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Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Sentence Completion for SBI PO and BOB PO 2017

The SBI PO Mains Exam is scheduled on 4th June 2017. The NIACL Assist. mains exam is scheduled on 23 May 2017. In the English section, there will be total 40 questions. Questions might be asked from Reading Comprehension , Cloze test ,Phrase replacement and also new pattern questions as well. In this post, we will discuss questions related to 'Fill in the blanks'.

Directions (1-15): Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q1. Many believe that jazz improvisation is a creation of the twentieth century, but it is __________ improvisation has its __________ in the figured-bass techniques of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

(a) unlikely … roots

(b) possible … past

(d) proven … future

(e) interesting … unity

Q2. Whales hurt nothing and no one in their peaceful migrations through the earth’s seas, yet are savagely hunted by man, who __________ superior need.

(a) assumes

(b) perpetuates

(d) assimilates

(e) manifests

Q3. His unbridled curiosity led him to explore every field of __________, yet his __________ stances kept him at odds with the devout society he so wanted to be acknowledged by.

(a) science … interesting

(b) interest … common

(d) hope … heretical

(e) study … optimistic

Q4. Because of his inherent __________, Harry steered clear of any job that he suspected could turn out to be a travail.

(a) impudence

(b) insolence

(d) indolence

(e) integrity

Q5. First published in 1649, Pacheco’s __________ treatise contains not only chapters outlining iconography and technique, but also commentary on contemporary painters that now __________ our most comprehensive information on these artists, as well as the most thorough discussion available on Baroque aesthetics.

(a) inconsequential … comprises

(b) invaluable … constitutes

(d) superficial … supports

(e) important … excludes

Q6. Very little is known of the writer Theophilus; however, from his eclectic writings, we can __________ that he was well __________.

(a) assume … educated

(b) understand … disciplined

(d) expect … exposed

(e) acknowledge … received

Q7. Her systematic approach to scientific research was often rewarded in her __________ life, but it proved disastrous when her __________ mind examined every flaw in her friends and family, preventing her from truly appreciating others.

(a) career … disorganized

(b) private … analytical

(d) professional … methodical

(e) family … orderly

Q8. Personal correspondence is often a marvelous reflection of the spirit of an age; the subtle __________ of Swift’s epistles mirrored the eighteenth-century delight in elegant __________.

(a) profundity … ditties

(b) poignancy … pejoratives

(d) provinciality … pomposity

(e) vitriol … disparagement

Q9. Our spokesperson seems to be uncertain of our eventual victory but __________ facing the alternative, as if merely admitting the possibility of defeat would lead to the dread thing itself.

(a) unsure of

(b) complacent when

(d) certain of

(e) helped by

Q10. Victorien Sardou’s play La Tosca was originally written as a __________ for Sarah Bernhardt and later __________ into the famous Puccini opera.

(a) role … reincarnated

(b) biography … changed

(d) present … fictionalized

(e) vehicle … adapted

Q11. Because the law and custom require that a definite determination be made, the judge is forced to behave as if the verdict is __________, when in fact the evidence may not be __________.

(a) negotiable … persuasive

(b) justified … accessible

(d) incontrovertible … admissible

(e) self–evident … conclusive

Q12. The author presumably believes that all businessmen are __________, for her main characters, whatever qualities they may lack, are virtual paragons of __________.

(a) clever … ingenuity

(b) covetous … greed

(d) successful … ambition

(e) cautious … achievement

Q13. Filmed on a ludicrously __________ budget and edited at breakneck speed, Melotti’s documentary nonetheless __________ the Cannes critics with its ingenuity and verve.

(a) low … disappointed

(b) inflated … distracted

(d) disproportionate … appalled

(e) inadequate … surprised

Q14. Ginnie expects her every submission to be published or selected for performance, and this time her __________ is likely to be __________.

(a) condor … dispelled

(b) anticipation … piqued

(d) optimism … vindicated

(e) awareness … clouded

Q15. His opponent found it extremely frustrating that the governor’s solid support from the voting public was not eroded by his __________of significant issues.

(a) exaggeration

(b) misapprehension

(d) selection

(e) acknowledgment

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. A good prediction is: “But it is believed that improvisation has its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”

Beginning with the choices for the second blank, (a) and (c) are the closest matches. (a) can be eliminated because the first word, unlikely, is the opposite of what you’re looking for. (c) seems to fit both blanks well. Hold onto it, and check the others. (b) is out because it is idiomatically incorrect to say that improvisation had its past in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. (d) doesn’t work because the second word, future, is illogical. (e) also doesn’t make sense because the second word, unity, is unsupported in the sentence.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. Choice (a) looks good because assumes matches the tone and content of this sentence. Choice (b) does not work because there is nothing in the sentence that tells you how long this has been going on. Choices (c) and (e) can be ruled out because they are not consistent with the author’s tone. The author thinks it is bad that the whales are hunted. The author would not agree that man retains or manifests superior need. Both of these answers imply that man has a right to hunt the whales. Choice (d), assimilates, is not logical in this context. What would the phrase man assimilate superior need mean?

