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551. |
India's attitude towards China has all along been pusillanimous. |
A. | enerous |
B. | owardly |
C. | ubversive |
D. | estrained |
Answer» C. ubversive | |
552. |
They tolerated him though they disliked his craven behaviour. |
A. | illy |
B. | owardly |
C. | ndecent |
D. | ean |
Answer» C. ndecent | |
553. |
The speech was filled with rigmarole. |
A. | onsense |
B. | etails |
C. | uotes |
D. | xamples |
Answer» B. etails | |
554. |
The most common type of colour blindness involves inability to tell red from green. |
A. | rove |
B. | etect |
C. | istinguish |
D. | xtract |
Answer» D. xtract | |
555. |
The poetic art of Keats reached consummation at the end of his poetic career. |
A. | ailure |
B. | eterioration |
C. | ompletion |
D. | rivolty |
Answer» D. rivolty | |
556. |
Social reformers and thinkers abominate every type of discrimination and injustice practised anywhere in the world. |
A. | radicate |
B. | etest |
C. | ondemn |
D. | iolate |
Answer» C. ondemn | |
557. |
The problem is tedious to tackle. |
A. | asy |
B. | ifficult |
C. | iring |
D. | roublesome |
Answer» D. roublesome | |
558. |
Catching snakes can be hazardous for people untrained in the art. |
A. | angerous |
B. | ifficult |
C. | armful |
D. | ricky |
Answer» B. ifficult | |
559. |
Power went to her head and she could not stand even minor criticism. |
A. | ppreciate |
B. | igest |
C. | ccept |
D. | ear |
Answer» E. | |
560. |
Ant is believed to be the most industrious creature. |
A. | ensible |
B. | iligent |
C. | uccessful |
D. | unctual |
Answer» C. uccessful | |
561. |
The guests were offended by his uncouth manners. |
A. | asteful |
B. | irty |
C. | ndesirable |
D. | ngracious |
Answer» E. | |
562. |
She overruled her son's demand of a motorbike. |
A. | eglected |
B. | isallowed |
C. | gnored |
D. | ulfilled |
Answer» C. gnored | |
563. |
The oppressive weather made the work difficult for them. |
A. | urbulent |
B. | isappointing |
C. | nbearable |
D. | old |
Answer» D. old | |
564. |
He had a catastrophic defeat. |
A. | mprobable |
B. | isastrous |
C. | evolutionary |
D. | essimistic |
Answer» C. evolutionary | |
565. |
Science has revealed the mysteries of nature to man. |
A. | eleased |
B. | isclosed |
C. | pened |
D. | leared |
Answer» C. pened | |
566. |
When the editor refused to publish my first article, I was totally disheartened. |
A. | ispleased |
B. | iscouraged |
C. | issatisfied |
D. | isturbed |
Answer» C. issatisfied | |
567. |
He was not able to unearth his secret to the last. |
A. | uppress |
B. | iscover |
C. | isclose |
D. | ecode |
Answer» C. isclose | |
568. |
Please sound the Principal about the reaction of the students. |
A. | upport |
B. | iscuss |
C. | ell |
D. | aution |
Answer» E. | |
569. |
During his stay in Canada, he had quite a few frustrating experiences. |
A. | isappointing |
B. | nthusiasm |
C. | umiliating |
D. | epulsive |
Answer» B. nthusiasm | |
570. |
He could not tolerate his friend rejoicing in his ignominy. |
A. | efeat |
B. | ishonour |
C. | isery |
D. | ictory |
Answer» C. isery | |
571. |
The employee was ousted from the office |
A. | ushed |
B. | hrust |
C. | orced |
D. | xpelled |
Answer» E. | |
572. |
Defection is quite common in our present day political life. |
A. | esertion |
B. | isobedience |
C. | isloyalty |
D. | ndiscipline |
Answer» B. isobedience | |
573. |
He did not continue for long with his murky intentions. |
A. | ishonest |
B. | ull |
C. | azy |
D. | minous |
Answer» D. minous | |
574. |
On the stage of this world, the drama of life is transitory as well as traumatic. |
A. | ransitional |
B. | ull |
C. | leeting |
D. | ainful |
Answer» D. ainful | |
575. |
He cast a cursory glance over the papers before signing them. |
A. | hort |
B. | ager |
C. | nquisitive |
D. | urried |
Answer» E. | |
