Question No : 1

The exiled people arrived in thousands on the shores of Christmas island, seeking _____ from the political _____ in Syria

(1) regenerate, people

(2) refuge, unrest

(3) aspect, unjust

(4) civil, population

(5) mandatory, violation

Question No : 2

Discovery of the wheel is the _____ upon which the modern _____ of man is built

(1) cornerstone, civilization

(2) structure, country

(3) ebulous, development

(4) artificial, agriculture

(5) dedication, sanctuary

Question No : 3

According to the report, most of the _____ presented in court was _____ by the accused employees

(1) restive, engaged

(2) ruthless, entitled

(3) envelopes, ruptured

(4) treaties, festooned

(5) evidence, fabricated

Question No : 4

Sarita watched in _____ as her co-workers _____ the credit for her brilliant work in the project.

(1) amazement, launched

(2) surprise, renounce

(3) astonishment, arrogate

(4) depression, Assume

(5) rejection, seize

Question No : 5

This decision follows the _____ in Itanager, which included _____ attacks on the residence of the Deputy chief Minister

(1) vision, mild

(2) violence, arson

(3) fassivity, incendiarism

(4) ferocity, douse

(5) gaiety, merciful

Question No : 6

The landmark Cold War nuclear Weapons agreement might _____ if Russia, as announced by the US Secretary of State during a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, does not come into _____ with the treaty within 60 days.

(1) throw cold water; problem

(2) end up in smoke; compliance

(3) carry the ball; assessment

(4) smell a rat; Europe

(5) burn your boots; The United States

Question No : 7

Sameera had become very uncomfortable and _____ when visiting her parents after losing the final match in tennis to an/a _____ and suffered chronic tension.

(1) couch potato; difference

(2) a dark horse; treatment

(3) a house of cards; division

(4) beyond the pale; equality

(5) ill at ease; underdog

Question No : 8

After two hours spent _____ in the snow, I realized we were on a _____.

(1) wandering; wild goose chase

(2) researching; hard of hearing

(3) wanting; house of cards

(4) gaining; maiden speech

(5) working; couch potato

Question No : 9

A hospital in Srinagar has _____ the plea of a Sikh girl who had offered her kidney to save her terminally ill Muslim friend, accepting the _____ raised by the prospective donor’s father.

(1) driven home; acrimony

(2) dressed down; history

(3) called in question; sacrifices

(4) curried favour; money

(5) turned down; demurs

Question No : 10

The Senate’s refusal last year to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty may have been a _____. The US is certainly not interested in _____ her pursuit for Nuclear weapons.

(1) drop in the bucket; undermining

(2) feather in one’s cap; enervating

(3) weal and woe; vindicating

(4) straw in the wind; terminating

(5) leaps and bounds; blaming