Direction.
In following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternatives.
China is a big country, in area it is bigger than any other country __________ Russia.
accept
except
expect
access
Correct Answer :
B. except
China is a big country. In area it is bigger than any other country except Russia. [except means other than, accept means consent, expect means to anticipate and access means entrance].
Related Questions
Traffic problems in Bombay are as serious as in any other city in India and they are complicated by digging of roads by the corporation on this or that ____.
aspect
pretext
intention
instance
The present____has not prevented the railway minister from announcing an increasing number of superfast trains.
crisis
syndrome
generation
stability
I am always the first to admit that I have not accomplished everything that I ___________ achieve five years ago.
set out to
went to
thought to
thought of
He is a popular teacher. He seems to be ______ for that profession.
cut down
cut off
cut in
cut out
The ability of a woman to do well does not ______ on whether it is a mans world or not, because everyone has
his/her own opportunities. (1) trust (2) depend (3) reckon (4) live (5) rest (6) believe
(4) and (5)
(2) and (3)
(1) and (6)
(2) and (5)
The ___________ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ___________ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.
temptation, reviled
understanding, menaced
impact, underestimated
dilemma, plagued
Raj was _____________ introvert and would prefer to sit in the library rather than go out with friends.
the
a
like
an
Laxmi lost an important file and rather than confessing her___ she blamed Sandra for losing it.
respect
image
attitude
mistake
________ has been taken against some wholesale drug dealers for dealing in surgical items without a valid license and maintaining a stock of _________ drugs.
Note, overwhelming
Step, impressive
Execution, outdated
Action, expired
He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.
wanton, immunised
vitriolic, alienated
pungent, animated
recalcitaant, humanised
The manager told us _________ Ramesh was very anxious _________ the meeting.
about, in
that, before
like, during
the, for
He ___________ a wrong act because it was ___________ for him to do so due to circumstantial forces.
compelled, necessary
refused, dangerous
did, avoidable
committed, inevitable
Cairn cannot ________ bring into picture some ________outsider which has little experience and necessary consents to deal in the oil field.
Peremptorily, ascribed
Complaisantly, endorsed
Democratically, aberrant
Arbitrarily, unrelated
A garden knife is ______used for right pruning.
generally
compulsorily
systematically
daily
Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his __________ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _________
constitutional, weather
congenital, education
personal, climate
economic, learning
The teacher_____the boys comic which he was reading during the Mathematics period.
possessed
procured
abandoned
seized
_____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society.
co-ordination
competition
friction
association
Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ___________ refuse to go away from the mind.
the haunting images
its haunting images
its haunted images
the haunt of its images
Women should be paid the same as men-when they do the same job, for surely, what is sauce for the______ is sauce for the ___
goose, gander
cock, hen
fox, vixen
buck, doe
________ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
Although
However
Because
Despite
Cellular phone service has______ in a new phase of communication.
called
ushered
resulted
started
Opinions concerning him had remained nearly ____, his daily habits had presented scarcely any visible change.
static
biased
limpid
stationary
Can you please __________ my web site just before I publish it ?
find out
go through
set out
look up
Science is a sort of news agency comparable ___________ to other news agencies.
principally
in principle
in principal
in spirit and form
I. The area under our eyes in connected to our kidneys, so any .......... change in the dark circles indicates dehydration or accumulating toxins.
II. Many Indian adults are struggling with weight, thus indulging in weight loss programmes that require .......... changes in their current lifestyle.
drastic
frequent
ambiguous
severe
This is about ___________ a sociological analysis can penetrate.
as far as
the outer limit that
just how far into the subject
just the relative distance that
Nabeesa was not_____ by the criticism and paid no_____ even when her best friend talked against her.
threatened, warning
troubled, mind
deterred, heed
bothered, attention
It is the role of the state to ____ crime and protect people and property. If the state is unable to prevent a crime it falls upon the state to __ the victim.
prevent-support
preventing-encourage
prevent-supporting
forbid-discourage
The members were_____ of the date of the meeting well in advance.
communicated
conveyed
ignorant
inform
I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged to Scotland.
notion
expression
imagination
theory