1. He felt no ....... after he pushed her into the pond.
a) sadness
b) regret
c) proud
d) moral
Explanation: Regret (be sorry, be apologetic)
2. The manner in which bombs exploded in the city suggests that it is a part of a ................
a) conspiracy
b) event
c) game
d) occasion
Explanation: Conspiracy means plan, plot, etc.
3. Although he is very intelligent, he doesn't know how to .......... the problem.
a) dissolve
b) vanish
c) tackle
d) erase
Explanation: Tackle (deal with)
4. ..... the arrival of the police, people didn't go near the victim.
a) Although
b) Even
c) Unless
d) Till
Explanation: Till
5. The Sun ...... at 6 am in the morning yesterday.
a) rose
b) comes
c) rise
d) came
Explanation: rose is the past tense of rising.
6. The garden ........ as far as the lake.
a) located
b) encircles
c) extends
d) advances
Explanation: Extend (Expand)
7. Mary has an aversion ........ eating onions and garlic.
a) on
b) to
c) of
d) with
Explanation: aversion to means a strong dislike to something
8. After the power cut most part of the city ...... into darkness for many hours.
a) diverted
b) spread
c) went
d) plunged
Explanation: Plunge means to sink, fall, etc.
9. You haven't had your dinner yet, .......... you?
a) have
b) had
c) haven't
d) aren't
Explanation: Have
10. After the heavy rains, the river overflowed its ......... and flooded the nearby villages.
a) surface
b) corners
c) edges
d) banks
Explanation: Edges
11. After walking for a mile we sat under the ......... shade of a big banyan tree.
a) hot
b) dark
c) huge
d) cool
Explanation: cool shade provides relief
12. She gave her father a gold watch on the ............. of his fiftieth birthday.
a) completion
b) occasion
c) celebration
d) happiness
Explanation: Occasion (event, time)
13. Alice dances very well and ......... does Maria.
a) even
b) too
c) also
d) so
Explanation: so
14. I was surprised at his .......... lack of knowledge about the Continent of Asia.
a) great
b) abundant
c) colossal
d) excessive
Explanation: Colossal (huge, massive)
15. She was badly injured after she jumped from the wall. So she needed ...... care in the hospital.
a) intensive
b) extensive
c) extraordinary
d) huge
Explanation: intensive (thorough, serious)
16. He ....... to school every day instead of going by school bus.
a) Walk
b) Walks
c) Run
d) None of the above
Explanation: Walks
17. You have only one month to complete the training, Don't give ..... now.
a) on
b) it
c) up
d) off
Explanation: Give up means stop trying.
18. The students were afraid, but the teacher ....... them that there was not any ghost.
a) advised
b) secured
c) promised
d) assured
Explanation: Assured (Guaranteed)
19. Peter pulled a long ........ when he was told that he could not go to London.
a) face
b) leg
c) hand
d) mouth
Explanation: Pulled a long face means to get angry.
20. Maria had to run to ........ up with her dog when it saw a cat.
a) chase
b) keep
c) pull
d) stand
Explanation: to keep up meaning move at the same speed as someone else
21. It's very kind of you to ...... to speak at the meeting.
a) accept
b) agree
c) comply
d) concur
22. Pakistan lost a ...... wicket just when they seemed to be doing so well, and that led to their eventual defeat.
a) critical
b) crucial
c) sensitive
d) providential
23. Sita's heart ...... at the sight of the beautiful diamond necklace.
a) leapt
b) stopped
c) slowed
d) ran
24. He lives near a lovely ...... of countryside.
a) length
b) piece
c) section
d) stretch
25. Ambition is one of those ......which are never satisfied.
a) ideas
b) fancies
c) passions
d) feeds
26. It was difficult to remove my feet as it had got stuck ...... in the mud.
a) fairly
b) greatly
c) widely
d) firmly
27. He is a very careful person, he never takes side but remains ......
a) impartial
b) unbiased
c) neutral
d) prejudiced
28. West Bengal ...... plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.
a) misses
b) receives
c) expects
d) regrets
29. this brand of TV is quite inferior ...... that one
a) than
b) to
c) with
d) over
30. It is not what you say that ...... but what you do
a) matches
b) implies
c) matters
d) moves
31. According to corporate circles data is pushing through the merger to create financially ...... company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's
