16. Choose the meaning of the underlined phrase in the given sentence: ‘His trying to go abroad for studies is a wild goose chase.’
(A) Valuable attempt
(B) Promising step
(C) Fruitless task
(D) Impartial act
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17. The ___________ was enacted with effect from the 15th of August.
(A) Statute
(B) Statue
(C) Statuary
(D) Statuesque
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18. The rebel was ___________ from his country.
(A) banned
(B) banished
(C) banalized
(D) banded
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19. Tacit is to silent as vacillate is to ___________
(A) doubtful
(B) stagger
(C) lean
(D) waver
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20. Wild animals are kept in ___________
(A) zoo
(B) museum
(C) apiary
(D) menagerie
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