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SENTENCE COMPLETION
Sentence completion questions test your ability to use your
vocabulary and recognise logical consistency among the elements
in a sentence. You need to know more than the dictionary
definitions of the words involved. You need to know how the
words fit together to make logical and stylistic sense.
Sentence completion questions actually measure one part of
reading comprehension. If you can recognise how the different
parts of a sentence affect one another, you should do well at
choosing the answer that best completes the meaning of the
sentence or provides a clear, logical statement of fact. The ability
to recognise irony and humour will also stand you in good stead,
as will the ability to recognise figurative language and to
distinguish between formal and informal levels of speech.
Because the sentence completion questions contain many clues that
help you to answer them correctly (far more clues than the antonyms
provide, for example), and because analysing them helps you warm up
for the reading passages later on in the test, on the paper-and-pencil
test, answer them first. Then go on to tackle the analogies, the antonyms,
and, finally, the time-consuming reading comprehension section.
Sentence completion questions may come from any of a number
of different fields-art, literature, history, philosophy, botany,
astronomy, geology, and so on. You cannot predict what subject
matter the sentences on your test will involve.
What makes the hard questions hard?
1.

Vocabulary Level: Sentences contain words like

intransigence, nonplussed, harbingers. Answer choices
include words like penchant, abeyance, and eclectic.

2.

Grammatical Complexity . Sentences combine the entire

range of grammatical possibilities adverbial clauses, relative
clauses, prepositional phrases, gerunds, infinitives, and so
on in convoluted ways. The more complex the sentence, the
more difficult it is for you to spot the key words that can
unlock its meaning.

3.

Tone. Sentences reflect the writers attitude towards the

subject matter. It is simple to comprehend material that is
presented neutrally. It is far more difficult to comprehend
material that is ironic, condescending, playful, sombre, or
otherwise complex in tone.

4.

Style. Ideas may be expressed in different manners ornately or

sparely, poetically or prosaically, formally or informally,
journalistically or academically, originally or imitatively. An
authors style depends on such details as word choice, imagery,
repetition, rhythm, sentence structure and length.
Work through the following Fundas and learn techniques
that will help you with vocabulary, grammatical complexity,
tone, and style.
Your problem is to find the word that best completes the sentence
in both thought and style. Before you look at the answer choices,
see if you can come up with a word that makes logical sense in the
context. Then look at all five choices. If the word you thought of
is one of your five choices, select that as your answer. If the word
you thought of is not one of your five choices, look for a synonym
of that word. Select the synonym as your answer.

FUNDA 1 : BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THE CHOICES,

READ THE SENTENCE AND THINK OF A WORD
THAT MAKES SENSE
This Funda is helpful because it enables you to get a sense of the
sentence as a whole without being distracted by any misleading
answers among the answer choices. You are free to concentrate
on spotting key words or phrases in the body of the sentence and
to call on your own writers intuition in arriving at a stylistically
apt choice of word.
See how the process works in a typical model question.
1.
Because experience had convinced her that he was both
self-seeking and avaricious, she rejected the likelihood that
his donation had been.................
(A) redundant
(B) frivolous
(C) inexpensive
(D) altruistic
This sentence presents a simple case of cause and effect. The key
phrase here is self-seeking and avaricious. The woman has found
the man to be selfish and greedy. Therefore, she refuses to believe
he can do something_______. What words immediately come to
mind? Selfless, generous, charitable? The missing word is, of
course, altruistic. The woman expects selfishness (self-seeking)
and greediness (avaricious), not altruism (magnanimity). The
correct answer is Choice D.
Practice of Funda 1 extensively develops your intuitive sense of
just the exactly right word. However, do not rely on Funda 1 alone.
On the test, always follow up Funda 1 with Funda 2.

