Selecting Words

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Verbal Ability > Selecting Words

Directions to Solve
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

1.
Fate smiles ...... those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.

A. with
B. over
C. on
D. round

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2.
The miser gazed ...... at the pile of gold coins in front of him.

A. avidly
B. admiringly
C. thoughtfully
D. earnestly

Answer: Option A

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3.
Catching the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.

A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion

Answer: Option A

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4.
I saw a ...... of cows in the field.

A. group
B. herd
C. swarm
D. flock

Answer: Option B

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5.
The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.

A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced

Answer: Option C

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6.
Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.

A. at
B. over
C. for
D. on

Answer: Option D

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7.
My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.

A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. myself

Answer: Option C

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8.
If you smuggle goods into the country, they may be ...... by the customs authority.

A. possessed
B. punished
C. confiscated
D. fined

Answer: Option C

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9.
Man does not live by ...... alone.

A. food
B. bread
C. meals
D. diet

Answer: Option B

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10.
Piyush behaves strangely at times and, therefore, nobody gets ...... with him.

A. about
B. through
C. along
D. up

Answer: Option C

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11.
Rohan and Rohit are twin brothers, but they do not look ......

A. unique
B. different
C. likely
D. alike

Answer: Option D

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12.
To err is ...... to forgive divine.

A. beastly
B. human
C. inhuman
D. natural

Answer: Option B

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13.
The ruling party will have to put its own house ...... order.

A. in
B. on
C. to
D. into

Answer: Option A

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14.
...... of old paintings is a job for experts.

A. Resurrection
B. Retrieval
C. Restoration
D. Resumption

Answer: Option C

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15.
During Diwali the shops are ...... of people.

A. busy
B. full
C. crowded
D. bubbling

Answer: Option B


16.
The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.

A. straight
B. but
C. in
D. directly

Answer: Option B

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17.
The telephone ...... several times before I answered it.

A. was ringing
B. has rung
C. had rung
D. would ring

Answer: Option C



18.
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

Answer: Option C

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19.
Jawaharlal spent his childhood ...... Anand Bhawan.

A. at
B. in
C. on
D. across

Answer: Option A

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20.
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

Answer: Option A

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21.
I hate sitting ...... him as he always smells of garlic.

A. besides
B. along
C. at
D. beside

Answer: Option D

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22.
Some regions of our country still remain ...... to the average man.

A. inaccessible
B. impossible
C. impermeable
D. impenetrable

Answer: Option A

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23.
It ...... that Prashant will not be selected for the post

A. feels
B. looks
C. believes
D. seems

Answer: Option D

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24.
In Bush, Saddam was up ...... more than his match.

A. for
B. into
C. against
D. to

Answer: Option C

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25.
I haven't seen you ...... a week.

A. within
B. since
C. for
D. from

Answer: Option C

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26.
I listened, but I had no idea what he was ...... about.

A. saying
B. talking
C. telling
D. discussing

Answer: Option B


27.
The car in which the minister was traveling ...... with an accident.

A. hit
B. drove
C. crashed
D. met
Answer: Option D

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28.
The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society.

A. spoil
B. improve
C. degrade
D. defame

Answer: Option A



29.
Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ......

A. idealistic
B. generous
C. lazy
D. optimistic

Answer: Option C

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30.
In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.

A. occupied
B. conquered
C. swallowed
D. captured

Answer: Option D

31.
He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.

A. insists
B. persists
C. desists
D. resists

Answer: Option B