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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.

the government is apparently unable ____________________

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.

If there is a subject of really ______________ interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language ___________. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more _________ that, it is the basis of business. ___________ salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective language, or can write ___________ advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter.

one's own language ___________. It is the basis

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

Artifice

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

Behoove

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

Procrastinate

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

Ingratiating

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

to make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Physical Research Laboratory was founded by ____.