Direction (Qs.1 to 10): Fill in the blanks in such a way that the options should fulfil all the three blanks.
Question No : 1
Her heart leapt for joy and the flame of her lantern burned more brightly because both ____ and heart knew that it was her father’s way of ____ to her. His next sentence however ____ the darkness to close in once more.
(1) Flame, returning, allowed
(2) Emotion, reconciling, annulled
(3) Staff, retuned, allocated
(4) Stunt, remembering, allotted
(5) None of these
Question No : 2
Her heart leapt for joy and the flame of her lantern burned more brightly because both ____ and heart knew that it was her father’s way of ____ to her. His next sentence however ____ the darkness to close in once more.
(1) Crippled, godliness, brutal
(2) Clipped, godforsaken, brutalized
(3) Clamped, forbidden, brutality
(4) Clogged, godsend, brutally
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
There was no ____ between male and female opinion, only deep ____ rift. The Muslim eyed their Hindu Pandit opponents with a sudden ____ that crept uncomfortably in their mind.
(1) Differentiation, communalism, trust
(2) Distinguishing, communist, collision
(3) Distinction, communal, distrust
(4) Difference, community, tranquillity
(5) None of these
Question No : 4
The government was ready to offer cooperation and ____ which would be given to the hijackers themselves. The Pak regimes ____ with terrorism was ____ for all the world to see.
(1) Association, entity, proof
(2) Assimilation, entangle, proven
(3) Assistance, entangled, proved
(4) Assembly, entrapped, proven
(5) None of these
Question No : 5
Women teachers were ____ with acid for failing to ____ to the dress code. Threats were made and ____ were issued.
(1) Drowsed, adherent, conjectures
(2) Doused, adhere, deadlines
(3) Dressed, admonish, rumours
(4) Distressed, abducted, articles
(5) None of these
Question No : 6
He was trying to sound as _____ as he could but was ____ panicstricken. In the ____ of their home he had hit both his sons across their face.
(1) Assuring, inside, private
(2) Re-assurance, insidious, private
(3) Reassuring, inwardly, privacy
(4) Assurance, inward, privacy
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
Inspite of her ____ desire to stick around here just to ____ her cowardly neighbours she decided to leave. All she wanted was a ____ mind.
(1) Immense, speculate, peace loving
(2) Obstinate, spite, peaceful
(3) Irresolute, sympathy, peaceful
(4) Surrendering, benevolence, pricey
(5) None of these
Question No : 8
“I don’t play with dolls,” the child told him ____, revealing much about her mother’s ____ to parenting and her____on toys.
(1) Empathetically, attributes, opinion
(2) Solemnly, attitude, view
(3) Umbrage, antipathy, malice
(4) Peeve, rancor, contempt
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
Why would any women poke herself to a ____ of such pouting mediocrity? He couldn’t even say ____ what was written all over his face. Instead, he ____ and sulked.
(1) Variety, plaintively, flattered
(2) Strut, plain, solemn
(3) Species, plainly, flounced
(4) Likes, questionably, minced
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
“____ to your business”, she told him coldly “because I have to do my work.” Hearing this, he ____ slightly, nodded once and left her room. When she was ready she stayed ____.
(1) Attention, flounced, inward
(2) Attend, flinched, indoors
(3) Absence, blanched, inside
(4) Abstain, bleak, insidious
(5) None of these