1. A person in his seventies
(A) sexagenarian
(B) septuagenarian
(C) centurion
(D) patriarch
2. A government in which a small group of people hold all the power
(A) oligarchy
(B) aristocracy
(C) plutocracy
(D) bureaucracy
3. Causing or ending in death
(A) fatal
(B) deadly
(C) serious
(D) dangerous
4. One who has obstinate and narrow religious views
(A) theosophist
(B) bigot
(C) philosopher
(D) theologian
5. The sound of the funeral bell
(A) knell
(B) spell
(C) dong
(D) swat
6. One who believes that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life.
(A) hedonist
(B) pessimist
(C) misanthrope
(D) philistine
7. A spot or a stain caused by a discolouring substance
(A) hue
(B) blot
(C) tint
(D) dye
8. Property handed down after the death of a person
(A) legacy
(B) legend
(C) patrimony
(D) inheritance
9. A group of girls
(A) bevy
(B) covey
(C) troupe
(D) coterie
10. One who does not follow the usual rules of social life
(A) bohemian
(B) artisan
(C) partisan
(D) physician
11. Placing a thing beside another
(A) impose
(B) repose
(C) juxtapose
(D) expose
12. Living together of a man and woman without married
(A) marriage
(B) equipage
(C) lineage
(D) concubinage
13. Too much official formality
(A) red-tapism
(B) rotation
(C) motivation
(D) manifesto
14. A stream of water moving very fast.
(A) current
(B) tide
(C) torrent
(D) storm
15. An ill-tempered woman
(A) shrew
(B) amazon
(C) widow
(D) harlot
16. A person who has no money to pay off his debts
(A) insolvent
(B) poor
(C) destitute
(D) pauper
17. Words uttered impiously about god
(A) amoral
(B) philosophy
(C) logic
(D) blasphemy
18. One who complies a dictionary
(A) geography
(B) lexicographer
(C) lapidist
(D) linguist
19. A number of ships
(A) fleet
(B) galaxy
(C) constellation
(D) group
20. A test in which cells from diseased organ are removed and tested
(A) biopsy
(B) autopsy
(C) operation
(D) amputation
21. A foreigner who settles in a country
(A) immigrant
(B) emigrate
(C) alien
(D) visitor
22. Doing something according to one’s own free will
(A) willfully
(B) obligingly
(C) voluntarily
(D) compulsorily
23. Place that provides refuge
(A) shelter
(B) house
(C) country
(D) asylum
24. A person who gambles or bets
(A) punter
(B) backer
(C) customer
(D) client
25. Art of writing for newspaper and magazine
(A) literature
(B) journalism
(C) biography
(D) artistry
26. An abandoned child of unknown parents is found by somebody
(A) foundling
(B) sibling
(C) urchin
(D) orphan