76.
In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.It is strange that, according to his position in life, an extravagant man is admired or despised. A successful businessman does nothing to increase his popularity by being careful with his money. He is expected to display his success, to have a smart car, an expensive life, and to be lavish with his hospitality. If he is not so, he is considered mean and his reputation in business may even suffer in consequence.
The paradox remains that if he had not been careful with his money in the first place, he would never have achieved his present wealth. Among the two income groups, a different set of values exists. The young clerk who makes his wife a present of a new dress when he hadn’t paid his house rent, is condemned as extravagant. Carefulness’with money to the point of meanness is applauded as a virtue. Nothing in his life is considered more worthy than paying his bills. The ideal wife for such a man separates her housekeeping money into joyless little piles, and she is able to face the milkman with equanimity and never knows the guilt of buying something she can’t really afford.The phrase ‘lavish with his hospitality’ here means :
77. We understand from the passage that
78. How does the housewife, according to the writer, feel when she saves money?
79. The statement ‘she is able to face the milkman with equanimity’ implies that
80. In the opinion of the writer, a successful businessman
81. After he was caught cheating he was disqualified to appear at the examination.
82. She stopped singing as soon as the telephone rings from across the hall.
83. The old curtains were torn and they flapped in the light breeze.
84. I do not know who you consider to be the best dancer.
85. So hoarse he was that he could not make the speech.
86. The crop will fail, ……………….it rains this week.
87. “She decided to………………… as the competition was quite stiff.”
88. If she were selected, she……………. a good secretary.
89. He worked …………of his ability.
90. The Chief Mifiister asked her officers to…………. the process of procuring food for
the poor from the market.
91.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.Bumptious
92.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.Ostracize
93.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.Bane
94.
In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.Impoverished
95.
In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.Affirmed
96.
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.Anand is a nice guy, but sometimes he really gets on my nerves.
97. As a student, you should catch time by the forelock.
98.
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.Receiving his first award was a shot in the arm for him.
99.
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.It is sometimes wiser to rely on horse sense than on the advice of colleagues.
100.
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was a man of letters.
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