Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, two statements are given with a blank in each. The question is then followed by five options. Choose the most suitable word that can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. If none of the words can fit in the blank, mark your answer as “None of these”.
Q1.
(I) My plan was moving a little quicker than ___________so I decided to take things slow after the next step.
(II) The auditorium was packed and places were booked well in advance for this eagerly ____________ show.
(a) Anticipated
(b) Bewildered
(c) Befuddling
(d) Extracted
(e) None of these
Q2.
(I) The new machine features a _________, all-in-one design that resembles a large iPod.
(II) On the up-side, the service was excellent and the _________ decor of the flagstone basement instantly relaxing.
(a) Continuous
(b) Sentinel
(c) Minimalist
(d) Testimony
(e) None of these
Q3.
(I) During the vulnerability of adolescence, a young music fan’s love for a musician can quickly ____________ into idolatry.
(II) Such varied images of what might ___________ at a meeting suggests the novelty of the institution itself.
(a) Keeper
(b) Disproof
(c) Regulation
(d) Transpire
(e) None of these
Q4.
(I) We see a system that will __________ a 20-year-old for selling drugs but not a police officer for choking the life out of a citizen.
(II) Her ambition was painted as ruthless and her lack of money only further served to ____________ her as a greedy criminal.
(a) Absolve
(b) Indict
(c) Invasion
(d) Impeached
(e) None of these
Q5.
(I) Frustrated by the slow and ____________ police investigation, the victim’s brother, Cliff, retraces the delivery route in search of clues.
(II) The hospital released her with the tests proving __________, and warned her to be careful if she was feeling slightly woozy or dizzy.
(a) Menace
(b) Inconclusive
(c) Reassure
(d) Imaginative
(e) None of these
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. Anticipated can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Minimalist can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Transpire can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Indict can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Inconclusive can fit in both the blanks to make it a contextually meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
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