Sentence Completion Questions
Directions : In each of the following questions are given one or more blanks. Each question is
followed by five choices, only one of which fits the blank(s) appropriately. That correct choice is
your answer. If options (A), (B), (C) and (D) are not correct, your answer is (E). In case there is
more than one blank, each answer choice has more than one filler which should fit the blanks in
their respective order.
1. Dowry is no longer permitted by law even in..........marriages.
(A) natural (B) conventional (C) love
(D) polygamous (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
2. Contemporary economic development differs..........from the Industrial Revolution of the 19th
century.
(A) usually (B) specially (C) literally
(D) markedly (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
3. Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is considered to be the greatest..........ever written.
(A) novel (B) autobiography (C) biography
(D) fiction (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
4. The bloodbath that..........the assassination is now part of history.
(A) ensued (B) led (C) dissipated
(D) anticipated (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
5. My very thoughts were like the..........rustle of dead leaves.
(A) lively (B) funny (C) welcome
(D) ghostly (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
6. An employment advertisement should..........the number of vacancies.
(A) provide (B) specify (C) contain
(D) declare (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
7. The good are often..........with their bones.
(A) bury (B) interred (C) cover
(D) exhumed (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
8. More men adore the sun rising than the sun.......... .
(A) shining (B) setting (C) darkening
(D) blazening (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
9. We were brought up in a village and my grandfather was a simple..........and quite illiterate.
(A) pheasant (B) peasant (C) pleasant
(D) man (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
10. Children below the age of 12 can be tried only by the..........Court.
(A) Supreme (B) High (C) District
(D) Juvenile (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
11. Women should be paid the same as men when they do the same job, for surely, what is sauce
for the..........is sauce for the.......... .
(A) goose, gander (B) cock, hen (C) fox, vixen
(D) duck, doe (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
12. It is time that professors came down from their..........towers and studied the real needs of the
students.
(A) gold (B) silver (C) clock
(D) isolated (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
13. Everyone was..........by surprise when the announced her plan to marry that boy.
(A) moved (B) shaken (C) taken
(D) deadened (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
14. Our..........lived in caves and used crude implements.
(A) ancients (B) ancestors (C) antecedents
(D) antipodes (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. ..........my knowledge, Mr. Ashok has a prejudice..........foreigners.
(A) In, for (B) As, towards (C) For, at
(D) To, against (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
16. The police..........him of stealing a car.
(A) charged (B) warned (C) accused
(D) threatened (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
17. His bad driving almost..........an accident.
(A) created (B) caused (C) resulted
(D) made (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
18. Ravi was always..........of the good fortune of others.
(A) miserable (B) irritable (C) greedy
(D) envious (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
19. Two of the fugitives managed to remain free by adeptly avoiding the..........of the police.
(A) pursuit (B) discovery (C) following
(D) expression (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
20. Known as a devout and serious person, she also has a..........sense of humour.
(A) better (B) plentiful (C) quick
(D) good (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
21. The victim tried to tell us what had happened but his..........were not audible.
(A) assailants (B) sounds (C) letters
(D) words (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
22. Survival of mankind itself is in danger due to..........of atomic weapons.
(A) perpetuation (B) regularisation (C) provocation
(D) proliferation (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
23. Continuous unemployment has induced in the people a kind of..........which is most
depressing.
(A) laziness (B) encouragement (C) satisfaction
(D) anger (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
24. The writer, like a spider, ..........a web; the creatures caught in the web have no substance, no
reality.
(A) spins (B) catches (C) writes
(D) compiles (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
25. I am sorry that I have been unable to find a suitable vacancy for you. The ..........is that most
of the vacancies require technical qualification that you do not possess.
