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| 551. |
India's attitude towards China has all along been pusillanimous. |
| A. | enerous |
| B. | owardly |
| C. | ubversive |
| D. | estrained |
| Answer» C. ubversive | |
| 552. |
They tolerated him though they disliked his craven behaviour. |
| A. | illy |
| B. | owardly |
| C. | ndecent |
| D. | ean |
| Answer» C. ndecent | |
| 553. |
The speech was filled with rigmarole. |
| A. | onsense |
| B. | etails |
| C. | uotes |
| D. | xamples |
| Answer» B. etails | |
| 554. |
The most common type of colour blindness involves inability to tell red from green. |
| A. | rove |
| B. | etect |
| C. | istinguish |
| D. | xtract |
| Answer» D. xtract | |
| 555. |
The poetic art of Keats reached consummation at the end of his poetic career. |
| A. | ailure |
| B. | eterioration |
| C. | ompletion |
| D. | rivolty |
| Answer» D. rivolty | |
| 556. |
Social reformers and thinkers abominate every type of discrimination and injustice practised anywhere in the world. |
| A. | radicate |
| B. | etest |
| C. | ondemn |
| D. | iolate |
| Answer» C. ondemn | |
| 557. |
The problem is tedious to tackle. |
| A. | asy |
| B. | ifficult |
| C. | iring |
| D. | roublesome |
| Answer» D. roublesome | |
| 558. |
Catching snakes can be hazardous for people untrained in the art. |
| A. | angerous |
| B. | ifficult |
| C. | armful |
| D. | ricky |
| Answer» B. ifficult | |
| 559. |
Power went to her head and she could not stand even minor criticism. |
| A. | ppreciate |
| B. | igest |
| C. | ccept |
| D. | ear |
| Answer» E. | |
| 560. |
Ant is believed to be the most industrious creature. |
| A. | ensible |
| B. | iligent |
| C. | uccessful |
| D. | unctual |
| Answer» C. uccessful | |
| 561. |
The guests were offended by his uncouth manners. |
| A. | asteful |
| B. | irty |
| C. | ndesirable |
| D. | ngracious |
| Answer» E. | |
| 562. |
She overruled her son's demand of a motorbike. |
| A. | eglected |
| B. | isallowed |
| C. | gnored |
| D. | ulfilled |
| Answer» C. gnored | |
| 563. |
The oppressive weather made the work difficult for them. |
| A. | urbulent |
| B. | isappointing |
| C. | nbearable |
| D. | old |
| Answer» D. old | |
| 564. |
He had a catastrophic defeat. |
| A. | mprobable |
| B. | isastrous |
| C. | evolutionary |
| D. | essimistic |
| Answer» C. evolutionary | |
| 565. |
Science has revealed the mysteries of nature to man. |
| A. | eleased |
| B. | isclosed |
| C. | pened |
| D. | leared |
| Answer» C. pened | |
| 566. |
When the editor refused to publish my first article, I was totally disheartened. |
| A. | ispleased |
| B. | iscouraged |
| C. | issatisfied |
| D. | isturbed |
| Answer» C. issatisfied | |
| 567. |
He was not able to unearth his secret to the last. |
| A. | uppress |
| B. | iscover |
| C. | isclose |
| D. | ecode |
| Answer» C. isclose | |
| 568. |
Please sound the Principal about the reaction of the students. |
| A. | upport |
| B. | iscuss |
| C. | ell |
| D. | aution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 569. |
During his stay in Canada, he had quite a few frustrating experiences. |
| A. | isappointing |
| B. | nthusiasm |
| C. | umiliating |
| D. | epulsive |
| Answer» B. nthusiasm | |
| 570. |
He could not tolerate his friend rejoicing in his ignominy. |
| A. | efeat |
| B. | ishonour |
| C. | isery |
| D. | ictory |
| Answer» C. isery | |
| 571. |
The employee was ousted from the office |
| A. | ushed |
| B. | hrust |
| C. | orced |
| D. | xpelled |
| Answer» E. | |
| 572. |
Defection is quite common in our present day political life. |
| A. | esertion |
| B. | isobedience |
| C. | isloyalty |
| D. | ndiscipline |
| Answer» B. isobedience | |
| 573. |
He did not continue for long with his murky intentions. |
| A. | ishonest |
| B. | ull |
| C. | azy |
| D. | minous |
| Answer» D. minous | |
| 574. |
On the stage of this world, the drama of life is transitory as well as traumatic. |
| A. | ransitional |
| B. | ull |
| C. | leeting |
| D. | ainful |
| Answer» D. ainful | |
| 575. |
He cast a cursory glance over the papers before signing them. |
| A. | hort |
| B. | ager |
| C. | nquisitive |
| D. | urried |
| Answer» E. | |
| 576. |
We didn't believe in his statement, but subsequent events proved that he was right. |
