18 January 2014

English- Fill in the blanks

Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word . Choose the correct alternative out from the given words.

1. Though impulsive in her personal life, Edna. St. Vincent was _______ in her work, producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day.

(a) humble          (b) dispirited       ( c ) organized       (d ) sanguine
2. It is very difficult for him to give up smoking as he is an  ________ smoker.
(a ) indifferent      (b ) imveterate    (c ) insensitive      (d ) innate
3. Mother's milk ______ substituted by anything else.
(a ) could be       (b ) cannot be      (c ) can be           (d) may not be
4. We all hope ________ a better future.
(a) of                  (b) on                  (c) for                  (d) with
5. The city _______ by riots.
(a) torn               (b) tear               (c) was torn           (d) will tear
6. Our flat is  ________ the second floor of the building.
(a) at                  (b) on                 (c) in                      (d) to
7. Her illness was diagnosed __________ epilepsy.
(a) for                 (b)with               (c)at                       (d) as
8. Keep your dog _______ the flower beds or he might damage them.
(a) from              (b)across            (c)of                       (d) off
9. In Homer's work, Achilles is the Paragon of bravery; Odysseus _______ the shrewd man.
(a) abhors           (b) exemplifies    (c) reinvents            (d) eschews
10. The doctor advised him to rest for __________ days.
(a)few                (b) a few              (c) the few             (d) fewer
11. The government must______ all resources of energy.
(a) collect           (b)gather             (c)muster                (d) harness
12. A. R. Rahaman ________ the music for Commonwealth Games 2010.
(a) sang              (b)made               (c)composed          (d) produced
13. Appearances are _____________
(a) deceptive      (b)deception         (c)deceptively         (d) deceive
14. Girls generally __________ in their mother.
(a ) confide         (b)confident          (c)confidential         (d) confidence
15. Children below the age of fourteen should be _____ sent to school.
(a) compel          (b) compulsory     (c) compulsively       (d) compulsorily
16.Many a man ______ imprisoned without trial in Fascist countries.
(a) are               (b)were                  (c) is                        (d) have been
17. The plane will take off when the thunderstorm________
(a) stops             (b)stopped            (c)would stop           (d)will stop
18. When the doctor________, the patient was already_________
(a) arrived : died  (b) arrived ; dead  (c) arrive ; dead      (d) arriving ; dying\
19. Age and experience _____wisdom to man.
(a) bring              (b)have brought     (c) are bringing        (d) brings
20.He drove from Maharashtra _____ Karnataka without stopping to rest.
(a) is                 (b) to                      (c) into                     (d) towards
21. If you litter, you _________ to pay a fine.
(a) will have      (b) would have        (c) will had                (d) would had
22. Most animals which are nocturnal have a sharper ______ at night, than in the morning.
23. If I were _______ , I wouldn't accept such treatment.
(a) him              (b) them                   (c) he                      (d)one
24. I know to __________ you are alluding.
(a) who            (b) which                (c) where                   (d) whom
25. Each man and each woman ________ a vote.
(a) have            (b) has                    (c) can                      (d) must
26. I hate sitting _________ him as he always smells of garlic.
(a) along           (b)at                       (c) besides                 (d) beside
27. Newton __________ that the force of gravitation makes apples fall.
(a) discovered   (b) had discovered   (c) has discovered     (d) would discover
28. He was very anxious ______ the health of his son.
(a) with             (b ) about                (c) over                      (d) of
29. They ________ him admittance.
(a) contradicted  (b)volunteered        (c) refused                  (d) reprised
30.My brother _________ a house by the sea.
(a) looked into    (b) looked forward  (c) looked for           (d) looked about
31. It was the help he got from his friends which _______ him through the tragedy.
(a) supported    (b) helped                (c) fixed                    (d) boosted 
32. Anil got the company car for a ________price as he was the seniormost employee inthe company.
(a) discounted   (b) nominal               (c) fixed                    (d) reduced
33. His _________ of the topic was so good that students had few doubts to raise at the end.
(a) exposition    (b) picturisation         (c) clarity                  (d) exposure
34. Beauty is to ugliness as adversity is to __________.
(a) happiness     (b) prosperity           (c) misery                  (d) cowardice
35. All of us should abide _______ the laws of our country.
(a) on                (b) to                       (c)by                        (d) in 
36. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _________ his actions.
