In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

I have been ............ this problem since noon.

• working into

• working on

• working for

• working for

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

Sushma has a deep ............ for drunkards.

• hatred

• hate

• hated

• hated

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

A partial victory is sometimes all we can hope to ..............

• gain

• lose

• suffer

• suffer

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

My father has been advised to ................ his smoking.

• cut down

• cut off

• cut into

• cut into

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

I had not expected to meet him; it was quite an ............meeting. 

• organised

• unique

• accidental

• accidental

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

Everything ...................carefully checked.

• has been

• have been

• are being

• are being

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

I've ................finished painting the house.

• about

• nearing

• towards

• towards

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

She ..........made him angry.

• have absolutely

• has certainly

• have certainly

• have certainly

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

The man ............. his deafness.

• rewarded for

• cured of

• convicted by

• convicted by

In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and mark corresponding to it.

He is the talk..........

• of the town

• for the town

• about the town

• about the town