251. I tried to give him some good advice but he . . . . . . . . to listen. A. prevented B. avoided C. refused D. denied ✅ The correct answer is option C.
252. She . . . . . . . . people who are good at sports. A. supports B. admires C. attracts D. appeals ✅ The correct answer is option B.
253. The President of the Students’ Union played into the hands of some political leaders and . . . . . . the students to go on a strike. A. invited B. ignited C. instigated D. inspired ✅ The correct answer is option C.
254. He preaches liberal views but in practice, he is not . . . . . . . . and is . . . . . . . . narrow minded than almost any other person. A. hard , openly B. tolerant , more C. ambitious , hardly D. acceptable , genuinely ✅ The correct answer is option B.
255. No man had a more . . . . . . . love for literature, or a higher respect for it, than Dr. Samuel Johnson. A. arduous B. ardent C. animated D. adroit ✅ The correct answer is option B.
256. . . . . . . . . between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society. A. Controversy B. Friction C. Association D. Competition ✅ The correct answer is option B.
257. The young man lost his way in the forest and found that he had become a/an . . . . . . . . . to the dacoits. A. enemy B. adversary C. decoy D. quarry ✅ The correct answer is option D.
258. He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his . . . . . . . . vanity that you should disagree with him. A. overwrought B. overwhelming C. overweening D. overstrung ✅ The correct answer is option D.
259. You will have to face some practical problems when you start . . . . . . . this plan. A. prosecuting B. projecting C. prescribing D. proscribing ✅ The correct answer is option B.
260. Once I forgot the piece of paper on which the name of the hotel was written, I was as . . . . . . . . as lost. A. much B. sure C. good D. bad ✅ The correct answer is option C.