1.The passengers were afraid but the captain . . . . . . . them that there was no danger.
a) instructed
b) advised
c) promised
d) assured
2. I . . . . . . . a car to be absolutely necessary these days
a) think
b) regard
c) consider
d) agree
3. No man had a more . . . . . . . love for literature, or a higher respect for it, than Dr. Samuel Johnson
a) arduous
b) ardent
c) animated
d) adroit
4. I have often . . . . . . . why he went to live abroad
a) puzzled
b) wondered
c) thought
d) surprised
5. When their examinations were over, the children gleefully . . . . . . . the books they had been reading
a) despised
b) neglected
c) shelve
d) overthrew
6. The criminals seem to have acted in . . . . . . . with three others.
a) collision
b) collusion
c) cohesion
d) coalition
7. If an indelible ink is used, this will not be . . . . . . .
a) observed
b) obligated
c) obliterated
d) obviated
8. The driver suddenly applied the brakes when he saw a . . . . . . . truck ahead of him.
a) static
b) solitary
c) stationary
d) immobile
9. The British were able to establish an empire in India, largely because the ruling Indian princes were . . . . . . .
a) disunited
b) disintegrated
c) disjointed
d) disoriented
10. The old 'Nature Versus . . . . . . .' debate regarding crime continues even today.
a) Culture
b) man
c) Nurture
d) Universe