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1. The Union Budget is likely to be presented on February 26, two days ahead of the __________ date.

a. critical

b. conventional

c. suitable

d. convenient

2. I am sorry __________ the mistake.

a. from

b. with

c. for

d. at

3. He ___________ her that she would pass.

a. insured

b. ensured

c. assumed

d. assured

4. Your father __________ worry. I’m a very careful driver.

a. needn’t

b. none

c. can’t

d. doesn’t

5. The ___________ chosen for construction of the building is in the heart of the city.

a. cite

b. slight

c. sight

d. site

6. __________ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.

a. Although

b. However

c. Because

d. Despite

7. It is not ___________ for a man to be confined to the pursuit of wealth.

a. healthy

b. easy

c. possible

d. common

8. __________ his being innocent of the crime, the judge sentenced him to one year imprisonment.

a. In spite of

b. In case of

c. On account of

d. In the event of

9. It is a story of two men and a batch of _______ armoured cars.

a. deceased

b. diseased

c. decrepit

d. defeated

10. Although there is ___________ gunfire, there is no stiff resistance to the revolutionary army.

a. bitter

b. meagre

c. continuous

d. sporadic

11. Another version of the play based on the text was re-enacted successfully after the prosecution and eventual __________ of enacting the play in public theatre by the Government.

a. prescription

b. proscription

c. proscribing

d. screening

12. Ravi remembers the year when there was a __________ flood.

a. ravage

b. devastating

c. salubrious

d. ameliorative

13. Davis is not sure whether he should ___________ the forest guest house after dark.

a. stay

b. leave

c. left

d. leaves

14. They __________ as responsible people do during the difficult situation.

a. behaves

b. behaved

c. behaving

d. belief

15. Criminal law has taken long ___________ in facilitating access to justice for women by making various provisions.

a. stand

b. strides

c. aside

d. walk

16. Many laws have been made to deal with the problems of __________ against women.

a. offences

b. terror

c. criminals

d. difficulties

17. A person purchasing goods and service for commercial purposes will also not come under the ___________ of this act.

a. review

b. view

c. limits

d. purview

18. The emergence of a sovereign Indian nation was __________ on the notion of equality.

a. promised

b. looked

c. premised

d. depend

19. In Manipur, the most important piece of literary work that continuse to _______ a sense of patriotism is 'Khongjom Parva'.

a. instil

b. install

c. installs

d. installed

20. Women's autobiographies in the post-Independence period can be seen as ___________ of their literary interest.

a. subsistence

b. insistence

c. evidence

d. dependence

21. I shall not be going to the theatre __________.

a. if it may snow

b. if it snow

c. if it snows

d. if snowed

22. __________ than a hundred passengers were killed in the recent train accident.

a. Less

b. No less

c. Fewest

d. No fewer

23. Each of these paintings ___________ made by a famous painter.

a. are

b. is

c. be

d. should

24. This is an area of __________ dense population.

a. extremely

b. totally

c. tangentially

d. languidly

25. Reading ability in young children ___________ by speech disorders.

a. effected

b. affected

c. is effected

d. is affected

26. She has faced almost __________ difficulty in arranging the funds for the event.

a. big

b. insurmountable

c. gigantic

d. large

27. Our school building is ___________ dilapidated.

a. visibly

b. little

c. deeply

d. satisfactorily

28. Ranikhet is a place of remarkably __________ beauty.

a. scenery

b. scenic

c. scene

d. scenically

29. The criminal on the run managed to _______ capture by the police officer.

a. invade

b. evade

c. slip

d. run away

30. I am _______ on the ambitious project of learning one new language every year.

a. sailing

b. embarking

c. adventuring

d. concurring

1. When she parted __________ her parents, her eyes were full of tears.

a. from

b. away

c. off

d. with

2. He went __________ to oblige his superior.

a. on his way

b. out of his way

c. in his way

d. with his way

3. During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm, ___________ both the strength to work and many of the specific skills that were once possessed.

a. remaining

b. denying

c. pursuing

d. losing

4. The members of the religious sect ostracized the __________ who had abandoned their faith.

a. coward

b. litigant

c. recreant

d. suppliant

5. Would you mind ___________ the suitcase, Sir?

a. open

b. opening

c. to open

d. opened

6. His old clothes and uncombed hair gave him a ____________ appearance.

a. discontented

b. disreputable

c. disrespectful

d. disputatious

7. There are, as yet, no vegetation types or ecosystems whose study has been perfected to the extent that they no longer ___________ ecologists.

a. interest

b. require

c. challenge

d. hinder

8. The father was angry and cast __________ his son.

a. off

b. of

c. down

d. about

9. Indian masses are ___________ law-abiding.

a. by far

b. by any means

c. far and away

d. by and large

10. The film we saw last night was boring. I wish I ___________ it.

a. didn’t see

b. wouldn’t have seen

c. shouldn’t have seen

d. hadn’t seen

11. Working in dim light __________ eye issues such as glaucome.

a. contributes

b. precipitates

c. eradicates

d. eliminates

12. He owns several sports cars and has an __________ lifestyle.

a. opulent

b. occult

c. ocular

d. obscure

13. Those medications, ___________ are used to treat kidney infection, have been withdrawn from the market.

a. what

b. which

c. when

d. who

14. __________ intake of sugar can cause health problems.

a. Access

b. Excess of

c. Excessive

d. Excessively

15. She suffered ___________ pain because of the leg injury.

a. hurting

b. excruciating

c. consuming

d. protracting

16. The country's politics __________ are complex with more than ten parties competing for power.

a. are

b. am

c. is

d. were

17. The job advertisement stipulates that the applicant ___________ three years' experience.

a. have

b. had

c. shall have

d. must have

18. Newspapers have reported heavy flooding in the coastal areas. The damage __________ to be extensive.

a. expected

b. is expecting

c. has been expected

d. is expected

19. The local bank was robbed by a group of men, _______ were armed.

a. four of whom

b. four of these

c. four of those

d. four whom

20. The country ___________ several economic changes in the past two decades.

a. underwent

b. has undergone

c. will be undergoing

d. have been undergoing