Directions (1-15): Pick out the most effective
pair of words from the given pair to make the sentences meaningfully complete.
Q1. The fear ___________ when feeling incompetent
is the fear of being humiliated, embarrassed and ___________.
(a) endowed, criticised
(b) afflicted, downtrodden
(c) consistent, damaged
(d) associated, vulnerable
(e) imbued, exposed
Q2. Gopal was frustrated with Sunder who would not ___________ himself
to a deadline. Sunder claimed he was working well without a deadline, but Gopal
___________ and finally prevailed.
(a) encourage, enforced
(b) inculcate, ordered
(c) cooperate, stipulated
(d) commit, persisted
(e) declare, pressurized
Q3. I am not easily ___________ by pressures that would interfere with
accomplishing the goals of my unit. I stick with my ___________.
(a) pessimistic, views
(b) swayed, convictions
(c) discouraged, achievements
(d) empowered, organisation
(e) demurred, projections
Q4. Coercion sometimes leads to the __________ of short-term goals, but
its drawbacks far __________ its advantages.
(a) realization, damage
(b) appreciation, percolate
(c) accomplishment, outweigh
(d) achievement, crumble
(e) destination, magnify
Q5. The teacher must __________ the unique style of a learner in order
to __________ it to the desired knowledge.
(a) advocate, direct
(b) perpetuate, develop
(c) appreciate, focus
(d) absorb, maintain
(e) discover, harness
Q6. Not all countries benefit ___________ from liberalization, the
benefits tend to ___________ first to the advantaged and to those with the
right education to be able to benefit from the opportunities presented.
(a) equally, generate
(b) richly, downgrade
(c) suitably, ascribe
(d) uniformally, percolate
(e) judiciously, facilitate
Q7. He has __________ sense of words. Therefore, the sentence he
constructs are always __________ with rich meaning.
(a) profound, pregnant
(b) distinguished, loaded
(c) terrific, tempted
(d) meaningful, full
(e) outstanding, consistent
Q8. He was an __________ musician, had been awarded the George Medal
during the second world war and __________ with the title of Rai Bahadur.
(a) outstanding, popularized
(b) underestimated, declared
(c) accomplished, honoured
(d) impressive, assigned
(e) obdurate, proclaimed
Q9. Whether it be shallow or not, commitment is the __________, the
bedrock of any __________ loving relationship.
(a) expression, perfunctory
(b) foundation, genuinely
(c) manifestation, deep
(d) key, alarmingly
(e) basis, absorbing
Q10. Many people take their spirituality very seriously and __________
about those who do not worrying about them and __________ them to believe.
(a) think, criticising
(b) pride, appraising
(c) rationalize, enabling
(d) wonder, prodding
(e) ponder, venturing
Q11. Unless new reserves are found soon, the world’s supply of coal is
being __________ in such a way that with demand continuing to grow at present
rates reserves will be __________ by the year 2050.
(a) consumed, completed
(b) depleted, exhausted
(c) reduced, argument
(d) burnt, destroyed
(e) utilized, perished
Q12. If you are __________ you tend to respond to stressful situations,
in a calm, secure, steady and __________ way.
(a) resilient, rational
(b) obdurate, manageable
(c) propitious, stable
(d) delectable, flexible
(e) supportive, positive
Q13. Management can be defined as the process of __________
organizational goals by working with and through human and non-human resources
to __________ improve value added to the world.
(a) getting, deliberately
(b) managing, purposefully
(c) targeting, critically
(d) realizing, dialectically
(e) reaching, continuously
Q14. If you are an introvert, you __________ to prefer working alone and
if possible, will __________ towards projects where you can work by yourself or
with as few people as possible.
(a) like, depart
(b) advocate, move
(c) tend, gravitate
(d) express, attract
(e) feel, follow
Q15. Despite __________ knowledgeable, he remained __________ all
through.
(a) having, ignorant
(b) of, doubtful
(c) owing, through
(d) having, enriched
(e) being, poor
ANSWERS--------
- 1. (e)
- 2. (d)
- 3. (b)
- 4. (a)
- 5. (e)
- 6.(d)
- 7. (a)
- 8. (c)
- 9. (b)
- 10. (e)
- 11. (b)
- 12. (a)
- 13. (d)
- 14. (c)
- 15. (e)