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FUNDA 2 LOOK AT ALL THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS BEFORE

YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL CHOICE
Never decide on an answer before you have read all the choices. You
are looking for the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a
whole. In order to be sure you have not been hasty in making your
decision, substitute all the answer choices for the missing word. Do
not spend a lot of time doing so, but do try them all. That way you can
satisfy yourself that you have come up with the best answer.
See how this Funda helps you deal with another question.
1.
The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it
is still in an .......................state; otherwise it may grow to
dangerous proportions.
(A) Amorphous
(B) overt
(C) uncultivated
(D) embryonic
On the basis of a loose sense of this sentences meaning, you might be
tempted to select Choice A. After all, this sentence basically tells you
that you should wipe out hatred before it gets too dangerous. Clearly,
if hatred is vague or amorphous, it is less formidable than if it is well
defined. However, this reading of the sentence is inadequate: it fails to
take into account the sentences key phrase.
The key phrase here is grow to dangerous proportions. The writer
fears that class and race hatred may grow large enough to endanger
society. He wants us to wipe out this hatred before it is fully-grown.
Examine each answer choice, eliminating those answers that carry no
suggestion that something lacks its full growth. Does overt suggest
that something isnt fully-grown? No, it suggests that something is
obvious or evident. Does uncultivated suggest that something isnt
fully grown? No, it suggests that something is unrefined or growing
without proper care or training. Does independent suggest that
something isnt fully-grown? No, it suggests that something is free
and unconstrained. Only one word suggests a lack of full growth:
embryonic (at a rudimentary, early stage of development). The correct
answer is Choice D.

FUNDA 3 : WATCH FOR SIGNAL WORDS THAT LINK ONE

PART OF THE SENTENCE TO ANOTHER
Writers use transitions to link their ideas logically. These
transitions or signal words are clues that can help you figure out
what the sentence actually means. Sentences often contain several
signal words, combining them in complex ways.
1.
Cause and Effect Signals
Look for words or phrases explicitly indicating that one thing
causes another or logically determines another.
Cause and Effect signal Words
Accordingly in order to
Because
so...that
Consequently Therefore
Given
thus
Hence
when.then If.then
Look for words or phrases explicitly indicating that the
omitted portion of the sentence supports or continues a
thought developed elsewhere in the sentence. In such cases,
a synonym or near-synonym for another word in the
sentence may provide the correct answer.
Support Signal Words
Additionally
furthermore
Also
indeed
And
Likewise
as well too
moreover
besides

2.

Contrast Signals (Explicit)

Look for functional words or phrases (conjunctions,
adverbs, etc.) that explicitly indicate a contrast between one
idea and another, setting up a reversal of a thought. In such
cases, an antonym or near-antonym for another word in the
sentence may provide the correct answer.
Explicit Contrast Signal Words
Albeit
nevertheless
Although
nonetheless
But
Notwithstanding
despite
on the contrary
even though
on the other hand
however
rather than
in contrast
still
in spite of yet
while
instead of
3.
Contrast Signals (Implicit)
Look for content words whose meanings inherently indicate
a contrast. These words can turn a situation on its head.
They indicate that something unexpected, possibly even
unwanted, has occurred.
Implicit Contrast Signal Words
anomaly
Anomalous
anomalously
illogically
illogical
incongruity
incongruous
incongruously
irony
ironic
ironically
paradox
paradoxical
paradoxically
surprise
surprising
surprisingly
unexpected
unexpectedly
Note the function of such a contrast signal word in the following
question.
1.
Paradoxically, the more the details this artist chooses,
the better able she is to depict her fantastic, otherworldly
landscapes.
(A) ethereal
(B) realistic
(C) fanciful
(D) extravagant
The artist creates imaginary landscapes that do not seem to belong
to this world. We normally would expect the details comprising
these landscapes to be as fantastic and supernatural as the
landscapes themselves. But the truth of the matter, however, is
paradoxical: it contradicts what we expect. The details she chooses
are realistic, and the more realistic they are, the more fantastic the
paintings become. The correct answer is Choice B.

FUNDA 4 : USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORD PARTS

AND PARTS OF SPEECH TO FIGURE OUT THE MEANINGS OF

UNFAMILIAR WORDS
If a word used by the author is unfamiliar, or if an answer choice is
unknown to you, two approaches are helpful.
1.

Break up the word into its component parts - prefixes,

suffixes, and roots - to see whether they provide a clue to its
meaning. For example, in the preceding list of Implicit
Contrast Signal Words, the word incongruous contains three
major word parts, in- here means not; con- means together;
gru- means to move or conic. Incongruous behaviour,
therefore, is behaviour that does not go together or agree
with someones usual behaviour; it is unexpected.

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2.

Change the unfamiliar word from one part of speech to

another. If the adjective embryonic is unfamiliar to you, cut
off its adjective suffix -nic and recognise the familiar word
embryo. If the noun precocity is unfamiliar to you cut off its
noun suffix -ity and visualise it with different endings. You
may think of the adjective precocious (maturing early). If
the verb appropriate is unfamiliar to you, by adding a word
part or two, you may come up with the common noun
appropriation or the still more common noun
misappropriation (as in the misappropriation of funds).

