Fill in the Blanks

1. ___ he woke up, he saw that his bag was stolen.
   (a) If
   (b) when
   (c) where
   (d) So
   (e) neither
   
2. The Police Inspector ___ the wanted criminal from his friend's residence.
   (a) arrived
   (b) gathered
   (c) arrested
   (d) collected
   (e) allowed
   
3. The Managing Director ___ many favours on his faithful servant Vibha.
   (a) gave
   (b) approved
   (c) imposed
   (d) bestowed
   (e) Dropped
   
4. Purchasing a colour TV set is considered as a/an ___ of status.
   (a) Luxury
   (b) symbol
   (c) symptom
   (d) honour
   (e) action
   
5. Rajni ____ her mother to purchase a new saree for the occasion.
   (a) thought
   (b) called
   (c) thanked
   (d) advised
   (e) enquired
   
6. The Indian economy badly needs to ____ an export-oriented economic structure.
   (a) Prepare
   (b) develop
   (c) achieve
   (d) gain
   (e) attain
   
7. Collective ___ are needed to root out the dowry system.
   (a) Funds
   (b) method
   (c)laws
   (d) decisions
   (e) efforts
   
8. A servant is expected to carry _____ orders of his master.
   (a) on
   (b) for
   (c) in
   (d) no word
   (e) out
   
9. As a social worker, he tried his best to ___ the condition of the poor.
   (a) Improve
   (b) change
   (c) correct
   (d) no word
   (e) Raise
   
10. Mahesh cannot be appointed since he ___ the experience necessary for the job.
    (a) Misses
    (b) loses
    (c) lacks
    (d) needs
    (e) has
    
11. He is always curt in his
    (a) Business
    (b) writings
    (c) game
    (d) programme
    (e) replies
    
12. I saw a ___ of wolves remaining around the forest.
    (a) Fleet
    (b) flock
    (c) group
    (d) herd
    (e) pack
    
13. I applied for and was ___ legal aid by the Labour Ministry.
    (a) Granted
    (b) awarded
    (c) implanted
    (d) offered
    (e) allowed
    
14. The cocks did not ____ any resistance.
    (a) show
    (b) put
    (c) offer
    (d) exert
    (e) exercise
    
15. The officer decided to deploy as ___ a number of men as possible to guard the post.
    (a) many
    (b) more
    (c) few
    (d) less
    ( e ) small
    
16. Ambition is one of those ___ which are never satisfied.
    (a) Ideas
    (b) fancies
    (c) passions
    (d) needs
    (e) energies
    
17. The new education policy provides a useful ___ for the planners to remove illiteracy.
    (a) break-up
    (b) breakthrough
    (c) breakaway
    (d) Break-in
    (e) break-out
    
18. In autumn trees ____ their leaves.
    (a) Shed
    (b) drop
    (c) leave
    (d) cast
    (e) reject
    
19. It is difficult to put ___ a noisy and meddlesome neighbour.
    (a) Across
    (b) up with
    (c)forward
    (d) on
    (e) by
    
20. The lonesome valley was ____ like a graveyard.
    (a) Quiet
    (b) inhabitable
    (c) inimitable
    (d) populous
    (e) Bustling
    
21. His first failure did not ____ him from making another attempt.
    (a) forbid
    (b) deter
    (c) defeat
    (d) interfere
    (e) cure
    
22. For a few seconds, Sudhir was ____ blinded by the powerful lights of the oncoming car.
    (a) Totally
    (b) greatly
    (c) powerfully
    (d) largely
    (e) Heavily
    
23. The community tried to bring to ___ all adulterators but its attempts were foiled by the squad,
    (a) Prison
    (b) action
    (c)head
    (d) book
    (e) bear
    
24. My friend says that he drinks tea because it is best ____ in the world.
    (a) Solution
    (b) liquid
    (c) beverage
    (d) fluid
    (e) leaf
    
25. You need ____ shoes for walking in the hills.
    (a)Stout
    (b) good
    (c) sturdy
    (d) satisfactory
    (e) slippery
    
26. The members of group were at ____ over the selection procedure.
    (a) Sixes
    (b) random
    (c) sea
    (d) odds
    (e) space
    
27. The staff has felt on edge ever since they heard the rumour about _____
    (a) Inflation
    (b) retrenchment
    (c) scarcity
    (d) elections
    (e) espousal
    
28. The two women are so jealous that at the drop of a ___ they start insulting each other.
    (a) Brick
    (b) curtain
    (c) hat
    (d) pin
    (e) kick
    
