31. BLITHE
(1) joyless
(2) grudging
(3) somnolent
(4) cheerful
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) One who is blithe is carefree and cheerful.
32. CAPTIVATE
(1) repel
(2) subjugate
(3) dangerous
(4) fascinate
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) You are captivated by something attractive; It
fascinates you.
33. REDEEM
(1) extend
(2) fulfil
(3) reconsider
(4) recover
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) I have lost my reputation and nothing can redeem it.
That is, much though I may try, no good action on my part
can bring my lost reputation back. In other words, I cannot
recover my reputation.
34. BLAND
(1) unpleasant
(2) irritating
(3) affable
(4) tasteless
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) That which is bland is rather dull and unexciting.
Doordarshan is infamous for its bland presentations of
sports events. Similarly, food can be bland. That is, it has
very little flavour. In other words, it is tasteless.
35. VISIONARY
(1) dreaming
(2) savant
(3) philosopher
(4) saint
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) A visionary is one who has vision for the future. He
comes up with strong, original ideas. He can foresee the
changes to come and shapes the future, bringing about an
improvement. All visionary ideas are dreams at one stage.
But all dreams do not mature. Most of them remain
pipedreams. Only those few that are backed up by the
necessary, practical considerations turn into visionary ideas.
36. REVOKE
(1) repudiate
(2) repeal
(3) impute
(4) force
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (2) When a law is revoked, it stands cancelled. We can
also say that the law has been repealed.
37. REPRISAL
(1) denial
(2) reluctance
(3) unequivocal
(4) retaliation
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) When an army operation was launched to bomb the
terrorists, they took the army chief hostage in reprisal. That
is, they mounted pressure on the army because the army
mounted pressure on them. In other words, they retaliated.
38. FASTIDIOUS
(1) faint
(2) dainty
(3) delicious
(4) dormant
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If you are fastidious, you pay great attention to details.
You like everything to be very neat, accurate, and orderly. A
dainty object is small, delicate and pretty. The nearness of
meaning lies in that fastidious persons like things to be
dainty.
39. ATTRIBUTE
(1) Infer
(2) impute
(3) inhere
(4) inundate
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If A is the cause of B, you attribute B to A. usually; if B
is something bad (blame, charge etc.), we use impute instead
of attribute. Sample the following : When Sri Lanka beat
Pakistan, the Sri Lankans attributed their success to their
batsmen. The Pakistanis imputed the blame of their defeat
to their sloppy fielding.
40. DIALECTIC
(1) argumentative
(2) instructive
(3) constructive
(4) destructive
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) In philosophy, dialectics is a method of reasoning and
reaching conclusions by considering theories and ideas
together with ones that contradict them. Such
contradictions lead to argumentation and often degenerate
into arguments.
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