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Jack did his best to _______ that we had a good time at the party.

  1. ensure

  2. insure

  3. assure

  4. certain


Correct Option: A

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Tears welled in the eyes of the kind old lady, when she saw the _______ condition of the little orphans.

  1. piteous

  2. pitiful

  3. pitiable

  4. pitiness


Correct Option: A

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It was his _______ application to studies, which fetched him the prize at the annual examination.

  1. intense

  2. intensive

  3. tense

  4. hard


Correct Option: B

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Every government servant is finding it necessary to supplement his _______ by doing something extra.

  1. earnings

  2. profits

  3. remuneration

  4. income


Correct Option: D

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I think this mention of “unfamiliar faces in the class” was an _______ to my absence last week.

  1. delusion

  2. illusion

  3. allusion

  4. collusion


Correct Option: C

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Isn’t it possible to satisfy one’s _______ by doing some extra work?

  1. pride

  2. wants

  3. desires

  4. heart


Correct Option: B

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Some of the pupils are intelligent; others are slow _______

  1. in understanding

  2. understanding

  3. taking things in

  4. taking in things


Correct Option: A

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As the principal was rude to her, she _______ there again.

  1. may go

  2. could go

  3. will not go

  4. ought not go


Correct Option: C

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There is such a widespread unemployment, that even _______ work is hard to find.

  1. temporary

  2. casual

  3. incidental

  4. momentary


Correct Option: A

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Because of the acute power shortage, the second shift has been discontinued. Mills are being forced to _______ their men.

  1. drew away

  2. send off

  3. put off

  4. lay off


Correct Option: D

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People criticise doctors for _______ too many medicines for even the simplest of problems.

  1. prescribing

  2. referring to

  3. advising

  4. proposing


Correct Option: A

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If you want to save money, you must _______ shopping.

  1. cut down on

  2. get rid of

  3. put up with

  4. go down with


Correct Option: A

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Our ancestors would find the speed with which we can travel around the globe, ________.

  1. wonderful

  2. rash

  3. miraculous

  4. staggering


Correct Option: D

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The news of the secret pact _______ despite official efforts for secrecy.

  1. revealed

  2. leaked out

  3. disclosed

  4. spread


Correct Option: B

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Being awarded the Nobel Prize, marked a _______ in his career.

  1. yard stick

  2. signpost

  3. milestone

  4. memorial


Correct Option: C

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If she is chosen for the job, she _______ a good secretary.

  1. will make

  2. can make

  3. would make

  4. would have made


Correct Option: C

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He has bought a new mobile, _______?

  1. isn’t it

  2. didn’t he

  3. no

  4. hasn’t he


Correct Option: D

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Didn’t you go to the restaurant yesterday? _______.

  1. No, I didn’t

  2. Yes I didn’t

  3. No I did

  4. Well yes


Correct Option: A

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Both listened breathlessly, to the metal voices _______ from towers of various heights.

  1. resounding

  2. reflecting

  3. rebounding

  4. returning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Resounding means 'to be filled with sound; reverberate'.

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A well wisher’s advice should be _______

  1. welcomed

  2. followed

  3. appreciated

  4. criticised


Correct Option: C

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I don’t mind _______ the maid, but I have to _______ that I don’t miss my bus.

  1. to help, be sure

  2. helping, make sure

  3. to help, be definite

  4. helping, keep looking


Correct Option: B

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The Chernobyl tragedy had taken place about four years _______

  1. past

  2. ago

  3. before

  4. since


Correct Option: B

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She was _______ for driving in a drunken state.

  1. penalised

  2. fined

  3. punished

  4. paid


Correct Option: B

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The landlord _______ them because they had not paid the rent for the last one year.

  1. dismissed

  2. discarded

  3. threw out

  4. evicted


Correct Option: D

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The fear of God _______ quite common.

  1. are

  2. is being

  3. were

  4. is


Correct Option: D
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