(A) difficulty (B) trouble (C) atmosphere
(D) offer (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
Sentence Arrangement Questions
Directions : In each of the following questions some parts of the sentences have been jumbled
up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
1. The only time (P) when this dynamic cricketer (Q) was on the 1979 tour of England (R) failed
with the bat (S) the tag of an all-rounder did not fit him :
(A) S P R Q (B) P R S Q (C) S R P Q
(D) S Q P R (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
2. Kapil (P) left in an aeroplane (Q) after reading a sailing magazine (R) had decided (S) to build
his own boat nine years earlier :
(A) P R Q S (B) R S Q P (C) R Q P S
(D) P S R Q (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
3. When (P) it becomes an honour of a lifetime (Q) in recognition of their great performance (R)
illustrious personalities (S) win an award:
(A) R P Q S (B) P Q R S (C) Q R S P
(D) R S Q P (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
4. The newspaper reported that (P) according to one estimate (Q) and many of them assume
epidemic proportions (R) most illnesses in India (S) are related to water-borne diseases :
(A) P R Q S (B) P R S Q (C) R Q S P
(D) R Q P S (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
5. The zoologist says that (P) having been bitten by them once (Q) trembled to make a second
attempt at catching (R) the snakes (S) the snake charmers :
(A) P R Q S (B) S Q P R (C) R P Q S
(D) P S Q R (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
6. If you had told me (P) I would not have given it to you (Q) that you had already (R) bought
this book (S) as a birthday present :
(A) Q R P S (B) P Q R S (C) S P Q R
(D) S R Q P (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
7. All precautionary measures were taken (P) to prevent the capture of booths (Q) during the
election (R) by the Government (S), by the terrorists :
(A) S P R Q (B) Q S P R (C) R P S Q
(D) R Q S P (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
8. The Government has assured the people that (P) in the Kargil operation (Q) who have
sacrificed their lives (R) will be properly looked after (S) the families of all those soldiers :
(A) P S R Q (B) S Q P R (C) S R Q P
(D) S P R Q (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
9. All though (P) collecting and storing up food (Q) the long warm summer days (R) an ant was
very busy (S) for the winter:
(A) S R Q P (B) Q P S R (C) Q R P S
(D) R S Q P (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
10. (P) Standing carelessly with his sword, (Q) the fat major (R) held horizontally behind him
and with his legs far apart (S) looked after the receding horseman and laughed :
(A) P Q S R (B) Q P R S (C) P Q R S
(D) P R S Q (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
11. (P) the Indian software industry (Q) both in volume and international acceptance (R) has
grown (S) over the years :
(A) S Q P R (B) S P R Q (C) S R P Q
(D) S P Q R (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
12. (P) due to disuse (Q) the linguistic space is shrinking (R) in India and language resources
might dry up (S) he feels that:
(A) S Q R P (B) S R Q P (C) S P Q R
(D) S R P Q (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
13. (P) one is sure the samaroh will provide (Q) going by the festival's earlier editions (R) to the
listener and performer (S) a moment of salvation :
(A) R Q S P (B) Q R S P (C) Q S P R
(D) Q P S R (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
14. (P) A policy holder (Q) anyone as the beneficialy (R) of his policy (S) can just about
nominate :
(A) Q R S P (B) P Q S R (C) P S Q R
(D) P Q R S (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
15. (P) However desirable (Q) they are not desirable at any price (R) one must be cautious that
(S) be the results on investment :
(A) Q P S R (B) R S Q P (C) R Q S P
(D) R P S Q (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
16. People (P) at his dispensary (Q) went to him (R) of all professions (S) for medicine and
treatment :
(A) Q P R S (B) R P Q S (C) R Q S P
(D) Q R S P (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
17. If you need help (P) promptly and politely (Q) ask for attendants (R) to help our customers
(S) who have instructions :
(A) Q S R P (B) P Q R S (C) P R Q S
(D) Q P R S (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
18. Every afternoon (P) the children used to go (Q) from school (R) and play in the Giant's
garden (S) as they were coming:
(A) P Q R S (B) S P R Q (C) P S R Q
(D) S Q P R (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
19. Fool-proof security arrangements were made (P) to prevent the sabotage (Q) by the terrorists
(R) of the railway track (S) by the police :
(A) P S R Q (B) S P R Q (C) R S P Q
(D) S R P Q (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
20. One day when I was busy working in my office (P) dressed as a monkey (Q) I was started
(R) to find a man (S) sitting opposite my table :
(A) Q R P S (B) Q S R P (C) S Q R P
(D) P S Q R (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
21. Long years ago, (P) we betrayed our pledge (Q) and when the time came (R) we made a tryst
with destiny (S) not wholly or in full measure but very substantially :
(A) P S R Q (B) Q P R S (C) R S Q P
(D) R S P Q (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
22. A diet (P) shows a study of more than 3,000 people (Q) to breathe properly (R) rich in fruit
and vegetables (S) can improve the lungs and the ability :
(A) R Q P S (B) R S Q P (C) S P Q R
(D) S R Q P (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
23. Employees (P) were expected to continuously excel in that (Q) in an organisation (R) on the
basis of whatever little they knew (S) were put together :
(A) S Q R P (B) S P R Q (C) R P Q S
(D) S R P Q (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
24. In fact (P) only recently I discovered (Q) my school fantasy (R) which is truly the living
embodiment of (S) a site :
(A) P Q S R (B) P R Q S (C) P S R Q
(D) S P Q R (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
25. Most people in India enjoy (P) paid holidays, sick leave (Q) a guaranteed wage every month
(R) and a pension on retirement (S) a high level of job security:
(A) S R Q P (B) R P S Q (C) Q P R S
(D) S Q P R (E) None of these
Ans : (D)