Sentence Completion Question 01

Directions: Question given below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

01. His answer was such______ I expected him to give.

that
which
as
like which
C✔
02.That charming girl was the ____ of all eyes.

target
cynosure
doggerel
ambition
B✔
03.His attitude to his boss was so_____ that it caused a good deal of repulsion.

refulgent
arrogant
sycophantic
hybrid
C✔
04.His fears were explicitly betrayed by his______ voice.

phonetic
tremulous
tenuous
malodorous
B✔
05.The influence of the environment on man is revealed by an_____ study.

anthropological
ecological
epigraphic
numismatic
B✔
06.She had a terrible night caused by a(n)_____ during her sleep.

incubus
debility
obsession
delusion
A✔
07.Alexander Solzhepitsyn’s works will be_______ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.

rejected
skimmed
compiled
perused
D✔
08.A great literary or artistic work is known as______.

par excellence
bete noire
peccadillo
magnum opus
D✔
09.He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.

wanton, immunised
vitriolic, alienated
pungent, animated
recalcitaant, humanised
B✔
10.In spite of her other_____, Kasthuri still managed to find time for her hobbies.

occupations
preoccupations
predilections
business
B✔
11.The journey may be made by sea or ___by road.

alternately
alteringly
conversely
alternatively
D✔
12.The labour leader_____ the Government in the assembly today of not.

assured
instigated
assaulted
accused
D✔
13.Gokhale’s patriotic speeches____ people to dedicate their lives to the nation.

forced
inspired
instigated
prompted
B✔

14.In his address to the teachers, the Vice-Chancellor ____ certain measures being taken for improving the quality of college education.

declined
directed
advised
highlighted
D✔

15.The problems that India’s economic development faces are____ .

myopic
dubious
enormous
strong
C✔