Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

______ there were no buses, we had to take a taxi.

Direction:  In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Five words/ phrases have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

Jerimoth Hill (812 ft, 247 m) is the highest point in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. (1) town of Foster near Providence, the site is used as an observatory. It is also a (2) highpointers, and prior to 2005 was known for being difficult to access due to a local landowner who prohibited entry. The hill is located on Route 101 in Foster, a half mile from the Connecticut line. To (3), for which there is a sign, there is a .3-mile (480 m) long trail that has a mere 10-foot (3.0 m) elevation gain. The mountain is 812 feet (247 m) high and is located 15 miles (24 km) west of Providence, Rhode Island, and 35 miles (56 km) east of Willimantic, Connecticut. The high point was donated to Brown University by Walter Raymond Turner, a Brown alumnus of the class of 1911. In 1938 (4) saltbox house to the west and the surrounding 360 acres (150 ha). Turner provided a right of way, straight north from the high point to Route 101, though eventually (5).      

Find out the appropriate word for blank 5.

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Had he come to the office that day, (A)/he would know that (B)/ he was about transferred on promotion to the Regional office.(C)/ No error (D)

Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

The Earl of Leicester threw down the glove. 

Directions: In each of the questions given below five words are given in bold. These five words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should interchange with each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it then select option (e) as your choice.

(A) corruption employees (B) facing criminal or (C) government cases are under a (D)scanner of the Modi (E) administration.

Select the correctly spelt word.

I shall appreciate if you kindly accept my proposal. 

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

One who has the art of speaking in such a way that the sound seems to come from another person/place.