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Selecting Words
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Question
A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ...... a safety pin.
Options
A. was just swallowing
B. swallowed
C. had just swallowed
D. just swallowed
Correct Answer
had just swallowed
Selecting Words problems
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1. On account of the dearth of grass on the arid plains the cattle became ......
Options
A. flippant
B. jubilant
C. agitated
D. emaciated
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Correct Answer: emaciated
2. In a changing and ...... unstructured business environment, creativity and innovation are being ...... demanded of executives.
Options
A. highly, extremely
B. progressively, increasingly
C. increasingly, moderately
D. excessively, rapidly
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Correct Answer: progressively, increasingly
3. In high school many of us never realised the importance that grammar would ...... in later life.
Options
A. figure
B. portray
C. play
D. exercise
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Correct Answer: play
4. If I take a state roadways bus, I'll get late, ......?
Options
A. isn't it
B. won't I
C. will I
D. is it
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Correct Answer: won't I
5. He is a person of sound character and ...... disposition.
Options
A. beneficent
B. morous
C. amiable
D. amicable
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Correct Answer: amiable
6. The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars, a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which stars are born.
Options
A. perception
B. discovery
C. enquiry
D. quest
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Correct Answer: quest
7. She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday.
Options
A. obtains
B. draws
C. pulls
D. extracts
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Correct Answer: draws
8. The American ...... presented his credentials to the President of India.
Options
A. adviser
B. ambassador
C. delegate
D. representative
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Correct Answer: ambassador
9. Once he has signed the agreement, he won't be able to ......
Options
A. back up
B. back in
C. back at
D. back out
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Correct Answer: back out
10. It was difficult to remove my feet as it had got stuck ...... in the mud.
Options
A. fairly
B. greatly
C. widely
D. firmly
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Correct Answer: firmly
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