Q.1

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled (1) through (5). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The _________ of the early morning light _______ the room, making it larger and cosier at once.

A) brilliance, pulverize

B) glare, transfigured

C) warmth, extirpated

D) softness, transformed

Ans. D

Q.2

Much love and _________ had gone into _______ one of the most undignified diseases known to man.

A) devotion, overpowering

B) care, enduring

C) sympathy, defeating

D) dedication, tackling

Ans. D

Q.3

As it was combined with visits to warehouses to check _______ of cotton, it was a ______ task indeed.

A) shreds, cautious

B) packets, competent

C) bales, tedious

D) heaps, jolly

Ans. C

Q.4

The turbulence of the times renders a _________ of the turn the events will be taking _________.

A) forecast, facile

B) prophesy, hazardous

C) propensity, difficult

D) prediction, flocculent

Ans. B

Q.5

The ingenuous appearance of the young sales manager belied his _________ negotiating skills, so that buyers were often floored by his _______________.

A) sharp, approach

B) innovative, ingenuity

C) keen, debonairness

D) canny, acumen

Ans. D