1) Contrary
to popular opinion, bats are not generally_________ and rabid; most of them are
shy and _____.
(1) dangerous .... harmless
(2) pernicious .... diffident
(3) aggressive .... innocuous
(4) contumacious .... nascent
(5) violent .... retiring
2) Anyone
who is absolutely _____ and sensible is _____; so too is anyone who is
completely confident and too certain about everything, at
every occasion, everywhere.
(1) untainted . . . . irrational
(2) carefree . . . . charming
(3) ethical . . . . exalted
(4) scrupulous . . . . winsome
(5) calm . . . . unusual
3) By
persuading ourselves that we can achieve _____ through unrestrained consumption
and luxury, we are deceived into
____ our bejewelled freedom for the glass beads of
conformity.
(1) success . . . . bartering
(2) contentment . . . . renouncing
(3) happiness . . . . sacrificing
(4) freedom . . . . surrendering
(5) satisfaction . . . . befriending
4) Social
circumstances that _____ the individuals' impulses and deny them
expressions are those conditions which
also injure them
and ____ their efforts.
(1) stifle . . . undermine
(2) tarnish . . . destroy
(3) discourage . . . endanger
(4) silence . . . harm
(5) thwart . . . accommodate
5) Far from
living as _____
in the world
as the leaf
that moves with
the ripples of a stream, the _____ is dedicated to an appalling
life-long war against inner spirit and life, with destruction and misery
guaranteed.
(1) harmoniously . . . hedonist
(2) flexibly . . . provincial
(3) progressively . . . saviour
(4) cohesively . . . sceptic
(5) flippantly . . . misogamist
6) Modern men
and women who
insist that they
feel completely _____
in their work, are in fact, acknowledging the triumph of _____, which
lies in the crushing of all experience of conflict.
(1) bound . . . eccentricity
(2) secure . . . conformity
(3) sedulous . . . conventionality
(4) engrossed . . . rebellion
(5) committed . . . routine
7) The
telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam,which
resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer.
1)
had been indicted by the Supreme court
in the 2G
spectrum scam, which resulted
2)
has been indicted in the 2G spectrum scam by the
Supreme court, which resulted
3)
has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G
spectrum scam, which resulted
4)
is indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam that resulted
5)
has been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam,
resulting
8) Public companies will be required to raise
their governance game if they want to be able to compete against private firms.
1) Public companies will be required to
raise their governance game if they want to be able to compete against private
firms
2)
Public companies should raise their governance game if they wish to
compete with private firms
3)
Public companies would
need to raise
their governance game
if they wish
to compete against private firms
4)
Public companies have to need
to raise their governance game if they
are to be in competition with private firms
5) Public companies will need to raise
their governance game if they are to compete with private firms
9) It's very
important for CEOs,
board members, and
other nonfinancial executives
to internalize the principles
of value creation because
doing it allows
them to make independent, courageous, and even
unpopular business decisions.
1) because
doing it allows them to make independent,
courageous, and even unpopular
business decisions
2)
because doing that allows them to
make independent, courageous,
but even unpopular business
decisions
3)
because doing so allows them to make independent, courageous, and even
unpopular business decisions
4)
because doing so allow him to
make independent, courageous, and even unpopular business decisions
5)
because doing these allows them to make independent, courageous, as well as unpopular business decisions
10) Though
the concert had been enjoyable, it was protracted overly.
1)
it was overly protracted
2)
it overly protracted
3)
it protracted overly
4)
it got protracted overly
5)
it has got protracted overly