29. I was astounded at his ___ lack of knowledge about the continent of Africa.
    (a) Abundant
    (b) colossal
    (c)huge
    (d) great
    (e) perfect
    
30. The twins are so alike that I cannot ___ one from the other.
    (a) say
    (b) notice
    (c) tell
    (d) discern
    (e) make
    
31. _____ you meet my son in the market, ask him to come home at once.
    (a) Would
    (b) should
    (c) white
    (d) will
    (e) may
    
32. The proud king turned a deaf ear to the _ of his wise counselors.
    (a) Advices
    (b) advises
    (c) advice
    (d) advice
    (e) advisor
    
33. The old father brought ___ the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks.
    (a) up
    (b) near
    (c) roost
    (d) home
    (e)book
    
34. The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown ___
    (a) out
    (b) up
    (c) away
    (d) over
    (e) no word
    
35. If we do not take _ care of our industry, we will have to _____ a grave problem.
    (a) adequate, catch
    (b)normal, experience
    (c) proper, face
    (d) preventive, solve
    (e) intensive, aggravate
    
36. Lata's programmes __ taking place throughout the state since last week.
    (a) has been
    (b) have been
    (c) is
    (d) will be
    (e) Would be
    
37. ____ by people's perception. It seems that democracy has succeeded in India.
    (a) Making
    (b) Planned
    (c) Going
    (d) Like
    (e)Following
    
38. Family planning is essential for curbing the rapid ___ in population.
    (a) Spurt
    (b) augmentation
    (c) spread
    (d) increase
    (e) flood
    
39. Kings have few things to desire and many things to ____.
    (a) crave
    (b) long
    (c) rear
    (d) apprehend
    (e) horrify
    
40. The winding road was no doubt a ___ climb and, though at every steep turn the car groaned, we finally reached the top.
    (a) Tortuous
    (b) easy
    (c) fast
    (d) slow
    (e) zigzag
    
41. Take care of the __ and the hours will take care of themselves.
    (a) Days
    (b) years
    (c) seconds
    (d) minutes
    (e) weeks
    
42. Though he took a leap in the ___ when he invested all his savings in Reliance shares, he later on found that it was well worth the risk.
    (a) Dark
    (b) abyss
    (c)light
    (d) hole
    (e) frog
    
43. After being caught in the act, Rajneesh knew he was in ____ in trouble.
    (a) Intense
    (b) dreaded
    (c) terrible
    (d) dire
    (e) Intensive
    
44. Owing to their unruly behavior, some members of the cricket team were ____ from taking part in the matches,
    (a) Exempted
    (b) excluded
    (c) banned
    (d) outlawed
    (e) Proscribed
    
45. Mounting unemployment is the most serious and ___ problem faced by India today.
    (a) Profound
    (b) intractable
    (c)unpopular
    (d)dubious
    (e) unattainable
    
46. Unemployment is not only ____ throughout the emerging world, but is growing worse, especially in urban areas,
    (a) Endemic
    (b) peripheral
    (c) absorbing
    (d) prolific
    (e) endangering
    
47. A light rain ____ to the humidity.
    (a) Supplemented
    (b) added
    (c) increased
    (d) Complemented
    (e) complimented
    
48. Radha’s heart _____ at the sight of the beautiful jewellery.
    (a) Leapt
    (b)Stopped
    (c)stoned
    (d)crept
    (e) jumped
    
49. Anil was ____ for his blasphemous statements on the religious leaders.
    (a) excommunicated
    (b) applauded
    (c) congratulated
    (d) saluted
    (e) banned
    
50. her spectacles simply would nor rest on the ____ of her nose.
    (a) arch
    (b)tip
    (c) bridge
    (d) top
    (e) peak

Assignment- 2

1. Varsha pulled a long ____ when she was told that she could not go to the cinema.
   (a) face
   (b) mouth
   (c) veil
   (d) hand
   (e) nose
   
2. Japan has lot to offer India in her efforts to leap ___ the 21st century.
   (a) in
   (b) into
   (c) over
   (d) to
   (e) against
   
3. The deadly fever left him completely ____.
   (a) Enervated
   (b) healthy
   (c) wealthy
   (d) dying
   (e) Fatigued
   
4. I _____ him for the job and he got it
   (a) commended
   (b) asked
   (c) recommended
   (d) hired
   (e) deprived
   
5. Since Mani was the only one who could not go abroad, he was regarded as the ____ sheep of the family.
   (a) Foolish
   (b) exceptional
   (c) black
   (d) white
   (e) stray
   
