English Quiz

1. Nothing is so __________ to a nation as an extreme of self-partiality, and the total want of ___________ of what others will naturally hope or fear.
a) repugnant, sense
b) delusionary, methodly
c) fatal, consideration
d) unethical, discretion

2. It was through the Second World War that Russia __________ herself increased ___________ in power and wealth and prestige.
a) saw, abundantly
b) noticed, gullibly
c) witnessed, prodigiously
d) declared, demand

3. The industrial workers ___________ a fair ___________ for their work.
a) request, price
b) sought, salary
c) asked, pay
d) demanded, wage

4. ___________ diseases spread like wild ___________.
a) danger, flames
b) contagious, fire
c) fatal, wind
d) minor, breeze

5. We decided to take the shortest ___________ to our ___________.
a) route, destination
b) root, house
c) route, residence
d) distance, place

6. It is our ___________ to __________ the elders.
a) object, defy
b) duty, respect
c) aim, degrade
d) hope, disappoint

7. He __________ his fault and was ___________.
a) agreed, excused
b) refused, freed
c) denied, sentenced
d) confessed, pardoned

8. I __________ him because of his ___________.
a) love, impertinence
b) hate, rudeness
c) admire, hypocrisy
d) detest, generosity

9. The security forces fired at the ___________ who was armed to the ____________.
a) dacoit, teeth
b) criminal, toe
c) thief, head
d) culprit, nails

10. During the __________ many buildings were __________ to the ground.
a) riots , collapsed
b) disturbances, brought
c) fire, razed
d) floods, razed