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Sentence Completion

Description: English Grammar-Gap Fills->An Objective Type Questions for Competitive Exams
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: Sentence Completion English MBA Entrance Insurance Exams SSC CDS Auxiliaries and Modals Parts of Speech Others Paragraph Completion Tenses Structural Errors Adjectives and Adverbs (Word Usage)
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Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Mohan ______ missed four five hundreds in the last two months.

  1. have

  2. has

  3. was

  4. were


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

At the finish line, Indian reporters _______ down their notebooks.

  1. through

  2. thrown

  3. threw

  4. throwing


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Shooters practice a lot while targeting this event that _______ every four years.

  1. is held

  2. was held

  3. are held

  4. were held

  5. will held


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Twenty-year old Mukesh _______ a super grand master during the year.

  1. become

  2. became

  3. was becoming

  4. is coming


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: became

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

I ____ people had expectations, but form and fortune do fluctuate.

  1. knew

  2. had known

  3. know

  4. known


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

No one _______ spared if he flouts the rules and team spirit.

  1. would be

  2. could

  3. will

  4. will be

  5. would


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

This incident _______ place some years ago during a country championship match.

  1. take

  2. taken

  3. get

  4. took


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

The civil disobedience movement that _________ in North India , was met by Indians military ruler Gen.

  1. begin

  2. began

  3. begun

  4. has begun

  5. have begun


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

I ______ the chance to witness both the finals.

  1. have

  2. has

  3. am

  4. had

  5. was


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Since the time he ______ gold medal at the world championship, he has been behaving arrogantly.

  1. win

  2. has won

  3. had won

  4. have won


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Mary who ______ to a prison in west India was released in January 1988.

  1. was taken

  2. have taken

  3. had taken

  4. was took


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The answer is "was taken". No other choice would work. Option 3 could work, but there would be a need for the word "been" included in the sentence; however, this form is not needed for the sentence.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

The government ________ full financial support amounting to 20 lakh for his individual training in India.

  1. had given

  2. have given

  3. gave

  4. was giving

  5. were giving


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

My father ______ a poem since evening.

  1. was writing

  2. is writing

  3. am writing

  4. have been writing


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

I came ________ with you to see the Taj.

  1. upon

  2. before

  3. ahead

  4. along


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

My brother ______ us last year.

  1. has left

  2. leave

  3. have left

  4. left

  5. had left


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Finish the work before I _____ back.

  1. came

  2. come

  3. comes

  4. am coming


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Promila was seventeen years old when we ______ her.

  1. seen

  2. was seen

  3. do saw

  4. saw

  5. have seen


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

The postman _______ here last month, when my friends _______ out.

  1. were, was

  2. was, were

  3. had, were

  4. were, had


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Suruchi is honest and so she _____ in the college.

  1. was respected

  2. were respected

  3. has respected

  4. is respected


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

The house _______ after the return of my father.

  1. is completed

  2. was completed

  3. had completed

  4. will completed


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Radha ______ for my lost pen, but has not found it.

  1. looked

  2. is looking

  3. was looking

  4. has been looking


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

This ____ in addition to the Rs. 20 Lakh promised by Punjab team.

  1. would be

  2. will

  3. will be

  4. would


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Where ______ last week?

  1. had you gone

  2. has you gone

  3. have you gone

  4. was you gone

  5. are you going


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Education _______ lead pupils towards the inculcation of values that shape their lives.

  1. will

  2. shall

  3. would

  4. should

  5. can


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

You ________ just concentrate on the big names and ignore the lesser players.

  1. can't

  2. couldn't

  3. wouldn't

  4. wasn't


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sentence has the tone of an advice. Advices are general statements which should be in present, not in past - "can't" is correct, not "couldn't". "Wouldn't" and "wasn't" are incorrect as their usage makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.

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