Note the application of this Funda in the following typical example.

1.

This island is a colony; however, in most matters,

it is.............and receives no orders from the mother country.
(A) dichotomous
(B) methodical
(C) heretical
(D) autonomous

First, eliminate any answer choices that are obviously incorrect. If

a colony receives no orders from its mother country, it is essentially
self-governing. It is not necessarily methodical or systematic nor
is it by definition heretical (unorthodox) or disinterested (impartial).
Thus, you may rule out Choices B and C.
The two answer choices remaining may be unfamiliar to you.
Analyse them, using what you know of related words. Choice A,
dichotomous, is related to the noun dichotomy, a division into
two parts, as in the dichotomy between good and evil. Though
the island colony may be separated from the mother country by
distance, that has nothing to do with how the colony governs
itself Choice D, autonomous, comes from the prefix auto-(self)
and the root nom-(law). An autonomous nation is independent; it
rules itself. Thus, the correct answer is autonomous Choice D.

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EXERCISE
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If you do not .............., all your monthly expenses would

exceed your income.
(a) economise
(b) spend
(c) save
(d) splurge
The magician .............. the rabbit into a pigeon.
(a) transformed
(b) transfigured
(c) converted
(d) made
The cost of this operation has .............. our small store of
money.
(a) destroyed
(b) damaged
(c) depleted
(d) affected
He had taken the shocking news quietly, neither ..............
fate nor uttering any word of bitterness.
(a) submitting to
(b) railing against
(c) conspiring with
(d) dissenting from
You may wonder how the expert on fossil remains is able to
trace descent through teeth, which seem .............. pegs upon
which to hang whole ancestries.
(a) reliable
(b) inadequate
(c) novel
(d) specious
The columnist was very gentle when he mentioned his
friends, but he was bitter and even .............. when he
discussed people who irritated him.
(a) acerbic
(b) remorseful
(c) stoical
(d) laconic
With a few exceptions, explorers now are not individuals
setting out alone or in pairs to some remote destination
instead members of often .............. international undertaking.
(a) a singular
(b) a private
(c) an insular
(d) a collaborative
When the .............. polished the stones, they gleamed with a
breath-taking brilliance.
(a) graphologist
(b) cosmetologist
(c) lapidary
(d) beagle
We were amazed that a man who had been the most ..............
public speakers could, in a single speech electrify an
audience and bring the cheering crowd to their feet.
(a) enthralling
(b) accomplished
(c) pedestrian
(d) masterful
If I were you, I ............... be careful with my words.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) shall
(d) should
Of the two assistants we employed last month, I find
Raman .............. hard working.
(a) most
(b) more
(c) least (d) only
She is so fastidious that ............... of the three houses was
liked by her.
(a) neither
(b) either
(c) none (d) no one
.............. a very long time this city has been prosperous.
(a) Since
(b) For
(c) From (d) Till
The mother of the dead child was overwhelmed ............. grief.
(a) by
(b) with
(c) from (d) for
William Shakespeare was .............. greatest playwright of
his time.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) thee

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There is no use discussing .............. prohibition.

(a) on
(b) about
(c) of
(d) for
It is earths gravity which .............. people their weight.
(a) gives
(b) give
(c) giving (d) given
Total weight of all the ants in the world is much greater
than ............... .
(a) to all human beings
(b) that of all human beings
(c) is of all human beings
(d) that of the all human beings
It is good form to use the name of the person ............... .
(a) who are greeting
(b) you are greeting
(c) which you are greeting
(d) greeting for you
.............. that increasing numbers of compact disc players
will be bought by consumers in the years to come.
(a) They are anticipated
(b) In anticipation
(c) Anticipating
(d) It is anticipated
.............. business, a merger is a combination of two or more
corporations under one management.
(a) At
(b) In
(c) The
(d) On
A ............... firms are having trouble with industrial relations.
(a) considerable amount of (b) great deal of
(c) large part of
(d) great many
He was frightened ...............
(a) to be killed
(b) to being killed
(c) for being killed
(d) of being killed
Capitalist society .............. profit as a valued goal.
(a) which regards
(b) regarding
(c) regards
(d) was regarded
.............. the rainfall was adequate this year, the mango trees
still did not produce a high yield.
(a) Since
(b) Although
(c) Due to
(d) In spite of
The impact of two vehicles can cause a lot of .............. to
both.
(a) damage
(b) damages
(c) damaging
(d) damagings
The greater ............... increase in population, the harder it is
for people to find adequate housing.
(a) of
(b) the
(c) is the
(d) is of the
Through preserance and hard work we can keep the ............of
liberty burning even during dark and trying times.
(a) flame
(b) lamb
(c) goal
(d) light
After the election .............. a new stage.
(a) the entering nation
(b) the nation will enter
(c) to enter the nation
(d) will the nation enter
He is .............. tennis.
(a) fond to play
(b) fond of playing
(c) fond in playing
(d) fond at playing

