |
A. | ustained |
B. | table |
C. | tationary |
D. | tagnant |
Answer» C. tationary | |
359. |
The communalist represents the . . . . . . . of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history. |
A. | ntagonism |
B. | mmorality |
C. | ntidote |
D. | ntithesis |
Answer» E. | |
360. |
Ambition is one of those . . . . . . . which are never satisfied. |
A. | eeds |
B. | deas |
C. | assions |
D. | ancies |
Answer» D. ancies | |
361. |
He wanted to help . . . . . . . poverty. |
A. | iminish |
B. | educe |
C. | windle |
D. | eplete |
Answer» C. windle | |
362. |
Man must . . . . . . . now to stop pollution. |
A. | ct |
B. | perate |
C. | ehave |
D. | erform |
Answer» B. perate | |
363. |
The accused denied having committed the crime but could advance no sound arguments to . . . . . . . the charges. |
A. | efuse |
B. | epress |
C. | efute |
D. | eproof |
Answer» D. eproof | |
364. |
They are refugees in need of . . . . . . . |
A. | enovation |
B. | ecapitulation |
C. | estoration |
D. | ehabilitation |
Answer» E. | |
365. |
Several of our players were injured, so our losing the match was almost . . . . . . . |
A. | ecessary |
B. | ndispensable |
C. | nevitable |
D. | nexcusable |
Answer» D. nexcusable | |
366. |
Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the . . . . . . . of adulthood. |
A. | orizon |
B. | oundary |
C. | eak |
D. | hreshold |
Answer» E. | |
367. |
We had a . . . . . . . of warm weather in February. |
A. | hase |
B. | ength |
C. | pell |
D. | ime |
Answer» D. ime | |
368. |
Success gives only . . . . . . . pleasure. |
A. | ordant |
B. | omentary |
C. | onotonous |
D. | omentous |
Answer» E. | |
369. |
Ajay was . . . . . . . with a serious crime. |
A. | onvicted |
B. | ccused |
C. | ondemned |
D. | harged |
Answer» E. | |
370. |
Once you suspect a person of double dealing, you ought to keep him at arm's . . . . . . . |
A. | idth |
B. | ength |
C. | istance |
D. | im |
Answer» C. istance | |
371. |
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 1990's. |
A. | traight |
B. | owerful |
C. | eading |
D. | cceptable |
Answer» C. eading | |
372. |
He was able to . . . . . . . his small income by working in a hotel at night. |
A. | mplify |
B. | upplement |
C. | xpand |
D. | ultiply |
Answer» C. xpand | |
373. |
A cheerful man . . . . . . . all difficulties and hardships with a smile on his face. |
A. | hallenges |
B. | mbraces |
C. | esists |
D. | ndures |
Answer» E. | |
374. |
However, the group's long term strategy is to . . . . . . . on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy. |
A. | epend |
B. | reed |
C. | evelop |
D. | oncentrate |
Answer» E. | |
375. |
This was the first time Roshan had been found guilty. He had no . . . . . . . conviction. |
A. | ast |
B. | arlier |
C. | revious |
D. | ormer |
Answer» C. revious | |
376. |
Since the road was closed for repairs he took the . . . . . . . |
A. | eviation |
B. | igression |
C. | iversion |
D. | ivergence |
Answer» D. ivergence | |
377. |
He is a . . . . . . dancer. |
A. | killed |
B. | dept |
C. | dapt |
D. | dopt |
Answer» B. dept | |
378. |
It was . . . . . . . that a mind so pure and searching could miss the truth. |
A. | ikely |
B. | nlikely |
C. | ossibly |
D. | carcely |
Answer» C. ossibly | |
379. |
When the bus was at full speed, its brakes failed and an accident was . . . . . . . |
A. | nevitable |
B. | nfallible |
C. | ssential |
D. | ndeniable |
Answer» B. nfallible | |
380. |
Waking at three o'clock, I heard the . . . . . . . of thunder. |
A. | lank |
B. | rackle |
C. | umble |
D. | ipple |
Answer» D. ipple | |
381. |
He sold his property because he was under a lot of . . . . . . . |
A. | ccount |
B. | ebt |
C. | oan |
D. | redit |
Answer» C. oan | |
382. |
The ties that bind a family together are so . . . . . . . that they can hardly withstand any strain. |
A. | enacious |
B. | wisted |
C. | enuous |
D. | entative |
