Practice Test

Q1) This is a ______ on his character. Show Answer

Q2) This is a good _____ for a picnic. Show Answer

Q3) The _____ of the state is efficient. Show Answer

Q4) The _____ of private limited companies is in the hands of its directors. Show Answer

Q5) Ram the prince of Ayodhya ___ his siblings. Show Answer

Q6) The Christmas tree was ______ with stars and other decorative items. Show Answer

Q7) There is no place for ____ in an accountant's job. Show Answer

Q8) A wise person is one who learns from his _____. Show Answer

Q9) Many companies ask their employees to sign a _____ of secrecy. Show Answer

Q10) Slaves were freed from _____ only after they died. Show Answer

Q11) Before the ____ of the Europeans in India, India was a free country. Show Answer

Q12) Duryodhana was the main _____ of the Pandavas. Show Answer

Q13) Gandhi ____ the cause of the untouchables. Show Answer

Q14) All citizens should be ready to _____ their country. Show Answer

Q15) Smoking ______ health. Show Answer

Q16) The theory of cause and _______ explains many mysteries of the universe. Show Answer

Q17) It is difficult to drink from a cup which is full to the _______. Show Answer

Q18) ______ and ecstasy are two sides of a puzzle called life. Show Answer

Q19) Leo experienced great _____ when his pet dog died. Show Answer

Q20) A _____ of fresh air relaxes a tense mind. Show Answer

Q21) Pollution causes a lot of ______ problems. Show Answer

Q22) If a rider doesn't hold the ______ correctly, he can fall. Show Answer

Q23) Ali's horse is of an excellent ______. Show Answer

Q24) Her complaints _______ with the complaints we have received from others. Show Answer

Q25) His opinion _____ with the general opinion of the experts on this matter. Show Answer

Q26) The ruling party found itself in full ______ with the opposition. Show Answer

Q27) The jury's views ______ with those of the lawyer on the issues of crime and punishment . Show Answer

Q28) Her ideas do not _____ to the general definition of civilization. Show Answer

Q29) The committee ______ of all the changes in the report. Show Answer

Q30) The political _____ of the 1980s and 90s resulted in a civil war. Show Answer

Q31) The president has ______ to the demands to release secret documents related to the army. Show Answer

Q32) The leading newspaper has revealed that the P.M. had _______ in the secret decision to sell arms to the dictator. Show Answer

Q33) The King has _____ to a proposal to enhance the powers of the council of ministers. Show Answer

Q34) The disciplinary committee has _____ the use of detention after classes as a punishment for bad behaviour. Show Answer

Q35) The judge ______ the use of capital punishment for serious crimes. Show Answer

Q36) The committee was in favour of the proposal but the president ______ it. Show Answer

Q37) The cabinet has ______ a proposal to change the private educational institutions are funded and managed. Show Answer

Q38) The generals from the opposing armies declared a/an _______. Show Answer

Q39) The two sides in the civil war signed a peace _____. Show Answer

Q40) Tony offered his most heartfelt _____ for having offended everyone. Show Answer

Q41) Wearing a safety helmet is _____ in this area. Show Answer

Q42) Some courses are optional but Maths and English are ______. Show Answer

Q43) Jess caused her parents a lot of _______ when she was a teenager. Show Answer

Q44) In all _____ Hursh will get the job. Show Answer

Q45) At first there were some _____ with the software,but it's okay now. Show Answer

Q46) The only _____ with the proposal is that it is a little expensive. Show Answer

Q47) To use a sporting ______, middle age is like half time at a hockey match. Show Answer

Q48) Jaya knew that to apologise would be ______ to admitting she had failed. Show Answer

Q49) Mr. Sharma's shop was ______ from all the others in the street. Show Answer

Q50) There are several _______ categories of nouns in the English language. Show Answer

Q51) George Bernard Shaw said that the contemporary social values could be flippant and _______ at some times. Show Answer

