1. Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
A. with
B. over
C. on
D. round
Answer: Option C
2. The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
A. avidly
B. admiringly
C. thoughtfully
D. earnestly
Answer: Option A
3. Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Answer: Option A
4. I saw a ...... of cows in the field.
A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock
Answer: Option B
5. The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.
A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced
Answer: Option C
6. Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
A. at
B. over
C. for
D. on
Answer: Option D
7. My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.
A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. myself
Answer: Option C
8. If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.
A. possessed
B. punished
C. confiscated
D. fined
Answer: Option C
9. Man does not live by ...... alone.
A. food
B. bread
C. meals
D. diet
Answer: Option B
10. Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.
A. about
B. through
C. along
D. up
Answer: Option C
11. Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......
A. unique
B. different
C. likely
D. alike
Answer: Option D
12. To err is ...... to forgive divine.
A. beastly
B. human
C. inhuman
D. natural
Answer: Option B
13. The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into
Answer: Option A
14. ...... of old paintings is a job for experts.
A. Resurrection
B. Retrieval
C. Restoration
D. Resumption
Answer: Option C
15. During Diwali the shops are ...... of people.
A. busy
B. full
C. crowded
D. bubbling
Answer: Option B
16. The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
A. straight
B. but
C. in
D. directly
Answer: Option B
17. The telephone ...... several times before I answered it.
A. was ringing
B. has rung
C. had rung
D. would ring
Answer: Option C
18. He passed the examination in the first class because he ......
A. was hard working for it
B. worked hardly for it
C. had worked hard for it
D. was working hard for it
Answer: Option C
19. Jawaharlal spent his childhood ...... Anand Bhawan.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. across
Answer: Option A
20. If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side.
A. faith
B. belief
C. substance
D. certainty
Answer: Option A
21. I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.
A. besides
B. along
C. at
D. beside
Answer: Option D
22. Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.
A. inaccessible
B. impossible
C. impermeable
D. impenetrable
Answer: Option A
23. It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post
A. feels
B. looks
C. believes
D. seems
Answer: Option D
24. In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.
A. for
B. into
C. against
D. to
Answer: Option C
25. I haven't seen you ...... a week.
A. within
B. since
C. for
D. from
Answer: Option C
26. I listened, but I had no idea what he was ...... about.
A. saying
B. talking
C. telling
D. discussing
Answer: Option B
27. The car in which the minister was traveling ...... with an accident.
A. hit
B. drove
C. crashed
D. met
Answer: Option D
28. The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society.
A. spoil
B. improve
C. degrade
D. defame
Answer: Option A
29. Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ......
A. idealistic
B. generous
C. lazy
D. optimistic
Answer: Option C
30. In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
A. occupied
B. conquered
C. swallowed
D. captured
Answer: Option D
31. He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.
A. insists
B. persists
C. desists
D. resists
Answer: Option B
32. She ...... a brief appearance at the end of party.
A. put on
B. put in
C. put across
D. put up
Answer: Option B
33. Life is to death as pleasure is to ......
A. poverty
B. suffering
C. anguish
D. pain
Answer: Option D
34. This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......
A. keep, removed
B. afford, attached
C. develop, liquidated
D. keep up, destroyed
Answer: Option D
35. The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain.
A. but
B. and
C. for
D. if
Answer: Option A
36. If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ......
A. drowsy
B. tired
C. confident
D. giddy
Answer: Option B
37. If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander.
A. to
B. on
C. for
D. with
Answer: Option C
38. His father-in-law ...... him up in business.
A. put
B. made
C. set
D. built
Answer: Option C
39. ...... works of reference are valuable as Encyclopedia, Brittanica.
A. A few
B. Few
C. The few
D. Fewer
Answer: Option B
40. This book is quite similar ......
A. with the "Treasure Island"
B. of that film we saw at school
C. to the one I read last week
D. than a story told by our teacher
Answer: Option C
41. If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we must make ...... arrangements to go to the airport.
A. alternative
B. another
C. alternate
D. possible
Answer: Option A
42. A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market, where the iron-smiths were ...... the pieces of metals.
A. flattening
B. striking
C. hammering
D. thrashing
Answer: Option C
43. I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while.
A. from
B. since
C. for
D. until
Answer: Option C
44. The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority.
A. by
B. with
C. from
D. through
Answer: Option B
45. Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ...... men
A. throw away
B. send off
C. put off
D. lay off
Answer: Option D
46. Man must ...... to stop pollution.
A. act
B. perform
C. operate
D. behave
Answer: Option A
47. He was sent to the prison for his ......
A. sin
B. vice
C. crime
D. guilt
Answer: Option C
48. The answer was written ...... blue ink.
A. with
B. by
C. in
D. on
Answer: Option C
49. Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting.
A. hectic
B. historic
C. historical
D. histrionic
Answer: Option B
50. Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.
A. over
B. on
C. upon
D. about
Answer: Option A
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