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
31. A stone that goes on rolling . . . . . . no moss.
a) gets
b) accumulates
c) collects
d) gathers
32. The President of the Students' Union played into the hands of some political leaders and . . . . . . the students to go on a strike.
a) invited
b) ignited
c) instigated
d) inspired
33. . . . . . . . learning does not help the mental growth of a student.
a) Guided
b) Rote
c) Assisted
d) Fast
34. Life is to death as pleasure is to . . . . . .
a) suffering
b) pain
c) poverty
d) anguish
35. The annual . . . . . . of industrial products has risen enormously in recent years.
a) outbreak
b) output
c) outcome
d) outlay
36. Any system is likely to . . . . . . for . . . . . . of support from the public.
a) survive , lack
b) succeed , reason
c) fail , want
d) finish , failure
37. We must prevent endangered wild animal species from becoming . . . . . . . in order that our future generation may . . . . . . . . the great diversity of animal life.
a) rare , escape
b) outdated , know
c) volatile , notice
d) extinct , enjoy
38. It is . . . . . . for every tax-payer to . . . . . . the tax returns to the Income Tax Department.
a) necessary , lodge
b) binding , pay
c) obligatory , submit
d) possible , remit
39. Somesh . . . . . . . . me coming to his table, he smiled and . . . . . . . me a chair.
a) found , signalled
b) met , sat
c) looked , gave
d) saw , offered
40. To . . . . . . . yourself from . . . . . . . wear warm clothes.
a) prohibit , heat
b) protect , cold
c) save , heat
d) suffer , cold
41. Dowry is no longer permitted by law even in . . . . . . marriage.
a) love
b) conventional
c) natural
d) bigamous
42. Kamal's friends had nothing to offer him other than . . . . . . in his grief.
a) friendship
b) kindness
c) solution
d) consolation
43. In a little publicised deal, Pepsi Cola has . . . . . . the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
a) conquered
b) swallowed
c) captured
d) occupied
44. Inspite of our best efforts, we failed to . . . . . . any new facts from him.
a) elicit
b) evoke
c) eject
d) enlist
45. Family planning is essential for curbing the rapid . . . . . . . in population.
a) spread
b) increase
c) spurt
d) augment
46. His standard of living has . . . . . . since his son joined service.
a) lifted
b) increased
c) risen
d) heightened
47. The doctor . . . . . . . the patient from taking certain medicines.
a) banned
b) prohibited
c) prescribed
d) proscribed
48. The news of the secret deal soon . . . . . . despite official silence.
a) discovered
b) disclosed
c) leaked out
d) divulged
49. Not only did she condemn vice, she almost equally despised the . . . . . . acceptance of an advantage.
a) commenable
b) tacit
c) unholy
d) furtive
50. There was no . . . . . . in the railway compartment for additional passengers.
a) space
b) place
c) seat
d) room
51. Will you, like the . . . . . . . gentleman and soldier you are, leave at once before he finds you here?
a) barbarous
b) ostentatious
c) chivalrous
d) luminous
52. In these days of inflation, the cost of consumer goods is . . . . . . .
a) ascending
b) soaring
c) climbing
d) raising
53. Usually the ascent of a mountain face is much easier than the . . . . . . .
a) descent
b) fall
c) descent
d) decent
54. The . . . . . . . arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.
a) convincing
b) specious
c) spurious
d) intemperate
55. He is very . . . . . . . on meeting foreigners and befriending them.
a) anxious
b) fond
c) insistent
d) keen
56. According to corporate circles, Datta is pushing through the merger to create a financially . . . . . . . company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's.
a) straight
b) powerful
c) leading
d) acceptable
57. Several of our players were injured, so our losing the match was almost . . . . . . .
a) necessary
b) indispensable
c) inevitable
d) inexcusable
58. They are refugees in need of . . . . . . .
a) renovation
b) recapitulation
c) restoration
d) rehabilitation
59. The accused denied having committed the crime but could advance no sound arguments to . . . . . . . the charges.
a) refuse
b) repress
c) refute
d) reproof
60. Man must . . . . . . . now to stop pollution.
a) act
b) operate
c) behave
d) perform
61. Some regions of our country still remain . . . . . . . to the average man.
a) impenetrable
b) impermeable
c) inaccessible
d) impossible
62. It . . . . . . . to me that she was incurable.
a) suggested
b) flashed
c) happened
d) occurred
63 . . . . . . . an accident, the train will arrive in time.
a) Besides
b) Accepting
c) Despite
d) Barring
64. The sun . . . . . . . at six this morning.
a) arose
b) rose
c) aroused
d) raised
65. Health is too important to be . . . . . . .
a) neglected
b) detested
c) despised
d) discarded
66. Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the . . . . . . . of adulthood.
