English (Sentence Completion – 6)

 

1:            Just as disloyalty is the mark of the renegade’s ____ is the mark of the craven.

A.       Cowardice

B.      Avarice

C.      Vanity

D.      Temerity

 

2:            The new owners of the paper changed the ____ completely.

A.      Outlook

B.      Outlet

C.      Layout

D.      Outlay

 

3:            Contrary to popular opinion, bats are not generally aggressive and rabid, most are shy and ____.

A.      Innocuous

B.      Turgid

C.      Disfigured

D.      Punctual

 

4:            Sadia ____ at me in doubt and disbelief.

A.      Watched

B.      Gazed

C.      Gaped

D.      Looked

 

5:            If you are seeking ____ that will resolve all out ailments, you are undertaking an impossible task.

A.      A direction

B.      A contrivance

C.      A panacea

D.      A precedent

 

6:            Because Basit could not contain his scorn for the police commissioner, he was imprudent enough to make ____ remarks about his superior officer.

A.      Scathing

B.      Interminable

C.      Ambiguous

D.       Dispassionate

 

7:            I never miss a cricket match. I ____ fond of cricket since childhood.

A.      Am

B.      Has been

C.      Have been

D.      Will be

 

8:            All of us should abide ____ the laws of our country.

A.      By

B.      In

C.      To

D.      With

 

9:            The period of the fall of the Roman Empire was a dark period for ____ as well as for other arts.

A.      Aesthetics

B.      Gastronomy

C.      Astrology

D.      Histrionics

 

10:          Didn’t you tell me that you would come to see me? No, I ____.

A.      Didn’t

B.      Had not

C.      Have not

D.      Could not

 

11:          He became quite overbearing and domineering once he had become accustomed to the ____ shown to soldiers by the natives; he enjoyed his new sense of power and self-importance.

A.      Deference

B.      Enmity

C.      Disrespect

D.      Apathy

 

12:          In his attempt to ____ the condition of poor people in the slums, he found that he needed the aid of wealthy benefactors.

A.      Assay

B.      Ameliorate

C.      Delineate

D.      Evaluate

 

13:          The moth is active ____ the night.

A.      At

B.      Throughout

C.      In

D.      During

 

14:          Because of the ____ of Acupuncture Therapy in China, western physicians are starting to learn the procedure.

A.      Liquidity

B.      Veracity

C.      Effectiveness

D.      Manipulation

15:          The legend has been ____ from father to son.

A.      Handed down

B.      Handed for

C.      Handed in

D.      Handed over

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