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1. Crestfallen by having done poorly on the CAT, Gaurav Karanwal began to question
his abilities. His self-confidence was __________.
(A) appeased (B) destroyed
(C) placated (D) elevated
(E) assumed
2. What _____the patient take after the doctor gone from the ward ?
(A) had, did (B) had, has
(C) had, have (D) did, had
3. It is possible that Aadhaar can be misused, but the possibility of __ cannot be the
__ for arguing that the law is not required.
(A) cherish, ground
(B) employ, ground
(C) misuse, ground
(D) protect, ground
(E) None of these
4. From the time of John Stuart Mill, Western democracies have ___with the question
of women's sexual___, without which equality is an empty shell.
(A) embraced, sovereignty
(B) grappled, autonomy
(C) completed, autocracy
(D) grabbed, democracy
(E) wrestled, liberty
5. How long _____here?
(A) are you working
(B) has you worked
(C) have you been working
(D) you have been working
6. Mergers are being___ as the way to have only big strong banks which will then
have enough depth in their balance sheets to take care of future provisioning
needs and also keep lending ___to achieve rapid economic growth.
(A) allured, huge (B) puffed, massive

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 (C) blustered, large (D) touted, big
(E) amplified, great
7. They have been _____their best to solve this problem for a week.
(A) tried (B) trying
(C) try (D) being tried
8. ___the Nepal connection by completing its projects there and ___carefully on the
Madhesi issue
(A) strenthening, lumbering
(B) Cement, treading
(C) fasten, hiking
(D) jain, ambling
(E) stick, marching
9. Doctors have advised you to take rest; you_____ work so much and exert yourself.
(A) will not (B) won’t
(C) need not (D) cannot
10. With China ___around in its backyard, India ___out the red carpet for Nepalese
prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during his recent five-day state visit to the
country.
(A) marauding, rolled
(B) prowling, rolled
(C) creeping, rolled
(D) roaming, rolled
(E) loitering, rolled
11. As New Delhi tries to gently ?___' Kathmandu into accommodating the aspirations
of the Madhesis, who __one-third of Nepal's population.
(A) thrust, consist
(B) punch, comprise
(C) nudge, comprise
(D) goad, consist
(E) nag, comprise
12. He _____trying to reform society for the last 20 years.

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 (A) is (B) has been
(C) have been (D) was
13. Cellular phone service has ___ in a new ___ of communication.
(A) resulted, area (B) ushered, phase
(C) grown, field (D) developed, type
(E) started, sector
14. The recent naxal attacks could not ___ the Railway Minister ___ announcing new
superfast trains.
(A) prevent, from (B) keep, away
(C) stop, by (D) restrict, to
(E) discourage, for
15. How many M.Ps _____the party after the Prime Minister _____given the statement.
(A) had left, had (B) leave, has
(C) left, have (D) left, had
16. Retirement can either be a ___ to age or an ___ for an adventure.
(A) defeat, alternative
(B) surrender, opportunity
(C) setback, option
(D) agreement, start
(E) loss, beginning
17. Whom _____you write such an insulting letter yesterday ?
(A) did (B) was
(C) has (D) had
18. The growth in international migration by as much as 50% since 1990 and the rise
of xenophobia in many parts of the world ___the dangers from the lopsided ___of
the current phase of globalisation.
(A) cloud, lam (B) obscure, orbited
(C) dupe, voyage
(D) illustrate, trajectory
(E) rebut, trach

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19. Now I realize that it was an expensive affair; I wish I_____lured by the
advertisement.
(A) was not (B) must not
(C) hadn’t been (D) could not
20. Had the Chief Justice managed to ___one other judge to sign on to his judgment,
we would have found ourselves living under a Constitution that sanctions the
complete ___of the individual to the claims of her religious community.
(A) arouse, plunge
(B) manage, inundation
(C) prohibit, dive
(D) stifle, settling
(E) persuade, submergence
21. By holding that the 1937 Act ___all Muslim personal law, Justice Nariman ___the
need for reconsidering this longstanding position, even as he doubted its
correctness in a brief, illuminating paragraph.
(A) enciphered, precluded
(B) redacted, demanded
(C) codified, obviated
(D) systemized, asked
(E) scripted, involved
22. Will they not have completed their work before Rajeev _____here ?
(A) is coming (B) has coming
(C) comes (D) came
23. Not only did the ___opinion privilege community claims over individual
constitutional rights, it also ___the freedom of religion with personal law, thereby
advancing a position where religion could become the arbiter of individuals' civil
status and civil rights.
(A) protesting related
(B) according, unionized
(C) acceding, combined
(D) accommodative, fluxed

