Sentence Completion Set-6

Directions (1-10): Each question below has two blanks. Each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.


1. Drawing attention to the pitfalls of ……………… solely on Uranium as a fuel for nuclear reactors. Indian scientists warned that Uranium will not last for long and thus research on Thorium as its ……………… must be revived.

(a) using, substitute
(b) believing, replacement
(c) depending, reserve
(d) reckoning, option
(e) relying, alternative

2. In an effort to provide……………… for higher education to all, most of the universities have been providing  education without adequate infrastructure, thus churning out …………….. graduates every year.

(a) chances, fresh
(b) platform, capable
(c) opportunities, unemployable
(d) prospects, eligible
(e) policy, incompetent

3. The move to allow dumping of mercury ……… an outery from residents to the area who ………….. that high levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy ecologically sensitive forest area.

(a) resulted, insist
(b) provoked, fear
(c) incited, determined
(d) activated, accept
(e) angered, believe

4. ………………….. has been taken against some wholesale drug dealers for dealing in surgical items without a valid license and maintaining a stock of ……………. Drugs.

(a) Note, overwhelming
(b) Step, impressive
(c) Execution, outdated
(d) Action, expired
(e) angered, believe

5. Even as the ……………. Elsewhere in the world are struggling to come out of recession. Indian consumers are splurging on consumer goods and to ……………. this growth. Companies are investing heavily in various sectors.

(a) economies, meet
(b) countries, inhibit
(c) governments, measure
(d) nations, inflict
(e) companies, counter

6. Vision is usually ___________most effectively when many different __________are used.

(1) developed–manifestations
(2) adapted–organisations
(3) communicated–vehicles
(4) exhibited–forms
(5) described–thought

7. People who have been through difficult, painful and not very________change efforts often end up__________both pessimistic and angry conclusions.

(1) successful–drawing
(2) meaningful–projecting
(3) reliable–evolving
(4) strong–following
(5) challenging–lamenting

8. The human mind is never__________it advances or it__________

(1) absolute–diminishes
(2) dynamic–shops
(3) perfect–disintegrates
(4) stationary–retrogrades
(5) happy–decomposes

9. If misery is the effect of ill-fortune, it ought to be pitied if of ________to be _____________

(1) virtue-criticised
(2) calamity-reverenced
(3) virtue-protected
(4) vice-reverenced
(5) virtue-reverenced

10. It would be impossible for us to continue living in this world if each of us ___________ exactly, what fate had in ______for him.

(1) follow–plan
(2) appreciate–strategy
(3) design–anticipation
(4) visualise–hidden
(5) knew–store


ANSWERS :

1. e
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a
6. 4
7. 1
8. 4
9. 5
10.1

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