a) acceptable
b) powerful
c) leading
d) straight
32. Indeed, all over the world, more and more people are ...... coffee.
a) wanting
b) drinking
c) liking
d) partaking
33. Like any other country India has its ...... share of superstitions.
a) proper
b) abundant
c) fair
d) peculiar
34. The new education policy provides a useful ...... for the planners to remove illiteracy.
a) breakup
b) breakthrough
c) breakaway
d) break-in
35. People who ...... on horses usually lose in the end.
a) gamble
b) play
c) risk
d) place
36. The stenographer is very efficient. He is ...... to his firm.
a) a boon
b) a credit
c) a blessing
d) an asset
37. However, the group's long-term strategy is to ...... on core sector business connected with infrastructure and energy.
a) breed
b) develop
c) concentrate
d) depend
38. The man came in a van to ...... the television set.
a) mend
b) reform
c) correct
d) alter
39. Nobody can ...... me to do anything which I do not want to do.
a) encourage
b) request
c) oppose
d) compel
40. A sanguine outlook is associated with the ......
a) rationalist
b) socialist
c) philanthropist
d) optimist
41. She has an aversion ...... taking even onion and garlic.
a) with
b) at
c) against
d) to
42. The river overflowed its ...... and flooded the area.
a) edges
b) fronts
c) limits
d) banks
43. ...... The arrival of the police, nobody went near the victim.
a) Unless
b) Although
c) Even
d) Till
44. When I was a child, I ......to school everyday instead going by cycle.
a) had walked
b) walked
c) have walked
d) have been walking
45. Farida sings very well and ...... does salim.
a) even
b) too
c) also
d) so
46. Health is too important to be ......
a) discarded
b) despised
c) detested
d) neglected
47. In hot weather I like lying in the ...... of a tree.
a) shade
b) shelter
c) protection
d) shadow
48. It was indeed unreasonable ...... him to leave this job and start business.
a) in
b) with
c) upon
d) of
49. One major ...... between the Election Commission and the Union Government related to the powers of the former in respect of the deployment of central police forces at places where are elections is held.
a) irritant
b) conflict
c) pain
d) culprit
50. We shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to ...... to statements.
a) corroborate
b) avouch
c) verify
d) approve
51. His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not ...... suspicion.
a) above
b) beyond
c) under
d) in
52. It is 14 years since i ...... him.
a) have seen
b) had seen
c) saw
d) see
53. It being an ...... issue, it is not correct to introduce questions of morality in to the debate
a) moral
b) immoral
c) amoral
d) irrelevant
54. Natwarlal ...... them all for a ride by producing false documents.
a) took
b) cheated
c) kept
d) let
55. True brevity ...... in saying only what needs to be said.
a) consists
b) depicts
c) portrays
d) resides
56. Wheat ...... carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and dietary fibre in our daily diet.
a) has
b) gives
c) yields
d) provides
57. The waiter hasn't brought the coffee ...... I've been here an hour already.
a) till
b) up
c) yet
d) still
58. In our zeal for progress we should not ...... executive with more power.
a) avoid
b) give
c) enhance
d) arm
59. You've only three months to complete the course, Don't give ...... now.
a) out
b) away
c) up
d) off
60. The traveler slept under the ...... shade of banyan tree.
a) cold
b) cool
c) cooling
d) dark
61. The old Nature versus ...... debate regarding crime continues even today.
a) Man
b) Universe
c) Culture
d) Nurture
62. The Sun ...... at six this morning.
a) raised
b) rose
c) arose
d) aroused
63. That rule is applicable ...... every one.
a) to
b) for
c) about
d) with
64. Her parents will never give their ...... to so much an unsuitable match.
a) acquiescence
b) consent
c) agreement
d) willingness
65. He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians.
a) collect
b) save
c) support
d) defend
66. He is a person of sound character and ...... disposition.
a) beneficent
b) morous
c) amiable
d) amicable
67. If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late, ...... ?
a) isn't it
b) won't I
c) will I
d) is it
68. In high school many of us never realised the importance that grammar would ...... in later life.
a) figure
b) portray
c) play
d) exercise
69. In a changing and ...... unstructured business environment, creativity and innovation are being ...... demanded of executives.