6. It is the slight ____ in an otherwise perfect face that made her look beautiful.
   (a) Ugliness
   (b)twist
   (c) imperfection
   (d) glow
   (e) hint
   
7. Changes in the legal system are inevitable for we are not working for a _____ society.
   (a) Backward
   (b) dynamic
   (c) developing
   (d) modern
   (e) stagnant
   
8. Lata walked on and found a vacant seat to sit _____
   (a) on
   (b) in
   (c) up
   (d) down
   (e) through
   
9. Vinod's employers deducted the expenses from his salary, but ___ an adhoc allowance to it.
   (a) Adduced
   (b)reduced
   (c) added
   (d) deducted
   (e) exempted
   
10. The Hindu are a ____ majority in India.
    (a) Linguistic
    (b) ethnic
    (c) religious
    (d) demographic
    (e) class
    
11. One true __ is better than a world of acquaintances.
    (a) Friend
    (b) energy
    (c) man
    (d) woman
    (e) person
    
12. Raman made a slight ____ of judgment and hit Vijay instead of bully.
    (a) Mistake
    (b) blunder
    (c) slip
    (d) error
    (e) calculation
    
13. Ahmed was quit rich. It was not for ____ but for excitement that he stole from the shop.
    (a) Pleasure
    (b) necessity
    (c) money
    (d) boredom
    (e) nothing
    
14. The rules _____ passengers to cross the railway line.
    (a) Advice
    (b) forbid
    (c) request
    (d) stop
    (e) hinder
    
15. Sachin's batting in this inning=s did not come __ my expectations.
    (a) to
    (b) off
    (c) in
    (d) along with
    (e) up to
    
16. He proved to be quite a wet blanket at the party, for he spoke to no one and __ sat himself.
    (a) Blithely
    (b) courageously
    (c) morosely
    (d) wonderingly
    (e) enigmatically
    
17. Mr. Kulkarni thought he was very clever but he found himself in the _.
    (a) Curry
    (b) doldrums
    (c) event
    (d) soup
    (e) trouble
    
18. Brinjals are _ cheap these days.
    (a) dead
    (b) dust
    (c) dastardly
    (d) dirt
    (e) down
    
19. He __ hat he would come.
    (a) requested
    (b) said
    (c) pleaded
    (d) urged
    (e) asked
    
20. If you drink too much, it will _ your judgment.
    (a) Impede
    (b) impair
    (c) impose
    (d) impel
    (e) improve
    
21. The Managing Director treated the employees to a _ lunch at an expensive hotel.
    (a) precious
    (b) thriving
    (c) stupendous
    (d) magnanimous
    (e) sumptuous
    
22. We need an unusually gifted person to solve this _ problem.
    (a) Sensitive
    (b) sensible
    (c) sensuous
    (d) spurious
    (e) sensual
    
23. The _ of ships reached the port safely.
    (a) Group
    (b) convoy
    (c) hatch
    (d) flight
    (e) swarm
    
24. If the money is _ in the Unit Truest, it would yield good interest.
    (a) Invested
    (b) collected
    (c) spent
    (d) credited
    (e) Engaged
    
25. Several members _ from voting.
    (a) Restrained
    (b) refused
    (c) abstained
    (d) retained
    (e) Refrained
    
26. She stood there with tears _ clown her checks.
    (a) Rolling
    (b) dropping
    (c) falling
    (d) forming
    (e) shedding
    
27. He gave me an additional _ of Rs. 100 a month by _ of the commissioner.
    (a) Allowance, permission
    (b) pay, allowance
    (c) payment, agreement
    (d) salary, admittance
    (e) Burden, virtue
    
28. There is no glory in war ____ the blood it
    (a) Considering sheds
    (b) comparing, spills
    (c) Worth, costs
    (d) thinking, demand
    (e) for, flows
    
29. Too much eating is _ to health.
    (a) Unsuitable
    (b) detrimental
    (c) bad
    (d) inadvisable
    (e) incisive
    
30. Although they are not rich, they always wear _ clothes.
    (a) Irrespective
    (b) respective
    (c) respectful
    (d) respected
    (e) respectable
    
31. We cannot _ the real slate of things from what he says.
    (a) Defer
    (b) infer
    (c) confer
    (d) refer
    (e) pilfer
    
32. When he left after the cocktail party, he was as _ as a judge.
    (a) Sober
    (b) drunk
    (c) wise
    (d) boring
    (e) brave
    
