VA--continues[1]

Choose the word or set of words for each blank in the following questions that best fits the meaning of the
sentence.
302. The sugar dissolved in water .....; finally all that remained was an almost ..... residue on the bottom of the glass.
(1) quickly, lumpy (2) immediately, flagrant
(3) gradually, imperceptible (4) subsequently, glassy
(5) spectacularly, opaque

303. It is foolish to vent your spleen on ..... object; still, you make ..... enemies that way.
(1) an inanimate, fewer (2) an immobile, bitter (3) an interesting, curious (4) an insipid, dull
(5) a humane, more

304. Studded starfish are well protected from most ..... and parasites by ..... surface whose studs are actual modified
spines.
(1) dangers, a vulnerable (2) predators, an armoured
(3) threats, a fragile (4) challenges, an obtuse
(5) exigencies, a brittle

305. As ..... head of the organization, he attended social functions and civic meetings but had no .... in the formation of
company policy.
(1) titular, voice (2) hypothetical, vote (3) former, pride (4) nominal, competition
(5) actual, say

306. It is only to the vain that all is vanity; and all is .... only to those who have never been ..... themselves.
(1) arrogance, proud of (2) deception, sincere with
(3) cowardice, afraid for (4) indolence, bored by
(5) solitude, left to

307. Many species of intertidal fish have developed ..... abilities that enable them to ..... a particular location, generally
a tide pool, that provides a suitable refuge.
(1) foraging, do without (2) compensatory, aspire to
(3) natural, vanish from (4) singular, escape from
(5) homing, return to

308. There are any number of theories to explain these events and, since the experts disagree, it is ..... the rest of us in
our role as responsible scholars to ..... dogmatic statements.
(1) paradoxical for, abstain from (2) arrogant of, compensate with
(3) incumbent on, refrain from (4) opportune for, quarrel over
(5) appropriate for, issue forth

309. It may be useful to think of character in fiction as a function of two ..... impulses : the impulse to individualize and the
impulse to .....
(1) analogous, humanize (2) disparate, aggrandize (3) divergent, typify (4) comparable, delineate
(5) related, moralize

310. It is this tightly circumscribed scene that gives to Mrs. Woolf’s novels, despite her modernity of technique and insight,
their odd and delicious air of ..... as of some small village world, as bright and vivid and perfect in its ..... as a
miniature.
(1) anachronism, transience (2) parochialism, tininess
(3) cynicism, rusticity (4) intrigue, antiquity
(5) fragility, petiteness

311. There was so much ..... material in the argument, ideas dragged in without reference to the case, that it was
singularly ..... to grasp the budding lawyer’s point.
(1) exceptional, unrewarding (2) variegated, effortless
(3) hypothetical, superficial (4) superficial, irrelevant
(5) extraneous, difficult

Choose the word or set of words for each blank in the following questions that best fits the meaning of the
sentence.

312. The police received a(n) ..... call giving them valuable information, but the caller would not give his name out of fear
of .....
(1) private, impunity (2) anonymous, reprisal
(3) professional, dissension (3) enigmatic, refusal
(5) adamant, transgression

313. The ..... was a ..... of gastronomic delights.
(1) internist, progeny (2) gourmet, connoisseur (3) scientist, facilitator (4) xenophobe, promoter
(5) tyro, master

314. The ..... attitudes politicians have today cause them to ..... at the slightest hint of controversy.
(1) dauntless, recoil (2) craven, cower (3) pusillanimous, prevail (4) undaunted, quail
(5) fractions, grovel

315. The bully’s menacing, ..... manner was actually just for show; in reality it was entirely ..... .
(1) imperturbable, rapid (2) truculent, affected
(3) stringent, credulous (4) supercilious, blatant
(5) parsimonious, contentious

316. During a campaign, politicians often engage in ..... debate, attacking each other’s proposals in a torrent of ..... words.
(1) acerbic, amiable (2) acrimonious, angry (3) intensive, nebulous (4) garrulous, inarticulate
(5) impassioned, vapid

Instructions for the questions 1 – 5: Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate pair.

317. Sometimes the thought _____ of Supreme Court go beyond the ____ of the ordinary man.
1] processes, comprehension 2] span, precincts
3] justification, privileges 4] magnitude, anticipation

318. The fundamental _________ of a patterning system is that sequence of arrival of information
determines the pattern in which it is ________.
1] idea, distributed 2] characteristic, arranged
3] fault, accessed 4] basis, assigned

319. No matter how truly ________ an idea may be when introduced into the problem area,
connection will _________ develop.
1] disconnected , eventually 2] distinctive, indolently
3] grandiose, subsequently 4] marvelous, plausibly

320. Some gains may be _______, others only ____________.
1] quantified, perceived 2] quantified, computed
3] supposed, perceived 4] multiplied, grow

321. Air India’s recent measures to ____ crew cost and enhance competitiveness have been
_______ by Shiv Sena , whose nexus with the Air India Cabin Crew Association , often prove
to be a bottle neck to a reform.
1] curb, concerted 2] postpone, anticipated
3] curtail, undermined 4] augment, opposed

Debates about economic growth usually turn on the tension between material benefits and moral considerations.Rising living standards are fine in themseves but the endless (322) for them tends to be morally compromising or so goes a commonly expressed view .Anti globalists and other critics of capitalism press the point hardest, but even (323) of growth often cast the issue this way.Growth is worth having ,especially in developing countries ,where poverty kills people,but in the rich world ,the case is less clear.After a certain point ,the ( 324) of more wealth may be futile and morally (325) ,especially if it burdens other people and future generations.

322)
a) seeking ..b) hunt.....c) ardour...d)chase

323)
a) proponents b) promoters c) backers d) adherents

324)
a) persistence b) pursuit c) occurence...d) continuance

325)
a) engaging ..b) energising...c) enervating....d) enduring