SENTENCE COMPLETION

Reg No :

especially the smaller ones, to confirm--------the adopted

PRACTICE SET-1-2

1. All of us should abide-------laws of our country.

(a) on

(b) to

(c) by

(d) in

2. A determined effort will be needed to restrict the

countrys--------social services.
(a) profligate

(b) profiteering

(d) variegated

(c) renegade

(e) expensive

3. His---------in his familys position is great but he does

not boast about it.
(a) deceit

(b) presumption (c) pride

(d) status

4. The enemy paid a large sum as------------.

(a) compensation

(b)punishment

(d) amends

(c) redress

(e) restitution

5. He said that there was no going back because his

decision was-----------.
(a)peremptory

(d)palatable

(b)premeditated

(c)parsimonious

6. Many young men were--------at street corners for the

coffee bar to open.

(a) hanging about (b) hanging on

(d) hanging back

(c) hanging together

(e) hanging out

7. I decided to sell a piece of land when I was offered a

More---------price.
(a) exact

(b) correct

(c) true

(d) realistic

8. Lalita failed in the examination because none of her

answers was---------to the questions asked.
(a) referential

(b) revealing

(c) pertinent

(d) allusive

(e) impeccable

9. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who-------their clients funds.

(a)devastate (b)devour (c)embezzle (d)defalcate (e)dawdled

10. His moral decadence was marked by his-------from the
ways of integrity and honesty.
(a) declivity

(b) obsession (c) opprobrium (d)departure

11. They have some difficulty-------all the employees,

scale of wages.

(a) to get, with

(b) getting, to

(d) to getting, over

(c) in getting upon

(e) to be getting, up to

12. His answer was such---------I expected him to give.

(a) that

(b) which (c) as (d) like which

(e) who

13. She had a terrible night caused by an--------during her

Sleep.

(a) incubus

(b) debility

(c) obsession

(d) delusion

(e) hypochondria

14. The opposition parties allege that prices of essential

commodities are----------like a runaway balloon.

(a)flying (b)reviving (c)leaping (d)soaring (e)shooting

15. Charles Lambs prose is richly----------with literary

ornaments like similes, metaphors, alliterations,
transferred epithets, etc.
(a) embalmed

(b) saturated

(d) embroidered

(e) embroiled

(c) embellished

16. Discontented wives, dejected lovers, frustrated

politicians, all these tend to be----------.
(a) specious

(b) abstemious

(d) persiflagus

(e) querulous

(c) euphemistic

17. The government should provide attractive tax--------to

create the market of quality goods.
(a) revenues

(d) incentives

(b) structures

(e) controls

(c) resources

18. We decided to take the shortest--------to our-------(a) route, destination

(b) root, house

(c) route, residence

(d) distance, place

(a) allowing, reach

(b) permitting, attend

19. Weather---------, I shall----------the office.

(c) granting, manage

(d) favourable, visit

20. Prices keep on going----------these days, and never

Move-----------

(a) up, downward

(c) high, low

(b) up, underneath

(d) above, below

KEY:
1.(c)

2.(e)

3.(d)

4.(a)

5.(a)

6.(e)

7.(d)

8.(c)

9.(c)

10.(d)

11.(b)

12.(c)

13.(c)

14.(d)

15.(c)

16.(e)

17.(b)

18.(c)

19.(b)

20.(a)