(a) for                (b) about                 (c) of                        (d) against
37. I never miss a cricket match. I ________ fond of cricket since childhood.
(a) have been     (b) has been            (c) will be                  (d) am 
38. He ordered his servant __________.  
(a) if he could bring a glass of water             (b) that bring a glass of water
(c) to bring a glass of water                          (d) that he should bring a glass of water 
39.Though Bindu is poor, ______ she is honest . 
(a) still               (b) nevertheless        (c) but                       (d) yet 
40. A determined effort will be needed to restrict the country's _________ services.
(a) profligate     (b) profiteering          (c) renegade              (d)  variegated
41. I am not concerned ______ him ______ that business.
(a) for; with       (b) with ; in               (c) with ; for               (d) by ; in 
42. He deals _________ foreign goods  only, but our firm deals ________ several leading merchants who trade _______ a variety ______ goods.
(a) in , in , with , of                                        (b) with , with , with , of 
(c) with , in , of , with                                     (d) in , with , in , of 
43. The controversy is likely to create _______ between the two communities.
(a) amity             (b) bitterness            (c) doubt                   (d) revenge
44 . She is much too _________ to have any thing to do with that obnoxious affair. 
(a) happy            (b) hasty                  (c) noble                     (d) proud
45. His ________ in his family's position is great but he does not boast about it.
(a) deceit            (b) presumption         (c) pride                   (d) proud
46. My finger is still ________ where I caught it in the door yesterday.
(a) bruised          (b) injured                  (c) sore                    (d) wounded
47.  Non- violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _________ .
(a) brute             (b) coward                 (c) haughty                (d) ignorant
48. We felt as if the ground were _________ beneath our feet.
(a) brusting         (b) sinking                  (c)slipping                (d) smashing
49. The task seemed impossible but somehow he ______ very skilfully in the end.
(a) pulled it off     (b) pulled it away       (c)pulled it out        (d) pulled it up
50. The enemy paid a large sum as ___________ .
(a) compensation  (b) punishment          (c) redress             (d) amends       (e) restitution
51. The unruly behaviour of the soldiers _________ their commander .
(a) incensed        (b) aggrieved             (c) impeached         (d) tempered     (e) clashed
52. Jayanth was so good at mathematics that his friends considered him to be a ______ .
(a) profligate       (b) prodigy               (c) prodigal               (d) primeval      (e) protocular
53. When Raju heard the news of his selection to the college team he felt ______ .
(a) efferescent     (b) enamoured          (c)elated                  (d) embittered    (e) exasperated
54. A son who is unable to look his father in the face is ______ .
(a) timid              (b) guilty                   (c) aggogant            (d) ashamed
55. He said that was no going back because his decision was  _________ .
(a) peremptory   (b) premeditated        (c) parsimonious      (d) palatable
56. Progress in government, science, art, literature, philosophy and religion ______ great civilisations from mere groups of communities.
(a) extol             (b) describe               (c) distinguish            (d) relinquish
57. Since there was adequate grazing area for the herds, the land was ______ populated.
(a) disproportionately (b) sparsely        (c) inadequately        (d) rustically
58. The new owners of the paper changed the _______ completely.
(a) outlay            (b) layout                   (c) outlet                 (d) outlook
59. This legend has been __________ from father to son.
(a) handed in       (b) handed out           (c) handed over       (d) handed down
60. Many young men were  ________ at street corners for the coffee bar to open.
(a) hanging about (b) hanging on            (c) hanging together (d) hanging back (e) hanging out
61. Whenever he refers to his favourites he is voluble, but when he talks of his adversaries he is ______ .
(a) aggressive     (b) bitter                     (c) rough                  (d) miserly          (e) reticent
62.  If a man keeps his fingers crossed , he _________ .
(a) hopes for the best                            (b) suspects everybody              (c) demonstrates peevishness
(d) welcomes every danger                    (e) prays for good health
63. Although I had pledged not to tell anyone of the previous evening's trauma, the compulsive urge to unburden myself became _______ .