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Checking the second word, you are immediately drawn to (c) to (d), both of which have the meaning of “against accepted religious beliefs.” Choice (c) looks good for both blank because every field of thought conveys the idea of a wide array of subjects. Choice (d) doesn’t work for the second blank because field of hope doesn’t relate to the breadth of his explorations but more to expectations; besides, it’s not really clear what the phrase every field of hope is meant to signify. Choice (c) seems correct, but review the others. There is no reason in (a) that his interesting stances would be objectionable to a devout society, and field of science is too limited. He may have explored much more than just science. In (b) and (e), interest and study work for the first blank, but common and optimistic don’t make sense for the second. A devout society would not necessarily reject a common or optimistic stance.

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. Choice (d), indolence, is perfect because it means “laziness,” but look at the others to double check this answer. Choices (a) and (b), impudence and insolence, are incorrect because they both describe someone who is disrespectful. Harry just doesn’t like to work. Choice (c), eminence, means “high rank” or “high repute,” neither of which work here. It doesn’t make sense that Harry’s eminence would make him what to avoid work. Choice (e), integrity, can be eliminated. It means honesty and has nothing to do with the desire or lack of desire to work.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. You can’t predict specific words, but you know you’re looking for a positive word in the first blank, and that the second has to describe how the information is used now.

Looking for a positive word in the first blank leads to (b), (e), and possibly (c). Choice (c) does not look very promising because historical is neither positive nor negative, and the second word, lacks, definitely rules this answer out. It’s not logical that a treatise filled with so much information would now lack our most comprehensive information on these topics. Choice (b) looks good for both blanks. Even though important is a good selection for the first blank in (e), the second word, excludes, does not make sense. An important treatise, filled with so much information, would not exclude our most comprehensive information. Choices (a) and (d) can be eliminated–the first word in both is negative.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. A prediction: “From his writings, we can presume him to be well traveled, well educated, or well versed.”

Choice (a) looks like a good match right away, although (d) seems to work as well. Both words in (a) are logical and sound correct in the sentence. In (d), expect is fine for the first blank, but exposed doesn’t work in the second. It is idiomatically incorrect to say that he was well exposed. Since we can eliminate (d), (a) looks like you answer.

