Dear Students, The NIACL Assist. mains exam is scheduled on 23 May 2017. In the English section, there will be total 40 questions. Questions might be asked from Reading Comprehension , Cloze test ,Phrase replacement and also new pattern questions as well. In this post, we will discuss questions related to ‘Fill in the blanks’. These types of questions are based on the vocabulary and phrasal verbs. Students are advised to revise vocabulary and phrasal verbs. We have already provided Important Phrasal verbs for SBI PO and other bank exams as well.
Directions (1-15): Each sentence below has
one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word
or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a
whole.
one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word
or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a
whole.
Q1. The __________ of the desert explains why
so many Egyptian mummies are still intact, whereas the humidity of the tombs in
tropical rain forests supports the agents of decay so that few Aztec mummies
have __________.
so many Egyptian mummies are still intact, whereas the humidity of the tombs in
tropical rain forests supports the agents of decay so that few Aztec mummies
have __________.
(a) heat … survived
(b) aridity … endured
(c) dehydration … decayed
(d) barrenness … proliferated
(e) seclusion … surfaced
Q2. They __________ until there was no
recourse but to __________ a desperate, last–minute solution to the problem.
(a) berated … try
(b) delayed … envision
(c) procrastinated … implement
(d) debated … maintain
(e) filibustered … reject
Q3. The Wankel Rotary Engine was an
engineering marvel that substantially reduced automobile exhaust emissions, but
because it was less fuel–efficient than the standard piston–cylinder engine, it
was __________ in the early 1970s when __________ pollution gave way to panic
over fuel shortages.
engineering marvel that substantially reduced automobile exhaust emissions, but
because it was less fuel–efficient than the standard piston–cylinder engine, it
was __________ in the early 1970s when __________ pollution gave way to panic
over fuel shortages.
(a) needed … disillusionment with
(b) conceived … attention on
(c) modified … opinion on
(d) abandoned … preoccupation with
(e) discarded … interest in
Q4. Friendship, no matter how __________, has its boundaries; __________
advice, when thrust insistently upon one, is rarely an act of friendship,
regardless of the adviser’s intent.
(a) cool … contradictory
(b) enjoyable … obverse
(c) intimate … unsolicited
(d) distant … marital
(e) special … desired
Q5. Despite generous helpings of __________
from a group of __________ critics, this iconoclastic poet’s three volumes have
sold steadily.
from a group of __________ critics, this iconoclastic poet’s three volumes have
sold steadily.
(a) zeal … hidebound
(b) mockery … obscure
(c) tedium … respected
(d) abuse … ineffectual
(e) vitriol … influential
Q6. Because the different components of the
film industry were “vertically” oriented —arranged so that all __________, from
production to projection, were held by one company—it was __________ that
monopolistic practices would arise.
film industry were “vertically” oriented —arranged so that all __________, from
production to projection, were held by one company—it was __________ that
monopolistic practices would arise.
(a) opportunities for control … inevitable
(b) burdens of business … understandable
(c) exercises of power … appropriate
(d) means of solicitation … predictable
(e) perquisites of commerce … unsavory
Q7. From the __________ that the peasants
tried to conceal as they knelt before the body of the dictator’s son, I
concluded that, far from affection, it was __________ that had brought them to
the wake.
tried to conceal as they knelt before the body of the dictator’s son, I
concluded that, far from affection, it was __________ that had brought them to
the wake.
(a) hatred … sarcasm
(b) reticence … violence
(c) diligence … adulation
(d) trepidation … fear
(e) sorrow … patriotism
Q8. Despite the increased attention
__________ juvenile delinquency, there has been a __________ in crimes
committed by juveniles.
__________ juvenile delinquency, there has been a __________ in crimes
committed by juveniles.
(a) allotted to … dip
(b) offered to … development
(c) given to … rise
(d) spent on … decrease
(e) withdrawn from … growth
Q9. Much of the Beatles’ music, as evidenced
by “All You Need Is Love,” was characterized by a superficial __________ subtly
contradicted by an inherent, deeper cynicism.
by “All You Need Is Love,” was characterized by a superficial __________ subtly
contradicted by an inherent, deeper cynicism.
(a) competence
(b) world–weariness
(c) liveliness
(d) naivete
(e) gloss
Q10. During their famous clash, Jung was
ambivalent about Freud so he attacked the father of modern psychoanalysis even
as he __________ him.
ambivalent about Freud so he attacked the father of modern psychoanalysis even
as he __________ him.
(a) enlightened
(b) chastened
(c) revered
(d) despised
(e) understood
Q11. Here was not a quick but rather a
through intelligence; however __________, she came to __________ all things
touching her life.
through intelligence; however __________, she came to __________ all things
touching her life.
(a) unmindfully … embrace
(b) desperately … appreciate
(c) slowly … jettison
(d) methodically … discern
(e) ploddingly … understand
Q12. Considering the __________ era in which
the novel was written, its tone and theme are remarkably __________.
the novel was written, its tone and theme are remarkably __________.
(a) enlightened … disenchanted
(b) scholarly … undramatic
(c) superstitious … medieval
(d) permissive … puritanical
(e) undistinguished … commonplace
Q13. Feuds tend to arise in
societies that __________ centralized government; when public justice is
difficult to enforce, private recourse is more __________.
societies that __________ centralized government; when public justice is
difficult to enforce, private recourse is more __________.
(a) espouse … acceptable
(b) affirm … objectionable
(c) dislike … satisfying
(d) reject … brutal
(e) lack … effective
Q14. He must always be the center of
attention; he would rather be criticized than __________.
attention; he would rather be criticized than __________.
(a) ignored
(b) selfish
(c) remembered
(d) praised
(e) different
Q15. Greek philosophers tried to __________ contemporary notions
of change and stability by postulating the existence of the atom, __________
particle from which all varieties of matter are formed.
of change and stability by postulating the existence of the atom, __________
particle from which all varieties of matter are formed.
(a) personify … a mutating
(b) reconcile … an indivisible
(c) simplify … a specific
(d) eliminate … an infinitesimal
(e) confirm … an interesting
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