Part I: Multiple Choice Questions

English Language & Communication

Questions 1 to 6 : Fillin the gaps
Instruction: Select the word(s)/phrase(s) that appropriately fill in the gaps in each sentence.

1. The board of directors was not fooled by the manager’s ----------- arguments; his plan was obviously ----------.

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1. Cogent- brilliant

1

2. hackneyed- banal

2

3. lucid- intelligible

3

4. specious-untenable

4

5. None of these

5
Answer
2. Rubel was understandably upset that he had lost the position, but he was --------- by the conviction that he had done nothing to ------ dismissal

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1. consoled-merit

1

2. warmed-avoid

2

3. saddened-earn

3

4. miffed-delay

4

5. None of these

5
Answer
3. For the poor the inflow of foreign money means not ---------- but rising prices, unplanned ‘ urbanization, pollution, corrupt politicians, an influx of foreigners and a sense of --------

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1. revelry- dissention

1

2. prosperity-alienation

2

3. affluence- well-being

3

4. degradation-elation

4

5. None of these

5
Answer
4. The progress of the disease is --------; it spreads ------- without any symptoms in the early stages

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1. dramatic- swiftly

1

2. acute-treacherous

2

3. blatant-sporadically

3

4. insidious-stealthily

4

5. None of these

5
Answer
5. Moin was such an outstanding orator, that his contemporaries were too dazzled by his ------ to question his -------- philosophy.

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1. persona- superfluous

1

2. guile- intriguing

2

3. enthusiasm-predominant

3

4. rhetoric- fundamental

4

5. None of these

5
Answer