Q52) ________ the general had been told by the field staff that continuing warfare be ______ to his soldiers, he insisted on deploying more battle tanks. Show Answer

Q53) The Senate warned the Prime Minister that if he did not accept their advice, the differences between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Government would be ________. Show Answer

Q54) Most journalistic writing could do with ______ of paragraphs to make the prose more _____. Show Answer

Q55) Varun was accused of murdering his wife, and though he was never _____, he never recovered from the shame and the scandal. Show Answer

Q56) The earthquake warnings and the fragility of our houses make us certain that disaster is ______. Show Answer

Q57) The television serials are characterized by an ________ story line and ______ plots and sub-plots. Show Answer

Q58) The ______ transformation of the former Soviet Union or Russia as it was popularly known, remains one of the biggest stories of the decade. Show Answer

Q59) If mankind has to survive for long, it must _______ and deliberately renounce the fruits of _______ and whirling technology. Show Answer

Q60) Although similar to moths in many ways, butterflies may be _______ moths by the beauty of their wings. Show Answer

Q61) Renu saw no _____ in the exercises that had been set for her and worked at them in a _____ manner. Show Answer

Q62) Mother Tersa was _____ about her achievements and unwilling to _____ them before anyone. Show Answer

Q63) Martin Luther strived for justice and fought against attempts to _____ ignorant peasants in the medieval ages. Show Answer

Q64) The instruction manual that came with computer is no masterpiece of _____ prose because its instructions are so _____ that we still do not know how to set up the computer. Show Answer

Q65) The strike will not end because both the management and the workers are ______. Show Answer

Q66) Book lovers who think of Gone With The Wind as a Southern romance miss its underlying _____ import. Show Answer

Q67) The professors at Lucknow University have permanent _____ on their positions and do not have to look for more secure ______. Show Answer

Q68) It is very difficult to overcome the ______ of habits such as smoking and taking drugs. Show Answer

Q69) The ______ and _______ happenings in many talk shows annoy many viewers. Show Answer

Q70) Slander and libel laws stand as a protection of a person's reputation against the _______ dissemination of falsehood. Show Answer

Q71) Most of the settlements that grew up near the logging camps were _______ affairs, thrown together in a hurry because people needed to live on the job. Show Answer

Q72) Pipes are not a safer ______ to cigarettes because, though pipe smokers do not inhale, they are still ______ higher rates of lung and mouth cancers than nonsmokers. Show Answer

Q73) Author Anjali Agrawal was a rare phenomenon, a single woman who maintained and even _______ a respectable reputation while earning a living by her pen. Show Answer

Q74) Because Sherry is so ________, we can never predict what he will do at any moment. Show Answer

Q75) Paper money is merely a representation of wealth; therefore unlike gold or any other precious metal, it has no _______ value. Show Answer

Q76) The law cannot and should not pardon such ______ act of violence. Show Answer

Q77) As many students know, a/(an) ______ response, if skillfully worded, can imply at least a superficial _______ of knowledge about the subject. Show Answer

Q78) There are too many ______ and not enough serious students. Show Answer

Q79) Her parents were ______ when, despite losing the first three games, Sandy _______ to win the set by a 6-3 score. Show Answer

Q80) The reviews of Deepak Chopra's latest literary work were enjoyed by many of his readers, but the subjects of his analysis dreaded Mr.Chopra's comments; he was scathing, bitter, irritating and never _______. Show Answer

Q81) In poor and under developed countries, trucks are the only means of getting about town, the public transportation being virtually ________. Show Answer

Q82) Given the ______ state of published evidence, we cannot conclude here that exposure to low-level microwave energy is either hazardous or safe. Show Answer

Q83) The clothes Nafees, the famous designer, designs for men are conservative, but her fashions for women are more ________. Show Answer

Q84) The equipment that were being used in the survey were ________ ,and because of the below-zero temperature, it was feared they would freeze and ___________. Show Answer

