General Aptitude - Sentence Completion
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
He was so stubborn and ........ that the parents gave up the hope of his reformation.
- (a)
intractable
- (b)
innocent
- (c)
intuitive
- (d)
unorganized
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
Although many people don't like the jobs they do they remain stuck to them for ............. reasons.
- (a)
inexplicit
- (b)
ulterior
- (c)
pecuniary
- (d)
internal
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
Since some employees shirk work, they are .............. at times by their bosses.
- (a)
appreciated
- (b)
ignored
- (c)
promoted
- (d)
admonished
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
The army vehicles, weapons and uniform are the colour of leaves of plants in order to ................. them so that the enemy cannot spot them easily.
- (a)
decorate
- (b)
adorn
- (c)
camouflage
- (d)
beautify
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
The new induction in the team was just a .......... Therefore, the organization decided not to give him responsibility for some time.
- (a)
boy
- (b)
youth
- (c)
graduate
- (d)
neophyte
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
When depression comes, logically the prices should fall for lack of buyers; but they actually .......... in the months following depression.
- (a)
reduced
- (b)
fell
- (c)
depreciated
- (d)
escalated
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
England progressed much in the 18th and 19th centures; all the same it could not provide ........ t its women folk until the beginning of the 20th century.
- (a)
comfort
- (b)
enfranchisement
- (c)
status
- (d)
entertainment
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
Educatrion polished her to become cicilized ........ and impressive.
- (a)
eloquent
- (b)
ambiguous
- (c)
hyper corrective
- (d)
insentive
Choose the option that completes the sentence most meaningfully and appropriately.
They chose her president - indeed, she is the ........... person for the post.
- (a)
inappropriate
- (b)
unwanted
- (c)
liked
- (d)
appropriate
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
People were charmed by his ........ appearance and .......... deportment.
- (a)
ugly ....... haughty
- (b)
cute ......... rude
- (c)
handsome ......... dignified
- (d)
shabby ..... snobbish
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
Soon after the ...... Second World War many movements of art and literature stated making .... of life their main subject,
- (a)
great .... meaninglessness
- (b)
destructive . strength
- (c)
devastating ... futility
- (d)
unprecedented . prediction
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
The women in India were kept under ... until the new laws u=in free India ensured their ..... from the tentacles of an orthodox society.
- (a)
impression...education
- (b)
subjugation .... emancipation
- (c)
shackles ... exculpation
- (d)
pressure ... release
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
He continued to report the outside world that there was no food shortage on Animal; Farm. Nvertheless, towards the end of January it became obvious that it would be neccessary to ...... some grain from somewhere and let the outside world ... the truth.
- (a)
cook .... hide
- (b)
sell ...ignore
- (c)
protect ... prevent
- (d)
procure .... know
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
Despite the lofty claims made by the Games Committee, the progress in the preparations for organizing the games is quite ...... and ....... doubt on its success.
- (a)
satisfactoy ... erase
- (b)
high ... raises
- (c)
unsatisfactory .. raise
- (d)
delayed .. impose
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
This was worse than before the youth grew crimson and ..... his fist, with very appearance of meditated .........
- (a)
closed ... welcome
- (b)
opened ... aggression
- (c)
clenched ... assault
- (d)
raised .. attack
Choose the option that completes the sentnce most meaningfully and appropriately.
Initially the new entrant found his job .... but as he explored it and did more and more new things he soon started considering it a ..... close to his heart.
- (a)
interesting .... burden
- (b)
uniinteresting ... burden
- (c)
exciting .. job
- (d)
insipid .. assignment
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He has ... sense of words. Threefore, the sentences he constructs are always ... with rich meaning
- (a)
profound, pregnant
- (b)
distinguished, loaded
- (c)
terrific, tempated
- (d)
meaningfu, full
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The editorail ... the way that journalism has lately been failing inits mission.
- (a)
expresses
- (b)
encounters
- (c)
degrades
- (d)
deplores
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
After shouting lustily during the cricket match between India and Pakistan, he gfound that his voice had become .....
- (a)
coarse
- (b)
hard
- (c)
hoarse
- (d)
audible
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He found the .......... of his factory job difficult to bear
- (a)
monopoly
- (b)
malpratice
- (c)
magnanimity
- (d)
monotony
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
To reach the agreement, each side had to ....... by giving up some of its demands.
- (a)
compliment
- (b)
compromise
- (c)
compensate
- (d)
comply
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
People in our office are so ............. that the work never gets done in time.
- (a)
energetic
- (b)
lethargic
- (c)
reflective
- (d)
enthusiastic
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
This paper intends to .......... fearlessly all a forms of corruption and falsehood in public life.
- (a)
present
- (b)
unveil
- (c)
uncover
- (d)
expose
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The rabbit ......... a few shreds from the lettuce leaf but was clearly not hungry.
- (a)
chewed
- (b)
gobbles
- (c)
gnawed
- (d)
nibbled
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
A person who is extremely careful in spending is called ..........
- (a)
parsimonious
- (b)
parochial
- (c)
paranoid
- (d)
parasitic
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In his usual ..... manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.
- (a)
raucously
- (b)
ravishingly
- (c)
rapaciously
- (d)
ravenously
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
This simplified ............. to the decision-making process is a must read for anyone ..... important real estate, personal, or professional decisions.
- (a)
primer, maximising
- (b)
introduction, under
- (c)
tract, enacting
- (d)
guide, facing
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Their avhievement in the field of literature is described as ......: sometimes it is even called ..........
- (a)
siginificant, paltry
- (b)
insignificant, influential
- (c)
magnificent, irresponsible
- (d)
unimportant, trivial
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Companies that try to improve employees performane by .............. rewards encourage negative kinds of behaviour instead of ........ a genuine interest in doing the work well.
- (a)
conferring, discrediting
- (b)
bestowing, discouraging
- (c)
giving, seeking
- (d)
withholding fostering
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We need to help each other to survive. It is only through such ...... cooperation that difficullties can be overcome.
- (a)
contradictory
- (b)
forced
- (c)
antagonistic
- (d)
mutual