Selecting Words Verbal Ability Questions – Part 8
Note: Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
71. Many …… decisions were taken at the meeting.
A. hectic
B. historic
C. historical
D. histrionic
Answer:
B. historic
72. Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph …… the odds of life.
A. over
B. on
C. upon
D. about
Answer:
A. over
73. The family gave father a gold watch on the …… of his fiftieth birthday.
A. time
B. event
C. occasion
D. celebration
Answer:
C. occasion
74. The park …… as far as the river.
A. extends
B. advances
C. enlarges
D. emerges
Answer:
A. extends
75. In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be …… money by fair means or foul.
A. print
B. produce
C. acquire
D. extort
Answer:
C. acquire
76. What is the …… for an air letter?
A. fare
B. value
C. postage
D. stamp
Answer:
C. postage
77. Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ……on 8% value shared of tooth paste market by then end of first years.
A. cornering
B. soliciting
C. disturbing
D. keeping
Answer:
A. cornering
78. …… a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving very slowly.
A. Owing
B. Due to
C. Because
D. Since
Answer:
B. Due to
79. He felt no …… as he plunged the knife into her back.
A. qualms
B. scruple
C. conscience
D. morals
Answer:
A. qualms
80. Walking at 3’o clock, I heard the …… of thunder.
A. crackle
B. rumble
C. ripple
D. clank
Answer:
B. rumble
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