33. The degrees were awarded in the annual
    (a) Convention
    (b) convocation
    (c)conventicler
    (d)Conference
    (e) convolution
    
34. Man is a _ animal.
    (a) Extensive
    (b) little
    (c) deep
    (d) intensive
    (e) Medical
    
35. She was so badly injured that she needed _ care in the hospital.
    (a) Extensive
    (b) little
    (c) deep
    (d) intensive
    (e) Medical
    
36. It was his _ nature which made him continue where most would have given up.
    (a) Divine
    (b) stubborn
    (c) good
    (d) ill
    (e) unfortunate
    
37. It is often seen that bad husband have very good _.
    (a) Children
    (b) mothers
    (c) parents
    (d) wives
    (e) Consorts
    
38. She yelled _ him and he hastily retreated.
    (a) to
    (b) at
    (c) for
    (d) against
    (e) towards
    
39. The cold did not make him but made him merely
    (a) Sick
    (b) hungry
    (c) indisposed
    (d) unwilling
    (e) Vomit
    
40. He _ the policeman to help him catch the thief, but the policeman pretended not to hear.
    (a) Pleaded
    (b) importuned
    (c) threatened
    (d) asked
    (e) requested
    
41. It was impossible for the overworked mother to _ with so many yelling children.
    (a) Live
    (b) die
    (c) deal
    (d) cope
    (e) continue
    
42. The reporter said to the editor, "You need not consult anyone, you can take my _ for it"
    (a) Promise
    (b) suggestion
    (c) ring
    (d) word
    (e) eyes
    
43. With old people he was as considerate as a son, and with children as __ as a father.
    (a) Modest
    (b) hopeful
    (c) cheerful
    (d) sceptical
    (e) Solicitous
    
44. I admire him because for all his achievements he is ___
    (a) Humble
    (b) modest
    (c) gentle
    (d) quiet
    (e) pure
    
45. The treasurer ____ the funds and _.
    (a) Stole, fled
    (b) embezzled, absconded
    (c) robbed, decamped
    (d) purloined, skipped
    (e) cheated, ran
    
46. Those who hate sincerity are _.
    (a) Misogynists
    (b) cynics
    (c) pessimists
    (d) Misanthropists
    (e) infidels
    
47. His puns attest to his _ but do not prove his
    (a) wisdom, learning
    (b) brilliance, sensibility
    (c) sharpness, scholarship
    (d) wit, intelligence
    (e) Acerbity, interest
    
48. ____, they resumed their forward journey.
    (a) Rising the sun
    (b) Having risen the sun
    (c) The sun being risen
    (d) The sun having risen
    (e) On rising the sun
    
49. They have some difficulty _ all the employees, especially the smaller ones, to conform _ the adopted scale of wages.
    (a) To get, with
    (b) getting, to
    (c) in getting, upon
    (d) to setting, over
    (e) to be getting, up to
    
50. What he has done admits _ no excuse.
    (a) With
    (b) of
    (c) for
    (d) in
    (e) about

Assignment – 3
Directions: Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. The petitioner had …….. an immediate stay from the court on allotment of the flats till ____ of investigation into the alleged irregularities.
   (A) Asked, process
   (B) sought, completion
   (C) Propagated, finish
   (D) demanded, course
   (E) Granted, end
   
2. Modern music doesn't lend …… to longevity; sometimes it is hard even to remember what the biggest hit from a_____of years ago was.
   (A) Itself, couple
   (B) much, few
   (C) money, some
   (D) matter, spatter
   (E) substance, variety
   
3. Opportunities ……. when they are seized and …… when they are not
   (A) Gather, evade
   (B) needed, reflect
   (C) create, disperse
   (D) shout, calm
   (E) multiply, die
   
4. At the sound of the bell we are .........to pause, relax our body and become gently ….. of our in-breath and out-breath.
   (A) Asked, thoughtless
   (B) requested, wishful
   (C) Invited, aware
   (D) forced, meaningful
   (E) Braced, calm
   
5. ............. to listen to the sounds of nature, we find that we can afterwards carry on with whatever we were doing in a more ......... and loving way.
   (A) Feeling, helpful
   (B) waiting, rough
   (C) dreaming, dramatic
   (D) pausing, attentive
   (E) hurting, creative
   
6. Along with a sharp rise in ……, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in …………
   (A) Crime, apathy
   (B) fatalities, poor
   (C) deaths, slums
   (D) unemployment, poverty
   (E) migrations streets
   
