Directions (Qs. 1 - 20): Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
1. India is formally moving ahead to ..... 21 MIG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from Russia along with upgrades of their existing fleets.
A) advance B) accomplish C) achieve D) procure
2. Work and domestic ..... made Kajal short-tempered.
A) weights B) gravities C) pressures D) forces
3. Help from relatives ..... him in difficult times.
A) allowed B) approved C) passed D) supported
4. The interviewer asked Gautam, “Can you tell me what your ..... in life are?”
A) aspirations B) frivolities C) trivialities D) determinations
5. The advanced nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to zero growth ..... in population.
A) frequency B) rate C) degree D) scale
6. The door ..... in the strong wind.
A) hooted B) slapped C) slammed D) sizzled
7. A ..... souvenir will be released on the occasion of the World Meet.
A) voluminous B) considerable C) bountiful D) generous
8. You need not ..... so much fuss about wearing a mask when you go out.
A) generate B) cause C) do D) make
9. The jungle was nearly ....., so the progress was slow.
A) immortal B) immobile C) impenetrable D) immaterial
10. I read some ..... of properties for sale on the internet before I called the agent.
A) arguments B) descriptions C) spaces D) monologues
11. We ..... the marks of the students on different subjects and compared their performance for the year.
A) analysed B) questioned C) inspected D) probed
12. My New Year's ..... is to think positive always.
A) celebration B) repetition C) resolution D) confession
13. Everything in Bhutan is chemicalfree, all fruits and vegetables are ..... organically.
A) grown B) grow C) grows D) grew
14. Advertisers often use rhyme and ......
A) alteration B) designation C) denunciation D) alliteration
15. Social isolation, overcrowding, the ..... of our society and several other factors are responsible for stress.
A) attractiveness B) cheapness C) affordability D) competitiveness
16. Some patches of the ..... garden have a rich cover of grass now.
A) stretching B) sprawling C) slouching D) stroking
17. Keats and Shelley were poets of the same period; they were ......
A) acquaintances B) colleagues C) associates D) contemporaries
18. Hemanth's health has ..... ever since he has refused to get himself treated.
A) deteriorated B) depreciated C) disparaged D) denigrated
19. Use your logical thinking for ..... decisions today as you will certainly succeed.
A) desperate B) dangerous C) critical D) severe
20. It was difficult to ..... Gangaram to watch a horror movie.
A) confer B) dissuade C) persuade D) consult
Key
1-D; 2-C; 3-D ; 4-A ; 5-B; 6-C; 7-A ; 8-D; 9-C; 10-B; 11-A; 12-C; 13-A; 14-D; 15-D; 16-B; 17-B; 18-A; 19-C; 20-C.