Select the word that best replaces the italicized word in both of the following sentences. / (i) The police are trying to control the crowd. / (ii) Junk food may have high levels of harmful chemicals. / (hold, carry, accommodate)

1. check
2. blame
3. contain
4. incorporate

Of which of the phrases below is the term ‘blog’ an abbreviation?

1. web log
2. web blog
3. web blogger
4. web blogging

Select the word that best replaces both the italicized words in the sentences given below: / Sentence (i)— The management did not find him suitable for the job. / Sentence (ii)— He was not able to arrange all his belongings into one suitcase.

1. good
2. apt
3. fit
4. cram

Choose the word that can correctly replace both the italicized words in the following sentences. / Sentence (i) – I appreciate his exuberant nature. / Sentence (ii) – Everyone at the party was in a festive mood. / (buoyant, cheerful, joyful)

1. excitable
2. exorbitant
3. exciting
4. ebullient

Choose the word which is synonymous with ‘Adjunct’. / (supplement, accompaniment)

1. Admonish
2. Additional
3. Amorphous
4. Ambiguous

What kind of a person is a ‘Clairvoyant’?

1. An astrologer
2. An astronomer
3. An astrophysicist
4. An astronaut

Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to ‘Vicarious’. / (secondary, derivative)

1. Vituperative
2. Indirect
3. Supportive
4. Isolated

What is the synonym of ‘Atrocity‘? / (abomination, enormity, outrage)

1. Solidarity
2. Pity
3. Cruelty
4. Punctuality

Find the synonym of ‘Covert’. / (furtive, clandestine, surreptitious)

1. Revert
2. Secret
3. Desert
4. Honest

‘Philanthropist’ means / (benefactor, patron, contributor)

1. Humanitarian
2. Hater of man
3. Lover of animals
4. Lover of books

The synonym of supercilious is / (arrogant, conceited, pompous)

1. officious
2. superficial
3. delicious
4. haughty

The word ‘vicissitude’ means / (alteration, transformation, mutation)

1. change
2. stagnation
3. uniformity
4. stability

1. Noiselessness
2. Calmness
3. Isolation
4. Seclusion

The word ‘officious’ means / (bumptious, self-assertive, dictatorial)

1. self-important
2. official
3. serious
4. enterprising

The word ‘Genocide’ means / (massacre, holocaust)

1. Racial killing
2. Murder
3. Suicide
4. Slaughter

‘Impassioned’ means / (emotional, wholehearted, passionate)

1. Ardent
2. Dispassionate
3. Passionless
4. Unemotional

Find the appropriate synonym for the word / ‘Climactic’. / (final, ending, finishing, closing)

1. Culminating
2. Climatic
3. Temperate
4. Atmospheric

The word ‘Analogous’ means / (parallel, similar, related)

1. analytical
2. artificial
3. comparable
4. aural

The word ‘beleaguered‘ means

1. Belittled
2. Benefited
3. Troubled
4. Irritated

Find the appropriate synonym of the word ‘Indefatigable‘.

1. Tireless
2. Indomitable
3. Unhappy
4. Incompatible

The tranquillity and sanctity of the place soothed us.

1. Security
2. Holiness
3. Equanimity
4. Placidity

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: / A la mode

1. Fashionable
2. Cheap
3. Expensive
4. Convenient

Choose the word appropriate in meaning to the word underlined below: / The listeners were delighted by the music concert

1. Surprised
2. Saddened
3. Angered
4. Excited

‘Cinema’ may be used with

1. Cooking
2. Selling
3. Sleeping
4. Theatre

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: / Quintessential

1. Most typical example
2. Most wanted thing
3. Most popular
4. Most utilized

Choose an expression similar in meaning to the word underlined below: / Imbroglio

1. Cacophony
2. Confession
3. A confused situation
4. Candid admission

‘Mellifluous’ means :

1. Sweet-sounding
2. Cacophonic
3. Loud
4. Irritating

‘Book’ may be used with

1. Trousers
2. Insects
3. Ticket
4. Painting

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below : / Genre

1. A grand tour
2. A specific category
3. A chauffeur
4. A long list

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: / Tour de force.

