DIRECTION: (Q.Nos. 1-20) Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.  Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

1. He does not _______ any fixed principle.

2. My finger is still ______ where I caught it in the door.

3. A trader was _____at the city airport early on Thursday for carrying gold jewellery worth over Rs.1 crore.

4. A book's a book ______there is nothing in it.

5. ______ knocking at the gate, he demanded admission.

6. I _______ the job if you had paid me enough.

7. As soon as he got the telegram, he _____ in a taxi.

8. We had difficulty _______ finding a parking place.

9. The peasant rebellion was _____ with a high hand by the Emperor.

10. That car is throwing _________ a lot of smoke.

11. Things often have to be repeated for the elderly because they are ______hearing.

12. It was a _____ journey across mountains in the darkest of nights in winter.

13. The First World War took place ____1914 and 1918.

14. Silworms like_____ on the leaves of the mulberry tree.

15. He generally looked _________on the poor.

16. Paru, the fearless king of India, was convicted and brought________Alexander

17. My friend was trembling_________excitement.

18. They walked ________the old part of the house.

19. I shall be obliged _______you for the help you extended to me.

20. Nobody will ______ the fact that she is honest.