7. Behaving in a ……. and serious way, even in a ……. situation, makes people respect you.
   (A) Calm, difficult
   (B) steady, angry
   (C) flamboyant, tricky
   (D) cool, astounding
   (E) silly, sound
   
8. An airplane with ...... passengers on board made an unscheduled.......as the airport to which it was heading was covered with thick fog.
   (A) irritable, slip
   (B) faulty, stop
   (C) variety, halt
   (D) tons, wait
   (E) numerous, landing
   
9. The government has …… to provide financial aid to the ones ……. by severe floods in the city.
   (A) Desired, troubled
   (B) promised, havoc
   (C) failed, affected
   (D) wanted, struck
   (E) decided, ill
   
10. Deemed universities …… huge fees, but have not been successful in providing …… education to our students.
    (A) collect, maintaining
    (B) pay, better
    (C) ask, good
    (D) charge, quality
    (E) demand, quantitative
    
11. Many teachers ……. the lack of professional freedom as the ……. for leaving the job.
    (A) Cited, reason
    (B) explained, force
    (C) claimed, understanding
    (D) argued, culprit
    (E) believe, ground
    
12. Skeptics would not......... that the earth actually moves, let alone that it …….. around the sun.
    (A) permit, orbits
    (B) accept, revolves
    (C) experience, circles
    (D) assume, went
    (E) challenge, spins
    
13. Unpredictable…… of the child could not lead the consultants to any.........
    (A) Performance, setting
    (B)belief, judgment
    (C)operation, purpose
    (D) behaviour, conclusion
    (E) React, decision
    
14. A public servant who is guilty will not.........punishment and no …… person will be punished.
    (A) be sincere
    (B) flee, guilty
    (C) defend, common
    (D) avoid, uninformed
    (E) escape, innocent
    
15. Few professions can ……. the sheer variety and constant.......... of being a doctor.
    (A) like, struggle
    (B) share, enthusiast
    (C) match, challenge
    (D) draw, work-load
    (E) justify, exception

Assignment - 4

1. He went to the library to ____ find that it was closed.
   (1) Seldom
   (2) never
   (3)only
   (4) solely
   (5) None of These
   
2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so....that they can disappear at any moment.
   (1) tentative
   (2) tenuous
   (3) consistent
   (4) restrictive
   (5) None of These
   
3. Her reaction to his proposal was ____She rejected it....
   (1) inevitable - vehemently'
   (2)subtle-Violently
   (3) clever - abruptly
   (4) sympathetic - angrily
   
4. His.... directions misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take.
   (1) complicated
   (2) ambiguous
   (3) narrow (4) fantastic
   (5) None of These
   
5. It would be difficult for one so _____ to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion,
   (1) Emotional
   (2) democratic
   (3) Intolerant
   (4) liberal
   (5) None of These
   
6. She did not like to ____ her decision like a dictator on her subordinates.
   (A) Divulge
   (B) prompt
   (C) enforce
   (D) deploy
   (E) Make
   
7. People unfortunately _____ that money brings happiness.
   (A) Assume
   (B) deny
   (C) object
   (D) rely
   (E) conscious
   
8. The public have......... a protest against the new rules of the budget.
   (A) Organize
   (B) demonstrated
   (C) compiled
   (D) pursued
   (E) launched
   
9. Sarojini Naidu will always be remembered for her.... to the national cause.
   (A) Blessing
   (B) involvement
   (C) Pursuit
   (D)dedication
   (E) command
   
10. Poverty has to be ____ and the basic necessities of life should be made available to everyone.
    (A) Destroyed
    (B) eliminated
    (C)finished
    (D)magnified
    (E) considered
    
11. Upon hearing the _____ words from him, she left the place_______
    (a) Wrongful...abashed
    (b)misuse...immediately
    (C)Obnoxious...abashed
    (d)acrimonious...amicably
    
12. How can the plans of the government ___ the poor, if they are totally _______?
    (a) Educate...illiterate
    (b) help...impractical
    (C) Benefit...selfish
    (d) enrich...penniless
    
13. The _____ that 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush' is _____ in the present context.
    (a) Metaphor...cavil
    (b) adage...inappropriate
    (C) talk...evil
    (d) sentence...anomalous
    
14. The thought of a nuclear _____ sparked off by a misunderstanding poses an awesome______.
    (a) Device...reverberation
    (b) holocaust...spectre
    (c) Liaison...probability
    (d) explosion...calamity
    
