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.

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

large vocabulary has __________ been confined

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

There is something in a train journey that (was fascinated) a lot of people and I am one of them.

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

Gratify an immoral or distasteful desire

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

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

Which Indian-American is the chairman of the prestigious Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States as of March 2018?

When a ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium, it bends

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

__________gives hardness to stainless steel.