Question No:1
Directions : In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence.
Sporadic rise in his temperature has caused us much worry.
(A) Frequent
(B) Irksome
(C) Irregular
(D) Scattered
Question No:2
Ant is believed to be the most industrious> creature.
(A) sensible
(B) diligent
(C) successful
(D) punctual
Question No:3
The tour was cancelled on account of incessant rain.
(A) constant
(B) heavy
(C) intermittent
(D) unexpected
Question No:4
I disdain those who tell lies.
(A) condemn
(B) scorn
(C) hate
(D) despise
Question No:5
The benevolence of the God of Rain has seen a very successful monsoon this year too.
(A) vision
(B) morbidity
(C) kindness
(D) ill-will
Question No:6
The country’s resources should be judiciously used.
(A) sparingly
(B) reasonably
(C) adequately
(D) immensely
Question No:7
Everyone tries to avoid his company because he is in the habit of using too many jibes .
(A) jokes
(B) abuses
(C) criticism
(D) taunts
Question No:8
The story is too fantastic to be credible .
(A) praiseworthy
(B) readable
(C) believable
(D) false
Question No:9
A government rocked by frequent scandals is an effete set of people with no credibility.
(A) innocent
(B) stupid
(C) excited
(D) exhausted
Question No:10
She does not get her work done punctually and properly because she is always dawdling.
(A) confused
(B) playing
(C) loitering
(D) chit-chatting
Question No:11
The little coy bride was admired by everyone.
(A) beautiful
(B) shy
(C) talented
(D) sweet
Question No:12
The small boy was able to give a graphic description of the thief.
(A) vague
(B) broad
(C) vivid
(D) drawing
Question No:13
He was dismissed from service because they found him dishonest.
(A) prevented
(B) removed
(C) retired
(D) stopped
Question No:14
If you waver at the last minute, you shall face failure.
(A) resolve
(B) decide
(C) settle
(D) hesitate
Question No:15
Reading of poetry is not congenial to his taste.
(A) suited
(B) beneficial
(C) helpful
(D) preferable
Question No:16
Gandhiji always advocated the cause of indigenous industries,
(A) foreign
(B) big
(C) cottage
(D) native
Question No:17
Kamini could not recollect the incident that had happened in her childhood.
(A) remind
(B) recall
(C) memorise
(D) assemble
Question No:18
He was warned at theoutset of his career.
(A) end
(B) beginning
(C) middle
(D) entrance
Question No:19
The bounties of nature are being exploited by man.
(A) gifts
(B) products
(C) rules
(D) ecological balances
Question No:20
There is no efficacious remedy to unemployment problem in a country which has no ideological convictions.
(A) suitable
(B) possible
(C) effective
(D) proper
Question No:21
A bone got stuck in his gullet.
(A) stomach
(B) molars
(C) chest
(D) throat
Question No:22
India is still a virgin land exploring its tourism potential.
(A) undone
(B) unexplored
(C) uncouth
(D) unexploited
Question No:23
The need of the hour is to initiate the renaissance of moral conscience and halt the rampant corruption, for it could even hasten the end of our civilization,
(A) rise
(B) introduction
(C) revival
(D) significance
Question No:24
I have told him many times not to do that.
(A) several
(B) Unlimited
(C) endless
(D) numberless
Question No:25
Methods of spreading the family planning message have been as fecund as they have been abortive,
(A) fruitful
(B) failing
(C) peculiar
(D) false