English Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion
Directions: Five options A, B, C, D and E are given under each sentence, you are required to
select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blanks and make it meaningful.
1. Every member of the team showered ______ on muni for his ______ performance.
A) praise; exceptionable
B) approval; unique
C) encomium; exceptional
D) appreciation; remarkable
E) None of these
Answer (C)
2. Amar was so convinced that people were driven by ______ motives that he believed
there was no such thing as a purely ______ act.
A) personal; anti-social
B) personal; eternal
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C) altruistic; praiseworthy
D) ulterior; selfless
E) None of these
Answer (D)
3. Vikram looked very happy and ______ when he heard that his proposed scheme was
______ by the committee.
A) elated; accepted
B) energetic; rejected
C) satisfied; stalled
D) disconsolate; approved
E) None of these
Answer (A)
4. Reetika is ______ and simple in looks though her husband is ______.
A) plain; flamboyant
B) taciturn; silent
C) garrulous; talkative
D) credulous; gullible
E) None of these
Answer (A)
5. Suresh's ______ in athletics yielded rich ______ as she got a scholarship.
A) performance; money
B) defeat; results
C) excellence; dividends
D) behaviour; appreciation
E) None of these
Answer (C)
6. Satya is ______ to ______ any kind of work with due sincerity.
A) fond; perform
B) determined; undertake
C) reluctant; entrust
D) eager; avoid
E) None of these
Answer (B)
7. Vijay is a ______ and he always does what is ______ and fruitful.
A) optimist; hopeful
B) erudite; educative
C) pragmatist; practical
D) idealist; theoretical
E) None of the above
Answer (C)
8. Sravani was ______ because all her plan had gone______.
A) elated; wild
B) dejected; splendidly
C) distraught; awry
D) frustrated; magnificently
E) None of these
Answer (C)
9. ______ an accident the train will arrive in time.
A) besides
B) accepting
C) despite
D) barring
E) None of these
Answer (C)
10. Karthik is very ______ on meeting foreigners and befriending them.
A) anxious
B) find
C) insistent
D) keen
Answer (D)
11. ______ my knowledge, Mr. Nithin has a prejudice ______foreigners.
A) to; against
B) as; towards
C) in; for
D) for; at
Answer (A)
12. Raju had to drop his plan of going to picnic as he had certain ______ to meet during
that period.
A) preparations
B) urgencies
C) observations
D) commitments
E) None of these
Answer (D)
13. Sasi was ______ with a natural talent for music.
A) given
B) found
C) endowed
D) entrusted
E) None of these
Answer (C)
14. Harish is too ______ to be deceived easily.
A) kind
B) modern
C) strong
D) intelligent
Answer (D)
15. Health is too important to be ______.
A) neglected
B) detested
C) despised
D) discarded
Answer (A)
16. The government is confident that the standard of living will begin to ______again
soon.
A) revive
B) lift
C) rise
D) flourish
Answer (C)
17. Srikanth is too ______ as far as his food habits are concerned.
A) enjoyable
B) fastidious
C) curious
D) interesting
E) None of these
Answer (B)
18. Hemanth stood ______ as a rock and faced the challenge.
A) quiet
B) strong
C) firm
D) solid
Answer (C)
19. The driver was ______injured, he died within half an hour.
A) fatally
B) seriously
C) fatefully
D) vitally
Answer (A)
20. Shiva is usually ______ but today he appears rather ______.
A) calm; disturbed
B) strict; unwell
C) tense; restless
D) happy; humorous
E) None of these
Answer (A)
Sentence Completion
Directions: Five options A, B, C, D and E are given under each sentence, you are required to
select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blanks and make it meaningful.
1. Governments do not want to take a decision and resort to soft-pedalling, delay tactics
and collusion, hoping that the judiciary will _____in to relieve them of the _____ of
decision-making.
A) come, enlightenment
B) vouch, trouble
C) barge, pleasure
D) step, burden
E) None of these
Answer (D)
2. The most important factor is the ______of a wealthy Indian middle class which can
now _____ to send their children abroad for education.
A) emergence, afford
B) advent, focus
C) decline, manage
D) rise, wish
E) None of these
Answer (A)
3. Crores of public money is ______ on parks in the city and yet most of them are out of
______ for the public.
A) invested, limits
B) spent, bounds
C) bet, reach
D) put, areas
E) None of these
Answer (B)
4. Rules are for those who cannot ______ them and not for the rich and influential who
can ______ to ignore them.
A) follow, demand
B) set, opt
C) break, suggest
D) challenge, choose
Answer (D)
5. Experts cannot ______enough on the benefits of _______ more fruits and vegetables in
your daily diet.
A) pressure, involving
B) strain, adding
C) stress, including
D) state, mixing
E) None of these
Answer (C)
6. Centre should ______ ministries whose functions ______ with the state ministries to
save money, deliver efficiently and avoid duplication of work.
A) finish, differ
B) establish, contradict
C) abolish, overlap
D) block, vary
E) None of these
Answer (C)
7. Many people ______ genetically modified food but the reality is that all the food that
we eat has been genetically modified naturally by thousands of years of _______
A) criticise, farming
B) praise, manipulation
C) grow, mismanagement
D) avoid, experience
Answer (A)
8. Given that only seven percent of the country’s labour force is in the organised sector,
training options ______ for the unorganised sectors should also be ______
A) absent, improved
B) available, enhanced
C) lacking, sustained
D) existing, restricted
E) None of these
Answer (B)
9. Government initiatives and participation of many industrial houses in ______ loans to

