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Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate words/phrases with reference to grammar, idioms, proverbs and syntax.

11. I have always been ____________ for my clothes and hairstyles.

a.) awarded
b.) complimented
c.) authorised
d.) neglected

12. He has many awards and certificates under his ________.

a.) profile
b.) folder
c.) belt
d.) pillow

13. The creativity of the kids was ___ its best.

a.) on
b.) at
c.) on top of
d.) in

14. ______________ participation of the students was noteworthy.

a.) Meagre
b.) Unenergetic
c.) Enthusiastic
d.) Enormous

15. Friendship day is time to express ______________ to those who make your life wonderful.

a.) love
b.) humbleness
c.) gratitude
d.) feelings

16. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and ______ to forget.

a.) more harder
b.) hardest
c.) impossible
d.) difficult

17. _________ problems during monsoon is the musty odour that is omnipresent.

a.) One of the most common
b.) Biggest
c.) Salient
d.) Seasonal

18. Microbreweries are _________ all over the country.

a.) coming up
b.) springing up
c.) settling up
d.) starting up

19. He did not mention that to me, ______?

a.) didn’t he
b.) did he
c.) he did
d.) din’t he

20. It is not only years of hardwork that has made him successful. Sachin seems to have a natural _______ to bat well.

a.) Creativity
b.) Admonition
c.) Atrophy
d.) absolution

ANSWER : Atrophy

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