1. Masterpiece
2. Grand Tour
3. Long Tour
4. Art and Culture

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: / Insipid

1. Foolish
2. Exciting
3. Dull
4. Sensible

Select the correct synonym of the following word from the alternatives provided: / Lucid

1. Opaque
2. Solid
3. Clear
4. Hazy

Select the correct synonym of the following word from the alternatives provided: / Inadvertent

1. Adversity
2. Intentional
3. Unintentional
4. Advanced

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below: / Incognito

1. Candid
2. Impromptu
3. Opposed
4. Disguised

Select the correct synonym of the following word from the alternatives provided: / Embezzle

1. Steal
2. Steel
3. Honesty
4. Dazzle

‘Cricket’ is also a kind of a/an

1. Bird
2. Insect
3. Food
4. Flower

A ‘Page’ also means

1. A sweet dish
2. A chauffeur
3. A book
4. A servant

The patient needed an anodyne for his strained nerves.

1. Alcohol
2. Opium
3. Medicine
4. Painkilling balm

Eruption means outbreak, irruption means

1. Bursting in
2. Equal
3. Disease
4. Evil

It was queer to see his behaviour.

1. Natural
2. Odd
3. Probable
4. Convincing

‘Deciduous’ trees are

1. Trees that lose the leaves annually
2. Trees that are big
3. Trees that are short
4. Trees that are scattered

‘Cacography’ means

1. Bad spelling
2. Good spelling
3. Incorrect spelling
4. None of this above

Hike in the price may mar the future of the trade world.

1. Harness
2. Help
3. Better
4. Worsen

The maiden’s clothes were so bizarre that they created quite a sensation.

1. Beautiful
2. Grotesque
3. Mundane
4. Lugubrious

The teacher gave us explicit instructions.

1. Definable
2. Resolvable
3. Demonstrative
4. Detailed

The concert was a pot-pourri of events.

1. Medley
2. Lengthy
3. Badly arranged
4. Classical

Hike in oil price may mar the future of the trade world.

1. Harness
2. Help
3. Better
4. Worsen

Lachrymose nature means ______

1. Lethargic
2. Prone to anger
3. Prone to tear
4. Energetic

I met a person in the meeting whose appearance did not reflect his mind.

1. Was deceptive
2. Was convincing
3. Was faithful
4. Was honest

The children were very vivacious in the playground.

1. Smiling
2. Sportive
3. lively/full of life
4. Joyful

The musician has a very sonorous voice

1. Loud
2. Shrill
3. Harsh
4. Full and deep

He pierced the balloon with a pin.

1. Stabbed
2. Pricked
3. Penetrated
4. Burst

The mother hummed softly as she rocked the baby to sleep.

1. Chanted
2. Crooned
3. Intoned
4. Whispered

His letter fuelled my doubts.

1. Ended
2. Increased
3. Caused
4. Reaffirmed

Our gateman is a man of enormous size

1. Healthy
2. Tall
3. Gigantic
4. Big

Man does not live by bread alone.

1. Food
2. Sustenance
3. Material Prosperity
4. Good health

With great cunning the clerk forged the important document.

1. Wickedness
2. Intelligence
3. Craftiness
4. Skill

The boy was reprimanded by his father.

1. Abused
2. Beaten
3. Admired
4. Rebuked

Please expand your commentary on the text.

1. Increase
2. Amplify
3. Enlarge
4. Magnify

Compared with the Earth many of the planets are bodies of immense size.

1. Huge
2. Vast
3. Large
4. Big

The Chairman proceeded to speak in a dignified manner.

1. Elegant
2. Stately (majestic, impressive)
3. Sarcastic
4. Loud

To bungle is to

1. Confuse
2. Blunder
3. Mistake
4. Erase

To regret is to be

1. Sad
2. Sorrowful
3. Tragic
4. Sorry

As a scholar he is almost peerless. / (incomparable)

1. Superb
2. Magnificent
3. Unequalled
4. Famous

The speaker emphasized the salient points of issue. / (important, main)

1. Relevant
2. Prominent
3. Appropriate
4. Accurate

The old lady is extremely loquacious.

1. Humorous
2. Talkative
3. Foul-mouthed
4. Voluble

My colleague has an officious nature.