15. A person is not trusted if he is ____ in his words and ____ in his actions.
    (a)Dishonest...untrustworthy
    (b)Handsome...presentable
    (c) talkative...precise
    (d) Healthy...robust
    
16. The _____ reached between the enemies won the ____ of the observers.
    (a) Treaty...accolade
    (b) victory...decoration
    (c) Peace...hearts
    (d) pitch...enimity
    
17. _____ Persons are_____.
    (a) Careful...circumspect
    (b) violent...peaceable
    (c)despondent...intrepid
    (d) garrulous...gluttonous
    
18. The rebels sought to overcome the ____ of strength of the police forces by engaging in ...tactics.
    (a) Lack...divisionary
    (b) augmented...peaceful
    (c) Preponderance...guerilla
    (d) power...foolish
    
19. Science fiction is literary ____ which postulates a change from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a _____
    (a) Piece...beginning
    (b) imagination...fantasy
    (c)Sub-genre...logical end
    (d) masterpiece...logical end

Assignment - 5

1. When the Board came down ____ on him after his disastrous performance against Australia, he knew that it would ____ him his captaincy.
   (a) Heavily cost
   (b) heavily costed
   (c) heavily...costing
   (d) heavy...cost
   
2. Indecency is when you humiliate and cheat people emotionally, when you use and ___ people you love, when you lie with a _____ face to everyone when it suits you.
   (a) Disabuse...straight
   (b) abuse...crooked
   (c) Abused...straight
   (d) abuse...straightened
   
3. Externalists just ____ bad fortune instead of trying to work out why they fell over and how to ____ it from happening again.
   (a) Blames...prevent
   (b) blame...prevents
   (c) blame...preventing
   (d) blame...prevent
   
4. Children from ____ backgrounds are more likely to become externalists than children from poor ____ who have had to overcome adversity to succeed.
   (a) Rich...background
   (b) poor...backgrounds
   (c) Poor...background
   (d) rich...backgrounds
   
5. Body language is important, but before you can hold ____ contact with a stranger you need to be in a______ trusting state.
   (a) Eyes...confident
   (b) eye...confidential
   (c) eyeing...confident
   (d) eye...confident
   
6. Eventually, if you _____ enough at the right people under the ___ circumstances, one will smile back at you.
   (a) smile....right
   (b) smiling...right
   (c) smile...wrong
   (d) smile...rightly
   
7. As a teenager, _____ is so unselfconscious, one is so intense about everything,_____ is a passion.
   (a) They...everything
   (b) we...everything
   (c) One...nothing
   (d) one...everything
   
8. I don't socialize with the people I work ____, I have my own set of friends and I intend to keep some sort of ____ between my friends and my work.
   (a) On...differentiation
   (b) off...differentiation
   (c)With...differentiate
   (d)with...differentiation
   
9. I have my own set of friends, who have access to my home and my ______ thoughts and feelings, I don't let just about anyone invade that ______
   (a) inner...privacy
   (b) outer...privacy
   (c) inner...private
   (d) in.... privacy
   
10. When I joined college, I was __ at the lack of discipline; I saw a lot of kids bunk and go to discos. Why _____ to parents to go and have a good time? And why during study hours?
    (a) Shocked...lied
    (b) shocked...lying
    (c) shock...lie
    (d) Shocked...lie

Assignment - 6

1. When I left school I saw it as a temporary move and I assumed I'd _____
   (a) go back
   (b) return back
   (c) go forth
   (d) go back and come
   
2. The boy's death wrenched the hearts of parents ____ the world who easily understood the love that would lead a father to _____ his child from bullets with his own body.
   (a) Round...shield
   (b) around...shield
   (c) Around...shielded
   (d) around...shield out
   
3. The international student is expected to identify and use resources ____ to the universities that would match his ______.
   (a) Big screen...profile
   (b) screen...profiled
   (c) Screen...profile
   (d) the screen...profile
   
4. Considering the _____ cost attached to each application forwarded, the student is constrained to apply to a _____ number of universities.
   (a) High...unlimited
   (b) low...limited
   (c) high...though limited
   (d) high...limited
   
5. Sometimes subjective questions such as ‘a dinner with any three personalities in the world' or fmy favorite pass time' _____ also se, to indirectly check the horizon and _____ of the student.
   (a) Are...perspectives
   (b) were...perspectives than
   (c) are...perspect
   (d) is ...perspection
   
6. In 1996, Naomi Campbell _____ when she had been bumped off the cover of American Vogue in ____ of a white model.
   (a) Complained...favour
   (b) complain...favour
   (c)Complained...favoured
   (d)complained,..favourite
   
