CLAT - English - Vocabulary - Sentence Completion

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Question - 1

George Barnard Shaw said that the contemporary social values could be flippant and_____at some times.

  • A important
  • B profound
  • C inane
  • D riveting
  • E absurd

Question - 2

_________the general had been told by the field staff that continuing warfare would be_______to his soldiers, he insisted on deploying more battle tanks.

  • A Although ...... detrimental
  • B Because......instrumental
  • C Although......formidable
  • D Because.....immediate
  • E Because......incremental

Question - 3

The Senate warned the Prime Minister that if he did not accept their advice, the differences between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Government would be__________.

  • A eliminated
  • B eroded
  • C exacerbated
  • D exemplified
  • E exasperated

Question - 4

Most journalistic writing could do with________of paragraphs to make the prose more_________.

  • A suppression ...... legible
  • B removal ...... argumentative
  • C simplification ...... abstruse
  • D deletion ...... succinct
  • E exemplification ...... incoherent

Question - 5

Varun was accused of murdering his wife, and though he was never_________, he never recovered from the shame and the scandal.

  • A charged
  • B booked
  • C indicted
  • D acquitted
  • E applauded

Question - 6

The earthquake warning and the fragility of our houses make us certain that disaster is________.

  • A available
  • B imminent
  • C forthcoming
  • D catastrophic

Question - 7

The television serials are characterised by an_______story line and_______plots and sub-plots.

  • A unending......convoluted
  • B infantile....simple
  • C uniform......emotional
  • D extempore......routine
  • E erratic......forthcoming

Question - 8

The_________transformation of the former Soviet Union of Russia as it was popularly known, remains one of the biggest stories of the decade.

  • A smooth
  • B singular
  • C tumultuous
  • D prophetic
  • E traumatic

Question - 9

If mankind has to survive for long, it must_______and deliberately renounce the fruits of____and whirling technology.

  • A willfully.....wild
  • B honestly.....responsible
  • C sincerely.....labor
  • D effectively.....sliding
  • E knowingly.......impending

Question - 10

Although similar to moth in many ways, butterflies may be_____moths by the beauty of their wings.

  • A akin to
  • B in comparison with
  • C listed as
  • D distinguished from
  • E equal to the