Q85) Because of its tendency to ______ , most Indian art is _____ Japanese art, where symbols have been minimized and meaning has been conveyed by using the method of the merest suggestion. Show Answer

Q86) Irony can sometimes become a mode of escape: to laugh at the terrors of life is, in a way, to _______ them, Show Answer

Q87) The negotiations for the deal were often surprisingly _______, deteriorating at times into a volley of accusations and counter-accusations. Show Answer

Q88) A ______ student is unlikely to gain admissions to a top institution. Show Answer

Q89) Either Japanese dishes are _______, or the one I had was a poor example. Show Answer

Q90) A person who is ______ is slow to adapt to a new way of life. Show Answer

Q91) Amit, who refrained from excesses in his personal life, differed markedly from Nirmal, who _______ notorious drinking bouts with his buddies. Show Answer

Q92) The library incharge proposed a new schedule of fines for overdue books with the ______ ,if not the outright encouragement, of the faculty library committee. Show Answer

Q93) Maya's remarks were so _____ that Arun could not decide which possible meaning was correct. Show Answer

Q94) By nature, Rahul was _____, given to striking up casual conversations with strangers he encountered at bus stops or check-out stands. Show Answer

Q95) In the absence of native predators, to stop the spread of their population, the imported goats _______ to such an inordinate degree that they over grazed the country side and ______ the native vegetation. Show Answer

Q96) Jayashree was habitually so docile and _______ that her friends could not understand her sudden _____ her employers. Show Answer

Q97) That Amitabh's newest film is No.1 at the box office this week is a testament to the star's ______ power and not the reviews, which were _______ at best. Show Answer

Q98) The _______ background music hinted of the dangers threatening the movie's protagonist. Show Answer

Q99) In order to ensure that she passed the exam, Asha ______ outlined every chapter of her course book, painstakingly noting the most obscure points. Show Answer

Q100) Mr.Purty hastily _____ all the warnings of his friends. And now, he finds it difficult to complete the task within its time and budget ________. Show Answer

Q101) Lacking confidence in his skills in English, Pervez was ____ when called on to speak in class. Show Answer

Q102) The castle has been _______, we cannot even be sure exactly where it stood. Show Answer

Q103) Being a bit hesitant about _______ the man as the complete fraud he suspected him to be, Bill chose to attack the weaker points of his theory, ________ them one by one. Show Answer

Q104) The analysis of the coach's report was anything but _______ , but those of us have learned to discount such dismal _______ are optimistic. Show Answer

Q105) Angered by the bureaucrat's ______ comments; the reporter insisted for a more ______ response. Show Answer

Q106) Raman's ________ record collection included everything from Bach to rock. Show Answer

Q107) My grandparents were such ______ followers of the soap opera that they taped every episode. Show Answer

Q108) _______ the finer points of etiquette in high society, Devesh simply watched his host and followed his actions. Show Answer

Q109) This book of covey creates a mood of ________, a (n) of tranquility and calm. Show Answer

Q110) Although they seem amateurish, primitive art has become more sophisticated as its creator becomes increasingly ________. Show Answer

Q111) Though a ________ of four campaigns, Bush had never seen such demonstrations. Show Answer

Q112) Carried away by the _______ effects of the experimental medication, the patient _____ his desire to continue as a subject for as long as he could. Show Answer

Q113) Confused and _______, Hogwart fumbled to make sense of seemingly inconsistent statements, _______ the impatience of his listeners. Show Answer

Q114) One of the most productive research _______ in contemporary neuroscience is devoted to maps of human consciousness. Show Answer

Q115) Today computers can ______ information from a number, then automatically create a picture of their data manipulations. Show Answer

Q116) Just as a highway automobile accident leaves lasting marks of spilled coolant, _______ and oil, the smashing together of gigantic land masses releases and redirects fluids that flow, heat, ________ and deposit, leaving an enduring record of their presence. Show Answer

