Directions (1-10): For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most inappropriate as a substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Q1. Zany: The film succeeded in spite of a zany plot
(a) bizarre
(b) weak
(c) weird
(d) ludicrous
(e) peculiar
Q2. Adjunct: A healthy diet as an adjunct to a regular exercise regimen helps one enjoy good health.
(a) supplement
(b) add on
(c) compliment
(d) accessory
(e) complement
Q3. Lyrical: The lyrical lilt in her voice attracted the listeners.
(a) melodious
(b) rhapsodic
(c) musical
(d) passionate
(e) sumptuous
Q4. Proscribe: At a point of time drinking liquor was completely proscribed.
(a) forbidden
(b) discouraged
(c) prohibited
(d) disallowed
(e) condemned
Q5. Venal: It is wrong to presume that the entire police force is venal.
(a) corrupt
(b) rapacious
(c) avaricious
(d) evil
(e) crooked
Q6. Vanity: There are childlike men in every society who require certain amount of experience of enjoyment to see through the vanity of it and then renunciation will come to them.
(a) pretension
(b) ostentation
(c) affectation
(d) avant-garde
(e) triviality
Q7. Hem: A poor man’s life is hemmed in and bound down by tremendous spiritual and ethical laws for which he has no use.
(a) restricted
(b) repressed
(c) confined
(d) immured
(e) encompassed
Q8. Exhortation: The minister’s exhortation to the small investors to return to the stock market is timely and ought to be welcomed.
(a) plea
(b) persuasion
(c) encouragement
(d) urging
(e) goading
Q9. Manoeuvre: It is becoming increasingly clear that the ruling party is in thrall to its own devious manoeuvres.
(a) schemes
(b) plots
(c) plans
(d) skills
(e) ploys
Q10. Pander: By refusing to come against the political machinations of the ruling party, the opposition party is clearly pandering to the majoritarian political temptation and abdicating its responsibility to defend the pluralist values.
(a) indulging in
(b) accommodating
(c) catering to
(d) following
(e) gratifying
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b)
S2. Ans.(c)
S3. Ans.(e)
S4. Ans.(b)
S5. Ans.(d)
S6. Ans.(d)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(a)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(d)
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