Job and Varsity Admission Drill -1

                                               
1.The ease with which the candidate answers difficult questions creates the impression that she has been a public  servant for years, but in reality she entered politics only……………………………..
(a) immutably (b) infallibly (c) recently(d) enthusiastically
2. Though afflicted by headaches , nausea and respiratory difficulties, Nietzshe refused to let his…………… problems prevent him writing .
(a) imaginary (b) plausible (c) perplexing (d) physical.
3.  Although there are more female students at the college than male students, the woman seem to have a……………….influence on the student government.
(a) veiled  (b) negligible (c) provocative (d) venerable
4.Her acceptance speech was …………………….eliciting thunderous applause at several points.
(a) tedious (b) well-received (c) written (d)cowardly
5. The poetry of Malarme is not clear and easily accessibly but rather vague and………………………
(a) opaque (b) redundant (c) lucid (d) conceited
6. Mary was annoyed that her  secretary did not meet her deadlines, and she warned her that her laziness and…………………. Could  result in her dismissal.
(a) zeal (b) fortitude (c) veracity (d) ambition
7. Though  leprosy is not contagious , those who have contracted  it have  always been pariahs and………by others.
(a) ostracized (b) sheltered (c) lauded (d) admonished
8. Although  his dress is …………………, in all other ways he seems to be  a perfectly normal man.
(a) recalcitrant  (b) mellifluous (c) eccentric (d) nondescript
9. Babu was bright but  lazy and because of his……………….was never promoted.
(a) novelty (b) sloth (c) zeal (d) indemnity
10. Because of the …………….of  acupuncture  therapy in China, Western Physicians are learning the procedure.
(a)  ubiquity (b) effectiveness (c) manipulation (d) limitation
11. Though the novel was not well written, it was such an exciting  story that was completely ………….. and could not put it down.
(a) disenchanted (b) enthralled (c) indecisive  (d) disgruntled
12. The history book, written in 1880, was tremendously…………. unfairly blaming the South for the Civil War.
(a) biased (b) lengthy (c) skeptical  (d) expensive
13. Hot milk has long been a standard cure for insomnia because of its…………….quality.
(a) malevolent (b) amorphous (c) soporific (d) rapturous
14. Since there are so few liberal thinkers on the committee, their influence on its recommendations is………………………….
(a) desultory (b)  monumental (c) negligible (d) discreet
15.  The changes in the organization were so gradual that they almost………………………….
(a) hasty (b) imperceptible (c) distorted (d) omitted


Thanks
Shamsul Huda
Lecturer (English)
City Model College
Dhaka-1204
Bangladesh