Question No : 1

(I) Heart attacks are _____ by destruction of heart tissue.

(II) The nurse _____ the old lady everywhere.

(1) accepted    

(2) agreed       

(3) bagged      

(4) accompanied         

(5) bathed

Question No : 2

(I) Mosquitoes buzzing near my ear really _____ me.

(II) Indulging me in conversation on certain topics _____ me.

(1) annoys       

(2) become      

(3) begins        

(4) cites           

(5) brings

Question No : 3

(I) It would have been _____ at twice this price.

(II) The higher usage of public transport in Chennai is because local buses in Chennai are more reliable and _____.

(1) Buddhist   

(2) Cheaper     

(3) Burned      

(4) Capital       

(5) Careful

Question No : 4

(I) The Senate _____ the President’s candidate for Secretary of Defense.

(II) The witness _____ the victim’s account in the court of law.

(1) dragged    

(2) kidnapped 

(3) deleted      

(4) confirmed  

(5) developed

Question No : 5

(I) The mother was greatly concerned not to _____ her small child.

(II) The Prime Minister of Greece doesn’t want to _____ everyone by postponing the visit to India.

(1) do  

(2) drag          

(3) excuse        

(4) fashion      

(5) disappoint

Question No : 6

(I) In _____ history, populist leaders have rallied people around the banner of good governance, but forgotten the D of democracy.

(II) While young people tend to prefer _____ music, the older generation prefers to listen to music from the 1970’s and the 1980’s

(1) contemporary        

(2) recent                    

(3) modern

(4) present day                       

(5) ancient

Question No : 7

(I) Democracy is a _____ concept, justified for many reasons, and some of these reasons are purely  instrumental.

(II) Since the mutant superhero is _____, she can take the form of anyone she encounters.

(1) protean      

(2) adaptable  

(3) versatile    

(4) flexible      

(5) homogenous

Question No : 8

(I) History is full of _____ breaks with the past that only seem to have come out of nowhere but were, in fact, predictable.

(II) His first care was to carry out the instructions received from home, and effect a/an _____ reform in the system of government.

(1) radical       

(2) profound   

(3) superficial  

(4) intense       

(5) rigorous

Question No : 9

(I) My mother often spends her monthly pension on _____ purchases she never uses.

(II) As soon as the judge heard the details of the _____ lawsuit, he dismissed the case.

(1) frivolous    

(2) flippant      

(3) inane         

(4) pallid         

(5) senseless

Question No : 10

(I) He had heard the crowd grow more _____ as the afternoon wore on and the consumption of beer loosened tongues.

(II) Even at this hour a piano was pounding out a/an _____ tune in one of the three saloons.

(1) appropriate           

(2) grating      

(3) raucous      

(4) harsh         

(5) strident