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1. Having played the piano since the age of eight, he was sure he was ________ to pursue a career in the music industry.
1) assured
2) meant
3) dreamt
4) reduced
 5) declined

2. If honesty, humility, hope and power ________ Sachin Tendulkar, then his era is something we should learn from.
1) marks
 2) reflects
3) figures
4) proposes
5) symbolise

3. The promise of a new Nepal seems to be on the retreat, with the Maoists losing people’s goodwill and ________ an opportunity to create a more democratic nation under a new constitution.
1) reeling
2) enduring
3) squandering
4) crushing
 5) extorting

4. The author fairly records the ________ realities which faced the man.
1) grim
2) stern
3) trim
4) baseless
5) welcome

5. The deal signed in November could have been clinched easily when Iran met in Geneva earlier in the same month, but was undermined at the ________ hour by France.
1) beginning
 2) end
3) twelfth
4) eleventh
5) first

Answers

1- 2

2- 5

3- 3

4- 1

5- 4

1. Having played the piano since the age of eight, he was sure he was ________ to pursue a career in the music industry.
1) assured
2) meant
3) dreamt
4) reduced
 5) declined

2. If honesty, humility, hope and power ________ Sachin Tendulkar, then his era is something we should learn from.
1) marks
 2) reflects
3) figures
4) proposes
5) symbolise

3. The promise of a new Nepal seems to be on the retreat, with the Maoists losing people’s goodwill and ________ an opportunity to create a more democratic nation under a new constitution.
1) reeling
2) enduring
3) squandering
4) crushing
 5) extorting

4. The author fairly records the ________ realities which faced the man.
1) grim
2) stern
3) trim
4) baseless
5) welcome

5. The deal signed in November could have been clinched easily when Iran met in Geneva earlier in the same month, but was undermined at the ________ hour by France.
1) beginning
 2) end
3) twelfth
4) eleventh
5) first

Answers

1- 2

2- 5

3- 3

4- 1

5- 4