| Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate words or words from among the options given below. |
| 1. | This is not the first time that the management has done some………… |
| (a) tough talk | |
| (b) tough talking | |
| (c) firm talk | |
| (d) firm taking |
| 2. | In India the talent is prodigious, and it increase ……………… |
| (a) each year | |
| (b) year by year | |
| (c) annually | |
| (d) progressively |
| 3. | The present constitution will see ………… amendments but its basic structure will survive. |
| (a) much more | |
| (b) many more | |
| (c) too many more | |
| (d) quite a few more |
| 4. | Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important for companies, but today, they are ………………. |
| (a) more crucial than ever | |
| (b) more crucial | |
| (c) much more crucial | |
| (d) very crucial |
| 5. | Education is central because electronic networks and software driven technologies are beginning to …………… the economy barriers between nations. |
| (a) breakdown | |
| (b) break | |
| (c) crumble | |
| (d) dismantle |
| 6. | Nordisk has recently ……………… a product called Glucometer. |
| (a) started | |
| (b) commissioned | |
| (c) launched | |
| (d) begun |
| 7. | I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my …………. |
| (a) days were up | |
| (b) chances were good | |
| (c) lady luck was happy | |
| (d) fortune was made |
| 8. | The neighbor grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to ……………… the flames. |
| (a) smother | |
| (b) kill | |
| (c) burn out | |
| (d) fizz out |
| 9. | Sam asked me to keep his secret …………… |
| (a) secret | |
| (b) in myself | |
| (c) amongst us | |
| (d) between us |
| 10 | Sometimes the greatest inventions …………… and idea of starting simplicity. |
| (a) stumbles upon | |
| (b) hinge upon | |
| (c) starves without | |
| (d) lacks |
Answer
| 1. | (B) tough talking | 2. | (B) year by year |
| 3. | (B) many more | 4. | (A) more crucial than ever |
| 5. | (A) breakdown | 6. | (C) launched |
| 7. | (D) fortune was made | 8. | (A) smother |
| 9. | (D) between us | 10. | (B) hinge upon |
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last question should be
sometimes the greatest inventions ………………….. an IDEA (NOT AND IDEA) of starting simplicity