The ______ of the agreement led to ______ results
infraction, detrimentan
refraction, beneficial
revolt, violent
Success in business requires two things; a winning competitive…………. And superb organizational…………
advantage, satisfaction
planning, advantage
strategy, execution
phisolophy, motivation
marketing, Istrategy
In our country, the challenges are to raise ________ incomes to reduce poverty, and to ______ inefficient public sector enterprises.
Farm. Liberalize.
Middle-class , privatize
Workers, take over
Rural, restructure
The Vidhan Sabha voted to………the ban ……..drinking.
invoke, for
revoke, of
prohibit, prevented
repeal, on
refrain ,from
Part of the confusion in our societies…………from our pursuit of efficiency and economic growth, in the …………….that these are the necessary ingredients of progress.
stems, conviction
derives, evaluation
emerges, consideration
obtains, exploration
extends, planning
Health is too important to be _______
neglected
detested
despised
discarded
Edward was understandably upset that he had lost the position, but he was ____ by the conviction that he had done nothing to ____ the dismissal.
consoled - merit
warmed - avoid
comforted - mar
miffed – delay
saddened - earn
The company was_________ with a _________ to improve power distribution in rural areas.
initiated, backing
established, aim
promote, priority
started, mandate
acquired, belief
___________ is lack of hope or confidence in the future.
Cynicism
Sarcasm
Pessimism
Mockery
Acerbity
Statistics in an…………. Tool for researchers that…………..them to make inferences or generalizations about populations from their observations of the characteristics of samples
outstanding, proposes
invaluable, proceeds
invaluable, enables
important, proclaims
indispensable, enables
A growing number of these expert professionals ________ having to train foreigners as the students end up _____ the teachers who have to then unhappily contend with no jobs at all or new jobs with d rastically reduced pay packets.
resent, replacing
resist, challenging
welcome, assisting
are, supplanting
There is usually _____ all over the world.
people from all walks of life
a standard means of written English
a standard form of written English
English spoken as a native language
A country, tribe or family ruled by a man or male heirs is called______
patriarch
matriarchy
monarchy
hierarchy
At present, there are about four lac…… in Japan who survived the…… of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
women……accident
men……incident
workers……trouble
employees……terror
persons……tragedy
He is said to be as poor as _____
Job
A church- mouse
Croseus
A scarecrow
Overall, the recent policy changes by the government only amount to a _________ in the sugar industry.
superficial attempt at liberalization
lack of solution
large change
small regulating authority
Sam asked me to keep this secret ________.
secret
in myself
amongst us
between us
When the mob turned…………. The police opened fire to control the………… situation.
away, burning
up, untoward
around, devastating
quietly, aggravate
hostile, riotous
The panorama of the incredibly high Himalayas viewed from ‘Tiger Tops’ impels us to acloser look. Rewritten: One feels .... The next word in the rewritten sentence is -
incredible
impelled
humbled
small
Neutrons stars are believed to be the highly compressed remnants of exploding stars (supernovas) and thus _______ of one of the most _______ processes in nature.
causes, cataclysmic
products, violent
examples, equivocal
justifications, harsh
Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being_____to the most elitist among the intellectual _____of the world
subordinate, traditions
heirs, cliques
ancestors, societies
heir, traditions
The Chairman had to quickly refute the allegation that his country was trying to _______ the starving people of Zambia with weapons of war _____ their crying need for food and medicine.
alienate;due to meet
emancipate;for to meet
enervate;in an attempt to meet
appease;rather than meet
i. The rains were in time, the harvest was bountiful and the children knew no ______. ii. After dinner, he went for a stroll, as was his _________ . iii. I am sure he ________ compromise on his ideals. iv. Waste not, _______ not.
wont
went
want
won't
The lack of social _______ on many issues makes it impossible to equate ethics with the societal expectations.
Consensus
Unanimity
Compromise
Conciliation
The problem of housing shortage…………with the population explosion has also been…………………by this policy.
coped, highlighted
dispensed, acknowledged
compounded, addressed
threatened, manifested
projected, discussed
In most developing countries, research and development efforts are _____by their absence.
obvious
conspicuous
clear
minimised
His face was not made up of ………. and ……… but by the sheer force of thinking.
powder, rouge
mouth, eyebrows
skin, bone
textures, complexion
This is a group insurance policy, in favour of the workers, _____ accident or injury.
for
on
in
against
_________ is necessary to distinction and uniformity in education tends to produce _________ in adult life.
Wealth, frailty
Honour, variety
Diversity, ordinariness
Fame, distinction
Like and strong firm, the organisation has a powerful corporate culture based on shared _________ and common ____________
Ethics and understandings
Values and experiences
Principles and practices
Philosophies and ideologies