1. Will you, like the . . . . . . . gentleman and soldier you are, leave at once before he finds you here?
a) barbarous
b) ostentatious
c) chivalrous
d) luminous
2. In these days of inflation, the cost of consumer goods is . . . . . . .
a) ascending
b) soaring
c) climbing
d) raising
3. Usually the ascent of a mountain face is much easier than the . . . . . . .
a) descent
b) fall
c) descent
d) decent
4. The . . . . . . . arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.
a) convincing
b) specious
c) spurious
d) intemperate
5. He is very . . . . . . . on meeting foreigners and befriending them.
a) anxious
b) fond
c) insistent
d) keen
6. According to corporate circles, Datta is pushing through the merger to create a financially . . . . . . . company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's.
a) straight
b) powerful
c) leading
d) acceptable
7. Several of our players were injured, so our losing the match was almost . . . . . . .
a) necessary
b) indispensable
c) inevitable
d) inexcusable
8. They are refugees in need of . . . . . . .
a) renovation
b) recapitulation
c) restoration
d) rehabilitation
9. The accused denied having committed the crime but could advance no sound arguments to . . . . . . . the charges.
a) refuse
b) repress
c) refute
d) reproof
10. Man must . . . . . . . now to stop pollution.
a) act
b) operate
c) behave
d) perform
11. Some regions of our country still remain . . . . . . . to the average man.
a) impenetrable
b) impermeable
c) inaccessible
d) impossible
12. It . . . . . . . to me that she was incurable.
a) suggested
b) flashed
c) happened
d) occurred
13 . . . . . . . an accident, the train will arrive in time.
a) Besides
b) Accepting
c) Despite
d) Barring
14. The sun . . . . . . . at six this morning.
a) arose
b) rose
c) aroused
d) raised
15. Health is too important to be . . . . . . .
a) neglected
b) detested
c) despised
d) discarded
16. Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the . . . . . . . of adulthood.
a) horizon
b) boundary
c) peak
d) threshold
17. This was the first time Roshan had been found guilty. He had no . . . . . . . conviction.
a) past
b) earlier
c) previous
d) former
18. However, the group's long term strategy is to . . . . . . . on core sector businesses connected with infrastructure and energy.
a) depend
b) breed
c) develop
d) concentrate
19. A cheerful man . . . . . . . all difficulties and hardships with a smile on his face.
a) challenges
b) embraces
c) resists
d) endures
20. He was able to . . . . . . . his small income by working in a hotel at night.
a) amplify
b) supplement
c) expand
d) multiply
21. No matter what . . . . . . . come our way, we should not lose our temper.
a) provocations
b) distractions
c) persons
d) temptations
22. Find the . . . . . . . that accompany these cartoons.
a) captions
b) topics
c) headlines
d) titles
23. The chief guest's speech was so . . . . . . . that I was all ears.
a) intricate
b) interminable
c) interesting
d) indeterminate
24. A person who constantly calls attention to his trials and sufferings is in danger of developing a martyr complex and impressing others that he is . . . . . . . seeking sympathy.
a) purposefully
b) emphatically
c) consciously
d) willingly
25. He lives in the world of . . . . . . .
a) allusions
b) illusions
c) conclusions
d) delusions
26. A glue produced by bees to . . . . . . . their hives appears to contain antibiotic substances.
a) collect
b) design
c) build
d) decorate
27. I am given to . . . . . . . that you are going abroad.
a) learn
b) think
c) predict
d) understand
28. How much did it . . . . . . . to reach Bombay by car?
a) charge
b) price
c) cost
d) estimate
29. Research has also . . . . . . . the illusion that childhood dreams are pure innocence.
a) accepted
b) observed
c) dispelled
d) discovered
30. There is no doubt that one has to keep . . . . . . . with the changing times.
a) aside
b) oneself
c) pace
d) himself