Filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words - Online Test
Q1. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete
the following sentence.
I contemplated ________ Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q2. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete
the following sentence.
I contemplated________Singapore for my vacation but decided against
it.
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Contemplate is a transitive verb and hence is followed by a gerund Hence the
correct usage of contemplate is verb+ ing form.
Q3. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience, you
cannot do so by being understated, tentative or_____________.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The tone of the sentence clearly indicates a word that is similar to understated is
needed for the blank. Alternatively, the word should be antonym of strong (fail to
make strong impression). Therefore, the best choice is restrained which means
controlled/reserved/timid.
Q4. If you choose plan P, you will have to _______ plan Q, as these two are mutually _________.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q5. Which of the following is CORRECT with respect to grammar and
usage? Mount Everest is ____________.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
The sentence is stating the highest peak in the world. Since
it is a specific thing, we need to use the definite article ‘the’ before it.
Also the sentence is using the superlative degree and so we say ‘the
highest peak in the world’ making option 1 the correct answer. There
cannot be many highest peaks in the world and so options 3 and 4
are incorrect.
Q6. Despite the new medicine’s ______________ in treating diabetes, it is not
_____________widely.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
The sentence is looking for a contrast as it is joined by the
conjunction ‘despite’. The best pair of words that can fit the context
of the sentence is ‘effectiveness…prescribed’. Though the medicine is
‘effective’ in treating diabetes, it is not being ‘prescribed’ widely. A
new medicine cannot have a ‘prescription’ or ‘availability’ for treating
a disease. ‘Proscribed’ means forbidden by law. In case we use
‘acceptance…proscribed’ the sentence will not make any sense
because it will mean that though the medicine is accepted widely, it is
not forbidden by law.
Q7. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the
following sentence:
Dhoni, as well as the other team members of Indian team, _____ present on the occasion.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following
sentence:
Despite several _____________ the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the conflict.
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The word despite tells us that mission succeeded even though there were problems. Hence the
correct answer is Setbacks
Q9. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
Suresh’s dog is the one __________ was hurt in the stampede.
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
The correct answer is ‘that’. In the given sentence ‘was hurt in the stampede’ determines which
dog belongs to Suresh.
Q10. Complete the sentence:
Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to ________
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
The relation is that of antonyms
