NBK - QN

26. The chairman was _______ convinced by the facts given in the articles issued three months after the incident.

• wholly
• totally
• extensively
• deeply

27. _____, pretending to be soldiers.

• A. Around the park were the children marching
• B. The children marching around the park
• C. Marching around the park were the children
• D. Around the park marching were the children.

28. The innocent clerk was extremely excited about his first trip to a faraway land and keen on buying _______ souvenirs for everyone in the office.

• tacky
• repulsive
• lekker
• ghastly

29. The horror story provokes fear and anxiety with senseless description of ________ of deaths.

• advent
• entrance
• embarkation
• imminence

30. The minister ________ certain schools for their falling standards in education.

• denigrated
• castigated
• aspersed
• defamed

31. The abolition of red tape has helped eliminate _______ in the import and export process, facilitating foreign trade.

• stumbling rocks
• real lemons
• dead ends
• bottlenecks

32. We were very glad to receive a ________ description of all the cases related to Covid-19 reported for the last 6 months in the hospital.

• compendious
• compact
• conpatible
• complacent

33. Most of the answers to the questions raised in the survey are not to the point, ______ to reveal the subjects’ personal viewpoints.

• neither are they
• they neither are
• nor are they
• and they, too, are not

34. Harold’s problems began when he fell _______ the wrong type of person and he ended up becoming a criminal himself.

• out with
• in with
• for
• back on

35. Mother arrived home eventually at 6pm, laden ______ grocery bags, having been out shopping for nearly three hours.

• for
• of
• down
• with