576. |
We didn't believe in his statement, but subsequent events proved that he was right. |
A. | ater |
B. | arlier |
C. | any |
D. | ew |
Answer» B. arlier | |
577. |
He listened to my request with indifference. |
A. | aution |
B. | ispleasure |
C. | oncern |
D. | isinterest |
Answer» E. | |
578. |
The eyewitness testimony was incontrovertible. |
A. | nquestionable |
B. | isputable |
C. | nacceptable |
D. | ebatable |
Answer» B. isputable | |
579. |
The growing disparity between the rich and the poor has been a cause of global concern. |
A. | imilar |
B. | iversity |
C. | egregation |
D. | nequality |
Answer» E. | |
580. |
The wail of the call to prayer floated over the darkened streets. |
A. | umped |
B. | eap |
C. | overed |
D. | oaked |
Answer» D. oaked | |
581. |
He has travelled all over the continent by hitchhiking most of the time. |
A. | lying |
B. | riving |
C. | orking |
D. | ift |
Answer» E. | |
582. |
The cyclone had blown some of the cars on to funny places. |
A. | umorous |
B. | ranky |
C. | rregular |
D. | dd |
Answer» B. ranky | |
583. |
Drinking is a vice which ultimately ruins a person. |
A. | abit |
B. | rime |
C. | in |
D. | vil |
Answer» E. | |
584. |
We must not take his facetious remark very seriously. |
A. | musing |
B. | ritical |
C. | asual |
D. | lippant |
Answer» E. | |
585. |
There has been considerable furore both within Parliament and without about the proposed hike in tele-communication tariff. |
A. | pposition |
B. | riticism |
C. | proar |
D. | isagreement |
Answer» D. isagreement | |
586. |
Lack of occupation is not necessarily revealed by manifest idleness. |
A. | cquired |
B. | eflected |
C. | bvious |
D. | nfected |
Answer» D. nfected | |
587. |
He was a very docile person and thus a favourite of his neighbours. |
A. | rritated |
B. | bedient |
C. | isturbed |
D. | ooled |
Answer» C. isturbed | |
588. |
Work that does not engage a person will never seem rewarding, no matter how lucrative it becomes. |
A. | romising |
B. | asy |
C. | omfortable |
D. | rofitable |
Answer» E. | |
589. |
Long illness has mascerated his body so much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones. |
A. | ffected |
B. | often |
C. | evastated |
D. | asted |
Answer» C. evastated | |
590. |
He has saved money because his wife is frugal. |
A. | trict |
B. | conomic |
C. | conomical |
D. | iserly |
Answer» D. iserly | |
591. |
Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid. |
A. | nvy |
B. | ruelty |
C. | pite |
D. | atred |
Answer» E. | |
592. |
A stray dog kept whimpering all night. |
A. | arking |
B. | rying |
C. | hining |
D. | obbing |
Answer» D. obbing | |
593. |
One could see the maginitude of tragedy in the limpid eyes of the earthquake victims. |
A. | gly |
B. | rying |
C. | et |
D. | ranslucent |
Answer» E. | |
594. |
He is very discreet while deciding such matters. |
A. | bstinate |
B. | unning |
C. | rudent |
D. | rustworthy |
Answer» D. rustworthy | |
595. |
The attitude of the Western countries towards the Third World countries is rather callous to say the least. |
A. | nfeeling |
B. | ursed |
C. | nkind |
D. | assive |
Answer» B. ursed | |
596. |
Slangs in a language are usually ephemeral in nature. |
A. | ransient |
B. | ustomary |
C. | ecessary |
D. | bvious |
Answer» B. ustomary | |
597. |
A rupture in the relationship of the two brothers is quite apparent. |
A. | ap |
B. | amage |
C. | reak |
D. | reach |
Answer» E. | |
598. |
How beautiful! This is really something to ponder over. |
A. | ing |
B. | ance |
C. | hink |
D. | onder |
Answer» D. onder | |
599. |
The fetid mound of waste near the town was a major cause of the epidemic. |
A. | oomed |
B. | angerous |
C. | tinking |
D. | tagnant |
Answer» D. tagnant | |
600. |
He was adjudged as the best orator of the college. |
A. | ritic |
B. | ebater |
C. | inger |
D. | peaker |
Answer» E. | |