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Sentence Completion Test 10

In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the best alternative.

1. The criminal --------------- madness to escape punishment.

a) showed
b) acted
c) affected
d) none of these

2. During his regime, Akbar ---------------- many reforms in the country.

a) made
b) caused
c) effected
d) started

3. He did not get a promotion, as there was a/an --------------- report against him.

a) impressive
b) good
c) adverse
d) wrong

4. Which cat is --------------- to fish?

a) against
b) averse
c) adverse
d) none of these

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

a) assimilate
b) digest
c) comprehend
d) conceive

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

a) discard
b) give in
c) avoid
d) waive

7. Every one should know the basic ------------------ of economics.

a) principals
b) rules
c) principles
d) laws

8. There we met a ----------------- gentleman with a tall stature and a flowing beard.

a) revered
b) reverent
c) reverend
d) respectful

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

a) carefree
b) caring
c) official
d) officious

10. Only ---------------- people succeed in life.

a) ingenuous
b) industrious
c) religious
d) industrial

11. It was a ----------------- presentation and we all enjoyed it thoroughly.

a) masterful
b) mastery
c) masterly
d) mastermind

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

a) satisfactory
b) luxurious
c) miserable
c) noble

13. The party took a --------------- decision at its plenary meeting.

a) major
b) trivial
c) insignificant
d) momentous

14. He --------------- ignorance to escape punishment.

a) showed
b) acted
c) feigned
d) fainted

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

a) graceful
b) beautiful
c) precious
d) gracious

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

a) emigration
b) infiltration
c) immigration
d) none of these

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

a) eminent
b) imminent
c) imaginable
d) necessary

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

a) felicitate
b) implement
c) facilitate
d) feasible

19. He presented his ideas in a lucid and ---------------- manner.

a) feasible
b) comprehensive
c) confidential
d) comprehensible

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

a) association
b) collaboration
c) connection
d) collusion

21. A child’s mind requires a --------------- surrounding to develop fully.

a) confidential
b) affectionate
c) careful
d) congenial

22. The candidates have been vigorously --------------- the support of the voters.

a) pleading
b) asking
c) demanding
d) canvassing

23. I hate --------------- in speech or manner.

a) affection
b) tact
c) affectation
d) none of these

24. You must be able to --------------- yourself to changing circumstances to be successful.

a) adopt
b) assign
c) adapt
d) advocate

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

a) stop
b) avert
c) invert
d) cancel

Answers

1. Affected
2. effected
3. adverse
4. averse
5. comprehend
6. waive
7. principles
8. reverend
9. officious
10. industrious
11. masterly
12. luxurious
13. momentous
14. feigned
15. gracious
16. immigration
17. imminent
18. facilitate
19. comprehensible
20. collusion
21. congenial
22. canvassing
23. affectation
24. adapt
25. avert