Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Choose the correct synonyms from the options given below.1. A student embarks on a career after graduation. (a) rupture (b) begins (c) completes (d) summons2. The society has cradled and nurtured every graduate. (a) sowed (b) protected (c) irrigated(d) annoyed3. Graduation is the apt time to give back to the society. (a) misfit (b) appropriate (c) irrelevant (d) ineligible4. I am thankful for the unique honour. (a) common (b) special/unusual (c) drab (d) conventional5. This Institution has conferred on me honour. (a) fielded (b) granted(c) defied (d) withdraw6. I shall only reiterate some of the cardinal principles. (a) repeat/say or do again (b) suspend (c) reexamine (d) reciprocate7. Wise men have enunciated those principles in the past. (a) beat about the bush (b) confused (c) asserted (d) spoke harshly8. I do claim to represent him in all his ruggedness. (a) meekness (b) weakness (c) toughness (d) feebleness9. Universities are repositories of knowledge. (a) rented houses (b) own houses (c) storehouses (d) leased houses10. Universities are the nursing ground for the emissaries of thought. (a) admirably (b) adversary (c) foe (d) ambassador/deputies11. We have eschewed monarchy. (a) embraced (b) accepted (c) avoided (d) relinquished12. We have stayed away from autocracy. (a) dictatorship(b) militarism (c) mobs (d) royalist13. We have inaugurated the era of democracy. (a) Self-government (b) Monarchy (c) Bureaucracy (d) Autocracy14. During the feudal days, universities were different. (a) old/middle ages (b) recent (c) future (d) modem15. Eminent scholars were not asked to confront problems of the masses. (a) face/resist (b) accept (c) cowed down (d) brow beaten |
|
Answer» 1. (b) begins 2. (b) protected 3. (b) appropriate 4. (b) special/unusual 5. (b) granted 6. (a) repeat/say or do again 7. (c) asserted 8. (c) toughness 9. (c) storehouses 10. (d) ambassador/deputies 11. (c) avoided 12. (a) dictatorship 13. (a) Self-government 14. (a) old/middle ages 15. (a) face/resist |
|