SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH

SELECTING WORDS IN ENGLISH

Select the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. ____ politicians alone can survive in politics where ____ rules the roost.

(a) Clever; practical
(b) Wily; treacherous
(c) Wily; treachery
(d) Ideal; prestigious

2. I am not ___ about your success because your _____ approach to study is disappointing.
(a) despaired; irresolute
(b) hopeful; regular
(c) optimistic; perfunctory
(d) happy; reckless

3. Prabha’s ____ in athletics yielded rich ____ as she got a scholarship.
(a) performance; money
(b) defeat; results
(c) behavior; appreciation
(d) excellence; dividends

4. The police ____ any attempt of arson by ___ at the trouble spot quite in time.
(a) squashed; surrounding
(b) made; encircling
(c) pre-empted; arriving
(d) thwarted; presenting

5. The war ___ immediately after the cease-fire proposal was ____ bilaterally.
(a) receded; exchanged
(b) started; prepared
(c) ended; accepted
(d) extended; mitigated

6. The ____ imposed for non-payment was too ___ for it to bring in improvement in collection.
(a) fine; severe
(b) toll; simple
(c) penalty; low
(d) damage; cruel

7. Somesh _____ me coming to his table, she smiled and ____ me a chair.
(a) found; signaled
(b) met; sat
(c) looked; gave
(d) saw; offered

8. The leaders were ____ needed by those to ___ they addressed.
(a) angrily; who
(b) readily; which
(c) scarcely; whom
(d) rarely; where

9. Neena’s plea for ____ fell on deaf ears as her husband was not _____ enough to overlook her minor omission.
(a) clemency; gracious
(b) mercy; unkind
(c) forgiveness; pardonable
(d) apology; forgivable

10. The attempt of the robbers was ___ because the travellers showed enough ____.
(a) foiled; fortitude
(b) encouraged; cowardice
(c) averted; farsight
(d) checked; foresight

ANSWERS:

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

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