(a) overwhelming  (b)irresistible            (c) impassive             (d) preponderous  (e) imdomitable
64.The accused was released on pending hearing of his case.
(a) bale                (b) bail                     (c) bond                     (d) deposit
65. I decided to sell a piece of land when I was offered a more ________ price.
(a) exact              (b) correct                (c) true                       (d) realistic.
66. You will have to catch the morning flight, so you _________ better get ready.
(a) may                (b) had                     (c) should                   (d) would
67. His persuasive tone was able to tackle the boy whom other perfessors had found.
(a) peripatetic       (b) dissolute             (c) penacious               (d) squeamish     (e) obdurate
68. Though a ____________ circumstance, they unexpectedly found themselves on the same bus with Uncle Morris.
(a) fortuitous         (b) elusive                (c) referential               (d) lambent          (e) friable
69. We had a wonderful view of the bay through the _________
(a) zenith               (b) nadil                  (c) vicinity                    (d) proximity       (e) window
70. Lalita failed in the examination because none of her answers was _________ to the questions asked.
(a) referential         (b) revealing            (c) pertinent                 (d) allusive           (e) impeccable
71. The ________ man treated everyone in a ________ manner.
(a) superficial, thorough                         (b) defiant , belligerent     (c) supercilious, depreciatory
(d) corrupt , ubiquitous                          (e) suspicious, ingenuous.
72. We never believed that he would resort to _________ in order to achieve his end, we always tegarded him as an honest man.
(a) subterfuge         (b) logic                  (c) diplomacy                 (d) charm            (e) cunning
73. His monotonous voice acted like ________ and his audience was soon asleep.
(a) a sedative          (b) an anaesthetic     (c)an emetic                  (d) a purgative     (e) a cathartic
74. In the _________ areas of the rail-road terminal thousands of travellers lingered while waiting for their lingered while waiting for their train.
(a) commodious      (b) accomodious      (c) capricious                 (d) extensive        (e) capacious
75. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _________ their clients funds.
(a) devastate            (b) devour               (c)embezzle                   (d) defalcate         (e) dawdled
76. Modern architecture has discarded the _______ trimming on buildings and emphasises simplicity of line. (a) gaudy                 (b) gaunt                 (c) flabbergasting            (d) flamboyant      (e) flagrant
77. In the twentieth century, physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ______ objects like the atom and its parts.
(a) infinitesimal         (b) infinite                (c) microscopic              (d) kaleidoscopic   (e) intangible
78. Hid moral decadence was marked by his _________ from the ways of integrity and honesty.
(a) declivity             (b) obsession            (c) opprobrium             (d) departure
79. Even when Mohan's reputation was in _______ almost everyone was willing to admit that he had genius.
(a) peregrination        (b) accumulation      (c) eclipse                   (d) rebuttal              (e) failure
80. Patriotism, like so many other objects of this imperfect world, is a _________ web of good and evil.
(a) complicated         (b) intricate              (c) entrapped               (d) entangled          (e) tangled
81 The Indian princes and rulers seldom thought in terms of the country as a whole and ________ their time and energy in _____ warfare.
(a) exhausted, common                          (b) dissipated , mutual                          (c) depreciated, expensive
(d) desiccated, isolationist                       (e) wasted , reciprocal
82. The salt spray has gradually ______ the bridge.
(a) spoilt                   (b) ravaged              (c) demolished             (d) eroded
83. The volcanic_________ was the cause of great devastation.
(a) outburst              (b) eruption               (c)erosion                     (d) movement
84. It was impossible to recover the victims' bodies as the place of the accident was ________
(a) inaccessible          (b) marshy               (c) diatant                     (d) rocky
