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SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH
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1. The candidate’s ………… at the polls was ………… as he won with a striking margin.
(a) claim; unrealistic
(b) victory; overwhelming
(c) image; real
(d) strategy; unsuccessful
2. In ………… of international matters, there is always an element of risk in ……… one might to do.
(a) view; whichever
(b) many; doing
(c) defence; wrong
(d) case; whatever
3. We must prevent endangered wild animal species from becoming …. In order that our future generation may …..… the great diversity of animal life.
(a) rare; escape
(b) outdated; know
(c) extinct; enjoy
(d) powerful; protect
4. We cannot …….… such a/an ……… Act of violence.
(a) tolerate; insipid
(b) consider; important
(c) commit; magnificent
(d) pardon; egregious
5. The secretary ……… The society’s funds, ……… he was dismissed.
(a) misplaced; soon
(b) rolled; thus
(c) pirated; therefore
(d) misappropriated; so
6. The ………… Words of the mother comforted the …………… child.
(a) harsh; naughty
(b) sweet; happy
(c) soft; energetic
(d) melodious; playful
7. Moreover, a fact-finding mission ……………….. By BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over …………… to an Indian partner.
(a) constituted; authority
(b) organized; papers
(c) dispatched; control
(d) sponsored; power
8. It is indeed ……………… that fifty years after independence, we have failed to ……….a suitable education or examination system.
(a) bad; produce
(b) improper; create
(c) sad; evolve
(d) objectionable; present
9. The bandit ………… the traveler of his purse of gold and ……………. him grievously.
(a) snatched; hurt
(b) stole; injured
(c) demanded; beat
(d) robbed; wounded
10. Santosh looked very happy and …………. when he heard that his proposed scheme was ………………..… by the Committee.
(a) energetic; rejected
(b) elated; accepted
(c) satisfied; stalled
(d) disconsolate; approved
ANSWERS:
- b
- d
- c
- d
- d
- d
- c
- c
- d
- b
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