Q117) Although publicity has been ________ the film itself is intelligent, well-acted, handsomely produced and altogether _______. Show Answer

Q118) Ironically, his normally _______ speaker became shy and _______ when confronted with the approbatory stares of her eager audience. Show Answer

Q119) Although the whole team acted in unison, each member was ______ for a(n) _______ of the production process. Show Answer

Q120) The studies of the children were ______ and ______ was the result of it. Show Answer

Q121) The US has shown little to go after the terrorist or help India get him. Show Answer

Q122) Most young children are highly conformist and will _____ a classmate whose appearance or manners are ______. Show Answer

Q123) The royal astrologers had to determine the most ______ date for the coronation ceremony. Show Answer

Q124) A satirical poem is often venom-filled, _______ with scorn. Show Answer

Q125) The ______ rites of the Black Magic cult were kept secret by the members and were never ______ to outsiders. Show Answer

Q126) Mr.Sharma, the critic was ______ enough to praise an author he detested. Show Answer

Q127) The goodwill of its clients is a genuine ______ asset for any business. Show Answer

Q128) Though the law's _______ purpose is to curtail false advertising, its actual result is to _________ free speech. Show Answer

Q129) _____ by her children. Radha Devi ultimately agreed to sell the house. Show Answer

Q130) There was a _____ all about the palace, and the ______ concerned the security guards. Show Answer

Q131) Guilliano Benetton ______ a small neighborhood business into a worldwide chain of stores. Show Answer

Q132) The football team was once ______ by injuries; of 11 members, only 5 were fit to play. Show Answer

Q133) Displeased with the ______ of the novel, the writer abandoned the idea of a film to be made on his writings. Show Answer

Q134) Because of his indecisive nature, Mr Bhushan has a reputation for _________. Show Answer

Q135) The conspirators met ________ in order to plot a(n) _____ against the oppressive governance of Julius Ceaser. Show Answer

Q136) Vinay is much too ____ in his writings: he writes a paragraph when a sentence should suffice. Show Answer

Q137) With one _____ motion, Rakesh disarmed his assailant. Show Answer

Q138) The patient put up with the pain _______, neither wincing, nor whimpering when the surgeon made an incision do drain the pus of his abscess. Show Answer

Q139) In relation to the interrelationships among a number of the Indo-Pakistani stalwarts treated in this compilation there is surely a certain amount of ______ in some of the essays presented here. Show Answer

Q140) Being an advocate of consumer rights, shared has spent much of his career trying to ________ the fraudulent claims of the businessmen of his hometown Patna. Show Answer

Q141) The report was ______ since the information on which it was based was erroneous, but it was brilliantly presented. Show Answer

Q142) Pretending not to notice the toys in the shop, Aryan the small boy, acted in a _______ manner. Show Answer

Q143) As several shops have _______ across the street the did directory is ________. Show Answer

Q144) The _______ room in this apartment has not been used for a long time. Show Answer

Q145) Salman the superstar, felt that certain incidents in his life were too ______ to be divulged. Show Answer

Q146) Distressed at an increasing _______ for books, Amrita the famous novelist has turned to painting. Show Answer

Q147) The bank is negotiating with Group 4 security to devise a system to provide _______ security to account holders. Show Answer

Q148) The story of the novel, The Deranged, is very ________. It shows how a man cut off from the world for a long time becomes a mad man. Show Answer

Q149) Although Agatha is arguably as good a mystery writer as Grundy, she is clearly far less ______ than Grundy, having written only six books in comparison to Grundy's sixty. Show Answer

Q150) Being cynical, Ashish was reluctant to ________ the _______ of any kind act until he had ruled out all possible secret, uncharitable motives. Show Answer

Q151) A golden rule which should always be followed by an investor is that: never invest on sentiment or on a tip; look for stocks with promising ______ potential for growth. Show Answer

Q152) At the world's finest educational institutes, only students with the _______ to succeed are selected. Show Answer