| A. | ater |
| B. | arlier |
| C. | any |
| D. | ew |
| Answer» B. arlier | |
| 577. |
He listened to my request with indifference. |
| A. | aution |
| B. | ispleasure |
| C. | oncern |
| D. | isinterest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 578. |
The eyewitness testimony was incontrovertible. |
| A. | nquestionable |
| B. | isputable |
| C. | nacceptable |
| D. | ebatable |
| Answer» B. isputable | |
| 579. |
The growing disparity between the rich and the poor has been a cause of global concern. |
| A. | imilar |
| B. | iversity |
| C. | egregation |
| D. | nequality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 580. |
The wail of the call to prayer floated over the darkened streets. |
| A. | umped |
| B. | eap |
| C. | overed |
| D. | oaked |
| Answer» D. oaked | |
| 581. |
He has travelled all over the continent by hitchhiking most of the time. |
| A. | lying |
| B. | riving |
| C. | orking |
| D. | ift |
| Answer» E. | |
| 582. |
The cyclone had blown some of the cars on to funny places. |
| A. | umorous |
| B. | ranky |
| C. | rregular |
| D. | dd |
| Answer» B. ranky | |
| 583. |
Drinking is a vice which ultimately ruins a person. |
| A. | abit |
| B. | rime |
| C. | in |
| D. | vil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 584. |
We must not take his facetious remark very seriously. |
| A. | musing |
| B. | ritical |
| C. | asual |
| D. | lippant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 585. |
There has been considerable furore both within Parliament and without about the proposed hike in tele-communication tariff. |
| A. | pposition |
| B. | riticism |
| C. | proar |
| D. | isagreement |
| Answer» D. isagreement | |
| 586. |
Lack of occupation is not necessarily revealed by manifest idleness. |
| A. | cquired |
| B. | eflected |
| C. | bvious |
| D. | nfected |
| Answer» D. nfected | |
| 587. |
He was a very docile person and thus a favourite of his neighbours. |
| A. | rritated |
| B. | bedient |
| C. | isturbed |
| D. | ooled |
| Answer» C. isturbed | |
| 588. |
Work that does not engage a person will never seem rewarding, no matter how lucrative it becomes. |
| A. | romising |
| B. | asy |
| C. | omfortable |
| D. | rofitable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 589. |
Long illness has mascerated his body so much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones. |
| A. | ffected |
| B. | often |
| C. | evastated |
| D. | asted |
| Answer» C. evastated | |
| 590. |
He has saved money because his wife is frugal. |
| A. | trict |
| B. | conomic |
| C. | conomical |
| D. | iserly |
| Answer» D. iserly | |
| 591. |
Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid. |
| A. | nvy |
| B. | ruelty |
| C. | pite |
| D. | atred |
| Answer» E. | |
| 592. |
A stray dog kept whimpering all night. |
| A. | arking |
| B. | rying |
| C. | hining |
| D. | obbing |
| Answer» D. obbing | |
| 593. |
One could see the maginitude of tragedy in the limpid eyes of the earthquake victims. |
| A. | gly |
| B. | rying |
| C. | et |
| D. | ranslucent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 594. |
He is very discreet while deciding such matters. |
| A. | bstinate |
| B. | unning |
| C. | rudent |
| D. | rustworthy |
| Answer» D. rustworthy | |
| 595. |
The attitude of the Western countries towards the Third World countries is rather callous to say the least. |
| A. | nfeeling |
| B. | ursed |
| C. | nkind |
| D. | assive |
| Answer» B. ursed | |
| 596. |
Slangs in a language are usually ephemeral in nature. |
| A. | ransient |
| B. | ustomary |
| C. | ecessary |
| D. | bvious |
| Answer» B. ustomary | |
| 597. |
A rupture in the relationship of the two brothers is quite apparent. |
| A. | ap |
| B. | amage |
| C. | reak |
| D. | reach |
| Answer» E. | |
| 598. |
How beautiful! This is really something to ponder over. |
| A. | ing |
| B. | ance |
| C. | hink |
| D. | onder |
| Answer» D. onder | |
| 599. |
The fetid mound of waste near the town was a major cause of the epidemic. |
| A. | oomed |
| B. | angerous |
| C. | tinking |
| D. | tagnant |
| Answer» D. tagnant | |
| 600. |
He was adjudged as the best orator of the college. |
| A. | ritic |
| B. | ebater |
| C. | inger |
| D. | peaker |
| Answer» E. | |