Answer» D. entative | |
383. |
Though they did not speak to each other much, there was a . . . . . . . understanding between them. |
A. | lacid |
B. | ontractual |
C. | acit |
D. | erbal |
Answer» D. erbal | |
384. |
This book is a useful . . . . . . . to our library. |
A. | rrival |
B. | iscovery |
C. | sset |
D. | ddition |
Answer» E. | |
385. |
Anita . . . . . . . me of a girl I used to know. |
A. | emembers |
B. | ecalls |
C. | ecollects |
D. | eminds |
Answer» E. | |
386. |
The police . . . . . . . . any attempt of arson by . . . . . . . . at the trouble spot quite in time. |
A. | quashed , surrounding |
B. | ade , encircling |
C. | redisposed , visiting |
D. | hwarted , presenting |
E. | re-empted , arriving |
Answer» F. | |
387. |
Ravi . . . . . . . . a bit . . . . . . . . he was not invited by his friend to attend the party. |
A. | ook , before |
B. | ngered , since |
C. | xpressed , than |
D. | rumbled , when |
E. | urprised , about |
Answer» E. urprised , about | |
388. |
The . . . . . . . . words of the mother comforted the . . . . . . . . child. |
A. | arsh , naughty |
B. | weet , happy |
C. | oft , energetic |
D. | elodious , playful |
E. | oothing , disappointed |
Answer» F. | |
389. |
Though he is reputed for his technical . . . . . . . ., his books were sadly . . . . . . . . of the work of others as he lacked originality. |
A. | dvice , unconscious |
B. | kill , independent |
C. | nowledge , ignorant |
D. | xpertise , derivative |
E. | ependence , indicative |
Answer» E. ependence , indicative | |
390. |
Santosh looked very happy and . . . . . . . when he heard that his proposed scheme was . . . . . . . by the committee. |
A. | nergetic , rejected |
B. | lated , accepted |
C. | atisfied , stalled |
D. | isconsolate , approved |
E. | verwhelming , received |
Answer» C. atisfied , stalled | |
391. |
The secretary . . . . . . . the society's funds, . . . . . . . . he was dismissed. |
A. | isplaced , soon |
B. | obbed , thus |
C. | irated , therefore |
D. | isappropriated , so |
Answer» E. | |
392. |
The partners broke off as they found each other . . . . . . . of . . . . . . . breach of promise. |
A. | aulty , severe |
B. | esponsible , serious |
C. | uilty , flagrant |
D. | ccused , rigid |
Answer» D. ccused , rigid | |
393. |
The war . . . . . . . immediately after the cease-fire proposal was . . . . . . . bilaterally. |
A. | eceded , exchanged |
B. | tarted , prepared |
C. | egan , thwarted |
D. | xtended , mitigated |
E. | nded , accepted |
Answer» F. | |
394. |
. . . . . . . of crops was due to continuous . . . . . . . |
A. | estruction , draught |
B. | uin , draft |
C. | ailure , drought |
D. | epreciation , drift |
Answer» D. epreciation , drift | |
395. |
The speech . . . . . . . with subtle threats has resulted in . . . . . . . tension in the sensitive areas of the city. |
A. | tarted , reduced |
B. | eplete , increased |
C. | ull , escalating |
D. | orced , dissolving |
E. | ollowed , continuous |
Answer» C. ull , escalating | |
396. |
The . . . . . . . imposed for non-payment was too . . . . . . . for it to bring in improvement in collection. |
A. | ine , severe |
B. | oll , simple |
C. | enalty , low |
D. | amage , cruel |
E. | unishment , harsh |
Answer» D. amage , cruel | |
397. |
He is very . . . . . . . on meeting foreigners and befriending them. |
A. | nxious |
B. | ond |
C. | nsistent |
D. | een |
Answer» E. | |
398. |
The . . . . . . . arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody. |
A. | onvincing |
B. | pecious |
C. | purious |
D. | ntemperate |
Answer» C. purious | |
399. |
Usually the ascent of a mountain face is much easier than the . . . . . . . |
A. | escent |
B. | all |
C. | escent |
D. | ecent |
Answer» D. ecent | |
400. |
In these days of inflation, the cost of consumer goods is . . . . . . . |
A. | scending |
B. | oaring |
C. | limbing |
D. | aising |
Answer» C. limbing | |