Fill in the Blanks with appropriate Words
1. ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are the little courtesies by which we keep the…….. of life oiled and running smoothly.
(a) river
(b) garden
(c) path
(d) machine
2. The bright colour of this shirt has………. away.
(a) gone
(b) disappeared
(c) faded
(d) paled
3. One major ……….between the Election Commission and the Union Government is related to the powers of the former in respect of the deployment of central police forces at places where an election isheld.
(a) conflict
(b) pain
(c) irritant
(d) culprit
4.Even a ………glance will reveal the mystery
(a)crude
(b)cursory
(c) critical
(d) curious
5. His standard of living has……. since his son joined service.
(a) lifted
(b) increased
(c) risen
(d) heightened
6. The passengers were afraid but the captain …….them that there was no danger.
(a) instructed
(b) advised
(c) promised
(d) assured
7. His first failure did not…… him from making another attempt.
(a) interfere
(b) forbid
(c) frighten
(d) deter
8. No one will ……….. you for having been rude to your teacher.
(a) exclaim
(b) admire
(c) advise
(d) recommend
9.The doctor …….. the patient from taking certain medicines.
(a) banned
(b) prohibited
(c) prescribed
(d) proscribed
10.I ……..a car to be absolutely necessary these days.
(a) think
(b)regard
(c) consider
(d) agree
11. He didn’t have the……….. idea of villager’s problems.
(a) smallest
(b)finest
(c) faintest
(d) feeblest
12. This is a………… translation of the speech.
(a) verbatim
(b)verbal
(c) literal
(d) literary
13.The news of the secret deal soon despite official silence.
(a) discovered
(b) disclosed
(c)leaked out
(d) divulged
14. No man had a more ………..love for literature, or a higher respect for it, than
Samuel Johnson.
(a)arduous
(b) ardent
(c) animated
(d) adroit
15.I have often ………why he went to live abroad.
(a) puzzled
(b) wondered
(c) thought
(d) surprised
16.He lives near ……………a lonely of countryside.
(a) piece
(b) length
(c) stretch
(d) section
17. To nobody else did the story seem ………
(a) contingent
(b) credible
(c) credulous
(d) creditable
18. The transfer of territories could not take place because one state ……………..the findings of the Commission.
(a) objected
(b) questioned
(c)rejected
(d) disputed
19.Anticipating renewed rioting, the authorities erected …………….to block off the streets.
(a) dykes
(b) barrages
(c) barricades
(d) barracks
20.When their examinations were over, the children gleefully……. the books they had been reading.
(a) despised
(b) neglected
(c) shelve
(d)overthrow
Answers
1. D 2.C 3. A 4.B 5.C
6. D 7.D 8. B 9.B 10.C
11. C 12.C 13. C 14.B 15.B
16. C 17.B 18. D 19.C 20.B
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