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I hope she ............... .

(a) must come
(b) should come
(c) will come
(d) must be coming
An increase in population, without an increase in economic
level, .............. result in a lower standard of living.
(a) tends to
(b) tending to
(c) will tend
(d) tends
.............. as President, a candidate must win a majority of
votes.
(a) Elected
(b) To be elected
(c) Having elected
(d) Electing
Encounters between people from different countries can
result in misunderstandings .............. different conceptions
about space.
(a) because they
(b) is because they
(c) is because their
(d) of their
The conditions necessary .............. this project have not
been met.
(a) of completion
(b) for the complete of
(c) of complete
(d) for the completion of
One difficulty .............. at night is limited vision.
(a) with driving
(b) be driven
(c) to drive
(d) will drive
Oscillatona are one of the few plants that can move about
.............. a wavy, gliding motion.
(a) having
(b) has
(c) being
(d) with
.............. a busy city, Pompeii was virtually destroyed by
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
(a) Once
(b) It was once
(c) Once it was
(d) That once
Research in the work place reveals that people work for
many reasons ............... .
(a) money beside
(b) money besides
(c) beside money
(d) besides money
.............. unknown quantities is the task of Algebra.
(a) To found
(b) Find
(c) The find
(d) Finding
Fast food restaurants have become popular because many
working people want ............... .
(a) to eat quickly and cheaply
(b) eating quickly and cheaply
(c) eat quickly and cheaply
(d) the eat quickly and cheaply
The country is ushering .............. a new era.
(a) into
(b) in
(c) of
(d) over
He is a traitor .............. the country.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) in
(d) of
The event passed .............. without any untoward incident.
(a) of
(b) on
(c) off
(d) away
Vitamin E cream, a moisturising emollient, .............
maintaining soft, healthy looking skin.
(a) having been used for
(b) used for
(c) has been used for
(d) having used for
In his painting The three Musicians, Picasso reached a
climax in his use .............. geometric forms.
(a) to
(b) of
(c) on
(d) with

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The present Constitution will see .............. amendments but

its basic structure will survive.
(a) many more
(b) much more
(c) too many more
(d) quite a few more
Many people in Delhi celebrated Diwali in a grand way
.............. the high prices.
(a) in spite of
(b) even though
(c) because of
(d) even if
Although I was _________ of his plans, I encouraged him,
because there was no one else who was willing to help.
(a) sceptical
(b) remorseful
(c) fearful
(d) excited
You have no business to _________ pain on a weak and
poor person.
(a) inflict
(b) put
(c) direct (d) force
Her uncle died in a car accident. He was quite rich. She
suddenly _________ all her uncles money.
(a) succeeded
(b) caught
(c) gave
(d) inherited
There was a major accident. The plane crashed. The pilot
_________ did not see the tower.
(a) likely
(b) probably
(c) scarcely
(d) hurriedly
I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged
to Scotland.
(a) notion
(b) expression
(c) imagination
(d) theory
The prisoner showed no _________ for his crimes.
(a) hatred
(b) obstinacy
(c) remorse
(d) anger
It is inconceivable that in many schools children are
subjected to physical _________ in the name of
discipline.
(a) violation
(b) exercise
(c) violence
(d) security
We have not yet fully realised the _________ consequences
of the war.
(a) happy
(b) pleasing
(c) grim
(d) exciting
The scholar was so .............. in his field that many of our
professors became nervous in his presence.
(a) eminent
(b) pathological
(c) petulant
(d) amiable
Criticism that tears down without suggesting areas of
improvement is not .............. and should be avoided if
possible.
(a) constructive
(b) mandatory
(c) pertinent
(d) sagacious
Language, culture and personality may be considered
independently of each other in thought, but they are ..............
in fact.
(a) equivocal
(b) pervasive
(c) inseparable
(d) autonomous
The people of Europe came to India .............. for riches,
followed quickly by the desire to rule.
(a) basically
(b) fundamentally
(c) primarily
(d) seemingly

