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English Test

Choose the word or set of words for each blank in the following questions that best fits the meaning of the sentence. 1. A The educational ..... of our people is far below what is necessary for effective individual living or for the ..... of society procurement, B advancement, C attainment, D achievement, upliftment upkeep maintenance advancement Ganesh looked very happy and ..... when he heard that his proposed scheme was ..... by the committee. energetic, rejected B elated, accepted C satisfied, stalled D disconsolate, approved The security forces fired at the ..... who was armed to the ..... . criminal, toe B culprit, nail C dacoit, teeth

2. A

3. A 4. A

thief, head

. ..... the broker had warned him that the stock was a ..... investment, he insisted on buying a thousand shares. Because, prudent B Because, speculative C As, vulnerable D Although, precarious In Buddhism, it is impossible to keep ethics and psychology ..... from one another, because they ..... at so many points. apart, meet B away, coexist C separate, overlap D disjoint, converge

5. A

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters. 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A ECSTASY joy CONTRABAND purpose MIRAGE dessert TESSELATED striped VOUCHSAFE borrow CONSTRUE To Interpret INDIGENT angry ESPOUSE Scholarly MORTIFY To humiliate NEBULOUS original

speed

treasure

lack

rogue

difficulty

smuggling

illusion

mirror

statement

trimmed

uniform

made of mosaics

desire

punish

grant

complete

sacred

harmonious

incapable

poor

brilliant

fair

composure

support

dying

soften

gloomy

evil

vague

harmful

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. 16. A 17. A 18 A 19. A 20. A 21. A 22. A 23. A 24. A 25. A UNGAINLY ignorant SEDENTARY vicarious PETULANT angry HAPHAZARD deliberate EXTRANEOUS modern LOQUACIOUS sedate PERIGEE apogee SALVAGE remove GUSTO noise CENSURE praise

graceful

detailed

dancing

accidental

active

afraid

moral

declining

uncomplaining

indifferent

safe

tense

essentia

decisive

effective

soporific

taciturn

sentimental

eclipse

refugee

confuse

confuse

lose

outfit

distaste

atmosphere

panic

process

enclose

interest

Select the lettered pair in the following analogy questions that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original capitalized pair. 26. A 27. A 28. A 29. A 30. A LIBRARY: BOOKS hotel : children TINY : HUGE small : little

office : sales

park : cars

zoo : animals

weak : strong

sad : gloomy

chaotic : confused

FRIGHTEN : SCARE question : ask B SEARCH : FIND obey : believe SPEECH : SILVER mercury : change

upset : calm

terrorize : startle

brave : fear

write : read

fight : win

listen : talk

silence : golden

goose : golden

metal : bronze

ANSWERS
1.C 11.A 21.C 2.B 12.C 22.A 3.A 13.D 23.C 4.D 14.A 24.B 5.C 15.C 25.A 6.A 16.B 26.D 7.D 17.C 27.B 8.B 18.D 28.A 9.D 19.A 29.C 10.D 20.B 30.B

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