Text Completion

Test - 1

1. A frustrated old man, Badni Thakur was never tired of (1) -------------- the exploits of his ancestors. With a little (2) ------------- he would lapse into a reminiscent mood, push back the loosely tied turban from his close-cropped grizzled hair
and start a familiar story, improvising (3) --------------- details which, to the mirth of his audience, always kept changing
with every recounting.
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A. criticizing
B. extolling
C. invoking

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A. prompting
B. advising
C. arguing

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A. sincere
B. rational
C. fanciful

2. Even my goalies and the policemen, who have arrested me or (1) ------------- me as a prisoner from place to place have
been kind to me, and much of the (2) ------------ of conflict and the sting of goal-life has been (3) ----------- because of
this human touch.
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A. safeguarded
B. escorted
C. abandoned

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A. kindness
B. affinity
C. bitterness

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A. egged on
B. toned down
C. pumped up

3. Attracted by the serenity of the evening, a friend and I lately went to one of the public walks near the city. Here we (1)
---------- together for some time. Then my friend, stopping suddenly, (2) ------------- by the elbow, and led me out of the
public walk. I could perceive by the quickness of his (3) ----------, and by his frequently looking behind, that he was
attempting to avoid somebody who followed.
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A. sauntered
B. vamoosed
C. danced

A. trapped
B. relinquished
C. caught

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A. pace
B. hands
C. gallop

4. It was not surprising that my own countrymen should treat me so, for I had gained a (1) ----------- of notoriety and
popularity among them. Even for Englishmen I was an individual and not merely one of the (2) ---------- and, I imagine
the fact that I had received my education in England, brought me (3) ------------.
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A. weight
B. ratio
C. measure

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A. collection
B. mass
C. dispersal

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A. in juxtaposition with them
B. nearer to them
C. at a remote position

5. When my daughter began to write her memoirs at the age of four, I decided that she must have (1) ------------ keep
them, if only a section of a bureau drawer or as it happened, a box (2) -------- a key. I remembered the agonies of my
own childhood when my sister discovered I was writing poems and began teasing me by (3) ---------- them in public.
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A. a place to
B. the freedom to
C. the permission to

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A. with
B. for
C. attached to

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A. writing
B. chanting
C. chirping

6. An eleven-year old boy walking behind his parents and a pet dog on England's highest cliffs, which rise to 23 meters at
their peak, was blown off in a gale to height at least 170 meters. The gale (1) ------------ the boy's screams while his
parents (2) ---------- ahead. They realized what had happened only when the dog barked furiously at a helicopter flying
in the sky. The pilot of the helicopter displayed exemplary (3) ------------- and picked up the boy from the cliff to the
great relief of his parents who found him alive and kicking.
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A. hyped up
B. drowned out
C. let lose

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A. turned around
B. walked on
C. talked

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A. presence of mind
B. military skills
C. creative ability

7. They talked about fathers and mothers, and I told them about my father and mother; and then I stopped because my
aunt had (1) ---------- me to be silent on that subject. But I had (2) -----------against Uriah and Mrs. Heep. They did what
they liked with me. They got (3) --------- things which I did not wish to tell.
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A. condemned
B. advised
C. appeased

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A. many opportunities
B. my defenses
C. no chance

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A. out of me
B. out of my pockets
C. out of my bag

8. The black-and-white dog made off as I went (1) --------------- the fence. But the red dog whimpered and hesitated, and
moved on hot bricks. He was fat and in good condition. He waited while I went up to him, (2) ----------- his tail and
whimpering, and (3) ------------- his head and dancing.
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A. from
B. above
C. through

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A. shaking
B. wagging
C. nodding

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A. holding
B. rotating
C. ducking

9. The storm shows (1) ------------ of abatement and its (2) -------------- is as unpleasant as ever. The promise of the night
died away by about 3a.m. when the temperature and the wind rose again, and things (3) ------------ to the old
conditions.
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A. possibilities
B. no sign
C. chances

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A. character
B. fragrance
C. influence

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A. vitiated
B. nullified
C. reverted

10. Today, the world has become a much smaller place, thanks to the adventures and miracles of science, foreign nations
have become our (1) ------------ neighbors. Mingling of population is bringing about an (2) -------------- of thought. We
are slowly (3) ------------- that the world is a single cooperative group.
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A. next door
B. favorite
C. great

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A. ambiguity
B. interchange
C. amalgamation

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A. realizing
B. performing
C. arriving

Test 2
1. I climbed into bed and rolled myself in my blanket, first (1) -------------- the light that burned steadily near the door. I
laid still trying to get to sleep but (2) ----------- made that impossible and soon I (3) ----------- in bed peering into the
darkness and occasionally glancing at the round window in the side of the ship.
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A. extinguishing
B. created
C. churned

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A. the rain
B. my fear
C. the crowd

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A. sat up
B. danced
C. washed up

2. Ordinarily, nothing (1) ----------- the equilibrium of the Pundit. But the loss of the necklace which his wife had borrowed
from a neighbor, and the fact that he had to (2) ------------ it worried him. He spent all his time in devising (3) -----------to repay the debt.
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A. settled
B. generated
C. upset

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A. engrave
B. replace
C. enslave