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 (E) dissenting, conflated
24. Nepal-India relations have been ___for decades, but the two Modi visits did not
help ___them.
(A) glassy, fix
(B) propionate, correct
(C) justified, mend
(D) adhered, restore
(E) uneven, repair
25. The warden counted the number of students every night to ascertain none of
them_____ missing,
(A) were (B) are
(C) was (D) is to be
26. He has terrific sense of words. Therefore, the sentence he constructs are always
____with rich meaning.
(A) pregnant (B) loaded
(C) tempted (D) full
(E) consistent
27. He never _____me to do such a mean work last year.
(A) compels (B) compel
(C) compelled (D) compelling
28. Whether it be shallow or not, commitment is the foundation the ____bedrock of any
loving relationship.
(A) perfunctory (B) genuinely
(C) deep (D) alarmingly
(E) absorbing
29. ____you watched the new James Bond movie?
(A) Did (B) Have
(C)Will (D) Should
30. Many people take spirituality very seriously and wonder about those who don't
worrying about them and ____them to believe
(A) criticising (B) appraising

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 (C) enabling (D) prodding
(E) venturing
31. The temptation of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ____the
Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.
(A) reviled (B) menaced
(C) underestimated (D) blessed
(E) plagued
32. What____ you do whole day yesterday ?
(A) had (B) did
(C) have (D) will
33. Belief that, the free reversal of ideas, people and cultures is essential to the ____of
a democratic society.
(A) concurrence (B) preservation
(C) upholding (D) congruence
(E) design
34. As this country has become more ____industrial and inter nationalised, it has like
all Western democracies, experienced a necessary increase in the efficiency of the
executive.
(A) urbanized (B) objective
(C) synthesized (D) civilized
(E) concretized
35. Each of the guests ____promised to donate generously for the noble cause.
(A) is (B) has
(C) have (D) were
36. Although grief is not a very desirable feeling, We need a certain amount of it to
____well.
(A) exist (B) enjoy
(C) preach (D) define
(E) bad
37. What did the boys ____to get good marks in the exam?
(A) did (B) do

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 (C) have done (D) done
38. We feared the enemies attack because they ____everything in their path
(A) Satiate (B) quench
(C) remedy (D) Incinerate
39. When I reached school, Morning Prayer had already____
(A) beginning (B) begin
(C) begun (D) began
40. When Anand Got Angry, he started to ____his feeling with his hands
(A) Participate (B) Immolate
(C) Intoxicate (D) Gesticulate
41. At the meeting, The school counselor will ____me on some of any of my career
options.
(A) Advise (B) Speak
(C) Say (D) listen
42. He had hardly reached there when it _____to rain.
(A) begin (B) begun
(C) begined (D) began
43. I shall ____her if she apologises to me for her misbehaviour.
(A) Pardon (B) forgive
(C) punish (D) reprimand
44. Due to security reasons we were ____ from entering into the cockpit of the plane
(A) Denied (B) Rejected
(C) stopped (D) warned
45. A number of refugees ____gathered in front of the embassy to plea for better living
condition at the asylum.
(A) are (B) have
(C) is (D) has
46. Oil suppliers will ___ the national oil shortage by raising prices to increase their
bottom lines
(A) use (B) misuse
(C) venture (D) exploit
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47. Man has been trying to know the hidden secrets of nature _____the dawn of
civilization.
(A) from (B) for
(C) in (D) since
48. I shall _____receipt of your email even if I cannot respond to if immediately
(A) Acknowledge (B) Endorse
(C) ratify (D) Allow
49. After the year 2001, there _____no cases of small pox in the country.
(A) is been (B) have been
(C) were (D) was
50. A large crowd _____ to get a glimpse of their favourite star.
(A) Gathered (B) Rallied
(C) Clustered (D) compiled

Answer Key

1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C)

10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (D)
19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (C)
28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (D) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (C) 35. (B) 36. (B)
37. (B) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (D) 41. (A) 42. (D) 43. (B) 44. (C) 45. (B)
46. (D) 47. (D) 48. (A) 49. (B) 50. (A)

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