Sentence Completion for competitive examination

 

The ‘fill in the blanks’ or ‘sentence completion’ questions are meant to test your ability in several ways. First, the question tests your ability to grasp the context of a sentence even with some of the words missing. Second, the question tests your vocabulary as demonstrated by your ability to select the correct words to complete the given sentence; so that it becomes a sound, logical, meaningful, verbal statement of the sort that a person with communication skill would be expected to make. Third, the question seeks to check your ability to recognize the finer relationships between various parts of a sentence. There may be various formats of these questions as illustrated below.

 

 

 

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In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word.

Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four choices to complete the sentence:

1. Gandhiji was a humble man known for his ________.

(a) sweetness (b) pleasantness (c) modesty (d) kindness

2. The accused ________ having made any statement.

(a) rejected (b) denied (c) refused (d) declined

3. If I ________ you, I would have told him the truth.

(a) am (b) were (c) was (d) and

4. The father divided his property among his sons lest they ________ quarrel afterwards.

(a) should (b) may (c) would (d) might

5. Indians need sincere leaders, not people of ________ integrity.

(a) doubting (b) doubtful (c) doubtless (d) double

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workout

1. In India, particularly considering the prevalent differences between _____________and tariffs, alternate schemes for rural electrification are unlikely to succeed unless the resultant tariffs are perceived to be_________.

(a) people…….better (b) industry……….cheaper
(c) subsidiaries………manageable (d) costs……..reasonable

 

 

2. ______________in India has been the ________ of Small and Marginal Farmers.

(a) Systems…….outcome (b) Water………tenure
(c) Agriculture…….preserve (d) Fertilizers……possessed
(e) Farmers……….future

 

 

3. _____________keep the environment clean, by ________ on animal carcasses.

(a) Birds………eating (b) Animals…….feeding
(c) Fish……….gulping (d) Vultures…….scavenging
(e) Machines……..encroach

 

 

4. The researcher had been ________ for some information when suddenly he ________ that he had noted down some of the facts in his diary.

(a) aspiring…..responded (b) hunting ….realized
(c) looking……enquired (d) levelled……suggested
(e) generating……remembered

 

 

 

5. Power to________ the constitution ________ in Parliament.

(a) change…….rests (b) amend……..vests
(c) read…….directs (d) revise……rests
(e) recommend…….vest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. (d)

 2. (c)

 3. (d) 

4. (b)

 5. (b)