Test 1
Test 1
Test 1
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