the villagers have led to the _______of the farmers.
A) providing, plight
B) disbursing, betterment
C) taking, advancement
D) subsidising, suffering
E) None of these
Answer (B)
10. The water transport project on the west coast is ______ to get a shot in the arm with a
new plan in which the road development corporation will build the infrastructure
and ______ a private party to operate the service.
A) scheduled, let
B) verge, permit
C) set, sanctions
D) slated, allow
Answer (D)
11. As the weekend finally rolled around, the city folk were only ______ happy to settle
down and laugh their cares_______
A) just, afar
B) too, away
C) very, up
D) so, an
Answer (B)
12. The flood of brilliant ideas has not only ______ us, but has also encouraged us to
______ the last date for submission of entries.
A) overwhelmed, extend
B) enjoyed, stretch
C) dismayed, decide
D) scared, scrap
E) None of these
Answer (A)
13. ______about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to
______ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.
A) worried, shift
B) frantic, move
C) troubled, jump
D) concerned, switch
E) None of these
Answer (D)
14. The high cut-off marks this year have ______college admission-seekers to either
______ for lesser known colleges or change their subject preferences.
A) cajoled, ask
B) pressured, sit
C) forced, settle
D) entrusted, wait
E) None of these
Answer (C)
15. Forest department officials said that when the elephants were made to _____from
their trucks, they went straight to the spot where they had been ______during the
camp.
A) jump, killed
B) alight, tied
C) enter, hurt
D) step, played
E) None of these
Answer (B)
16. Exercise officials seized pouches of whisky ______a bus travelling _____hyderabad.
A) from, to
B) in, for
C) for, towards
D) inside, on
E) None of these
Answer (A)
17. Organisations _____for the victim’s ______the inhuman and unjust attitude of the
government.
A) fighting, applauded
B) lobbying, supported
C) working, condemned
D) stand, opposed
E) None of these
Answer (C)
18. A collision between two buses ______ six people dead, ______the driver of one of the
buses.
A) made, also
B) left, including
C) caused, combined
D) resulted, except
E) None of these
Answer (B)
19. The court _____revenue authorities and PCB officials to _____ teams and visit pharma
units.
A) directed, from
B) announced, arrange
C) commanded, display
D) ruled, make
E) None of these
Answer (A)
20. Centre should _____ministries whose functions _____with the state ministries to save
money, deliver efficiently and avoid duplication of work.
A) finish, differ
B) block, vary
C) abolish, overlap
D) establish, contradict
E) None of these
Answer (C)

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4. Reetika is ______ and simple in looks though her husband is ______.

5. Suresh's ______ in athletics yielded rich ______ as she got a scholarship.

7. Vijay is a ______ and he always does what is ______ and fruitful.

8. Sravani was ______ because all her plan had gone______.

9. ______ an accident the train will arrive in time.

10. Karthik is very ______ on meeting foreigners and befriending them.

E) None of the above

11. ______ my knowledge, Mr. Nithin has a prejudice ______foreigners.

E) None of the above

13. Sasi was ______ with a natural talent for music.

14. Harish is too ______ to be deceived easily.

E) None of the above

15. Health is too important to be ______.

E) None of the above

E) None of the above

18. Hemanth stood ______ as a rock and faced the challenge.

E) None of the above

19. The driver was ______injured, he died within half an hour.

E) None of the above

20. Shiva is usually ______ but today he appears rather ______.

E) None of the above

9. Government initiatives and participation of many industrial houses in ______ loans to

E) None of the above

E) None of the above

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