31. When it comes to
back si,abbing, a quill ........ be ........ than a dagger.
(a) must, better
(b) should, keen
(c) can, deadlier
(d) may, sharper
(e) will, superior
32. He was too ........
to ........ that he had been wrong.
(a) docile, accept
(b) polite, agree
(c) nervous, rejoice
(d) obstinate, admit
(e) determined, promise
33. The Education
Minister emphasised the need to discover and ........ each student's ........
talents.
(a)
enlarge, dormant
(b)
belittle, concealed
(c)
suppress, potential
(d)
flourish, hidden
(e)
develop, intrinsic
34. In a free and
democratic country each and every person has rights as well as duties and it is
of ........ importance that everything is ........ in the right perspective.
(a) great, done
(b) significant, examined
(c) utmost, viewed
(d) overwhelming, taken
(e) absolute, understood
35. He is usually
........, but today he appears rather ........
(a) strict, unwell
(b) tense, restless
(c) quiet, calm
(d) happy, humorous
(e) calm, disturbed
36. A dramatic ........
on cinema of the life of Phoolan Devi is ........ protests from some people.
(a) depiction, triggering
(b) show, generating
(c) portrayal, arousing
(d) delineation, provoking
(e) demonstration, eliciting
37. Class ........
between capital and labour is ........ for building a prosperous country.
(a) affinity, indispensable
(b) agreement, necessary
(c) control, important
(d) coordination, inevitable
(e) collaboration, essential
38. Knowing that Renu
had a good vocabulary, the teacher ........ her to ........ an essay for the
inter school competition.
(a) notified, do
(b) commissioned, draft
(c) entrusted, write
(d) demanded, prepare
39. It is now a proven
fact that ........ of child mortality is the best ........ for family planning
in developing countries.
(a) checking, method
(b) prevention, incentive
(c) control, formula
(d) elimination, inspiration
(e) decrease, encouragement
40. The war ........
immediately after the cease-fire proposal was ........ bilaterally.
(a) (a)receded, exchanged
(b) started, prepared
(c) began, thwarted
(d) extended, mitigated
(e) ended, accepted
41. It appears that in
those drought stricken areas hunger had ........ hundreds of persons to mere
........
(a) converted, phantoms
(b) transformed, shadows
(c) reduced, skeletons
(d) changed, spirits
(e) turned, ghosts
42. Sachin ........
another feather ........ his cap by his wonderful performance in the one day
match.
(a) kept, by
(b) captured, from
(a) (c)took, in
(b) (d)created, for
(c) (e) added, to
43. Some people have the
........ for learning foreign languages but they have no ........ in speaking
any.
(a) mania, urge
(b) aptitude, interest
(c) stamina, fondness
(d) capacity, ability
(e) compulsion, inclination
44. Any system is likely
to ........ for ........ of support from the public.
(a) (a)survive, lack
(b) (b)succeed, reason
(c) fail, want
(d) finish, failure
(e) launch, paucity
45. What ........ one is
the total absence of a coherent programme either on the part of the ruling or
the opposition party to give a ........ to the poverty-stricken people that
something will be really done to improve their condition.
(a) humiliates, promise
(b) frightens, hint
(c) astounds, feeling
(d) shakes, notion
(e) embarrasses,. Apprehension
46. He is bound to
succeed because his ....... nature will not permit him to ........ ,
(a) persistent, subsist
(b) devoted, shirk
(c) imperious, follow
(d) pertinacious, quit
(e) determined, abandon
47. The partners broke
off as they found each other ........ of ........ breach of , promise.
(a) faulty, severe
(b) responsible, serious
(c) guilty, flagrant
(d) accused, rigid
48. The factory workers
........ threatened to launch an indefinite strike from next month to ......,.
their demands.
(a) did, get
(b) nearly, fulfil
(c) were, meet
(d) have, press
49. The region is likely
to witness a ........- up a:; competition for its precious resources
(a)
rise, increases
(b)
soar, progresses
(c)
hover, strengthens
(d)
flare, intensifies
50. Weather ........, I
shall ........ the office.
(a)
favourable, visit
(b)
allowing, reach
(c)
permitting, attend
(d)
granting, manage
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ANSWERS
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31. (c)
32. (d)
33. (e)
34. (c)
35. (e)
36. (c)
37. (c)
38. (c)
39. (c)
40. (e)
41. (c)
42. (e)
43. (b)
44. (c)
45. (c)
46. (d)
47. (c)
48. (d)
49. (d)
50. (c)
