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. Tina promised to come but she never turned ________.
(a) in
(b) off
(c) down
(d) up
Q2. The river abounds _______ fish and crocodiles.
(a) with
(b) of
(c) at
(d) on
Q3. The Management gave us permission to ___________with the new curriculum.
(a) go fixed
(b) go about
(c) go ahead
(d) go around
Q4. One should always set ________ some money for emergency.
(a) aside
(b) on
(c) down
(d) out
Q5. The authorities would not ____________ to the strikers’ demands.
(a) accept
(b) accede
(c) accession
(d) access
Q6. We’ve had too little sleep and too ________ food, depriving our body on one hand and overloading it on the other!
(a) many
(b) more
(c) much
(d) None of the above
Q7. The bitter debate in the newspapers seems oddly ____________ with the quiet, almost gentle argument between the two drivers.
(a) innocuous
(b) inclusive
(c) interesting
(d) incongruous
Q8. ___________ in a massive data breach following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been reeling from a series of privacy scandals.
(a) exculpated
(b) embroiled
(c) endeared
(d) entreat
Q9. The gathering finished in _______ after the United States President abruptly rejected its general agreement statement.
(a) decorum
(b) truce
(c) congruity
(d) disarray
Q10. It is not easy to ___________ a young horse.
(a) break forth
(b) break in
(c) bear out
(d) back down
Q11. If the servers _________ when delivering orders, they will find themselves with a bunch of angry customers.
(a) peruse
(b) dawdle
(c) spearhead
(d) impound
Q12. Head coach Tom Higgins is _______ on his team and will go with the same 40 men he used last week.
(a) standing corrected
(b) steaming mad
(c) standing pat
(d) striking oil
Q13. Movement ____________ a powerful tool for developing and practising mindfulness, in addition to the widely discussed health benefits.
(a) had been provided
(b) provided
(c) provides
(d) provide
Q14. Mary and Peter hope counseling will help them repair the _________ in their marital union.
(a) rupture
(b) composition
(c) endearment
(d) rasp
Q15. The body is the_______ through which we absorb sensory perceptions of the world around us.
(a) victim
(b) conjecture
(c) interstellar
(d) conduit
SOLUTIONS
1.D
2.A
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.C
7.D
8.B
9.D
10.B
11.B
12.C
13.C
14.A
15.D