7. Benazir said that the regime's decision to allow Sharif to walk _____ could _____ be part of a larger game plan or just another corrupt act.
   (a) Free...or
   (b) free...neither
   (c) free...either
   (d) Free...either
   
8. Taxi driver’s brains are _____ to help them store a detailed mental map of the city.
   (a) Adapt
   (b) adapting
   (c) adapted
   (d) adopted
   
9. Keeping view your _____ state of mind, it's with a rather _____ heart that I’m penning down this letter to you.
   (a) Distress...heavy
   (b) distressed...heavy
   (c) distressed...heaviness
   (d) distressing...heavy
   
10. I am _____ independent, I don't do things just for the sake of it or because I am ___to.
    (a) Verily,..Supposed
    (b) very...supposing
    (c) Very...supposed
    (d) very...unsupposed

Assignment - 7
Directions: Fill in the blanks

1. The Chairman in his speech stated the.............. in company profits was ______ to team building.
   (a) Incline, owing
   (b) rise, liable
   (c) slump, accountable
   (d) surge, due
   (e) plunge, response
   
2. The main ____ of healthcare reforms is.......medical care to every citizen.
   (a) Purpose, available
   (b) cause, providing
   (c)Challenge, accessing
   (d) assurance, qualified
   (e) Focus, extending
   
3. Being ______ of how he wanted his career to progress, he began discussing his _____ with senior colleagues.
   (a) Convinced, misconduct
   (b) unsure, options
   (c)Unresolved, aspirations
   (d)practical, intentions
   (e) Spontaneous, future
   
4. Experts feel that the amendment to the Act will adversely_____ private sector................in infrastructure development.
   (a) Effect, participation
   (b)facilitate, claim
   (c)Influence, involvement
   (d) measure, investment
   (e) Expedite, stake
   
5. His absence at the crucial meeting cannot be ___ as he _____ the country at important international fora.
   (a) Helped, represents
   (b) condoned, participates
   (c) Permitted, engages
   (d) sanctioned, governs
   (e) Forgiven, promote
   
6. A committee has been..............to...............the transformation of the city into an international finance centre.
   (A) Constituted, convert
   (B) appointed, oversee
   (C) Converged, evaluate
   (D) inducted, change
   (E) Inaugurated, determine
   
7. Keeping in mind the....... to develop the sector the government has _____ solicited foreign investment
   (A) Importance, never
   (B) proposal, forcibly
   (C) objective, wanted
   (D) view, discretely
   (E) need, actively
   
8. In his speech he vowed to.............. The four billion unbanked individuals across the world into the.............. of financial inclusion.
   (A) Represent, sphere
   (B) target, area
   (C) bring, realm
   (D) engage, achievement
   (E) convince, era
   
9. Although he puts in _____ of overtime and takes few holidays, he.............. Cannot support his family.
   (A) Sufficient, however
   (B) lot, besides
   (C) much, thus
   (D) plenty, still
   (E) frequency, yet
   
10. They have been _______ on incentives to ______ these practices are implemented at grass root level.
    (A) Relying, ensures
    (B) improving, secure
    (C) Advocating, confirm
    (D) debating, necessitate
    (E) Focusing, display
    
11. Their minds were ____with the thought of the ______conflict.
    (A) Engrossed, approaching
    (B) Prepared, growing
    (C) Absolved, mere.
    (D) Swollen, imminent
    (E) Preoccupied, adverse
    
12. The doctor reached the house too _____ to find the patient.....
    (A) Early, worried
    (B) Far, sick
    (C) Late, alive
    (D) Hastily, immobile
    (E) Impatiently, dead
    
13. He _____ to the audience in a soft but confident tone all _____ had happened.
    (A) Explained, whatever
    (B) Narrated, that
    (C) Demonstrated, what
    (D) Briefed, those
    (E) Showed, whatsoever
    
14. He was _____ not to _____ done the exercise himself.
    (A) Expected, be
    (B) required, being
    (C) Needed, get
    (D) Warned, be
    (E) Supposed, have
    
15. The ____ of the ______ carried out in the Institute were published.
    (A) Reports, findings
    (B) Articles, observations
    (C) Drawbacks, preparations
    (D) Results, investigations
    (E) Observations, terms
    
16. An engineering college requires a lot of...„. and it is available in ______ in this area.
    (A) room, abundance
    (B) things, ample
    (C) land, plenty
    (D) plots, sufficient
    (E) pieces, number
    
