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Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important Sentence Completion Questions. To make you learn English grammar rules and vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Directions (1-15): In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Q1. Nobody else but these ________ young women have played a prank on you, but it is pitiable that you don’t understand it.
(a) vile
(b) homely
(c) insubstantial
(d) comely
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Q2. It is not easy to ___________ a young horse.
(a) break forth
(b) break in
(c) bear out
(d) back down
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Vile: physically repulsive.
Homely: plain or unattractive in appearance.
Insubstantial: not having physical existence.
Comely: (typically of a woman) pleasant to look at; attractive.
As ‘young women’ denotes a positive expression it should be qualified by a positive trait according to the context. Hence Option D is the correct answer.
Sol. Vile: physically repulsive.
Homely: plain or unattractive in appearance.
Insubstantial: not having physical existence.
Comely: (typically of a woman) pleasant to look at; attractive.
As ‘young women’ denotes a positive expression it should be qualified by a positive trait according to the context. Hence Option D is the correct answer.
Q2. It is not easy to ___________ a young horse.
(a) break forth
(b) break in
(c) bear out
(d) back down
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Q3. The teacher spoke so rapidly that the students could make ______________ of his lecture.
(a) the grade
(b) water hold
(c) neither head nor tail
(d) eyes at
Q4. I think Tiffany was under _________when she signed the agreement; she never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.
(a) duress
(b) consent
(c) clique
(d) junta
Q5. A group of peacocks is called __________
(a) shoal
(b) muster
(c) cast
(d) clew
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Break forth (phrasal verb): to burst out.
Break in (phrasal verb): to accustom to a certain activity
Bear out (phrasal verb): to confirm.
Back down (phrasal verb): give up a claim.
Hence option B fits in the context.
Sol. Break forth (phrasal verb): to burst out.
Break in (phrasal verb): to accustom to a certain activity
Bear out (phrasal verb): to confirm.
Back down (phrasal verb): give up a claim.
Hence option B fits in the context.
Q3. The teacher spoke so rapidly that the students could make ______________ of his lecture.
(a) the grade
(b) water hold
(c) neither head nor tail
(d) eyes at
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S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Make the grade(idiom): to be up to a standard of quality.
Hold water (idiom): tenable
Make neither head nor tail (idiom): not to understand.
Make eyes at (idiom): looking at a person with your romantic interest.
Hence option C fits in the context.
Sol. Make the grade(idiom): to be up to a standard of quality.
Hold water (idiom): tenable
Make neither head nor tail (idiom): not to understand.
Make eyes at (idiom): looking at a person with your romantic interest.
Hence option C fits in the context.
Q4. I think Tiffany was under _________when she signed the agreement; she never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.
(a) duress
(b) consent
(c) clique
(d) junta
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S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Duress (noun): threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.
Clique (noun): a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.
Junta(noun): a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Sol. Duress (noun): threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.
Clique (noun): a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.
Junta(noun): a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Q5. A group of peacocks is called __________
(a) shoal
(b) muster
(c) cast
(d) clew
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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. A group of peacocks is called muster.
Sol. A group of peacocks is called muster.
Q6. They _________ the fields to reach their home.
(a) cut in
(b) do out
(c) cut up
(d) cut across
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S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Cut in (phrasal verb): interrupt.
Do out (phrasal verb): decorate
Cut up (phrasal verb): cut into pieces.
Cut across (phrasal verb): Take a shorter route or to avoid following or being subsumed.
Hence option D fits in the context.
Sol. Cut in (phrasal verb): interrupt.
Do out (phrasal verb): decorate
Cut up (phrasal verb): cut into pieces.
Cut across (phrasal verb): Take a shorter route or to avoid following or being subsumed.
Hence option D fits in the context.
Q7. If we want our country to progress in every field, we must improve the economic conditions of the ____________
(a) men of straw
(b) rank and file
(c) men of letters
(d) notorious people
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S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. A man of straw (idiom): a man whose character is weak and who lacks definite beliefs
Rank and File (idiom): common man.
A man of letter (idiom): A man who is well-versed in literature and related scholarly pursuits.
Hence option B fits in the context.
