English – Fill in the Blank Set – 2

D 1 – 5 ): In each of the following sentences there are three blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five set of words denoted by options (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which set of words can be filled up in the blank spaces in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentences meaningfully complete and mark your answer accordingly.

1) Manchester has helped me fulfil and _____ my aspirations by ______ my life skills and helping me discover and ______ my strengths.

a) rethink, amending, direct

b) redefine, enhancing, channelise

c) review, perfecting, characterize

d) readdress, improving, distinguish

e) reanalyze, upgrading, differentiate

2) The exam which is going to ______ the dreams of those students _____ to become future medicos is ____ the corner.

a) overlook, allowing, through

b) find out, planning, over

c) realize, aspiring, round

d) catch on, calculating, across

e) discover, dropping, shape

3) While children may get _____ exercise through play and _____ sports activities, most of us become ______ about keeping fit when we enter the world of work.

a) sufficient, distributed, listless

b) satisfactory, categorized, energetic

c) tolerable, systemized, languorous

d) adequate, organised, lackadaisical

e) enough, classified, ambitious

4) A ____ smile on her face, Saina Nehwal comes across as your ____ girl-next-door, friendly and______ .

a) pleasant, representative, gracious

b) grateful, normal, non-chalant

c) pretty, aberrant , mellow

d) congenial, typical, affable

e) blessed, characterized, breezy

5) The constantly______ computer game industry offers _______ pay and the opportunity to _____ something new throughout one’s life.

a) elaborating, envelope, master

b) developing, remunerate, meet

c) evolving, lucrative, learn

d) deriving, slack, get

e) losing, profitable, discover

D 6 – 10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by options (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blank spaces in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentences meaningfully complete and mark your answer accordingly.

6) Their approach and belief in secularism “is anchored in a ______ of Indian tolerance, with ________ on harmony, national unity and integration.”

a) delusion, stress

b) dream, illuminate

c) vision, emphasis

d) mission, accent

e) portray, feature

7) Among the issues discussed at the meeting were _____ of interest rates as well as _____ in the duty structure.

a) threatening, variations

b) menacing, irregularities

c) over casting, abnormalities

d) lowering, anomalies

e) declining, averages

8) The tourism industry,______ being the backbone of the State’s economy, provided________ employment to thousands of people.

a) yet, valuable

b) further, trouncing

c) beyond, paying

d) besides, gainful

e) moreover, thrashing

9) The Mahavir Park was flooded with ______ crowds and the fluttering flags of the Democratic party _____ the entire area and residential premises.

a) falling, trimmed

b) submerging, emblazed

c) pouring, adorned

d) overflowing, enriched

e) showering, spoiled

10) The spiritualism of India has ______ people from all over the world, and its Gurus have travelled around the world ______ yoga and mysticism.

a) attracted, selling

b) fascinated, teaching

c) allured, gaining

d) magnetised, betraying

e) charmed, training