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

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

3. It seems that another confrontation between the two hostile countries is ________.

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

5. The criminal ________ madness to escape punishment.

6. The princess was very ________ and readily agreed to lend her name to the cause of homeless children.

7. The disenchantment of women with post independence development scenario is justified since developmental progress has failed to ________ women and continue to serve the ends of patriarchy.

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

9. I hate ________ in speech or manner.

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