Fill in the Blanks - X

Each sentence in the questions has one or two blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are four lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits into the meaning of the sentence as a whole

Ques 1. It is a well-known ................ that the lover of the sea craves for dry land- the age- old....... to be where we are not.
(a) belief, antipathy
(b) anomaly, demiurge
(c) credo, inspiration
(d) contention, duplicity
(e) paradox, yearning
Ques 2. Why should a university ............... the values which are supposedly basic to its functioning and give an honourary doctorate to one who has not distinguished himself in a/an ............. manner?
(a) deflate, scholarly
(b) foretell, worldly
(c) vilify, collegiate
(d) abuse, doctrinaire
(e) debase, academic
Ques 3. Such stalling tactics are ........... to all fens and cannot be ........... .
(a) repugnant, condoned
(b) anathema, ascertained
(c) injurious, explained
(d) unfair, superseded
(e) understandable, countenanced
Ques 4. The ........... of democratic freedom is dialogue and the ............. interchange of diverse ideas.
(a) deterioration, untrammeled
(b) height, restrained
(c) essence, unhampered
(d) alienation, compulsory
(e) epitome, discriminating
Ques 5. Although there were ............ circumstances in this particular violation of the law, the judge ruled that there had to be strict ............ or there would be no law at all.
(a) extraordinary, complaisance
(b) specific, obedience
(c) tantalizing, adherence
(d) extenuating, compliance
(e) questionable, observation

Ques 6. In spite of all ............ , in spite of penalties for examinees when cheaters were caught, there is evidence of the ..... of the rigid rules of external help on civil service tests.
(a) threats, encompassment
(b) surveillance, vulnerability
(c) temptation, flouting
(d) precautions, circumvention
(e) discouragement, acceptance
Ques 7. Hungarians may grumble about the difficulty of acquiring cars, but they point quickly to a compensation: the ............... look of their tree-lined avenues and the absence of ............. exhaust fumes.
(a) calm, superfluous
(b) otiose, poisonous
(c) tranquil, copious
(d) anomalous, fetid
(e) uncluttered, noxious
Ques 8. In architecture, much more than in any of the other fine arts, there is a marked time lag between the .................. of ideas and their ............... in the shape of completed building.
(a) settlement, fruition
(b) creation, welcoming
(c) tradition, modernization
(d) dawn, practicability
(e) emergence, appliction
Ques 9. In analyzing the ............. teen age population, Madison Avenue has decided that it is eminently receptive to the ............... of advertising.
(a) proliferating, buncombe
(b) ubiquitous, mystique
(c) diminishing, fantasy
(d) burgeoning, blandishments
(e) viable, syndrome
Ques 10. No matter how ......... the Russians are of wish to appear, they, as well as we, know that to survive it is necessary to reach agreements which may .............. mutual sacrifices.
(a) fatuous, necessitate
(b) bellicose, evade
(c) refractory, obliterate
(d) indifferent, subsume
(e) intransigent, entail