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451. |
He earns enough to satisfy his wants. |
A. | esires |
B. | ims |
C. | leasures |
D. | eeds |
Answer» E. | |
452. |
In the absence of the chief guest, the host himself acted as his surrogate and presided over the function. |
A. | ounterpart |
B. | lliance |
C. | ssistant |
D. | ubstitute |
Answer» E. | |
453. |
The house cannot accommodate more people. |
A. | old |
B. | llow |
C. | ide |
D. | ssociate |
Answer» B. llow | |
454. |
His physician has proscribed non-vegetarian diet. |
A. | ecommended |
B. | llowed |
C. | ncreased |
D. | orbidden |
Answer» E. | |
455. |
The number of aboriginal inhabitants in Australia is considerable. |
A. | rimitive |
B. | odern |
C. | noriginal |
D. | rrational |
Answer» B. odern | |
456. |
He is averse to the idea of holding elections now. |
A. | onvinced |
B. | ngry |
C. | pposed |
D. | ndifferent |
Answer» D. ndifferent | |
457. |
Speaking in a tremulous tone, he took everybody to task. |
A. | onfident |
B. | ngry |
C. | eeble |
D. | rembling |
Answer» E. | |
458. |
The teacher felt nettled at the rowdiness of the boys. |
A. | leased |
B. | nnoyed |
C. | isgusted |
D. | erplexed |
Answer» C. isgusted | |
459. |
My uncle was so chagrined that he avoided mentioning the incident. |
A. | leased |
B. | nnoyed |
C. | appy |
D. | ired |
Answer» C. appy | |
460. |
A pervading sense of ennui grips Gaurav. |
A. | nger |
B. | nxiety |
C. | eariness |
D. | elancholy |
Answer» D. elancholy | |
461. |
The young leader was reluctant to shoulder the responsibilities of the ministerial office. |
A. | ager |
B. | nxious |
C. | nwilling |
D. | anting |
Answer» D. anting | |
462. |
That young man is quite sanguine about the result of his competitive examination. |
A. | ptimistic |
B. | nxious |
C. | epressed |
D. | essimistic |
Answer» B. nxious | |
463. |
Ashish did not admit his mistake in the beginning. |
A. | ommit |
B. | pologize |
C. | ccept |
D. | ealise |
Answer» D. ealise | |
464. |
That was the time when there was a hunger for foreign knowledge and foreign thought |
A. | ish |
B. | ppetite |
C. | ndesired |
D. | enerosity |
Answer» C. ndesired | |
465. |
The notice said that the meeting would begin precisely at 9.00 a.m. |
A. | oncisely |
B. | pproximately |
C. | xactly |
D. | naccurately |
Answer» D. naccurately | |
466. |
He was the most disputatious student I ever had. |
A. | candalous |
B. | rgumentative |
C. | ncertain |
D. | pinionated |
Answer» C. ncertain | |
467. |
Nobody has yet seen the peregrination of heavenly beings on earth. |
A. | isit |
B. | rrival |
C. | ravelling |
D. | asting |
Answer» D. asting | |
468. |
Of all the indignities man has suffered at the hands of man, slavery is perhaps the most degrading. |
A. | nsult |
B. | trocities |
C. | vils |
D. | angers |
Answer» B. trocities | |
469. |
An issue of the highest sensitivity, which required the greatest finesse and delicacy, was handled in the most slapdash manner. |
A. | arefulness |
B. | ttention |
C. | act |
D. | ction |
Answer» D. ction | |
470. |
He was reasonable enough to behave according to the circumstances. |
A. | eaceful |
B. | ttentive |
C. | ensible |
D. | etermined |
Answer» D. etermined | |
471. |
He was enticed into entering into this deal. |
A. | empted |
B. | epel |
C. | eased |
D. | ebuked |
Answer» B. epel | |
472. |
He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating. |
A. | ourage |
B. | udacity |
C. | apacity |
D. | trength |
Answer» C. apacity | |
473. |
He had a strange quirk of hitting his sister every now and then. |
A. | ondness |
B. | version |
C. | abit |
D. | iversion |
Answer» D. iversion | |
474. |
The prisoner has been languishing in the jail forn the last many years. |
A. | njoying |
B. | voiding |
C. | uffering |
D. | onvicted |
Answer» D. onvicted | |
475. |
His craven behaviour makes him an object of mockery |