a) horizon
b) boundary
c) peak
d) threshold
67. This was the first time Roshan had been found guilty. He had no . . . . . . . conviction.
a) past
b) earlier
c) previous
d) former
68. However, the group's long term strategy is to . . . . . . . on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy.
a) depend
b) breed
c) develop
d) concentrate
69. A cheerful man . . . . . . . all difficulties and hardships with a smile on his face.
a) challenges
b) embraces
c) resists
d) endures
70. He was able to . . . . . . . his small income by working in a hotel at night.
a) amplify
b) supplement
c) expand
d) multiply
71. No matter what . . . . . . . come our way, we should not lose our temper.
a) provocations
b) distractions
c) persons
d) temptations
72. Find the . . . . . . . that accompany these cartoons.
a) captions
b) topics
c) headlines
d) titles
73. The chief guest's speech was so . . . . . . . that I was all ears.
a) intricate
b) interminable
c) interesting
d) indeterminate
74. A person who constantly calls attention to his trials and sufferings is in danger of developing a martyr complex and impressing others that he is . . . . . . . seeking sympathy.
a) purposefully
b) emphatically
c) consciously
d) willingly
75. He lives in the world of . . . . . . .
a) allusions
b) illusions
c) conclusions
d) delusions
76. A glue produced by bees to . . . . . . . their hives appears to contain antibiotic substances.
a) collect
b) design
c) build
d) decorate
77. I am given to . . . . . . . that you are going abroad.
a) learn
b) think
c) predict
d) understand
78. How much did it . . . . . . . to reach Bombay by car?
a) charge
b) price
c) cost
d) estimate
79. Research has also . . . . . . . the illusion that childhood dreams are pure innocence.
a) accepted
b) observed
c) dispelled
d) discovered
80. There is no doubt that one has to keep . . . . . . . with the changing times.
a) aside
b) oneself
c) pace
d) himself
81. He sold his property because he was under a lot of . . . . . . .
a) account
b) debt
c) loan
d) credit
82. Waking at three o'clock, I heard the . . . . . . . of thunder.
a) clank
b) crackle
c) rumble
d) ripple
83. When the bus was at full speed, its brakes failed and an accident was . . . . . . .
a) inevitable
b) infallible
c) essential
d) undeniable
84. It was . . . . . . . that a mind so pure and searching could miss the truth.
a) likely
b) unlikely
c) possibly
d) scarcely
85. He is a . . . . . . dancer.
a) skilled
b) adept
c) adapt
d) adopt
86. The . . . . . . . imposed for non-payment was too . . . . . . . for it to bring in improvement in collection.
a) fine , severe
b) toll , simple
c) penalty , low
d) damage , cruel
87. The speech . . . . . . . with subtle threats has resulted in . . . . . . . tension in the sensitive areas of the city.
a) started , reduced
b) replete , increased
c) full , escalating
d) forced , dissolving
88. . . . . . . of crops was due to continuous . . . . . . .
a) Destruction , draught
b) Ruin , draft
c) Failure , drought
d) Depreciation , drift
89. The war . . . . . . . immediately after the cease-fire proposal was . . . . . . . bilaterally.
a) receded , exchanged
b) started , prepared
c) began , thwarted
d) ended , accepted
90. The partners broke off as they found each other . . . . . . . of . . . . . . . breach of promise.
a) faulty , severe
b) responsible , serious
c) guilty , flagrant
d) accused , rigid
91. If a universal language really existed, people like tourists and businessmen would find it easier to . . . . . . . with foreigners.
a) transact
b) communicate
c) deal
d) exchange
92. Anita . . . . . . . me of a girl I used to know.
a) remembers
b) recalls
c) recollects
d) reminds
93. This book is a useful . . . . . . . to our library.
a) arrival
b) discovery
c) asset
d) addition
94. Though they did not speak to each other much, there was a . . . . . . . understanding between them.
a) placid
b) contractual
c) tacit
d) verbal
95. The ties that bind a family together are so . . . . . . . that they can hardly withstand any strain.
a) tenacious
b) twisted
c) tenuous
d) tentative
96. He wanted to help . . . . . . . poverty.
a) diminish
b) reduce
c) dwindle
d) deplete
97. Ambition is one of those . . . . . . . which are never satisfied.
a) needs
b) ideas
c) passions
d) fancies
98. The communalist represents the . . . . . . . of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history.
a) antagonism
b) immorality
c) antidote
d) antithesis
99. The country needs a . . . . . . . government to tackle the challenges it faces today.
a) sustained
b) stable
c) stationary
d) stagnant
100. One . . . . . . . and you know who among them is the culprit.
a) gaze
b) peep
c) look
d) sight