Question No : 1

Gun violence is no _____ matter, especially at James Hill house High School in New Haven, ______ lost a star footballer to the blight.

(1) matting, about

(2) laughing, which

(3) probable, and

(4) trout, that

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

With that in mind, Mr. Murphy’s _____ of balancing conventional le-wing views with a suggestion of pragmatism looks additionally helpful, because it creates _____ about where he stands in his party

(1) knack, ambiguity

(2) fickle, obtuse

(3) obtuse, fickle

(4) stack, error

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

A long and bitter presidential election campaign had _____ a _____ fundamentalist former gospel singer against a liberal candidate of the centre left.

(1) pitted, fiercely

(2) stacked, fierce

(3) putted, mingled

(4) ripple, koala

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

After the CIA _____ a reformist democratic government in the name of anti-communism in 1954, a long line of military dictators followed, _______ left-wing guerrilla movements that they proceeded to crush

(1) hyped, ended

(2) mingled, endangered

(3) toppled, engendering

(4) helmed, esteemed

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

To the Quechua-speaking subsistence farmers who live ________the higher reaches of the Peruvian Andes, the sphagnum moss that upholsters the land near their villages is a _____

(1) of, haven

(2) from, doom

(3) about, stylish

(4) in, nuisance

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

Gopal was frustrated with Sundar, who could not _____ himself to a deadline. Sundar claimed he was working well without a deadline, but Gopal _____ and finally prevailed.

(1) encourage, enforced

(2) inculcate, ordered

(3) cooperate, stipulated

(4) commit, persisted

(5) declared, pressurised

Question No : 7

Coercion sometimes leads to the _____ of short-term goals, but its drawbacks far _____ its advantages.

(1) realization, damage

(2) appreciation, percolate

(3) accomplishment, outweigh

(4) achievement, crumble

(5) destination, magnify

Question No : 8

Professionals focus their _____ on fulfilling their responsibilities and achieving results, not on _____ a particular image.

(1) planning, devising

(2) leadership, attributing

(3) abilities, contributing

(4) energies, portraying

(5) skills, obtaining

Question No : 9

The _____ of three pillars of sustainable development in public policies in a balanced measure is a difficult _____

(1) collection, duty

(2) association, function

(3) integration, exercise

(4) combination, undertaking

(5) group, act

Question No : 10

The industrial, agricultural, commercial and public services _____ a significant portion of electricity for _____ their demand for final energy.

(1) exhaust, accomplishing

(2) consume, meeting

(3) utilise, conforming

(4) expend, completing

(5) absorb, meeting