1. Planets move in elliptical . . . . . . round the sun.
a) figures
b) orbits
c) shapes
d) circles
2. Have you heard the . . . . . . news?
a) late
b) later
c) latest
d) latter
3. He bought new shoes last month but they are already . . . . . . . . out.
a) given
b) gone
c) knocked
d) worn
4. You cannot devise a method which . . . . . . all possibility of error.
a) ignores
b) avoids
c) excludes
d) includes
5. This item will not figure in the . . . . . . for today's meeting.
a) list
b) schedule
c) programme
d) agenda
6. I was astounded at his . . . . . . . lack of knowledge about the continent of Africa.
a) great
b) huge
c) colossal
d) abundant
7. It being an . . . . . . issue, it is not correct to introduce questions of morality into the debate.
a) immoral
b) irrelevant
c) moral
d) amoral
8. The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures you must also . . . . . . its pains.
a) deny
b) ignore
c) endure
d) neglect
9. In high school many of us never realised the importance that grammar would . . . . . . . in later life.
a) exercise
b) figure
c) portray
d) play
10. Vishakha . . . . . . two minutes and thirty seconds to take the first place in the women's 800 m race.
a) ran
b) used
c) timed
d) clocked
11. The accused . . . . . . that he had met the deceased before.
a) remarked
b) refused
c) exclaimed
d) denied
12. Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to . . . . . . accidents.
a) winsome
b) urban
c) gruesome
d) minor
13. The more your action and thought are allied and . . . . . ., the happier you grow.
a) invincible
b) divergent
c) integrated
d) unravelled
14. Every Shakespearean hero has an internal . . . . . . in his character.
a) fault
b) defect
c) flaw
d) weakness
15. The river overflowed its . . . . . . and flooded the area.
a) banks
b) limits
c) edges
d) fronts
16. Only when . . . . . . failed, the police resorted to . . . . . .
a) efforts , power
b) arrests , imprisonment
c) persuasions , force
d) power , punishment
17. He gave me an additional . . . . . . . of Rs. 200 a month by . . . . . . . of the Commissioner.
a) allowance , permission
b) pay , allowance
c) salary , admittance
d) payment , agreement
18. If we do not take . . . . . . care in our industry, we will have to . . . . . . . a grave problem.
a) normal , experience
b) proper , face
c) adequate , catch
d) intensive , aggravate
19. Due to . . . . . . rainfall this year, they had to . . . . . . . cut in water supply.
a) scanty , lift
b) heavy , regulate
c) regular , clamp
d) inadequate , impose
20. He is usually . . . . . ., but today he appears rather . . . . . . .
a) strict , unwell
b) tense , restless
c) quiet , calm
d) calm , disturbed
21. The government should provide attractive tax . . . . . . . to create the market for quality goods.
a) controls
b) incentives
c) revenues
d) structures
22. The young man lost his way in the forest and found that he had become a/an . . . . . . . . . to the dacoits.
a) enemy
b) adversary
c) decoy
d) quarry
23. The . . . . . . . is working on wood.
a) artefact
b) artiste
c) artist
d) artisan
24. The prolonged illness left him totally . . . . . . .
a) enervated
b) invalid
c) indisposed
d) healthy
25. Prospective candidates have to prove that they have sufficient money to cover their . . . . . . . and tuition.
a) boarding
b) lodging
c) sustenance
d) maintenance
26. He lost the match easily because he had played a . . . . . . . five set match in the earlier round.
a) sensational
b) gruelling
c) wonderful
d) controversial
27. Your case is so unique that I am not getting any . . . . . . . to support it.
a) help
b) precedent
c) reason
d) happening
28. In hot weather I like lying in the . . . . . . of a tree.
a) shadow
b) shelter
c) protection
d) shade
29. Once I forgot the piece of paper on which the name of the hotel was written, I was as . . . . . . . . as lost.
a) much
b) sure
c) good
d) bad
30. Many women in developing countries experience a cycle of poor health that . . . . . . . before they are born and persists through adulthood passing from generation to generation.
a) derives
b) establishes
c) begins
d) originates