1. Few ________ are ever successful in life; the tough competitive world demands an exactness, a precision and an ability to outshine others.

2. I can apprehend the bare principles of the Theory of Relativity, but I cannot ________ its full implications.

3. Through decades there have been a public ________ against corruption, administrative inefficiency and unresponsiveness.

4. He did not get a promotion, as there was a/an ________ report against him.

5. Success cannot ________ one who mentally and physically associates oneself with the project in hand.

6. He hates his landlady because he feels that she is ________ and meddlesome.

7. India is home to the world’s largest number of ________ children under the age of five years.

8. Every one should know the basic ________ of economics.

9. During his regime, Akbar ________ many reforms in the country.

10. He lives a ________ life in the city, neglecting his old parents in the village.