85. In order to maintain good health one should eat a ______ diet.
(a)rich                       (b) spicy                  (c) balanced                  (d) salty
86. As a result of ________ many unsuitable candidates were selected for the posts.
(a) tolerence             (b) favouritism          (c) humility                    (d) weakness
87. There are several ways of ________ the price at which a product can be marketed.
(a) arriving                (b) thinking               (c) determining              (d) noticing
88. Although they are not rich, they always wear ________ clothes.
(a) respectful             (b) respective            (c) respctable                (d) respected
89. After a recent mild paralytic attack his movements are _____restricted, otherwise he is still very active.
(a) entirely                 (b) nowhere              (c) not                           (d) slightly
90. The prisoner was released on _______ for good behaviour.
(a) probation             (b) ball                      (c) parole                       (d) guarantee
91. Rajeev is too _______ as far as his food habits are concerned.
(a) enjoyable            (b) fastidious               (c) curious                     (d) interesting
92. My father keeps all his _______ papers in a lock and key.
(a) required              (b) necessary              (c) useful                       (d) confidential
93. I _______ you to keep quiet.
(a) beg of                  (b) beg from               (c) beg                       (d) beg for
94. The splendour of the Himalayas __________
(a) beggars description   (b) needs no description  (c) is so charming  (d) inspires awe
95. Every candidate has to poll a minimum number of votes in order to avoid ______ of his security.
(a) penalty                  (b) cancellation          (c) forefeiture              (d) loss
96. He stood _________ as a rock and faced the challenge.
(a) quiet                     (b) strong                   (c) solid                       (d) firm
97. Having lived a ______ life for forty years he is not able to take any independent decisions.
(a) happy                   (b)  successful             (c) safe                       (d) cloistered
98. The brilliant students will be _________ scholarships.
(a) honoured               (b) awarded              (c) rewarded               (d) forwarded
99. Several of our players were injured so our losing the match was almost ________ .
(a) necessary              (b) indispensable        (c) inevitable               (d) inexcusable
100. My friend says that he drinks tea because it is the best ______ in the world.
(a) fluid                      (b) drink                    (c) beverage                (d) liquid
                 

Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word . Choose the correct alternative out from the given words.

1. Though impulsive in her personal life, Edna. St. Vincent was _______ in her work, producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day.

(a) humble          (b) dispirited       ( c ) organized       (d ) sanguine
2. It is very difficult for him to give up smoking as he is an  ________ smoker.
(a ) indifferent      (b ) imveterate    (c ) insensitive      (d ) innate
3. Mother's milk ______ substituted by anything else.
(a ) could be       (b ) cannot be      (c ) can be           (d) may not be
4. We all hope ________ a better future.
(a) of                  (b) on                  (c) for                  (d) with
5. The city _______ by riots.
(a) torn               (b) tear               (c) was torn           (d) will tear
6. Our flat is  ________ the second floor of the building.
(a) at                  (b) on                 (c) in                      (d) to
7. Her illness was diagnosed __________ epilepsy.
(a) for                 (b)with               (c)at                       (d) as
8. Keep your dog _______ the flower beds or he might damage them.
(a) from              (b)across            (c)of                       (d) off
9. In Homer's work, Achilles is the Paragon of bravery; Odysseus _______ the shrewd man.
(a) abhors           (b) exemplifies    (c) reinvents            (d) eschews
10. The doctor advised him to rest for __________ days.
(a)few                (b) a few              (c) the few             (d) fewer
11. The government must______ all resources of energy.
(a) collect           (b)gather             (c)muster                (d) harness
12. A. R. Rahaman ________ the music for Commonwealth Games 2010.
(a) sang              (b)made               (c)composed          (d) produced
13. Appearances are _____________
(a) deceptive      (b)deception         (c)deceptively         (d) deceive
14. Girls generally __________ in their mother.
(a ) confide         (b)confident          (c)confidential         (d) confidence
15. Children below the age of fourteen should be _____ sent to school.
(a) compel          (b) compulsory     (c) compulsively       (d) compulsorily
16.Many a man ______ imprisoned without trial in Fascist countries.
