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Sentence Completion

Description: Sentence completion tasks. Useful to those preparing for GMAT, GRE, MBA and Bank PO tests.
Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

During his regime, Akbar __________ many reforms in the country.

  1. made

  2. caused

  3. effected

  4. started


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 If we want to describe something that was caused or brought about, the right word to use is 'effect'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The election has _________ our entire society.

  1. showed

  2. acted

  3. affected

  4. effected


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Affect' means 'to influence', whereas 'effect' is used to indicate 'a result'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

An _________ action was filed against him.

  1. impressive

  2. good

  3. adverse

  4. wrong


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The missing word has to be in a negative sense. Since the sentence begins with the article 'an' , the correct answer between 'adverse' and 'wrong' would be 'adverse'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Which cat is __________ to fish?

  1. against

  2. averse

  3. adverse

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Averse is the right answer.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

I shall not __________ my right to this house, unless you promise to give me another one.

  1. discard

  2. give in

  3. avoid

  4. waive


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 We 'waive' or 'give up' our rights.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

I can apprehend the bare principles of the Theory of Relativity, but I cannot __________ its full implications.

  1. assimilate

  2. digest

  3. comprehend

  4. conceive


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The missing word should be a synonym of ' apprehend' which means ' to understand'.  

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Every one should know the basic __________ of economics.

  1. principals

  2. fundamentals

  3. principles

  4. roots


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Principal means the 'chief or head', especially of a school. Principle means the rules or fundamental laws. 

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

He hates his landlady because he feels that she is __________ and meddlesome.

  1. carefree

  2. caring

  3. official

  4. officious


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The missing word should be a synonym of 'meddlesome' which means someone who offers unwanted or unrequested services. 'Officious' also means the same.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Only __________ and hard- working people succeed in life.

  1. ingenuous

  2. industrious

  3. religious

  4. industrial


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The synonym of 'hard working' is 'industrious'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

He lives a __________ life in the city, neglecting his old parents in the village.

  1. satisfactory

  2. luxurious

  3. miserable

  4. noble


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The meaning of the sentence implies he is having a good time in town or is enjoying himself. The word to use here would be ' luxurious'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The party took a __________ decision at its plenary meeting.

  1. major

  2. trivial

  3. insignificant

  4. momentous


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

' Major' refers to greater in size or extent of importance. 'Momentous'  means 'something of great or long -term consequence'. In this context, ' momentous' is more appropriate.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

It was a __________ presentation and we all enjoyed it thoroughly.

  1. masterful

  2. mastery

  3. masterly

  4. mastermind


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Masterly is the adjective that describes the presentation. Mastery and mastermind are nouns. Masterful is an adjective that means to have masterlike qualities.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

He __________ ignorance to escape punishment.

  1. showed

  2. acted

  3. feigned

  4. fainted


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Feign' means to put on an appearance or imitate deceptively.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The princess was very __________ and readily agreed to lend her name to the cause of homeless children.

  1. graceful

  2. beautiful

  3. precious

  4. gracious


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Graceful' is used to describe beauty of form, manner, movement or speech, whereas 'gracious' means ' kind or benevolent'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

It seems that another confrontation between the two hostile countries is __________.

  1. eminent

  2. imminent

  3. imaginable

  4. necessary


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence implies that the confrontation is about to happen. Therefore, the word 'imminent' which means near or likely to occur at any moment is the correct answer.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Many European countries are trying to check the __________ of coloured people into their territories.

  1. emigration

  2. infiltration

  3. immigration

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Immigration' is the entry of people into a country. 'Emigration' is the outflow of people from a country.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

He presented his ideas in a lucid and __________ manner.

  1. feasible

  2. comprehensive

  3. confidential

  4. comprehensible


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Lucid' means ' easily understood', the synonym will be ' comprehensible'. 'Comprehensive' means ' in detail'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Audio-visual aids are necessary to __________ the teaching of science subjects.

  1. felicitate

  2. implement

  3. facilitate

  4. feasible


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

' Felicitate' means to congratulate. 'Facilitate' means ' to help or make easier'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The engineer, in __________ with the contractor, cheated the government a lot of money.

  1. treachery

  2. collaboration

  3. connection

  4. collusion


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Collusion' and 'collaborate' both mean to work together. However, 'collusion' is used in the context of fraudulent or trecherous reasons.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

A child's mind requires a __________ surrounding to develop fully.

  1. confidential

  2. affectionate

  3. careful

  4. congenial


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Between 'congenial' and 'affectionate', the more appropriate word would be 'congenial' as it means agreeable and  suitable. 

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

I hate __________ in speech or manner.

  1. affection

  2. tact

  3. affectation

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Affectation is a negative word which means 'effort to attract notice by pretence'. Tact  is not a negative word.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

The evidence has been repeatedly ___________ in the American courts.

  1. plead

  2. asked

  3. of demand

  4. canvassed


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The sentence implies the evidence has been repeatedly 'shown' or 'displayed. The most appropriate word would be 'canvassed'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

There we met the __________ Bishop with tall stature and flowing beard.

  1. Revered

  2. Reverent

  3. Reverend

  4. Respected


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The missing word should be an adjective describing 'Bishop'. 'Reverend' means someone worthy to be revered or respected.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

You must be able to __________ yourself to the changing circumstances to be successful.

  1. adopt

  2. assign

  3. adapt

  4. advocate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 We adopt 'children or names', but we 'adapt' or 'modify' ourselves to changing situations.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

We must do whatever is necessary to __________ a Third World War.

  1. stop

  2. avert

  3. invert

  4. cancel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Stop, invert or cancel implies the Third World War is happening right now. The correct word would be to 'prevent' or 'avoid' or 'avert'.

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