Directions(1-5): Each question below has some blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
1. When Raju heard the news of his selection to the college team he felt __________. (3)
- 1. effervescent
- 2. enamoured
- 3. elated
- 4. embittered
- 5. exasperated
2. A son who is unable to look his father in the face is __________. (1)
- 1. timid
- 2. guilty
- 3. arrogant
- 4. sincere
- 5. casual
3. He said that there was no going back because his decision was __________. (1)
- 1. peremptory
- 2. premeditated
- 3. parsimonious
- 4. palatable
- 5. preemptive
4. Progress in government, science, art, literature, philosophy and religion __________ great civilisations from mere groups of communities. (3)
- 1. extol
- 2. describe
- 3. distinguish
- 4. relinquish
- 5. associative
5. Since there was adequate grazing area for the herds, the land was __________ populated. (2)
- 1. disproportionately
- 2. sparsely
- 3. inadequately
- 4. rustically
- 5. frantically