Q153) Jamshedji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group in India, knew that only dedication and _______ could ensure that the customer gets the very best. Show Answer

Q154) Parveen fascinated the world with her beauty and her charm, and her life mixed public spectacle with private anguish; her tragic death ______ a flood of grief on every continent. Show Answer

Q155) As the rate of life expectancy has increased due to tremendous progress in medical science, the overpopulation problem has _______. Show Answer

Q156) As Shyam _______ retirement, he became more intelligent and active. Show Answer

Q157) As a steadfast ______ of our right to liberty time, Mishra had few ______. Show Answer

Q158) A careful ______ of the premises revealed some useful clues. Show Answer

Q159) Almost everyone was _____ by the cheerful, lively sound of the dance music. Show Answer

Q160) The _______ of the aircrash could have been avoided if more safety ______ had been taken. Show Answer

Q161) They were disappointed to see the armed guards. It _____ them from doing anything disruptive. Show Answer

Q162) The ________ politician thought that all bureaucrats should be polite to him. Show Answer

Q163) The newspaper accused the politician of ______ for making promises he knew he could not ______. Show Answer

Q164) Paula was ______ as a child, accepting without a question, everything she was told. Show Answer

Q165) Cautioned by an anonymous phone call that an explosion was ______, the anti bomb police squad _______ the building immediately. Show Answer

Q166) The route between the two cities has always been known to wind its _______ way through steep mountain passes and coarse terrain. Show Answer

Q167) As there were not enough seats to ______ so many people at the venue of the address, they had to put up a big tent outside. Show Answer

Q168) This ______ old stone farmhouse has been a landmark since the Independence. Show Answer

Q169) The Chief Minister was ______ in his commitment to ______ the rise of crime and unemployment among his constituents. Show Answer

Q170) Sahil's clear _____ of the situation kept the meeting from breaking up into ______. Show Answer

Q171) In the past, the coach had always viewed Kapil's ideas with _______ , but today he surprised the team by enthusiastically ______ his proposal. Show Answer

Q172) The embarrassed host felt that the uninvited guest's rude comments and offensive jokes were _______. Show Answer

Q173) The celebrated trainer's _______ for helping his trainees to learn and achieve their goals was highly _______. Show Answer

Q174) A few decades ago, ________ about gender roles made it somewhat difficult for a woman to study veterinary science, but today, female veterinarians are quit _______. Show Answer

Q175) In the plots of most Bollywood movies, there is/are a character/s with ________ intentions, whose primary role is to try to ______ the handsome hero in his noble mission. Show Answer

Q176) After a natural spring was discovered in the arid region, the family's old, abandoned farm was quickly _____ into a profitable private business, centered around a state-of-the-art well that ______ valuable water. Show Answer

Q177) The young boy's _______ attempts to explain to his girlfriend why he had failed to show for their movie date did little to ease her _____ feelings. Show Answer

Q178) For some politicians, charm is a mere ______ adopted to get votes and ______ criticism. Show Answer

Q179) Although the food in the hostel mess was barely ________, after six months, the residents of the hostel had become _____ to it. Show Answer

Q180) During childhood and adolescence, individuals acquire habits that are _____ to good health: which include having a sedentary lifestyle, frequently eating fatty and fast foods, and developing poor sleep patterns. Show Answer

Q181) Divyansh's disciplined and ______ study habits resulted in his earning numerous honors and awards which also included an academic scholarship. Show Answer

Q182) The old miser's ______ did him little good when he died without heir or friend, and all his precious money was _______ to the state. Show Answer

Q183) To most modern day readers, the language in Shakespeare's plays seems obscure and inaccessible, lacking the ______ of modern day authors. Show Answer

Q184) Unlike the other photojournalists, Rochelle despised the ______ nature of the newspaper business because she craved _____. Show Answer

Q185) Gerg Chappell was impressed by the ______ of the youthful Railways team. Show Answer