Directions (1-15): In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Q1. The government allocated Rs. 1,000 Cr for __________________ of historical monuments.
(a) resurrection
(b) revival
(c) resumption
(d) restoration
Q2. Put your own house_______ order before preaching others.
(a) within
(b) on
(c) in
(d) to
Q3. Using different ___________ processes, the pharmaceutical residues in the water were recovered and analyzed.
(a) extrication
(b) extermination
(c) exasperation
(d) extraction
Q4. It was business as usual in Chennai as well, as there was no _________ in the usual peak hour traffic along the city's arterial roads.
(a) let in
(b) let-up
(c) let on
(d) let-off
Q5. The staff at the Frontier lines up in silent admiration as Arjun, proudly _______the gold medal, walks in, takes his seat, and then tries soaking in the place.
(a) crumpling
(b) dangling
(c) rumpling
(d) flinging
Q6. Although we have understood the signals and genes behind the regeneration, the whole pathway and network need to be _______ before trying it out in the mammalian system.
(a) snarled
(b) laced
(c) unravelled
(d) leaked
Q7. If we want our country to progress in every field, we must improve the economic conditions of the ____________
(a) men of straw
(b) rank and file
(c) men of letters
(d) notorious people
Q8. Last week. Our cat gave birth to a litter of kittens, but we did not know where ________
(a) is our cat
(b) our cat was
(c) our cat is
(d) was our cat
Q9. In a __________ incident, a girl in West Bengal’s Hoogly district accidently shot and critically injured her mother.
(a) bizarre
(b) wonted
(c) prevalent
(d) rife
Q10. My father has never taken or given a bribe in his life. He is a policeman and has never ________ to any municipal bribery.
(a) slated
(b) pandered
(c) flayed
(d) panned
Q11. Even though I was nervous during my presentation, I tried to project a ___________ of calmness while speaking.
(a) surmise
(b) semblance
(c) veracity
(d) fence
Q12. At that time he ___________ a novel for two months.
(a) had been writing
(b) was writing
(c) had been written
(d) should written
Q13. He did not go because he was busy yesterday. I wish he __________with you.
(a) would go
(b) could go
(c) were gone
(d) has had gone
Q14. A pair of broken glasses _____________ on the table.
(a) are lying
(b) is lying
(c) is laying
(d) are laying
Q15. How can any ____________ person hope to know what thoughts transpire in so evil a mind?
(a) rational
(b) sober
(c) thinking
(d) negligent
SOLUTIONS
1.D
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.B
6.C
7.B
8.B
9.A
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.B
14.B
15.A
