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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. | |