Practice Section 3 question answer - general english mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-1) The teacher called upon the students to _______ interest in science and participate in various orientation programmes in order to their _______ scientific skills.
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In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-2) It is Budget time again, and a lot of things have been _______ and spoken about what the Minister should and _______ do.
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"Written, can" is the correct use.
Since the first part of the sentence is in passive voice therefore past participle of "write" i.e. "WRITTEN" would be used.
For the second part, since the sentence is in present tense therefore present form of the modal will be used.
Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-3) Our army is ________ ________ the border of the neighbouring country.
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In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-4) Camille Pissarro, eldest of France’s great impressionist ______ that included Monet, Manet, Rennoir and Degas was the movement’s_______ and its saint.
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"Hierarchy, patriarch" is the correct use.
Hierarchy: a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Patriarch: the male head of a family or tribe.
Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-5) The new ________ in the defence field are quite ________ and hence appreciable.
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In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-6) Students should be _________________ to realize that the real goods of life are spiritual, love of things of the spirit and ____________ of their fellow man.
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"Made, devotion" is the correct use.
DEVOTION: Love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person.
Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-7) Harassment is just plain ________. There is never a valid reason or a good ________ for it.
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Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-8) He ________ to submit his report owing to his ________ health.
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In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-9) He is ______ to_____ any kind of work with due sincerity.
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"Determined, undertake" is the correct use.
Determined: To decide firmly
Undertake: To Commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility)
Directions:
In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q-10) After having been friends for more than a decade, they had a________ last year and have not ________ each other ever since.
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