Choices (b), (c), and (e) can be rejected because the second word in each is not consistent with the meaning of eclectic. It is from his eclectic writings that you can make an assumption about him. So, the second blank must be filled with a word that underscores the meaning of eclectic.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. Starting with the first blank, two choices fit perfectly, (a) and (d). Choice (c) might seem okay at first, but a public life does not necessarily mean “work.” Since there are other selections that are more precise, you don’t need one that is not a strong match. Choice (a) can be eliminated because the second word, disorganized, is contradictory to the sentence. Choice (d) is perfect for both blanks. (b) and (e) can be eliminated because the first word in each is the opposite of what you’re looking for. The first blank describes her work life, not her “private” or “family” life.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. The semicolon is a context clue that this is a sentence with continuity. The second half must agree with the first. If personal correspondence reflects the spirit of the age, then Swift’s epistles, or letters, must reflect the spirit of this. That is, whatever quality that is represented by the first blank must also agree with the quality represented in the second blank. (e) works best: vitriol is abuse, so this would mirror his society’s love of elegant disparagement. Choice (a) can be eliminated because there is no link between profundities and ditties (songs). Choices (b), (c), and (d) can also be eliminated because the words in each are not necessarily linked.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Choice (c) is a perfect match. For (a) to work, the context clue before the blank would have to be and, indicating that the two things are closely linked. The spokesperson is unsure of the victory and unsure of facing the alternative. Even that doesn’t make great sense, but unsure of will definitely not work with the contrast context clue but before the blank. Choice (b) is unacceptable, since complacent means unconcerned. Choices (d) and (e) are contradicted in the sentence. If the spokesperson is uncertain of the victory, he couldn’t be certain of facing the future. And if the spokesperson is fearful of something, as we’re told at the end of the sentence, then it’s unlikely that he’d feel helped by it.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. It is incorrect to say that a play is written as a role (A) – written “to provide a role” would be more is not reincarnated from one medium into another, that verb being best reserved for the reembodiment or rebirth of living entities. The idea of La Tosca’s being a biography (b) for Bernhardt doesn’t make sense (if the play were about her life, biography of would work), so this choice is out even though changed isn’t bad in the second blank. A metaphor (c) is a poetic or figurative representation of something, and though we might call a play a metaphor for some event or idea we would not be likely to do so for a human being; edited provides a further complication, in that the process of editing requires a further complication, in that the process of editing requires pruning and revision, whereas changing a play into a musical drama requires a great deal more firsthand creativity. And while M. Sardou might well have offered La Tosca as a present to Mme. Bernhardt (d), fictionalized won’t do; a real-life event can be fictionalized – into a play or an opera–but that verb cannot apply to something that is already fiction.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol. Certainly if the evidence in a case is not persuasive (a), if the conclusion stemming from the evidence is debatable, it surely does suggest there’s room for doubt. But pressure for a definite determination would hardly force a judge to view a verdict as negotiable, that is, open for debate among the interested parties and possibly subject to revision. On the contrary, the more negotiable the verdict, the less “definitely determined” it’s likely to be. Justified (b) works well–the judge might have to consider this verdict warranted even if the evidence didn’t support it–but accessible in none of its meanings (easily approached; obtainable; open to influence) fits the context. Similarly the first words of (c) and (d), unassailable and incontrovertible respectively, give us what we need–a verdict that must be seen as a “definite determination”–but their respective second words shoot the choices down. Evidence that’s not insubstantial is substantial, and there’s no contradiction between an unassailable verdict and one based on substantial evidence. Admissible plays on your associations with real-life law, but the issue of whether or not something may properly be brought into evidence is far removed from the author’s central point.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Several of the wrong answers play off your possible biases about people in the business world, (b) being the most blatant in that regard. That choice is tempting only because an author’s use of many greedy businessman characters might suggest that that author thinks all businessmen are covetous. But labeling businessmen as greedy contradicts the sense of “whatever qualities they may lack”–as we noted, we need a positive quality. (Also, paragons of greed is awkward.) One who is morally upright or virtuous (c) would hardly be a paragon of deceit (lying, falseness). Characters possessing great ambition (d) wouldn’t necessarily make one presume that the author believes all such people are successful, since ambition and success in a field don’t always go hand in hand; and there’s even less connection between businessman characters who demonstrate great achievement (e) and a conclusion that, in the creator’s opinion, all businessmen are cautious.

S13. Ans.(e)

Sol. A good prediction for this is: “Filmed on a low budget and edited quickly, the film nonetheless was well received by the critics.”

Starting with the first blank because it is more precise, you are immediately drawn to (a) and (e). Although in (a) low works perfectly for the first blank, disappointed in the second blank is contrary to the sense of the sentence. Choice (e) looks good for both blanks. Choices (b) and (d) can be eliminated because the second word in each is negative. The second word in (c), pleased, books good, but the first word doesn’t make sense in describing the budget. How could a budget be ludicrously uneven?

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. The “submissions” described must be manuscripts: apparently Ginnie is an author who believes she’ll strike gold every time she sends in a story or play. The structural signal and suggests that her expectations are going to be taken a step further. Now her optimism will be vindicated (d) and she’ll be published. That structural signal, by the way, is what keeps (c) from being correct: If the signal were but, then we’d need a contrast and Ginne’s “dampened enthusiasm” would contrast strongly with her typical expectations of success. Since Ginnie always figures that her stuff will be accepted, there’s no reason for the sentence to point to her anticipation being piqued (b) on this particular occasion: her anticipation is always piqued (aroused, excited). Nothing in the sentence refers to or even hints at Ginnie’s habit of speaking frankly, so it would be improper to conclude with a reference to her candor (a), dispelled or not. Similarly, Ginnie’s perennial optimism about her chances at publication really has nothing to do with her awareness (e), but even if you justify it as a reference to “awareness of her chances to be published,” a clouded awareness would suggest she’s going to get shot down this time, and would require a contrast signal like but rather than and.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. No candidate would be pleased at his or her opponent’s “solid support from the voting public,” but any candidate would become mighty frustrated if such support continued despite overwhelming reasons why it should cease. In this instance, we can infer that the popular governor remains popular despite the fact that he either doesn’t understand “significant issues” or has made foolish choices as to what the “significant issues” are. In line with that analysis only (b) works: if the governor misapprehended, or misunderstood, the issues, how frustrating it would be to his opponent when the public seemed not to care!

You might have been tempted by (c) to (d), and both are wrong for pretty much the same reason–each is too neutral in tone. The other choices are a good deal worse. It’s not clear how a candidate would exaggerate (a) significant issues, nor why public support would be expected to erode as result of such overstatement; and a candidate’s acknowledgment (e) of the key issues – recognition of their existence, perhaps even of their significance–would probably have an effect opposite to the erosion of voter support.

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