Questions
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I am sure the examination will be conducted smoothly. The candidates are _______ to use unfair means because of the impact of moral teachings on them.
- likely
- probably
- unexpected
- unlikely
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Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire ______ only with a few.
- introduction
- cordiality
- intimacy
- encounter
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It is true that inequality is a natural phenomenon but so are floods and cholera and other such _______.
- calamities
- difficulties
- events
- misfortunes
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Everyone should be _______ of his rights as well as duties.
- conscious
- conspicuous
- conscientious
- concise
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The Director pointed out in favor of the manager that the profitability of the plant had _______ since he had taken over.
- added
- arisen
- increased
- developed
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I shall go to Mumbai tomorrow to see the doctor you _______.
- counsel
- advice
- guide
- recommended
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Any political leader who allows nepotism to flourish should be subject to _______.
- autopsy
- stringency
- stricture
- punishment
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Charles Lamb's prose is richly _______ with literary ornaments like similes, metaphors, alliterations, transferred epithets etc.
- embalmed
- saturated
- filled with
- embroidered
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Even when his reputation was in _______, almost every one was willing to acknowledge the qualities of his leadership.
- jeopardy
- doldrums
- eclipse
- harassment
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Cellular phone service has ______ in many changes in life style.
- called
- usher
- resulted
- started
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The matter would be ______ the moment the police arrives.
- solved
- complicated
- established
- witnessed
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His attitude towards his servant is ______ mean.
- notoriously
- nobly
- golden
- flexibly
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A Japanese Boeing 747 passenger jet with 365 persons ______ was hijacked.
- aboard
- aloft
- passengers
- skilfully
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The present _______ has not prevented the railway minister from announcing an increasing number of super fast trains.
- crisis
- syndrome
- government
- generation
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The company has _____ badly under his leadership.
- improved
- declined
- hesitated
- fared
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The three-day session in Delhi was ______ in a diversionary row over bilateralism.
- caught
- engaged
- mired
- dedicated
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The second ______ of the Oslo peace process begins with the expansion of self-rule on the West Bank.
- term
- point
- match
- phase
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Certain _______ have been taken under the five-year plans for accelerating the development process.
- gifts
- programmes
- plans
- measures
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The _________ for Mahatma Gandhi is in our hearts.
- blank
- place
- room
- house
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Tibet is ______ by mountains on three sides.
- hidden
- flanked
- kept
- situated
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Decisions may be _______ at either through initiative or through inertia.
- formulated
- deferred
- looked
- aimed
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The Ghats in Maharashtra have been ________ to intensive developmental activity since Independence.
- given
- subjected
- yielded
- cultivated
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The food grains stocks in India are at a all-time ________.
- highest
- high
- lowest
- cost
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The saving-income ______ of the Indian economy has shot up substantially.
- ratio
- proportion
- number
- perception
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Individuals are deprived of their freedom by the very process of _______ and standardisation.
- discipline
- uniformity
- regimentation
- collectivisation