Sentence Completion
Questions asking students to fill in the blanks with an appropriate word are common in all kinds of competitive examinations. Here is a collection of such questions.
Questions
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The helpful onlooker was badly injured when she tried to ______ to end the quarrel.
- intimidate
- intervene
- interfere
- intrude
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
That she was ________ was obvious not from her polite conversation, but also from the discreet display of the beautiful paintings in her room.
- crude
- sophisticated
- chaste
- mad
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
We were brought up in a village and our grandfather was a simple _______ and quite illiterate.
- knight
- squire
- pleasant
- peasant
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Most of today's workaholics are real cases of _________.
- experts
- wreck
- burnouts
- frustration
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
In the present fluid political situation, you never ________ what is going to happen.
- know
- face
- notice
- realize
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
After a ______ of several months the runaway boy turned up.
- passage
- interval
- lapse
- break
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
And why did the police suspect you? It just does not make any _____ to me.
- point
- reason
- sense
- truth
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Charles' marriage _________ Diana was much talked about.
- to
- between
- with
- of
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Mrs. and Mr.Malhotra are always seen ________ with each other about money.
- discussing
- shouting
- speaking
- arguing
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
He did not make a single _______ to any controversial matter in his speech.
- allusion
- illusion
- elision
- elucidation
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
A fool's tongue is _______ enough to cut his own throat.
- sharp
- long
- quick
- loud
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The public sector employees demanded pay parity ________ their counterparts in the Central Government.
- like
- as
- towards
- with
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Brevity is the soul of ________.
- imagination
- eloquence
- wit
- mankind
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
At present, all over the world, moral standards ________ to have fallen.
- look
- appear
- intend
- started
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
________ the match was declared over by the umpire, the players cheered each other and went for lunch.
- As soon as
- As far as
- As long as
- As fast as
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Keats is the saddest example of a fine spirit hounded to death by ________ criticism.
- honest
- agreeable
- savage
- impartial
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The insects are a great nuisance ________ us.
- with
- for
- to
- upon
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The ________ nature of your order left us no time to make the usual enquires.
- important
- urgent
- plain
- trivial
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The thermal station _______ so much smoke that no tree has survived in its neighbourhood.
- emits
- emitted
- burns
- consumes
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The Spanish regarded him as an ________ and called him a villain.
- apostle
- imposter
- archer
- informer
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
All the workers complained that the price of food had increased, so their ________ of living had fallen.
- existence
- desire
- method
- standard
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Joseph was taken to the police station because he was drunk and ________.
- vomiting
- talking
- misbehaving
- nasty
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
At times when she was in the right mood, she would _______ a sense of humour which no one could match.
- replay
- display
- show
- provoke
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
Your case is so unique that I am not getting any ______ to support it.
- reason
- help
- happening
- precedent
Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the options given below and fill in the blank.
The postman could not __________ the registered letter because he found no one at home.
- give
- deposit
- deliver
- hand over