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Category: Sentence & Paragraph Skills
Topic: Completing Statements
Exercise: Completing Statements -1
Questions: 33

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The Question below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the Sentence are the five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or a set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the Sentence as a whole.

Question 1

With great efforts his son succeeded in convincing him not to donate his entire wealth to an orphanage ......

A and lead the life of a wealthy merchant

B but to a home for the forsaken children

C and make an orphan of himself

D as the orphanage needed a lot of donations

E as the orphanage had been set up by him

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Question 2

The employer appeared to be in such an affable mood that Rohit ......

A decided to ask for a raise in his salary

B was scared to talk to him about his leave

C felt very guilty for his inadvertent slip

D promised him that he would not commit mistake again

E was pained to press his demand for a new flat

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Question 3

He always stammers in public meetings, but his today's speech ......

A was fairly audible to everyone present in the hall

B was not received satisfactorily

C could not be understood properly

D was not liked by the audience

E was free from that defect

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Question 4

Even though it is very large house, ......

A there is a lot of space available in it for children

B there is hardly any space available for children

C there is no dearth of space for children

D the servants take a long time to clean it

E the municipal taxes on it are very happy

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Question 5

It was an extremely pleasant surprise for the hutment-dweller when the Government officials told him that ......

A he had to vacate hutment which he had been unauthorisedly occupying

B he had been gifted with a furnished apartment in a multi-storeyed building

C he would be arrested for wrongfully encroaching on the pavement outside his dwelling

D they would not accede to his request

E they had received the orders from the court to take possession of all his belongings

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Question 6

In order to help the company attain its goal of enhancing profit, all the employees ......

A urged the management to grant paid leave

B appealed the management to implement new welfare schemes

C voluntarily offered to work overtime with lucrative compensation

D voluntarily offered to render additional services in lieu of nothing

E decided to enhance production at the cost of quality of the product

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Question 7

"Whatever Dev uttered was without rhyme or reason" means ......

A Dev could not recite any poem or speech

B Dev said something which has no meaning, it was totally baseless

C Dev was talking something which was beyond our experience

D Dev spoke flatly without any emotion or reason

E Dev did not refer to any poem to support his statements

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Question 8

He tames animals because he ......

A is fond of them

B hates them

C is afraid of them

D want to set them free

E seldom loves them

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Question 9

Mahesh need not have purchased the bag, means ......

A it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has purchased it

B it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it

C it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it

D it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has not purchased it

E Mahesh already has a bag but still he purchased another one

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Question 10

In order to raise company's profit, the employees ......

A demanded two additional increments

B decided to go on paid holidays

C requested the management to implement new welfare schemes

D offered to work overtime without any compensation

E decided to raise the cost of raw material

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