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Selecting Words

PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:54 pm
by abdulsaboor
Verbal Ability > Selecting Words

Directions to Solve
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

1.
Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.

A. with
B. over
C. on
D. round

Re: Selecting Words

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:44 am
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:45 am
by abdulsaboor
3.
Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.

A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion

Answer: Option A

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:46 am
by abdulsaboor
4.
I saw a ...... of cows in the field.

A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock

Answer: Option B

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:47 am
by abdulsaboor
5.
The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.

A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:49 am
by abdulsaboor
6.
Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.

A. at
B. over
C. for
D. on

Answer: Option D

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:50 am
by abdulsaboor
7.
My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.

A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. myself

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:51 am
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:52 am
by abdulsaboor
9.
Man does not live by ...... alone.

A. food
B. bread
C. meals
D. diet

Answer: Option B

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:53 am
by abdulsaboor
10.
Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.

A. about
B. through
C. along
D. up

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:53 am
by abdulsaboor
11.
Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......

A. unique
B. different
C. likely
D. alike

Answer: Option D

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:54 am
by abdulsaboor
12.
To err is ...... to forgive divine.

A. beastly
B. human
C. inhuman
D. natural

Answer: Option B

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:55 am
by abdulsaboor
13.
The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.

A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into

Answer: Option A

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:56 am
by abdulsaboor
14.
...... of old paintings is a job for experts.

A. Resurrection
B. Retrieval
C. Restoration
D. Resumption

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:57 am
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:04 pm
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:06 pm
by abdulsaboor
19.
Jawaharlal spent his childhood ...... Anand Bhawan.

A. at
B. in
C. on
D. across

Answer: Option A

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:07 pm
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:08 pm
by abdulsaboor
21.
I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.

A. besides
B. along
C. at
D. beside

Answer: Option D

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:08 pm
by abdulsaboor
22.
Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.

A. inaccessible
B. impossible
C. impermeable
D. impenetrable

Answer: Option A

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:09 pm
by abdulsaboor
23.
It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post

A. feels
B. looks
C. believes
D. seems

Answer: Option D

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:10 pm
by abdulsaboor
24.
In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.

A. for
B. into
C. against
D. to

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:11 pm
by abdulsaboor
25.
I haven't seen you ...... a week.

A. within
B. since
C. for
D. from

Answer: Option C

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:46 pm
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:49 pm
by abdulsaboor
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

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:50 pm
by abdulsaboor
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