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  1. _____ and discipline are the basic necessities of an organised society.
    (A) Peace
    (B) Harmony
    (C) Prosperity
    (D) Progress
    (E) Hierarchy
    (F) Concord
  2. A.
    A and B
    B.
    B and F
    C.
    D and F
    D.
    C and D
    E.
    A and D

  3. With the increase in human activities, there has been _____ use of natural resources thereby causing disharmony between human beings and the natural environment.
    (A) planned
    (B) reckless
    (C) excessive
    (D) careful
    (E) sustained
    (F) avaricious
  4. A.
    C and F
    B.
    B and C
    C.
    A and D
    D.
    B and F
    E.
    D and E

  5. The city is a unique blend of tradition and _____ because it still retains its old world charm despite rapid urbanisation.
    (A) history
    (B) progress
    (C) modernity
    (D) retrogression
    (E) liberalism
  6. A.
    A and F
    B.
    A and B
    C.
    C and E
    D.
    D and F
    E.
    D and E

  7. The island looks very _____ because there are hardly any inhabitants dwelling in it.
    (A) parlous
    (B) perilous
    (C) commodious
    (D) picturesque
    (E) deserted
    (F) desolate
  8. A.
    A and B
    B.
    B and D
    C.
    C and D
    D.
    C and F
    E.
    E and F

  9. One must not be _____ by failure because it is often said that failure is the stepping stone to success.
    (A) influenced
    (B) hapless
    (C) affronted
    (D) disheartened
    (E) discouraged
    (F) inspired
  10. A.
    A and E
    B.
    A and B
    C.
    B and C
    D.
    D and E
    E.
    A and F

  11. Leadership is the ability to secure desirable actions from a group of followers voluntarily without the use of _____.
    (A) coercion
    (B) blandishments
    (C) discipline
    (D) deception
    (E) punishment
    (F) cajolery
  12. A.
    A and F
    B.
    B and C
    C.
    B and D
    D.
    B and C
    E.
    D and E

  13. Pollutants present in the environment are said to have a _____ effect on human health and are responsible for causing many diseases.
    (A) deleterious
    (B) salubrious
    (C) detrimental
    (D) soporific
    (E) seminal
    (F) somnolent
  14. A.
    B and D
    B.
    D and F
    C.
    A and B
    D.
    D and E
    E.
    B and D

  15. Despite _____ laws, poaching of wild animals is still carried out clandestinely in some parts of the country.
    (A) legal
    (B) penal
    (C) stringent
    (D) binding
    (E) dimunitive
    (F) violable
  16. A.
    A and B
    B.
    B and E
    C.
    C and D
    D.
    D and B
    E.
    C and F

  17. What leads to peace is not violence but peace ableness, which is not _____, but an alert, informed, practiced and active state of being.
    (A) passivity
    (B) lethargy
    (C) sensitivity
    (D) ignorance
    (E) obedience
    (F)  enlightenment
  18. A.
    A and B
    B.
    A and D
    C.
    B and E
    D.
    C and F
    E.
    D and F

  19. _____ and remote in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar islands is a paradise, once inhabited only by little-known tribes.
    (A) Secluded
    (B) Impossible
    (C) Encroached
    (D) Isolated
    (E) Scattered
    (F) Abandoned
  20. A.
    B and C
    B.
    D and E
    C.
    C and E
    D.
    A and D
    E.
    A and B