Advanced Vocabulary: Sentence Completion

Test your vocabulary skills by filling in blanks in sentences with the most appropriate words. This quiz covers a variety of contexts including legal, business, political, and everyday language.

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the option that fills up the blanks most correctly.

The appointed day has come, and India stands ________ again, after long ________ and struggle, awake, vital free and independent.

  1. free, ecstasy
  2. forward, bliss
  3. forth, slumber
  4. here, reduction
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with correct word.

No one listened to the poor woman's _______ requests for medical aid for her dying husband.

  1. harassing
  2. importunate
  3. arrogant
  4. aggressive
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank with correct word.

The defendant's _______ was broken by the new evidence.

  1. alibi
  2. plea
  3. charge
  4. reason
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks (i) and (ii).

The central government needs to develop a ______(i) and ______(ii) power policy in order to gain acceptance of the masses.

  1. (i) fanciful, (ii) brittle
  2. (i) pied, (ii) bilious
  3. (i) coherent, (ii) germane
  4. (i) furtive, (ii) wonky
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

He makes his writing easily comprehensible by using a very _______ language. But at times his writings seem very ______.

  1. uncomplicated, pedestrian
  2. amorous, prodigal
  3. chimerical, putative
  4. pensive, obsolescent
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

The major problems _______ because of the _______ nature of the job.

  1. emanated, grueling
  2. bestowed, extenuating
  3. emanated, deadpan
  4. bestowed, slothing
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

Khushwant Singh has been titled as an ____________ writer. But, critics at times, criticised him for writing in a ___________ manner.

  1. sapient, compunction
  2. mercenary, excursive
  3. amorous, carnal
  4. consummate, extricate
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

The investors do not put all their _______ in one basket, while purchasing shares.

  1. balls
  2. <font face="Arial">pebbles</font>
  3. eggs
  4. marbles
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

Higher management usually ______ at people who have the habit of ______ around.

  1. scorns, dawdling
  2. supplant, brewing
  3. dawdle, scorning
  4. defiant, skulk
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

Azim Premji's excellent __________ on goal setting and achievement rose a/an __________ in every youth present to make every endeavour a successful one.

  1. evocation, effigy
  2. oration, zeal
  3. valor, insatiable
  4. oration, perdition
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

His excessive narration of his ______ at times leads to ______.

  1. schema, tempest
  2. fables, ennui
  3. fables, trapes
  4. schema, biliousness
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks:

The politicians by their mean acts are trying to _______ the _______ minds of today's youth.

  1. debase, fecund
  2. evade, suave
  3. bestow, doughty
  4. extirpate, crumble
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank.

As the rain got worse, the commuter's safety became ________________.

  1. assiduous
  2. precarious
  3. obnoxious
  4. imperiled
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Working late nights in the call centre created a problem of _________ in the young employees.

  1. insomnia
  2. anxiety
  3. anxiousness
  4. anorexia
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank.

A small ___________ turned ugly as scores of people died in the fight.

  1. squabble
  2. fight
  3. scuffle
  4. tiff
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (9) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. humble
  2. rowdy
  3. philistine
  4. blighted
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (6) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. blaze
  2. diminution
  3. devolvement
  4. enormity
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (10) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. fudge
  2. disabuse
  3. failure
  4. chagrin
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (1) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. reward
  2. chide
  3. revile
  4. chatter
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (8) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. galvanizing
  2. parochial
  3. timorous
  4. boggling
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (3) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. scuffle
  2. confusion
  3. pathos
  4. clamour
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (5) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. conjectured
  2. clogged
  3. entrapped
  4. gleaned
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill up the blank (4) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. jealous
  2. resentful
  3. clumsy
  4. contemplative
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (2) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. a gypsy
  2. a trammeling
  3. an imperfect
  4. a dolorous
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (7) with the most appropriate option.

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Parents usually
 (1)_______ their children for behaving in (2)_______ manner with others and for being a part of any (3)_______ as every parent wants his child to develop as a sincere and responsible person. But the solution does not lie in finding faults with the child and behaving rudely with him. This rude behaviour will only make them (4)_______. The solution lies in searching the reason behind such aberrant behaviour. One of the major reasons (5)_______ has been the (6)_______ of time spent by the parents with their children nowadays. It is (7)_______ for the parents to find the reasons behind the aberrant behaviour of their child and not to have a (8)_______ attitude towards their problems, only then their endeavour to make their child (9)_______ will not prove to be a (10)_______.

  1. crucial
  2. fateful
  3. trifling
  4. futile