51) The average height of Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest ___ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.
(A) raise
(B) rises
(C) roses
(D) arises
52) Political dissidents complained of being ___ by the police.
(A) capitulated
(B) desecrated
(C) minimized
(D) harassed
53) He became very ___ and started arguing with me angrily.
(A) subservient
(B) truculent
(C) pellucid
(D) stringent
54) Praise always ___ him to make greater efforts.
(A) bores
(B) stimulates
(C) entices
(D) enervates
55) The results of this policy will remain ___ for some times.
(A) outstanding
(B) dubious
(C) impressive
(D) remarkable
56) Your conduct is most ___.
(A) reprobate
(B) recidivist
(C) reprehensible
(D) regurgitate
57) Knowledge is like a deep well fed by ___ springs and your mind in the little bucked that you drop in it.
(A) external
(B) perennial
(C) immortal
(D) inexhaustible
58) The ___ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.
(A) specious
(B) intemperate
(C) spurious
(D) convincing
59) Alex was so good at Mathematics that his friends considered him to be a ___.
(A) prodigy
(B) prodigal
(C) primeval
(D) profligate
60) The controversy is likely to create ___ between the two rivals.
(A) doubt
(B) amity
(C) bitterness
(D) revenge