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ANSWER KEY
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(a)

(a) 11 (b) 16 (b) 21 (b) 26 (a) 31 (c) 36 (a) 41 (a) 46 (b) 51 (d) 56 (c)

(a)

(c)

(d) 12 (c) 17 (a) 22 (d) 27 (b) 32 (a) 37 (d) 42 (b) 47 (a) 52 (b) 57 (a)
(c) 13 (b) 18 (b) 23 (d) 28 (a) 33 (b) 38 (a) 43 (b) 48 (a) 53 (a) 58 (a)

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(c) 14 (b) 19 (b) 24 (c) 29 (b) 34 (d) 39 (d) 44 (c) 49 (a) 54 (c) 59 (c)

(b) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25 (b) 30 (b) 35 (d) 40 (d) 45 (c) 50 (a) 55 (c) 60 (c)

ANSWERS & SOLUTIONS

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(a) Economise means to control ones expenditure and

spend less splurge means to spend money freely.
(a) Transform is used when the change is done to alter in
term, appearance or nature.
(c) Depleted means reduced while damaged and destroyed
would mean finished completely.
(b) Since there is a neither in the sentence submitting to
cannot be the right answer as it will oppose the meaning
of the sentence, railing means to utter angry
reproaches, while conspiring is to plan against
someone, one cannot conspire with fate, dissenting
means to have a different opinion. Thus, railing against
fate fits best in the meaning of the sentence.
(b) Reliable means something that can be trusted,
inadequate insufficient, novel is of a new kind and
specious means false or misleading. According to the
sentence the expert is able to trace the descent of fossil,
so, it cannot seem reliable, what is would seem will be
a word opposite to sufficient or reliable and that is
inadequate.
(a) Acerbic means harsh in tone or manner, laconic is brief,
remorseful is repenting having done something,
shackle is suffering without complaint. Since, the gap
is followed by better and even, it should be a synonym
of better in a higher degree which will be acerbic.
(d) Because of the instead in the sentence the word in the
gap should be an antonym of individuals, singular is
single so eliminated, private again would refer to
something restricted to an individual or firm which
cannot be intimation insular means not connected with
outside which is obviously not the right answer,
collaborative is something where many individuals or
organisation work together towards as target, so, this
will be the right answer.
(c) Lapidary is a person skilled in polishing of atoms.
Graphologist is one who studies handwriting, while a
cosmetologist is a person skilled is the art of cosmetics,
Beagle is a species of dog.
(c) Enthralling is something that will excite, accomplished
is skilled and so is masterful, pedestrian means

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(b)

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(b)

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(c)

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(b)

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(b)
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(b)
(d)

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(d)
(c)

ordinary. The sentence says that everyone was amazed

that the speaker was an ordinary speaker and not a
skilled speaker.
The sentence gives a condition, so the principle clause
will use would not will.
Since there is a comparison between two, a comparative
degree verb must be used.
Since the numbers are more than two, neither cannot
be used, either is positive so will oppose the meaning
of the sentence and no one is used for persons not
things.
In the perfect continuous tense only for and since
are used. since is used to suggest a particular time in
past and for is used to suggest a time period, a long
time suggest a time period so for will be the answer.
With is used with overwhelmed
Article the preceeds the superlative degree i.e., the
est form.
Gravity is the singular subject which will have the
present indefinite verb i.e., verb + s/es form.
Since a comparison is being made there must be a
subject in both parts of sentence devided by than. There
must be that in the second part therefore, (d) is incorrect
because of incorrect usage of article the.
There is no need for who or which (both of which are
incorrect whom will be the right pronoun) the clause
follows the subject person directly and need not be
connected through a pronoun.
It is a passive voice sentence and the phrase before
that should be a complete passive form of verb and
not a gerund.
This will be the right preposition.
Firms are countable noun so many is the determiner
that should be used with it great deal is used mostly
with abstract nouns and amount with either money or
substances that are weighed.
of is the preposition used with frightened.
Capitalist society is the singular subject and the
statement made is a dictum, so pesent infinitive tense
will be used.

