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Question : 16

Skeptics would not ________ that the earth actually moves, let alone that it ________ around the sun.

a) permit, orbits

b) accept, revolves

c) experience, circles

d) assume, went

e) challenge, spins

Question : 17

The ________ of opinion which emerged at a recently concluded seminar was that the problem of dowry cannot be ________ unless the law against it is made more stringent.

a) divergence, managed

b) sympathy, projected

c) consensus, tackled

d) similarity, curbed

e) convergence, appreciated

Question : 18

An airplane with ________ passengers on board made an unscheduled _______ as the airport to which it was heading was covered with thick fog.

a) irritable, slip

b) faulty, stop

c) variety, halt

d) tons, wait

e) numerous, landing

Question : 19

The pilot knew she would be able to see the __________ lights of the city from her cockpit window, but she would not see the fireworks explode to welcome the new year as she would have _____ to cruising altitude.

a) few, soared

b) divine, escalate

c) glistening, jumped

d) picturesque, depleted

e) glittering, climbed

Question : 20

Changes in building technology and materials in recent years have made it _________ to build slender towers that are _________the tallest in the world.

a) Feasible, between

b) Practicable, for

c) Attainable, with

d) Realizable, among

e) Possible, among