a) highly, extremely
b) progressively, increasingly
c) increasingly, moderately
d) excessively, rapidly
70. On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the cattle became ......
a) flippant
b) jubilant
c) agitated
d) emaciated
71. The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
a) straight
b) but
c) in
d) directly
72. The telephone ...... several times before I answered it.
a) was ringing
b) has rung
c) had rung
d) would ring
73. He passed the examination in the first class because he ......
a) was hard working for it
b) worked hardly for it
c) had worked hard for it
d) was working hard for it
74. Jawaharlal spent his childhood ________ Anand Bhawan.
a) at
b) in
c) on
d) across
75. If negotiations are to prove fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on each side, but there must also be ...... in the sincerity of the other side.
a) faith
b) belief
c) substance
d) certainty
76. Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours.
a) spread
b) plunged
c) merged
d) deep
77. Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons
a) topics
b) titles
c) captions
d) headings
78. I don't really know how to ...... the problem.
a) tackle
b) cope
c) draw
d) erase
79. The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other.
a) before
b) upon
c) against
d) with
80. The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger.
a) promised
b) assured
c) advised
d) counselled
81. He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.
a) insists
b) persists
c) desists
d) resists
82. She ...... a brief appearance at the end of party.
a) put on
b) put in
c) put across
d) put up
83. Life is to death as pleasure is to ......
a) poverty
b) suffering
c) anguish
d) pain
84. This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......
a) keep, removed
b) afford, attached
c) develop, liquidated
d) keep up, destroyed
85. The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain.
a) but
b) and
c) for
d) if
86. I listened, but I had no idea what he was ...... about.
a) saying
b) talking
c) telling
d) discussing
87. The car in which the minister was traveling ...... with an accident.
a) hit
b) drove
c) crashed
d) met
88. The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society.
a) spoil
b) improve
c) degrade
d) defame
89. Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ......
a) idealistic
b) generous
c) lazy
d) optimistic
90. In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
a) occupied
b) conquered
c) swallowed
d) captured
91. Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.
a) with
b) over
c) on
d) round
92. The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
a) avidly
b) admiringly
c) thoughtfully
d) earnestly
93. Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
a) chance
b) luck
c) possibility
d) occasion
94. I saw a ...... of cows in the field.
a) group
b) herd
c) swarm
d) flock
95. The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.
a) ready
b) mature
c) ripe
d) advanced
96. The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday.
a) time
b) event
c) occasion
d) celebration
97. The park ...... as far as the river.
a) extends
b) advances
c) enlarges
d) emerges
98. Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood
a) boundary
b) threshold
c) peak
d) horizon
99. Arti pulled a long ...... when she was told that she could not go to Agra.
a) mouth
b) skirt
c) face
d) hand
100. Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......
a) off
b) out
c) apart
d) away
101. Man must ...... to stop pollution.
a) act
b) perform
c) operate
d) behave
102. He was sent to the prison for his ......
a) sin
b) vice
c) crime
d) guilt
103. The answer was written ...... blue ink.
a) with
b) by
c) in
d) on
104. Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting.
a) hectic
b) historic
c) historical
d) histrionic
105. Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.
a) over
b) on
c) upon
d) about
106. If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ......
a) drowsy
b) tired
c) confident
d) giddy
107. If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander.
a) to
b) on
c) for
d) with
108. His father-in-law ...... him up in business.
a) put
b) made
c) set
d) built
109. ...... works of reference are valuable as Encyclopedia, Brittanica.
a) A few
b) Few
c) The few
d) Fewer
110. This book is quite similar ......
a) with the "Treasure Island"
b) of that film we saw at school
c) to the one I read last week
d) than a story told by our teacher
111. I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.
a) besides
b) along
c) at
d) beside
112. Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.
a) inaccessible
b) impossible
c) impermeable
d) impenetrable
113. It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post
a) feels
b) looks
c) believes
d) seems
114. In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.
a) for
b) into
c) against
d) to
115. I haven't seen you ...... a week.
a) within
b) since
c) for
d) from
116. Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
a) at
b) over
c) for
d) on
117. My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.
a) I
b) mine
c) me
d) myself
118. If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.
a) possessed
b) punished
c) confiscated
d) fined
119. Man does not live by ...... alone.
a) food
b) bread
c) meals
d) diet
120. Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.
a) about
b) through
c) along
d) up