(a) are               (b)were                  (c) is                        (d) have been
17. The plane will take off when the thunderstorm________
(a) stops             (b)stopped            (c)would stop           (d)will stop
18. When the doctor________, the patient was already_________
(a) arrived : died  (b) arrived ; dead  (c) arrive ; dead      (d) arriving ; dying\
19. Age and experience _____wisdom to man.
(a) bring              (b)have brought     (c) are bringing        (d) brings
20.He drove from Maharashtra _____ Karnataka without stopping to rest.
(a) is                 (b) to                      (c) into                     (d) towards
21. If you litter, you _________ to pay a fine.
(a) will have      (b) would have        (c) will had                (d) would had
22. Most animals which are nocturnal have a sharper ______ at night, than in the morning.
23. If I were _______ , I wouldn't accept such treatment.
(a) him              (b) them                   (c) he                      (d)one
24. I know to __________ you are alluding.
(a) who            (b) which                (c) where                   (d) whom
25. Each man and each woman ________ a vote.
(a) have            (b) has                    (c) can                      (d) must
26. I hate sitting _________ him as he always smells of garlic.
(a) along           (b)at                       (c) besides                 (d) beside
27. Newton __________ that the force of gravitation makes apples fall.
(a) discovered   (b) had discovered   (c) has discovered     (d) would discover
28. He was very anxious ______ the health of his son.
(a) with             (b ) about                (c) over                      (d) of
29. They ________ him admittance.
(a) contradicted  (b)volunteered        (c) refused                  (d) reprised
30.My brother _________ a house by the sea.
(a) looked into    (b) looked forward  (c) looked for           (d) looked about
31. It was the help he got from his friends which _______ him through the tragedy.
(a) supported    (b) helped                (c) fixed                    (d) boosted 
32. Anil got the company car for a ________price as he was the seniormost employee inthe company.
(a) discounted   (b) nominal               (c) fixed                    (d) reduced
33. His _________ of the topic was so good that students had few doubts to raise at the end.
(a) exposition    (b) picturisation         (c) clarity                  (d) exposure
34. Beauty is to ugliness as adversity is to __________.
(a) happiness     (b) prosperity           (c) misery                  (d) cowardice
35. All of us should abide _______ the laws of our country.
(a) on                (b) to                       (c)by                        (d) in 
36. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _________ his actions.
(a) for                (b) about                 (c) of                        (d) against
37. I never miss a cricket match. I ________ fond of cricket since childhood.
(a) have been     (b) has been            (c) will be                  (d) am 
38. He ordered his servant __________.  
(a) if he could bring a glass of water             (b) that bring a glass of water
(c) to bring a glass of water                          (d) that he should bring a glass of water 
39.Though Bindu is poor, ______ she is honest . 
(a) still               (b) nevertheless        (c) but                       (d) yet 
40. A determined effort will be needed to restrict the country's _________ services.
(a) profligate     (b) profiteering          (c) renegade              (d)  variegated
41. I am not concerned ______ him ______ that business.
(a) for; with       (b) with ; in               (c) with ; for               (d) by ; in 
42. He deals _________ foreign goods  only, but our firm deals ________ several leading merchants who trade _______ a variety ______ goods.
(a) in , in , with , of                                        (b) with , with , with , of 
(c) with , in , of , with                                     (d) in , with , in , of 
43. The controversy is likely to create _______ between the two communities.
(a) amity             (b) bitterness            (c) doubt                   (d) revenge
44 . She is much too _________ to have any thing to do with that obnoxious affair. 
