| Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate words or words from among the options given below. |
| 1. | Since her face was free of …………… there was no way to …………… if she appreciated what had happened. |
| (a) make-up, realize | |
| (b) expression, ascertain | |
| (c) emotion, diagnose | |
| (d) scars, understand |
| 2. | In this context, the ………… of the British labor movement is particularly………………. |
| (a) affair, weird | |
| (b) activity, moving | |
| (c) experience, significant | |
| (d) atmosphere, gloomy |
| 3. | Indian intellectuals may boast if they are so inclined of being ……………… to the most elitist among the intellectual ……………………… of the world. |
| (a) subordinate, traditions | |
| (b) heirs, cliques | |
| (c) ancestors, societies | |
| (d) heir, traditions |
| 4. | Though one eye is kept on the ……………the company now also promotes ……………… contemporary art. |
| (a) present, experimental | |
| (b) future, popular | |
| (c) present, popular | |
| (d) market, popular |
| 5. | It will take some time for many South Koreans to ……………………… the conflicting image of North Korea, let alone to………….what to make of their northern cousins. |
| (a) reconcile, decide | |
| (b) understand, clarify | |
| (c) make out, decide | |
| (d) reconcile, understand |
| 6. | In these bleak and depressing times of ……………prices, non-performing governments and …………crime rates, Saurav Ganguly has given us Indians a lot to cheer about. |
| (a) escalating, increasing | |
| (b) spiraling, booming | |
| (c) spiraling, soaring | |
| (d) ascending, debilitating |
| 7. | The manners and ……… of the nouveau riche of is a recurrent……… in the literature. |
| (a) style, motif | |
| (b) morals, story | |
| (c) wealth, theme | |
| (d) morals, theme |
| 8. | Football evokes a ……… response in India compared to cricket, that almost ……….the nation. |
| (a) tepid, boiling | |
| (b) lukewarm, electrifies | |
| (c) turbid, fascinating | |
| (d) apocryphal, genuinely fascinates |
| 9. | Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom these areas are few of the ………for the ….……of proper emotional reactions. |
| (a) things, growth | |
| (b) fertile, areas | |
| (c) fertile fields, inculcation | |
| (d) important areas, formation |
| 10. | When children become more experienced with words as visual symbols, they find that they can gain meaning without making ………………………sounds. |
| (a) aural | |
| (b) audible | |
| (c) vocal | |
| (d) intelligible |
Answer
| 1. | (B) expression, ascertain | 2. | (C) experience, significant |
| 3. | (D) heir, traditions | 4. | (B) future, popular |
| 5. | (A) reconcile, decide | 6. | (C) spiraling, soaring |
| 7. | (D) morals, theme | 8. | (B) lukewarm, electrifies |
| 9. | (D) important areas, function | 10. | (B) audible |
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