Sol. A man of straw (idiom): a man whose character is weak and who lacks definite beliefs
Rank and File (idiom): common man.
A man of letter (idiom): A man who is well-versed in literature and related scholarly pursuits.
Hence option B fits in the context.
Q8. Last week, our cat gave birth to a litter of kittens but we did not know where ________
(a) is our cat
(b) our cat was
(c) our cat is
(d) was our cat
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S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. The beginning of the sentence is in Past Indefinite Tense, hence the verb or helping verb used afterward will also be in past form. Secondly, structure of the subsequent part will be Sub + H.V/V + ………., not H.V/V + Subject +….as this is not an interrogative sentence.
Sol. The beginning of the sentence is in Past Indefinite Tense, hence the verb or helping verb used afterward will also be in past form. Secondly, structure of the subsequent part will be Sub + H.V/V + ………., not H.V/V + Subject +….as this is not an interrogative sentence.
Q9. In a __________ incident, a girl in West Bengal’s Hoogly district accidently shot and critically injured her mother.
(a) bizarre
(b) wonted
(c) prevalent
(d) rife
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S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Bizarre (adjective): very strange or unusual.
Wonted (adjective): usual or ordinary especially by reason of established habit.
Prevalent (adjective): widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
Rife (adjective): (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Sol. Bizarre (adjective): very strange or unusual.
Wonted (adjective): usual or ordinary especially by reason of established habit.
Prevalent (adjective): widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
Rife (adjective): (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence.
Hence option A fits in the context.
Q10. My father has never taken or given a bribe in his life. He is a policeman and has never ________ to any municipal bribery.
(a) slated
(b) pandered
(c) flayed
(d) panned
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S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Slate: criticize severely
Pander: to do or provide what someone wants or demands even though it is not proper, good, or reasonable.
Flay: criticize severely and brutally.
Pan: to criticize.
Option B fits in the context as use of ‘never’ before it denotes a negative idea to justify which we need an appropriate word with no negative trait.
Sol. Slate: criticize severely
Pander: to do or provide what someone wants or demands even though it is not proper, good, or reasonable.
Flay: criticize severely and brutally.
Pan: to criticize.
Option B fits in the context as use of ‘never’ before it denotes a negative idea to justify which we need an appropriate word with no negative trait.
Q11. The gathering finished in _______ after the United States President abruptly rejected its general agreement statement.
(a) decorum
(b) truce
(c) congruity
(d) disarray
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S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Decorum: behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.
Truce: an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing.
Congruity: a point of agreement.
Disarray: a lack of order: a confused or messy condition.
Hence option D fits in the context.
Sol. Decorum: behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.
Truce: an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing.
Congruity: a point of agreement.
Disarray: a lack of order: a confused or messy condition.
Hence option D fits in the context.
Q12. How did you __________this rare book?
(a) come by
(b) let out
(c) come along
(d) come away
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S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Come by (phrasal verb): obtain
Let out (phrasal verb): utter
Come along (phrasal verb): make haste
Come away (phrasal verb): become detached
Hence option A fits in the context.
Sol. Come by (phrasal verb): obtain
Let out (phrasal verb): utter
Come along (phrasal verb): make haste
Come away (phrasal verb): become detached
Hence option A fits in the context.
Q13. It was suggested by the doctor that the patient should be ____________
(a) taken care
(b) taken care of
(c) take care
(d) given care
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S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option B fits in the context.
Sol. Option B fits in the context.
Q14. The needy man _____________ to the money lender and requested him to lend him some money.
(a) was approached
(b) was being approached
(c) approach
(d) approached
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S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Here we don’t need to use ‘was’ before approached as the single subject ‘the needy man’ is involved in two actions viz. approaching and requesting. Hence option D fits in the context.
Sol. Here we don’t need to use ‘was’ before approached as the single subject ‘the needy man’ is involved in two actions viz. approaching and requesting. Hence option D fits in the context.
Q15. ____________ have I turned a beggar away without giving him some alms.
(a) Seldom if never
(b) Seldom or ever
(c) Seldom or never
(d) Seldom never
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S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Seldom or never’ implies almost never.
Sol. ‘Seldom or never’ implies almost never.
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