English (Sentence Completion – 7)

 

1:            The influence of the environment on man is evented by a/an ____ study.

A.      Epigraphic

B.      Numismatic

C.      Ecological

D.      Anthropological

 

2:            One of the most ____ educators is Lahore, Dr. Zubair ignited a controversy in 1984 by calling the city public schools a ‘rotten barrel’ in need of systemic reform.

A.      Outspoken

B.      Indifferent

C.      Caustic

D.      Disputations

 

3:            Though Aslam is poor, ____ he is honest.

A.      But

B.      Nevertheless

C.      Yet

D.      Still

 

4:            His attitude to his boss was ____ and caused a good deal of repulsion.

A.      Arrogant

B.      Hybrid

C.      Aggressive

D.      Sycophantic

 

5:            The handle of my bicycle suddenly ____ It was in my hands now.

A.      Come off

B.      Got separated

C.      Was detached

D.      Came apart

 

6:            The orator was so ____ that the audience became drowsy.

A.      Inaudible

B.      Soporific

C.      Dramatic

D.      Convincing

 

7:            The person who looking for sympathy talks ____.

A.      Plaintively

B.      Loudly

C.      Didactically

D.      Glibly

 

8:            Block comedy is the combination of that which is humorous with that which would seem ____ to humor.

A.      Extraneous

B.      Inferior

C.      Antithetical

D.      Heretical

 

9:            Some parents make their command so ____ that they antagonize their children.

A.      Curly

B.      Perfunctory

C.      Acrimonious

D.      Peremptory

 

10:          The newest fiber-optic cables that carry telephone call cross-country are made of glass so ____ that a piece 100 miles thick is clearer than a standard windowpane.

A.      Transparent

B.      Immaculate

C.      Tangible

D.      Fragile

 

11:          The reasoning in this editorial is so ____ that we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it.

A.      Dispassionate

B.      Cogent

C.      Specious

D.      Coherent

 

12:          Sometimes it is necessary for an author to know what is going on in the minds of his character. This is called ____.

A.      Omniscience

B.      Omnipotence

C.      Truculence

D.      Omnipresence

 

13:          The press conference did not clarify many issues since the president responded with obfuscation and ____ rather than clarity and precision.

A.      Lucidity

B.      Vagueness

C.      Formality

D.      Humor

 

14:          Sri Lanka, for the present, it deeply ____ in economic difficulties, but, in Government has taken a pledge to set everything right within 2 years.

A.      Ruined

B.      Swamped

C.      Saturated

D.      Engrossed 

 

15:          I don’t know ____ to value your qualities.

A.      Only how

B.      How

C.      So how

D.      That how

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