17. A young lady, who was standing at a ______ got trapped in a valley of bullets and was killed ____ the spot.
    (A) Step, in
    (B) scooter, of
    (C) place, upon
    (D) Counter, on
    (E) corner, near
    
18. However, activity based _____ that makes learning a joy needs more time _____ per topic.
    (A) Training, fixing
    (B) education, allotment
    (C) Teaching, schedule
    (D) educating, taking
    (E) Schooling, giving
    
19. At present, there are about four lac _____ in Japan who has survived the _____ of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    (A) women, accident
    (B) men, incident
    (C) workers, trouble
    (D) employees, terror
    (E) persons, tragedy
    
20. We can ____ a good world by keeping a truly scientific mind, which_____precise, clear and unprejudiced.
    (A) Create, is
    (B) generate, was
    (C) originate, are
    (D) Maintain, were
    (E) keep, is
    
21. The truth is that in a highly capital-intensive business _____ deep pockets, domestic civil aviation is _____ undercapitalized.
    1) Ascertaining, highly
    2) requiring, woefully
    3) Sustaining, alarmingly
    4) balancing, astonishingly
    5) demanding, niggardly
    
22. Time has now come for all agencies working in the development sector to launch a multi-pronged________ to _______ malnutrition.
    1) System, abjure
    2) weapon, annihilate
    3) policy, deviate
    4) strategy, eradicate
    5) fact, demolish
    
23. A well _______ physically and mentally active______ alone can contribute to the speedier economic progress of a nation.
    1) Educated, subjects
    2) organized, systems
    3) Advanced, brethren
    4) formulated, citizens
    5) Nourished, populace
    
24. We must develop ______ systems from the village upwards and up to the national level to constantly______the nutritional status of the people.
    1) Monitoring, review
    2) machinery, tackle
    3) efficient, emancipate
    4) sound, harbour
    5) inherent, inundate
    
25. Democracy has taken a _____ in a system which promotes sycophancy and _____
    1) dive, bureaucracy
    2) delve, dictatorship
    3) beating, mediocrity
    4) ride, heredity
    5) privilege, intolerance
    
26. People in power love to _____ the freedom of expression by the players because it might ______ their position.
    1) Suppress, undermine
    2) counter, reveal
    3) contradict, focus
    4) exploit, hamper
    5) violate, degrade
    
27. Rituals play an important role in ____ growth and growth of our minds to its full _____
    1) Cultural, measure
    2) religious, maximum
    3) mystical, exposure
    4) traditional, limits
    5) spiritual, potential

ANSWERS

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 1
1.B	2.C	3.D	4.B	5.D	6.B	7.E	8.E	9.A	10.C
11.E	12.E	13.A	14.C	15.E	16.C	17.B	18.A	19.B	20.A
21.B	22.A	23.D	24.C	25.C	26.D	27.B	28.C	29.B	30.C
31.B	32.D	33.D	34.D	35.C	36.B	37.C	38.D	39.C	40.A
41.D	42.A	43.D	44.C	45.B	46.A	47.B	48.A	49.A	50.C

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 2
1.A	2.B	3.A	4.C	5.C	6.C	7.E	8.B	9.C	10.C
11.A	12.D	13.B	14.B	15.E	16.C	17.D	18.D	19.B	20.B
21.E	22.A	23.B	24.A	25.C	26.A	27.A	28.A	29.B	30.E
31.B	32.A	33.B	34.E	35.D	36.B	37.D	38.B	39.C	40.B
41.D	42.D	43.E	44.B	45.B	46.B	47.D	48.D	49.B	50.B

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 3
1.B	2.A	3.E	4.C	5.D	6.D	7.A	8.E	9.C	10.D
11.A	12.B	13.D	14.E	15.C

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 4
1.3	2.2	3.1	4.2	5.3	6.C	7.A	8.E	9.D	10.B
11.C	12.B	13.B	14.B	15.A	16.A	17.A	18.C	19.C

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 5
1.a	2.b	3.D	4.D	5.D	6.a	7.d	8.d	9.a	10.d

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 6
11	2.b	3.c	4.d	5.a	6.a	7.D	8.C	9.b	10.c

ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 7
1.d	2.e	3.b	4.c	5.a	6.B	7.E	8.B	9.D	10.A
11.A	12.C	13.B	14.E	15.D	16.C	17.D	18.B	19.E	20.A
21.2	22.4	23.5	24.1	25.3	26.1	27.5