Important Double Fillers Questions

Directions (Q. 1-11): Fill up the blanks with a suitable pair of words from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

1. The activities of the association have ________ from the ________ objectives set for it in the initial years.

1) emerged, total

2) deviated, original

3) grown, simple

4) details, grand

5) increased, perverse

2. His puns attest to his ________ but do not prove his ________.

1) wisdom, learning

2) brilliance, sensibility

3) sharpness, scholarship

4) wit, intelligence

5) acerbity, interest

3. ________, they resumed their journey forward.

1) Rising the sun

2) Having risen the sun

3) The sun being risen

4) The sun having risen

5) On rising the sun

4. For the last half century he ________ himself to public affairs ________ taking a holiday.

1) by — committed

2) after — offered

3) devoted — without

4) sacrificed — after

5) prepared — before

5. The interest has ________ innovation related to several sectors of ________ pharmaceutical business and industry.

1) accepted, skeletal

2) insured, fateful

3) affected, plummeting

4) restricted, grown

5) accelerated, burgeoning

6. The Indian hospitality industry which has been ________ a prolonged slump is now entering a new ________ phase ready to enhance profitability.

1) witnessing, ambitious

2) observing, listless

3) demonstrating, efficient

4) recovering, debt

5) succumbing, lean

7. They have some difficulty in ________ all the employees to conform ________ the adopted scale of wages.

1) to get, with

2) getting, to

3) in getting, upon

4) to getting, over

5) to be getting, upto

8. The blame game for the air tragedy is in full ________ with the authorities involved making attempts to ________ for themselves.

1) sway, defend

2) view, try

3) fledged, protect

4) swing, cover

5) roll, hide

9. It was an excellent social evening with people from all ________ of life getting a chance to let their hair ________.

1) areas, drop

2) realms, flow

3) arena, undone

4) walks, down

5) types, lose

10. There can be no denying the fact that in sports, star coaches have the ________ to get something extra out of their ________.

1) apprehension, work

2) ability, teams

3) fear, member

4) capacities, house

5) desirous, players

11. The actress wearing a dark gray suit sat ________ the court proceedings, looking ________.

1) with, arguing

2) on, disturb

3) throughout, nervous

4) for, ease

5) along, focussed

Answers:

1. 2
2. 4
3. 4
4. 3
5. 5
6. 1
7. 2
8. 4
9. 4
10. 2
11. 3