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71
Pakistan has been vigorously pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Nefarious : (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.
Progressive : happening or developing gradually or in stages.
Systematic : done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical.
Secretive : (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.
Clandestine : kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Synonym of Clandestine is Secretive
72
Most of the politicians these days have a large number of toadies around them.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Followers : a person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.
Professional : relating to or belonging to a profession.
Servants : a person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.
Sycophants : a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
Toadies : a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.

Synonym of Toadies is Sycophants
73
The bounties of nature are being exploited by man.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Gifts : a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.
Products : an article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.
Rules : one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.
Ecological : relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Bounties : a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal.

Synonym of Bounties is Gifts
74
Scientific knowledge is an intoxicating draught, and it may be one in which the human race is unable to sustain.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Drink : take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.
Product : an article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.
Disease : a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
Process : a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
Draught : a single act of drinking or inhaling.

Synonym of Draught is Drink
75
The Director leaves on Tuesday on tour of the overseas branches of the company.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Round : shaped like a circle or cylinder.
Private : belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
Journey : an act of travelling from one place to another.
Personal : belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else.
Tour : a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.

Synonym of Tour is Journey
76
Eventually vision is affected and the patient is only able to see if light is present.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Initially : at first.
Primarily : for the most part; mainly.
Ultimately : finally; in the end.
Gradually : in a gradual way; slowly; by degrees.
Eventually : in the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.

Synonym of Eventually is Ultimately
77
Before my work on the writer appeared there were many vague ideas afloat about him.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Circulating : move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.
Prevalent : widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
Stagnant : (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.
Primitive : relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.
Afloat : in general circulation; current.

Synonym of Afloat is Circulating
78
His speech was full of affectation.
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Boasting : excessively proud and self-satisfied talk about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
Pretence : an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
Pedantry : excessive concern with minor details and rules.
Euphemism : a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Affectation : behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress.

Synonym of Affectation is Pretence
79
The problem of unemployment is emasculating our youth from making concrete innovations.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Hindering : make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.
Pressurizing : produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).
Encouraging : giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
Weaken : make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.
Emasculating : make (someone or something) weaker or less effective.

Synonym of Emasculating is Weaken
80
In the meeting the minister floated a couple of new ideas.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Gave : freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).
Presented : exhibit (a particular state or appearance) to others.
Advised : acting in a way that would be recommended; sensible; wise.
Offered : present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.
Floated : put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.

Synonym of Floated is Presented