(a) happy            (b) hasty                  (c) noble                     (d) proud
45. His ________ in his family's position is great but he does not boast about it.
(a) deceit            (b) presumption         (c) pride                   (d) proud
46. My finger is still ________ where I caught it in the door yesterday.
(a) bruised          (b) injured                  (c) sore                    (d) wounded
47.  Non- violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _________ .
(a) brute             (b) coward                 (c) haughty                (d) ignorant
48. We felt as if the ground were _________ beneath our feet.
(a) brusting         (b) sinking                  (c)slipping                (d) smashing
49. The task seemed impossible but somehow he ______ very skilfully in the end.
(a) pulled it off     (b) pulled it away       (c)pulled it out        (d) pulled it up
50. The enemy paid a large sum as ___________ .
(a) compensation  (b) punishment          (c) redress             (d) amends       (e) restitution
51. The unruly behaviour of the soldiers _________ their commander .
(a) incensed        (b) aggrieved             (c) impeached         (d) tempered     (e) clashed
52. Jayanth was so good at mathematics that his friends considered him to be a ______ .
(a) profligate       (b) prodigy               (c) prodigal               (d) primeval      (e) protocular
53. When Raju heard the news of his selection to the college team he felt ______ .
(a) efferescent     (b) enamoured          (c)elated                  (d) embittered    (e) exasperated
54. A son who is unable to look his father in the face is ______ .
(a) timid              (b) guilty                   (c) aggogant            (d) ashamed
55. He said that was no going back because his decision was  _________ .
(a) peremptory   (b) premeditated        (c) parsimonious      (d) palatable
56. Progress in government, science, art, literature, philosophy and religion ______ great civilisations from mere groups of communities.
(a) extol             (b) describe               (c) distinguish            (d) relinquish
57. Since there was adequate grazing area for the herds, the land was ______ populated.
(a) disproportionately (b) sparsely        (c) inadequately        (d) rustically
58. The new owners of the paper changed the _______ completely.
(a) outlay            (b) layout                   (c) outlet                 (d) outlook
59. This legend has been __________ from father to son.
(a) handed in       (b) handed out           (c) handed over       (d) handed down
60. Many young men were  ________ at street corners for the coffee bar to open.
(a) hanging about (b) hanging on            (c) hanging together (d) hanging back (e) hanging out
61. Whenever he refers to his favourites he is voluble, but when he talks of his adversaries he is ______ .
(a) aggressive     (b) bitter                     (c) rough                  (d) miserly          (e) reticent
62.  If a man keeps his fingers crossed , he _________ .
(a) hopes for the best                            (b) suspects everybody              (c) demonstrates peevishness
(d) welcomes every danger                    (e) prays for good health
63. Although I had pledged not to tell anyone of the previous evening's trauma, the compulsive urge to unburden myself became _______ .
(a) overwhelming  (b)irresistible            (c) impassive             (d) preponderous  (e) imdomitable
64.The accused was released on pending hearing of his case.
(a) bale                (b) bail                     (c) bond                     (d) deposit
65. I decided to sell a piece of land when I was offered a more ________ price.
(a) exact              (b) correct                (c) true                       (d) realistic.
66. You will have to catch the morning flight, so you _________ better get ready.
(a) may                (b) had                     (c) should                   (d) would
67. His persuasive tone was able to tackle the boy whom other perfessors had found.
(a) peripatetic       (b) dissolute             (c) penacious               (d) squeamish     (e) obdurate
68. Though a ____________ circumstance, they unexpectedly found themselves on the same bus with Uncle Morris.
(a) fortuitous         (b) elusive                (c) referential               (d) lambent          (e) friable
69. We had a wonderful view of the bay through the _________
(a) zenith               (b) nadil                  (c) vicinity                    (d) proximity       (e) window
70. Lalita failed in the examination because none of her answers was _________ to the questions asked.
(a) referential         (b) revealing            (c) pertinent                 (d) allusive           (e) impeccable
71. The ________ man treated everyone in a ________ manner.
(a) superficial, thorough                         (b) defiant , belligerent     (c) supercilious, depreciatory
(d) corrupt , ubiquitous                          (e) suspicious, ingenuous.
72. We never believed that he would resort to _________ in order to achieve his end, we always tegarded him as an honest man.
(a) subterfuge         (b) logic                  (c) diplomacy                 (d) charm            (e) cunning
73. His monotonous voice acted like ________ and his audience was soon asleep.
(a) a sedative          (b) an anaesthetic     (c)an emetic                  (d) a purgative     (e) a cathartic
74. In the _________ areas of the rail-road terminal thousands of travellers lingered while waiting for their lingered while waiting for their train.
