51. FACULTY
(1) privilege
(2) desire
(3) branch
(4) ability
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities.
We have all been endowed with the faculty of imagination.
Most of us, however, kill it through an exercise of constant
neglect.
52. FORESEE
(1) contemplate
(2) visualise
(3) assume
(4) hypothesis
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If you visualise something, you imagine what it is like
by forming a mental picture of it. You may visualise future
events as well, your wedding for example. You thus foresee
your wedding.
53. ANNEX
(1) add
(2) low
(3) copy
(4) initial
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) From Akbar to Aurangzeb, every Mughal emperor went
on annexing one kingdom or another to what they inherited.
In other words, each of them added to his father’s empire.
54. MENAGE
(1) suffocation
(2) system
(3) law
(4) household
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) A menage is a group of people living together in one
house. In other words, a household.
55. DILEMMA
(1) darkness
(2) freedom
(3) trap
(4) confusion
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you are in a dilemma, you do not know what to do. In
other words, you are in confusion.
56. RIGMAROLE
(1) short-cut
(2) lengthy procedure
(3) unnecessary burden
(4) happy responsibility
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) A rigmarole is a lengthy and complicated procedure
which you do not like.
57. TRANSCEND
(1) lower
(2) climb
(3) energise
(4) cross
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you ascend, you go up. If you descend, you go
down. If you transcend, you go across. In other words, you
cross.
58. IMPERATIVE
(1) order
(2) command
(3) suggestion
(4) necessity
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) An imperative is something that is extremely important
and must be done. In other words, it is a necessity. Revision
of obsolete laws has become an imperative for the 50-year
old country.
59. EXEMPT
(1) duty
(2) provide
(3) relieve
(4) forgive
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Certain categories of companies have been exempted
from paying tax. That is, they do not have to shoulder the
burden of tax-paying. In other words, their burden has been
relieved.
60. INFIRMITY
(1) disease
(2) malady
(3) weakness
(4) slimness
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) If something is firm, it is strong enough to maintain its
balance. Infirmity therefore suggests weakness.