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(b) Although is used when there is disagreement between

the two parts of the sentence which should have
logically followed each other. Although and still are
often used together, to this can be used as an easy hint
to find the answer.
(a) The use of the word here is as a noun not as a verb
thus damage will be the right answer.
(b) In the given sentence there is no subject or verb, so
the added phrase should be of the form subject +
infinitive verb.
(b) The right impression is fond of.
(c) Modals such as must or should cannot be used with
hope.
(a) There must be the preposition to to connect the verb
tend with the noun result, (b) is not correct because
first form of verb should be used and not continuous
since its a simple statement made suggesting no action
taking place at the current moment.
(b) The subject of the sentence is candidate, but in the
first part there is no subject, it should be passive or
have an active subject. (b) is the only option with
passive verb.
(d) because cannot be used as the conjunction in this
sentence because for the sentence to be complete it
should be followed by an of, i.e., because of their,
since this is not the option of their is the most
appropriate use.
(d) The right expression is conditions necessary for,
since the gap is followed by, this. complete should be
used in the noun form and not adjective so it will be
completion of this.
(a) Difficulty is a noun, and is therefore used as difficulty
with or difficulty in.
(d) What is required to fill the gap is not an auxillary verb
(because the part of the sentence after the gap does
not have a verb) but a preposition (the last part of
sentence has a noun)
(a) Since the noun follows later in the sentence we cannot
use the pronoun it prior to it.
(d) Beside is a preposition meaning by the side of while
besides mean in addition to.
(d) A gerund will be used in this sentence. (a) is incorrect
because it has the second form of verb, while first form
is the right usage.
(a) The confusion is between (a) & (b), but want is usually
followed by the to + verb form and not verb + ing form.
(b) in is the correct preposition to be used with ushering
(b) to is the right preposition to be used with traitor
(c) While on when used with passed suggests a kind of
process, off is used in the sense of relief because of
finishing a task. Passed off therefore carries a sense
that it finished without any problems.

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(c) It is a sentence without a subject, the object Vitamin E

cream is the subject, so it is in passive form, thus has
been used will be the correct usage.
(b) Of is the right preposition to be used with use
(a) Amendments are countable noun, thus the determiner
many will be used. Too need not be used with many,
and quite a few and many cannot be used together
since they give opposite sense.
(a) Since the two parts separted by the gap are of opposing
meaning either (a) or (b) could be the answer but
because the part after the gap is not a complete sentence
(the prices were high) the answer will be (a).
(a) The word sceptical means suspicious or doubtful.
(a) The word inflict means burden someone with or impose.
(d) The word inherit means become heir to or take over.
(b) The word probably means likely (very/most).
(a) Vague notion is a right choice. Imagination is in itself
vague (unclear). While expressions cannot be vague.
Theory is out of place for the context. Thoughts can
be vague or unclear or unstable.
(c) Remorse is an emotion/action/feeling after the crime is
done. Hatred is for the other people who saw/hear/
gone through crime but certainly not for the prisoner.
Obstinacy is stubbornness. Only emotion that suits
the context is Remorse.
(c) If it would have been 'security' then it would have been
'provided' in the statement not 'subjected'. Exercise does
not fit. Violation (to breech) is also out of place. Use of
'physical' in statement indicates 'violence'. It fits best
in the blank.
(c) War is a negative word and it is synonym with mass
destruction, death h ence certainly has grim
consequences. Happy, Pleasing, exciting all have
positive sense; so can not be linked with war.
(a) Eminent means very respected or famous in ones
profession or field, petulant means peevish or irritable,
pathological refers to disease and amiable means
friendly.
(a) Mandatory means compulsory, pertinent means
relevant and sagacious is showing wisdom, while
constructive means useful and positive.
(c) Equivocal means ambiguous or vague, pervasive means
something to be found everywhere, inseparable are
things that cannot be separated from each other and
autonomous means independent is followed by a but
so the noun or adjective that follows should be opposite
in meaning to Independent. Thus, inseparable is the
right answer.
(c) The sense of sentence says that Europeans came to
India for A but after this they did B. So, A is the first
choice. Now, of the given words, we can choose the
word synonymous with first, basically suggests the
chief ground reason, fundamentally means essentially,
primarily means apparently. Primarily, therefore, is the
most apt answer for this sentence.

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