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In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

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Mohans career has taken some __________ twists and turns.

A. incentive

B. interesting

C. interactive

D. intuitive

Correct Answer :

B. interesting


interesting, exciting or fortunate

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The teacher_____the boys comic which he was reading during the Mathematics period.

A. possessed

B. procured

C. abandoned

D. seized

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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 ____.

A. aspect

B. pretext

C. intention

D. instance

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_____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society.

A. co-ordination

B. competition

C. friction

D. association

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It is time to ________ ongoing programmes and ______ new horizons.

A. value, choose

B. speculate, experiment

C. reject, consider

D. assess, seek

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Every one will admit that swindling ones fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it, is based really sound commercial success ___________.

A. sell what you cannot buy back

B. buy what you will sell to another at a higher price

C. buy cheap and sell dear

D. sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor

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Our _______________ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to _____________ the diversity of global economy.

A. stupefying, negotiate

B. plural, alleviate

C. variegated, annihilate

D. dreary, exasperate

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When she retired, she handed __________ the charge to the Vice-President.

A. over

B. out

C. across

D. off

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His attitude to his boss was so_____ that it caused a good deal of repulsion.

A. refulgent

B. arrogant

C. sycophantic

D. hybrid

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There was a major accident. The plane crashed. The pilot _________ did not see the tower.

A. likely

B. probably

C. scarcely

D. hurriedly

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The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on ones own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for ___________, who care neither for the ___________ , nor for the trees.

A. middlemen, rich

B. the government, poor

C. touts, rich

D. touts, poor

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They ________ their seats away from the curved wall panels to give themselves more space as the flight attendant brought drinks from the gallery, which was ________ with familys favorite snacks and beverages.

A. Swiveled, stocked

B. Hinged, lacquered

C. Pended, embellished

D. Retracted, thronged

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His most striking _____ is the enthusiasm which he brings to everything he does.

A. factor

B. attitude

C. characteristic

D. character

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A great literary or artistic work is known as______.

A. par excellence

B. bete noire

C. peccadillo

D. magnum opus

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Ravi was always_______ of the good fortune of others.

A. miserable

B. irritable

C. greedy

D. envious

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The entire village condoled ____ the jawans widow in her bereavement.

A. in

B. for

C. to

D. with

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____ at the major ports has led planners to develop satellite ports near them.

A. density

B. containment

C. transportation

D. congestion

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The move to allow dumping of mercury _________ An outcry from residents of the area who _________ that high levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy ecologically sensitive forest area.

A. resulted, insist

B. provoked, fear

C. incited, determined

D. activated, accept

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This is not the first time that the management has done some ___________ .

A. tough talk

B. tough talking

C. firm talk

D. firm talking

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The present Constitution will see ___________ amendments but its basic structure will survive.

A. much more

B. many more

C. too many more

D. quite a few more

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It is raining __________ . Do not go out.

A. heavily

B. fast

C. soundly

D. strongly

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The window of our room ____ he rear.

A. overlooks

B. opens

C. opposes

D. adjoins

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Regular exercise is conducive__________ heath.

A. in

B. to

C. for

D. of

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As this country has become more ___________ industrial and internationalised, it has like all Western democracies in the ___________ of the executive.

A. urbanised, role

B. objective, wealth

C. synthesised, efficiency

D. civilized, convenience

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Statistics __________ always my worst subject.

A. are

B. were

C. is

D. have

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A public, servant who is guilty will not ___________ punishment and no ___________ person will be punished.

A. be, sincere

B. flee, guilty

C. defend, common

D. avoid, uninformed

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Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire_____ only with a few.

A. introduction

B. cordiality

C. intimacy

D. encounter

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Laxmi lost an important file and rather than confessing her___ she blamed Sandra for losing it.

A. respect

B. image

C. attitude

D. mistake

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He lost confidence and _________ of the deal at the last minute.

A. backed out

B. backed on

C. backed down

D. backed onto Practice Exercise

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The manager told us _________ Ramesh was very anxious _________ the meeting.

A. about, in

B. that, before

C. like, during

D. the, for

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The water transport project on the west coast is ____ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and ___ a private party to operate the service.

A. scheduled, let

B. verge, permit

C. set, sanctions

D. bound, task