English Quiz - Fill in the Blanks

English Quiz - Fill in the Blanks

Directions (Q. 1-6): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

1. It is _____ that in the present system there is neither justice nor ________ to law.
(1) Disgusting, practice
(2) Shameful, respect
(3) unethical, subject
(4) unfortunate, adherence
(5) strange, concept


2. The war will have far-reaching_______ for the  ___region.
(1) Implications, distant
(2) Consequences, entire
(3) Spell, diverse
(4) Objective, across
(5) destruction, disturbed

3. The police has not demonstrated any measure of ______ in ________ with street protests.
(1) Sympathy, tackle
(2) Mercy, fighting
(3) Case, confronting
(4) Atrocity, curbing
(5) Restraint, dealing

4. Proper ______ needs to be taken to protect the green cover _____rocks and hillocks.
(1) presentation, amidst
(2) planning, covering
(3) attention, across
(4) action, around
(5) consideration, across

5. In the last few years the ______ of administration has taken a_______
(1) quality, nosedive
(2) stature, u-turn
(3) infrastructure, backseat
(4) area, vastness
(5) shape, twist

6. We have to _______ at a ________ because the issue may destroy inter- state amity.
(1) point, platform
(2) arrive, solution
(3) stand, ground
(4) look, direction
(5) enter, judgment

Directions (Q.7-110): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F),(G),(H) in the proper sequences so as to make a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.

(A) But I always felt somewhere in my mind that I loved acting.
(B) He never wanted me to be an actor, as he didn’t look upon theatre or acting as respectable vocation.
(C) Firstly, there was no tradition of theatre in my family.
(D) I am talking specifically of acting, not theatre in general.
(E) My parents were old- fashioned.
(F) I will answer all your queries a little elaborately.
(G) Let alone theatre, arts in general had no place of respect in my family.
(H) My father was a government servant.

7. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?
(1) G
(2) C
(3) H
(4) D
(5) E

8. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) D
(4) C
(5) F

9. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence?
(1) B
(2) C
(3) A
(4) D
(5) E

10. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence?
(1) D
(2) E
(3) A
(4) B
(5) G

11. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence?
(1) H
(2) K
(3) G
(4) C
(5) A

ANSWERS
1. 4
2. 2
3. 5
4. 4
5. 1
6. 2
7. 4
8. 5
9. 1
10. 2
11. 3