In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

Hospitality is a virtue for which the natives of the East in general are highly admired.

• Duty of a doctor

• Generosity shown to guests

• Cleanliness in hospitals

• Kindness

52.

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

House rent in cities like Mumbai or Delhi has risen to astronomical figures beyond the reach of even high-salaried people.

• exorbitant

• commercial

• planetary

• illogical

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

Appropriate technology holds the key to a nation's development.

• Modern

• Suitable

• Effective

• Growing

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

He was enamoured of his own golden voice.

• very fond of

• concerned with

• obsessed with

• imbued with

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

Some journalists are guilty of indulging in yellow journalism.

• misrepresentation

• vulgarization

• sensational reporting

• loud gestures

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

He was fired for negligence on duty.

• relieved of his job

• scolded

• rebuked

• attacked

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

Democracy is not the standardising of everyone so as to obliterate all peculiarity.

• demolish

• extinguish

• erase

• change

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

Divine grace is truly ineffable.

• that which cannot be rubbed out

• incapable of being understood

• that which is too great to be expressed in words

• too powerful to be defeated

In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word.

The convocation address was very edifying.

• tedious

• in need of editing

• instructive

• exciting

In the following sentence choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the bold word.

Many of his acquaintances avoid him because he is so garrulous.

• unreasonable

• talkative

• quarrelsome

• proud