(a) commodious      (b) accomodious      (c) capricious                 (d) extensive        (e) capacious
75. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _________ their clients funds.
(a) devastate            (b) devour               (c)embezzle                   (d) defalcate         (e) dawdled
76. Modern architecture has discarded the _______ trimming on buildings and emphasises simplicity of line. (a) gaudy                 (b) gaunt                 (c) flabbergasting            (d) flamboyant      (e) flagrant
77. In the twentieth century, physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ______ objects like the atom and its parts.
(a) infinitesimal         (b) infinite                (c) microscopic              (d) kaleidoscopic   (e) intangible
78. Hid moral decadence was marked by his _________ from the ways of integrity and honesty.
(a) declivity             (b) obsession            (c) opprobrium             (d) departure
79. Even when Mohan's reputation was in _______ almost everyone was willing to admit that he had genius.
(a) peregrination        (b) accumulation      (c) eclipse                   (d) rebuttal              (e) failure
80. Patriotism, like so many other objects of this imperfect world, is a _________ web of good and evil.
(a) complicated         (b) intricate              (c) entrapped               (d) entangled          (e) tangled
81 The Indian princes and rulers seldom thought in terms of the country as a whole and ________ their time and energy in _____ warfare.
(a) exhausted, common                          (b) dissipated , mutual                          (c) depreciated, expensive
(d) desiccated, isolationist                       (e) wasted , reciprocal
82. The salt spray has gradually ______ the bridge.
(a) spoilt                   (b) ravaged              (c) demolished             (d) eroded
83. The volcanic_________ was the cause of great devastation.
(a) outburst              (b) eruption               (c)erosion                     (d) movement
84. It was impossible to recover the victims' bodies as the place of the accident was ________
(a) inaccessible          (b) marshy               (c) diatant                     (d) rocky
85. In order to maintain good health one should eat a ______ diet.
(a)rich                       (b) spicy                  (c) balanced                  (d) salty
86. As a result of ________ many unsuitable candidates were selected for the posts.
(a) tolerence             (b) favouritism          (c) humility                    (d) weakness
87. There are several ways of ________ the price at which a product can be marketed.
(a) arriving                (b) thinking               (c) determining              (d) noticing
88. Although they are not rich, they always wear ________ clothes.
(a) respectful             (b) respective            (c) respctable                (d) respected
89. After a recent mild paralytic attack his movements are _____restricted, otherwise he is still very active.
(a) entirely                 (b) nowhere              (c) not                           (d) slightly
90. The prisoner was released on _______ for good behaviour.
(a) probation             (b) ball                      (c) parole                       (d) guarantee
91. Rajeev is too _______ as far as his food habits are concerned.
(a) enjoyable            (b) fastidious               (c) curious                     (d) interesting
92. My father keeps all his _______ papers in a lock and key.
(a) required              (b) necessary              (c) useful                       (d) confidential
93. I _______ you to keep quiet.
(a) beg of                  (b) beg from               (c) beg                       (d) beg for
94. The splendour of the Himalayas __________
(a) beggars description   (b) needs no description  (c) is so charming  (d) inspires awe
95. Every candidate has to poll a minimum number of votes in order to avoid ______ of his security.
(a) penalty                  (b) cancellation          (c) forefeiture              (d) loss
96. He stood _________ as a rock and faced the challenge.
(a) quiet                     (b) strong                   (c) solid                       (d) firm
97. Having lived a ______ life for forty years he is not able to take any independent decisions.
(a) happy                   (b)  successful             (c) safe                       (d) cloistered
98. The brilliant students will be _________ scholarships.
(a) honoured               (b) awarded              (c) rewarded               (d) forwarded
99. Several of our players were injured so our losing the match was almost ________ .
(a) necessary              (b) indispensable        (c) inevitable               (d) inexcusable
100. My friend says that he drinks tea because it is the best ______ in the world.
(a) fluid                      (b) drink                    (c) beverage                (d) liquid
                 

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