Question No : 1

(i) UltraTech Cement has reported 15 percent increase in _____ June quarter net profit at Rs.898 crores against Rs.780 crore logged in the same period last year on the back of better realisation and higher volume.

(ii) With his new play, he has _____ his position as the country’s leading dramatist.

(1) Gained

(2) Consolidated

(3) Secured

(4) Announced

(5) All of the above can fit

Question No : 2

(i) The government on Tuesday _____ the Bill to establish the India Institute of Petroleum and Energy in Visakhapatnam as an institution of national importance.

(ii) Speaking of that, I wonder just what the hon. Gentleman had in mind when he _____ this question.

(1) Tabled

(2) Put forward

(3) Proposed

(4) Suggested

(5) All of the above can fit

Question No : 3

(i) The Competition Commission approved the _____ merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular – a key step towards creating India’s biggest telco by subscribers.

(ii) Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the _____ chabges in working methods.

(1) Suggested

(2) Recommended

(3) Aspired

(4) Proposed

(5) All of the above can fit

Question No : 4

(i) With the issuing of a request for information (RFT) to six foreign firms to build highly lethal and advanced submarines, India is making efforts to ensure that there is maximum indigenous _____ in the project.

(ii) If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be _____ to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

(1) Content

(2) Satisfied

(3) Pleased

(4) Suffice

(5) All of the above can fit

Question No : 5

(i) _____ to a foreign language at an early age can help in the acquisition of that language later on in life.

(ii) All coasts in the world which are much intersected by deep fjords have, with very few exceptions, a western ______.

(1) Introduction

(2) Experience

(3) Vulnerability

(4) Inducement

(5) Exposure

Question No : 6

(i) She was sitting at the _____ table brushing her hair when he returned.

(ii) _____ and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

(1) Vanity

(2) Ego

(3) Dressing

(4) Humility

(5) Conceit

Question No : 7

(i) The officer lost his sense of integrity and managed to _____ a large amount of money from the public funds.

(ii) The remarks he made in the presence of the board were not _____.

(1) Defalcate

(2) Opine

(3) Proper

(4) Divest

(5) Appropriate

Question No : 8

(i) While alcohol is _____ and can help you sleep, it does not take your problems away.

(ii) Although plane trips are usually _____ to me, I managed to stay awake during the ride to San Francisco.

(1) Rendezvous

(2) Truculent

(3) Soporific

(4) Taciturn

(5) Venerable

Question No : 9

(i) When I look at the house for sale, _____ defects such as the broken windows stare back at me.

(ii) Equality before the law, absolute religious toleration and local autonomy, were the _____ features of the State.

(1) Portend

(2) Porcine

(3) Salient

(4) Propitiate

(5) Pungent

Question No : 10

(i) We were excited about the inauguration of the new shopping mall but were left _____ by the total shopping bill.

(ii) The election results in the capital of the country left every citizen in all the states _____.

(1) Astonished

(2) Broke

(3) Satisfied

(4)  Hoodwink

(5) Sinister