Directions
: In each sentence below, there are two blank spaces. Below each
sentence some pairs of words are given which are numbered (a), (b), (c), (d)
and (e). Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blanks in the same
order, to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
1. Cholestrol has long
been identified as a silent killer because the patient has no ........ of the
danger freely ........ his system.
(a) idea, infecting
(b) thought, attacking
(c) notion, ravishing
(d) inkling, traversing
(e) information, invading
2. Only when ........
failed, the police resorted to ........
(a) efforts, power
(b) arrests, imprisonment
(c) persuasions, force
(d) power, punishment
(e) manipulations, arrests
3. I have just the
memory of my father to ........ now, but my faith in him has never been
........ .
(a) recall, missing
(b) store, forgotten
(c) love, shaken
(d) worship, mistaken
4. Insurance companies
are perfectly ........ of the greed some people show in ........ illnesses in
order to get big settlements in the courts.
(a) conscious, serious
(b) known, ailing
(c) informed, false
(d) aware, faking
(e) acquainted, perfect
5. The ........ imposed
for non-payment was too ........ for it to bring in improvement in collection.
(a) fine, severe
(b) toll, simple
(c) penalty, low
(d) damage, cruel
(e) punishment, harsh
6. Unfortunately, trade
unions and organisations of various denominations have failed to realise that
........ understanding, positive attitude and constructive approach are basic
requirements to make unions work on ........ lines.
(a) common, ture
(b) cooperative, better
(c) mutual, sound
(d) general, desired
7. The practice of
painting slogans on rock faces, once a thriving industry in Britain has fallen
into ........ but there has recently been a (an) ........ in Country Antrim.
(a) oblivion, demand
(b) disfavour, upheavel
(a) (c)disuse, recrudescence
(c) mediocrity, renascence
8. He shifted to his
late parents' house not because of the ........ it provided but for purely
........ reasons.
(a) convenience, sentimental
(b) grace, aesthetic
(c) value, monetary
(d) comforts, personal
(e) benefit, extraneous
9. The Prime Minister
said that the ........ to increase employment will be ........ or. the efforts
to raise productivity in the economy.
(a) scheme, complementary
(b) policy, dependent
(c) strategy, contingent
(d) determination, reliant
(e) programme, supplementary
10. India's ........
armoury needs replacement despite its long-term indigenisation plans and
leading international arms industries are eager to sell their latest ........
to the Indian Armed Forces.
(a) exhausted; innovation
(b) old, equipment
(c) exorbitant, instruments
(d) fake, production
(e) ageing, gadgetry
11. He gave me an
additional ........ of Rs. 200 a month by ........ of the Commissioner.
(a) allowance, permission
(b) pay, allowance
(c) salary, admittance
(d) payment, agreement
12. The impact of
Western culture on India was the impact of a ........ society, of a modern
consciousness on a ........ society wedded to medieval habits of thought.
(a) dynamic, static
(b) major, minor
(c) educated, illiterate
(d) active, passive
(e) progressive, regressive
13. Many of us who
........ rational - emotive therapy are ........ tense, angry or depressed.
(a) seek, often
(b) follow, scarcely
(c) perform, usually
(d) implement, seldom
(e) practice, frequently
14. The speech ........
with subtle threats has resulted in ........ tension in the sensitive areas of
the city.
(a) started, reduced
(a) (b)replete, increased
(b) full, escalating
(c) forced, dissolving
(d) followed, continuous
15. It is ........
superstition to suppose that knowledge can be ......., only by going to schools
and colleges
(a) huge, accomplished
(b) hollow, garnered
(c) gross, obtained
(d) great, achieved
(e) tremendous, attained
ANSWERS
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1. (e)
2. (c)
3. (c)
4. (d)
5. (c)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (e)
11. (a)
12. (a)
13. (e)
14. (b)
15. (c)
2. (c)
3. (c)
4. (d)
5. (c)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (e)
11. (a)
12. (a)
13. (e)
14. (b)
15. (c)