FPSC Assistant Director Intelligence Bureau 2012 Past Paper

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word

71) ENIGMA
(A) Puzzle
(B) Clear
(C) Elusive
(D) Praise

72) FILTHY
(A) Healthy
(B) Ugly
(C) Dirty
(D) Angry

73) NOSTALGIC
(A) Soothing
(B) Homesick
(C) diseased
(D) Indolent

74) OVERSEF
(A) Supervise
(B) Chance
(C) Contest
(D) Look

75) BURLESQUE
(A) Mock
(B) Irritate
(C) Insult
(D) Annoy

76) FOSTER
(A) Encourage
(B) Fabricate
(C) Foment
(D) Nurture

77) DECEIVE
(A) Mislead
(B) Challenge
(C) Harm
(D) Defeat

78) COMPUNCTION
(A) Anger
(B) Appreciate
(C) Regret
(D) Wonder


Select the word or phrase which which best expresses the meaning of the italicized word or phrase

79) The District Collector made it clear that the Government cannot sustain for long the support for such schemes.
(A) manage
(B) succeed
(C) pay
(D) continue
(E) subsidize

80) The most common type of color blindness involves inability to tell red from green.
(A) prove
(B) detect
(C) distinguish
(D) extract