SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH

SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH

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1. Everyone was ________ by surprise when she announced her plan to marry that boy.
(a) moved
(b) shaken
(c) taken
(d) prevailed

2. On second reading his poems strike us as singularly _____ of sublime emotions.
(a) attributive
(b) significative
(c) symptomatic
(d) evocative

3. It is becoming more and more _____ that the Principal is losing confidence of his staff.
(a) prominent
(b) conspicuous
(c) manifest
(d) apparent

4. Health is too important to be ______ .
(a) neglected
(b) detested
(c) despised
(d) discarded

5. Even a _______ glance will reveal the mystery.
(a) crude
(b) cursory
(c) critical
(d) curious

6. Like any other country India has its _____ share of superstitions.
(a) peculiar
(b) fair
(c) proper
(d) abundant

7. Hindus believe that _____ from the cycle of birth and rebirth can be attained only by good deeds.
(a) bondage
(b) deliverance
(c) delivery
(d) retirement

8. It is very ____ to miss one’s train by half a minute.
(a) annoying
(b) exhausting
(c) exciting
(d) exasperating

9. The officer was _____ with immediate effect.
(a) prosecuted
(b) charge – sheeted
(c) suspended
(d) debarred

10. For more than a decade now, Indian villages have been ______ to television programmes.
(a) accustomed
(b) exposed
(c) open
(d) attracted

ANSWERS:

1. c
2. d
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. b
8. d
9. c
10. b