English Questions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

____________________ some respects, this is unsurprising. Many of these laws do not have an _______________ political flavour. The rule against admitting _______________ evidence, for instance, is a result of simple good sense and a keen awareness of human ______________, independent of the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. The same ________________ for the laws of property and contract.

a keen awareness of human ______________,

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Canonical

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Ravage

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Lucid

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Halcyon

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Nascent

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Leave no stone unturned