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A. pros and cons
B. ways and means
C. cups and saucers

3. The (1) -------------- of the trip could not have been better for the weather was so bad that the Allies would not even
think of a landing. Beside him on the seat was a cardboard box containing a pair of handmade grey-shade shoes, size
5.5, for his wife Lucie-Maria. There was a special and very (2) ------------ reason why he (3) ------------ with her on
Tuesday, June 6. It was her birthday.
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A. timing
B. designing
C. journey

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A. complicated
B. logical
C. human

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A. wished to play
B. waited to be
C. wanted to dine

4. Suddenly, there bursts forth the wild scream of a (1) ---------- woman. I knew that it was my sister's voice, I rushed into
the corridor. By the light of the corridor lamp, I saw my sister at the door of her room, her face (2) ----------- and her
hands groping for help and her whole figure (3) ----------- unsteadily.
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A. rejoicing
B. talented
C. terrified

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A. glowing due to happiness
B. pale with terror
C. shining with makeup

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A. balancing
B. dancing
C. swaying

5. The last half of my life has been lived in one of those (1) ----------- epochs of human history during which the world is
getting worse, and past (2) ------------ which had seemed to be definitive have turned out to be only (3) ------------.
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A. joyful
B. exciting
C. painful

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A. prophecies
B. victories
C. emergencies

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A. permanent
B. temporary
C. fixed

Test 3
1. I turned to some (1) ------------ looking Burmese people who I had been there when we arrived, and asked them how
the elephant had been behaving. They all said the same thing: he took no notice of you if you left him (2) -----------, but
he might (3) ---------- if you went close to him.
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A. young
B. experienced
C. happy

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A. alone
B. wounded
C. eating

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A. jump
B. shout
C. charge

2. If (1) ----------- expenses can be limited, then corruption also can be (2) --------------. It is still not very clear as to how the
Railways differ from all (3) ------------ in India.
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A. domestic
B. administrative
C. political

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A. encouraged
B. trimmed
C. stemmed

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A. companies
B. departments
C. ministries

3. He has rightly been called the Father of the Nation because it was he who (1) ---------- in the people of this country a
sense of (2) ------------ consciousness and instilled in them a high sense of patriotism without which it is (3) ----------- to
build a country into nationhood.
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A. awakened
B. designed
C. created

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A. personal
B. national
C. self

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A. not possible
B. desirable
C. imagined

4. The travails of the Kanchi Mutt should (1) ------------ deep reflection on the part of religious leaders in general on how
best to manage the temporal affairs of the institutions they (2) ---------. They have the opportunity now to turn this (3)
----------- into a tail wind.
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A. prompt
B. mean
C. harbor

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A. build
B. run
C. formulate

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A. drizzle
B. typhoon
C. silence

5. Colonialism objectively (1) ------------ the condition for the coming into being of a national consciousness at a supratribal, supra-local and supra-religious level and on the other hand sought deliberately to (2) ---------- this very
consciousness by using the same forces and (3) ------------, which it had objectively undermined.
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A. maintained
B. froze
C. created

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A. subvert
B. arouse
C. imbibe

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A. methods
B. channels
C. thoughts

Test 4
1. In dealing with a big power, a smaller power must choose either balancing or (1) ---------- or hiding. In a unipolar world, the
general (2) ---------- of foreign policy will be to bandwagon. Middle powers will need to bandwagon less than (3) ----------powers and on particular issues may be able to balance or hide.
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A. distorting
B. configuring
C. disposing

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A. trend
B. thinking
C. rule

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A. bigger
B. negligible
C. smaller

2. The major problems associated with the unscientific and unregulated development of ground water are the over- (1) --------- of the resources leading to a fall in water levels causing (2) ----------- of the well/tube well, deepening of the structure (3)
------------ in higher cost of pumping as well as seepage from sewer system.
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A. exploitation
B. advancement
C. expression

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A. sinking
B. failure
C. cracking

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A. resulting
B. forcing
C. dealing

3. These behaviors are the behaviors historically demanded of their (1) -------------- by monarchs - usually egomaniacal,
insecure, tyrannical monarchs at that. They're not Godly demands in any sense and it seems remarkable that the world
hasn't by now (2) ------------- that the demands are counterfeit, having nothing to do with the (3) ---------- or desires of
Deity.
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A. children
B. subjects
C. parents

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A. concluded
B. inquired
C. admired

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A. plans
B. actions
C. needs

4. With little transparency and accountability (1) ----------- the institutions, there is (2) ----------- external check on normal
human failings. When Lord Acton spoke of absolute power (3) ----------- absolutely, he was referring not to political power
but to the power of the popes.
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A. beyond
B. within
C. across

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A. hardly any
B. strict
C. confirmed

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A. devising
B. spoiling
C. corrupting

5. At one time it would have been impossible to imagine the integration of different religious thoughts, ideas and ideals. That
was because of the (1) ------------ society, the lack of communication and interdependence on other nations. People were
happy and (2) -------------- amongst themselves; they did not need more. The physical distance and cultural barriers
prevented any exchange of (3) --------------- and beliefs, but such is not the case today.
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A. broad minded
B. closed
C. flexible

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A. content
B. communicative
C. highly dependent

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A. thoughts
B. clothes
C. commodities