Double Fill up’s For SBI PO SET – 10
Double Fill up’s For SBI PO SET – 10
1. Like the _______ part of an iceberg, much of what is really interesting in the capital is not ______.
(a) inner, known
(b) submerged, visible
(c) greater, dangerous
(d) upper, viable
(e) lower, penetrable
2. Hence the word sophistry has an unfavourable ______ and means arguing deceitfully, attempting to turn a poor case into a good one by means of clever but ______ reasoning.
(a) denotation, ingenuous
(b) meaning, ingenious
(c) connotation, specious
(d) significance, vague
(e) impact, cogent
3. He warned the workers against supporting these antisocial policies, which he declared would ______ rather than _____ the plight of the common people.
(a) rescue, destroy
(b) encourage, defy
(c) aggravate, alleviate
(d) empower, improve
(e) protract, inhibit
4. The defense proposals show that the prosecution so _______ rejects as_______ did indeed take place, is indeed historical fact.
(a) blithely, undesirable
(b) cavalierly, apocryphal
(c) cautiously, factual
(d) persuasively, ignorance
(e) positively, inevitable
5. We have criticized our university students for preferring the security of political silence and the safety of _______ to the excitement of social ________ and humanitarian action.
(a) acquiescence, dissent
(b) college, adventure
(c) concealment, revolution
(d) tolerance, antagonism
(e) security, insecurity
6. The practice of painting slogans on rock faces, once a thriving industry in Britain, has fallen into _______ but there has recently been a/an _______ in Country Antrim.
(a) oblivion, demand
(b) misuse, artisian
(c) disfavor, upheaval
(d) mediocrity, surfeit
(e) disuse, recrudescence
7. It is well-known ______ that the lover of the sea craves for dry-land the age-old _____ to be where we are not.
(a) belief, antipathy
(b) anomaly, demiurge
(c) credo, inspiration
(d) contention, duplicity
(e) paradox, yearning
8. Why should a university _______ the values which are supposedly basic to its functioning and give an honorary doctorate to one who has not distinguished himself in a/an ______ manner?
(a) deflate, scholarly
(b) foretell, worldly
(c) vilify, collegiate
(d) abuse, doctrinaire
(e) debase, academic
9. Such stalling tactics are _______ to all fens and cannot be _____.
(a) repugnant, condoned
(b) anathema, ascertained
(c) injurious, explained
(d) unfair, superseded
(e) understandable, countenanced
10. The ________ of democratic freedom is dialogue and the ________ interchange of diverse ideas.
(a) deterioration, untrammeled
(b) height, restrained
(c) essence, unhampered
(d) alienation, compulsory
(e) epitome, discriminating
