EXERCISE 1
Directions: In the following sentences, fill in the blanks with the proper noun form of the word given in bracket. Choose from the options given.
1. He is in government …………….(serve).
(A) servant (B) service
(C) servicing (D) none of these
2. I was shocked at the …………. (fail) of Harbhajan to win the election.
(A) failing (B) fail
(C) failure (D) none of these
3. He was happy as he had won the …………. (elect).
(A) Election (B) electioneering Commissioner
(C) electing (D) election
4. The aim of this society is the ………….. (prevent) of cruelty to animals.
(A) prevention (B) preventing
(C) preservation (D) none
5. What is the………… (weight) of this block of wood.
(A) weighing (B) weight
(C) way (D) none of these
6. The bank gave me a …………. (lend) of two lakh rupees.
(A) lender (B) borrow
(C) borrower (D) loan
7. He is full of ………….. (proud) as he is very rich.
(A) proudiness (B) pride
(C) prideness (D) none of these
8…………. (angry) is bad for health.
(A) A ngriness (B) Anger
(C) Angryness (D) none of these
9. The judge found him………….. (innocence).
(A) innocently (B) innocent
(C) innocenceful (D) none of these
10. It is my…………. (please) to welcome you.
(A) pleasing (B) pleasant
(C) pleasantry (D) pleasure
11. The officer praised the………… (courageous) of the soldier.
(A) encourage (B) outrage
(C) courageously (D) courage
12. Gandhiji believed in …………. (simplify).
(A) simplicity (B) simple
(C) simpler (D) simplest
13. He could not tolerate the………… (humble) and came away.
(A) humility (B) humiliation
(C) humiliate (D) none of these
14. The captain put the life of the crew in……….. (endanger).
(A) endangered (B) danger
(C) dangerously (D) none of these
15. He has a lot of……….. (sympathetically) for the poor.
(A) sympathy (B) antipathy
(C) sympathetic (D) none of these
ANSWER
1.(B) 2. (C)
3. (D) 4. (A)
5. (B) 6. (B)
7. (B) 8. (B)
9. (B) 10. (D)
11. (D) 12. (A)
13. (C) 14. (B)
15. (A)