A. | ndecent |
B. | owardly |
C. | ean |
D. | illy |
Answer» C. ean | |
476. |
The only way to subvert the money power and let truth triumph is by enhancing the perks or income of the individuals. |
A. | educe |
B. | bolish |
C. | verthrow |
D. | ubdue |
Answer» D. ubdue | |
477. |
The boy was incorrigible and a constant source of trouble to his mother. |
A. | ruant |
B. | nveterate |
C. | ash |
D. | ishonest |
Answer» C. ash | |
478. |
I was shocked to see my friend lying at the edge of the road. |
A. | ide |
B. | ank |
C. | orner |
D. | order |
Answer» E. | |
479. |
The rapacious plunderers did not spare even the people living in the slums. |
A. | arlike |
B. | arbarous |
C. | varicious |
D. | omadic |
Answer» D. omadic | |
480. |
The man had transformed the courtyard into a junkyard, all he ever planted in it was trash. |
A. | gly |
B. | aseless |
C. | plendid |
D. | onsense |
Answer» C. plendid | |
481. |
Lost in his own revery, he forgot that vicissitudes can change the course of man's life. |
A. | ifficulties |
B. | hange |
C. | mpediments |
D. | nfortunate |
Answer» C. mpediments | |
482. |
He is considered by every one as a man of integrity. |
A. | ower |
B. | haracter |
C. | ealth |
D. | nfluence |
Answer» E. | |
483. |
She is really a fantastic girl. |
A. | onderful |
B. | harming |
C. | eautiful |
D. | ntelligent |
Answer» B. harming | |
484. |
Some people enjoy hobnobbing with the rich and famous. |
A. | ssociating |
B. | hatting |
C. | onspiring |
D. | iving |
Answer» B. hatting | |
485. |
The Japanese have introduced a nippy little car for joy riders. |
A. | unny |
B. | heap |
C. | uick |
D. | xpensive |
Answer» D. xpensive | |
486. |
The host looked quite jaded by the time the party was over. |
A. | iserable |
B. | heerful |
C. | nspiring |
D. | xhausted |
Answer» E. | |
487. |
There must be lively discussion of Indian authors if we are to foster our national literature. |
A. | romote |
B. | herish |
C. | ourish |
D. | urture |
Answer» B. herish | |
488. |
Every body laughed at the puerility of his statement |
A. | naccuracy |
B. | hildishness |
C. | nsincerity |
D. | alsehood |
Answer» C. nsincerity | |
489. |
Nowadays, pollution is rampant in all major urban centres. |
A. | ashionable |
B. | hronic |
C. | eep-rooted |
D. | idespread |
Answer» E. | |
490. |
Courtesy does not cost one anything. |
A. | entility |
B. | ivility |
C. | miability |
D. | rbanity |
Answer» C. miability | |
491. |
The courage shown by the soldiers at this moment of crisis is exemplary. |
A. | dmirable |
B. | lear |
C. | lementary |
D. | uitable |
Answer» B. lear | |
492. |
The old man asserted that the whole art of medicine lay in judicious poisoning. |
A. | ise |
B. | lever |
C. | autious |
D. | areful |
Answer» B. lever | |
493. |
As they whispered, I felt awkward in their company. |
A. | nconvenient |
B. | lumsy |
C. | roud |
D. | mbarrassed |
Answer» E. | |
494. |
He tried to cajole her, but it was in vain. |
A. | njoin |
B. | oax |
C. | ejoice |
D. | nspire |
Answer» C. ejoice | |
495. |
To the mother's surprise, the soup had gone completely mouldy. |
A. | inished |
B. | old |
C. | tale |
D. | our |
Answer» D. our | |
496. |
The police arrested the thief but his accomplice escaped. |
A. | riend |
B. | olleague |
C. | ompanion |
D. | artner |
Answer» E. | |
497. |
Shobha painted some delightful pictures of children. |
A. | unny |
B. | olurful |
C. | harming |
D. | appy |
Answer» D. appy | |
498. |
Some of the discoveries of modern science are simply marvellous. |
A. | raiseworthy |
B. | ommendable |
C. | mazing |
D. | dmirable |
Answer» D. dmirable | |
499. |
He would have been his close associate had he not been disloyal. |
A. | mployee |
B. | ompetitor |
C. | olleague |
D. | xecutive |
Answer» D. xecutive | |
500. |
He is known for his compliant nature. |
A. | ivid |
B. | omplaining |
C. | damant |
D. | ielding |
Answer» E. | |