In the following question, a sentence is given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for the given question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm,............. both the strength to work and many of the specific skills that was once possessed.

• regaining

• denying

• pursuing

• losing

In the following question, a sentence is given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for the given question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

The members of the religious sect ostracized the ................... who had abandoned their faith.

• coward

• litigant

• recreant

• suppliant

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Amicable

• Friendly

• Happy

• Perfect

• Joyous

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Impervious

• Audacious

• Haphazard

• Impenetrable

• Illogical

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Peruse

• Overuse

• Examine

• Abuse

• Defuse

In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Particularly

• Elaborately

• Generally

• Comprehensively

• Entirely

In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Desecration

• Hopelessness

• Disbelief

• Veneration

• Manifestation

In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Yield

• Respond

• Survive

• Attack

• Resist

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

My efforts at pest control went in vain, I have to go back to the drawing board.

• plan it all over gain

• take professional help

• spend sometime researching abroad

• work at night

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Indians are going places in the field of software technology.

• going abroad

• going to spaces

• talented and successful

• friendly and amicable