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Sentence Completion

Description: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word.
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: English MBA GRE Bank PO Sentence Completion (Gap fills) Letter P Letter G Letter I Letter A Letter D Letter QR Letter M Letter F Letter WXYZ
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Directions: Fill in the blank.

We try to _________ to all tastes in our bookstore.

  1. cater

  2. master

  3. please

  4. assimilate


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

They are tired of ________ to their children's demands.

  1. satisfying

  2. pandering

  3. falling

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The infinitive 'to' follows the blank. Hence, pandering is the only option which fits. Pandeing means to give someone what they want, although it may not be good or right for them

Directions: Fill in the blank.

They tried to reassure me but I was still not able to ________ my fears.

  1. annul

  2. prevent

  3. reduce

  4. curtail


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

The General ________ the defeat to a series of tactical errors.

  1. ascribed

  2. blamed

  3. pointed

  4. accredited


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I always preferred the _______ of the big city.

  1. anonymity

  2. obscurity

  3. distinctiveness

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

The opposition _________ the Minister by furious criticism.

  1. assailed

  2. hailed

  3. treated

  4. ascribed


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

She will never _________ to their marriage.

  1. assent

  2. accept

  3. approve

  4. admit


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

My constant reassurance could not ________ their fears.

  1. assuage

  2. avoid

  3. soothe

  4. prevent


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

They cast ________ on his integrity.

  1. aspersions

  2. slanders

  3. remarks

  4. skepticism


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Life-style diseases are the __________ of urban life.

  1. bane

  2. symptoms

  3. boons

  4. symbols


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Our plans have gone _________.

  1. awry

  2. wreck

  3. crooked

  4. shattered


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

If I were you, I __________ be careful with my words.

  1. will

  2. would

  3. should

  4. shall


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Despite being highly talented, his football career was ________ by injury.

  1. blighted

  2. prompted

  3. boosted

  4. reduced


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

John and Tom are clever boys, but I think John is the ________ of the two.

  1. cleverer

  2. cleverest

  3. more clever

  4. most clever


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

She is so fastidious that she liked ________ of the three apartments shown to her.

  1. either

  2. neither

  3. none

  4. no one


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I congratulate you ________ your great achievement.

  1. on

  2. in

  3. for

  4. about


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

_________ a long time, this city has been prosperous.

  1. Since

  2. For

  3. From

  4. Till


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

William Shakespeare was _______ greatest playwright of his time.

  1. a

  2. the

  3. only

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank.

To his great _________, he discovered that he had been cheated.

  1. chagrin

  2. misery

  3. distress

  4. surprise


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

The _________ scent of flowers filled the air.

  1. cloying

  2. sickening

  3. overwhelming

  4. overly


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

The mother of the deceased child was overwhelmed _________ grief.

  1. by

  2. with

  3. from

  4. for


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank.

An individual's freedom is _________ by his responsibility to others.

  1. circumscribed

  2. destroyed

  3. eroded

  4. entangled


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I was ________ by his presence in the same cubicle.

  1. discomfited

  2. disenchanted

  3. entangled

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Are dreams ______ of things to come?

  1. portents

  2. significance

  3. indicators

  4. warning


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank.

She is ________ older than her husband.

  1. very

  2. so

  3. much

  4. many


Correct Option: C
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