1. Formal
2. Official
3. Cantankerous
4. Interfering

This is an ingenious device. / (inventive, creative)

1. Skilful (it’s also right)
2. Effective
3. Clever
4. Novel

His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance. / (very bad, terrible, very deep)

1. Bottomless
2. Eternal
3. Diabolic
4. Internal

He abjured his allegiance to the kind. / (reject)

1. Projected
2. Perjured
3. Renounced
4. Expressed

The orator spoke in a bombastic manner. / (high-sounding but with little meaning)

1. Ardent
2. Animated
3. Pompous
4. Sensitive

She wore a garish necklace on imitation glass. / (loud, over-bright)

1. Prominent
2. Gaudy
3. Sordid
4. Cheap

You must overcome your diffidence if you intent to become a salesperson.

1. Indifference
2. Hesitation
3. Shyness
4. Indecision

When the ship collided in the harbor pandemonium broke out among passenger.

1. Chaos
2. Disorder
3. Confusion
4. Wild Tumult

Many districts in West Bengal are prone to flood. / (susceptible, vulnerable)

1. Relate
2. Prostrated
3. Inclined
4. Ready

There was a shadow across his face upon hearing the sad news.

1. Complexion
2. Look of gloom (partial or total darkness)
3. Shade
4. Gravity

Sourav Ganguly scored a delectable century against south Africa in the cricket match in Nairobi. / (extremely attractive, delicious)

1. Delightful
2. Delicious
3. Entertaining
4. Disciplined

There was persistent drizzle during our week long holiday in Darjeeling.

1. Consistent
2. Incessant (continuing without pause or interruption)
3. Continuous
4. Intermittent

I had a splitting headache & could not concentrate.

1. Fearful
2. Severe
3. Nagging
4. Mild

The river was spanned by an iron bridge.

1. Forged
2. Covered
3. Crossed
4. Dammed

Swami Vivekananda led a godly life. / (religious, devout, faithful, devoted)

1. Pious
2. Heavenly
3. Religious
4. Pure

Many men sailed to Africa in quest of gold. / (search, hunt, pursuit, expedition, adventure)

1. In prospect of
2. In pursuance of
3. In search of
4. In expectation of

The specious arguments of the lawyers had no effect on the judge. / (plausible but wrong, misleading)

1. Vicious
2. Illogical
3. Superficially plausible
4. Indefensible

Some mention of this should be inserted here.

1. Added
2. Put in
3. Included
4. Supplied

Your essay contains much superfluous matter. / (surplus, unneeded)

1. Unnecessary
2. Needless
3. Digressive
4. Redundant

Glasnost means

1. Openness
2. Restructuring
3. Revisionism
4. Revolution

Ram is a pliable person. / (easily bent, flexible)

1. Corrupt
2. Easily influence
3. Practical minded
4. Smooth talking

Friendly

1. Thick
2. Thick & Thin
3. At logger heady
4. Conjoint

Tightly

1. Highly
2. Thickly
3. Fast
4. Hard

His sincerity was never in question.

1. Goodness
2. Honesty
3. Virtue
4. Courtesy

Rises in prices, but not in wages seem to be the order of the day.

1. The exception
2. Customary
3. Unusual
4. The trend

He decided to open up to the police and tell them everything.

1. Emerge
2. Develop
3. Talk frankly
4. Start a business

The food did not agree with me and I fell sick.

1. Decide by mutual consent
2. Approve of or consent to
3. Hold a similar opinion
4. Suit

This hard won liberty was not to be frivolously abandoned. / (joking, light-hearted, silly, foolish)

1. Impatiently
2. Lightly
3. Seriously
4. Cursorily

The press, he believed was invading his privacy. / (occupy, conquer, capture)

1. Penetrating
2. Encroaching
3. Permeating
4. Challenging

My parents suffer from persistent aliments. / (constant, continuing, ceaseless, long-term)

1. Critical
2. Serious
3. Chronic
4. Severe

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

1. Careless
2. Slack
3. Inactive
4. Dull

With their wealth, their reforming zeal and their nationalism the Tagores were preposterously.

1. Competent
2. Accomplished
3. Proficient
4. Clever

To show off _____

1. To enact
2. To effect
3. To affect
4. To actuate