Verbal Section : Sentence Completion Sample- CAT

Directions:

Each sentence below has one or two blanks. Each blank shows that something has been omitted. Under each sentence five words are given as choice. Choose the one correct word for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentences as a whole.

1.The fact that the- of confrontation is no longer as popular as it once was - procatss in race relations.
insidiousness - reiterates
practice - inculcates
glimmer - foreshadows
technique - presages
reticence - indicates
Ans :D
2.A child should not be - as being either very shy or over - agcatssive.
categorized
instructed
intoned
distracted
refrained
Ans :A
3.President Anwar el - Sadat of Egypt, disregarding - criticism in the Alab world and in his own Government, - accepted prime minister Menahem Begin's invitation to visit Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament.
acrimonious - formally
blemished - stiffly
categorical - previously
malignant - plaintively
charismatic - meticulously
Ans :A
4.In his usual - manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.
pensive
providential
indifferent
circumspect
caustic
Ans :D
5.We never believed that he would resort to - in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as a - man.
charm - insincere
necromancy - pietistic
logic - honorable
prestidigitation - articulate
subterfuge - honest
Ans :E
6.The Sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was - by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles.
unproven
banal
superficial
complex
heretical
Ans :E
7.Despite assorted effusion to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and quite possibly, there may be something of a - between them.
dichotomy
congruity
reciprocity
fusion
generosity
Ans :E
8.The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the catatest - indeed savagery seems to be indirect proposition to -
inventions - know-how
wars - viciousness
triumphs - civilizations
atrocities - development
catastrophes - ill-will
Ans :D
9.Ironically, the party leaders encountered no catater - their efforts to build as Procatssive Party than the - of the procatssive already elected to the legislature.
obstacle to - resistance
support for - advocacy
praise for - reputation
threat to - promise
benefit - success
Ans :A
10.The simplicity of the theory - its main attraction - is also its - for only by - the assumptions of the theory is it possible to explain the most recent observations made by researchers.
glory - rejecting
liability - accepting
undoing - supplementing
downfall - considering
virtue - qualifying
Ans : C
11.That the Third Battalion's fifty percent casually rate transformed its assault on Hill 306 from a brilliant stratagem into a debacle does not - eyewitness reports of its commander's extra-ordinary - in deploying his forces.
invalidate - brutality
gainsay - cleverness
underscore - ineptitude
justify - rapidity
corroborate -determination
Ans : B
12.No longer - by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual - for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
satisfied - reasons
reassured - justifications
restricted - parallels
sustained - substitutes
hampered - equivalents
Ans : D
13.In eighth-century Japan, people who - wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of - fields.
cultivated - domestic
located - desirable
conserved - forested
reclaimed - arable
irrigated - accessible.
Ans :D
14.Clearly refuting sceptics, researchers have - not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory- it should do.
assumed - deducted
estimated - accepted
supposed - asserted
doubted - warranted
demonstrated - predicted.
Ans :E
15.Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world - of -
deprived - polarity
full - circumstantiality
bereft - theatricality
devoid - neutrality
composed - adversity.
Ans :D
16.Sponsors of the bill were-because there was no opposition to it within the legislative, until after the measure had been signed into law.
well-intentioned
persistent
detained
unreliable
relieved.
Ans :B
17.Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable - through a complex network of producers and consumers.
nutrients
dividends
communications
artifacts
commodities.
Ans :C
18.Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by - the leaders of the movement have recently - most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.
proclamation - codified
coercion - repudiated
participation - moderated
intimidation - issued
demonstration - deliberated.
Ans :B
19.It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
tolerant
democratic
broadminded
emotional
intolerant.
Ans :E
20.Many philosophers agree that the verbal aggression of profanity in certain redical newspapers is not - or childish, but an assault on - essential to the revolutionary's purpose.
insolent - sociability
trivial - decorum
belligerent - fallibility
serious - propriety
deliberate - affectation.
Ans :B
21.The - tones of the flute succeeded in - his tense nerves.
rhapsodic - minimising
blatant - enhancing
hovendous - calming
vibrant - portraying
mellifluous - soothing.
Ans :E
22.Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is - and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in thercopy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to - it.
lost - forget
implicit - extend
impaired - sacrifise
ambiguous - apply
assumed - examine.
Ans :C
23.Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look -they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the - of natural beauty and human glory.
great - immutability
joyful - mortality
conventional - wildness
cheerful - transitoriness
colorful - abstractness.
Ans :D
24.Despite the - of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun to emphasize ''pop culture'' as a key for - the myths, hopes, and fears of contemporary society.
pedantry - reinstating
enthusiasm - symbolizing
skepticism - deciphering
antipathy - involving
discernment - evaluating.
Ans :C
25.If duty is the natural - of one's the course of future events, then people who are powerful have duty placed on them whether they like it or not.
outgrowth - control over
arbiter - responsibility for
correlate - understanding of
determinant - involvement in
mitigant - preoccupation with .
Ans :A
26.Clearly refuting sceptics, researches have - not only that gravitational radiation exists but that it also does exactly what the theory - it should do.
supposed - asserted
voubted -warranted
assumed - deduced
demonstrated - predicted
estimated - accepted
Ans :D
27.The Neolatonists' conception of a deity, in which perfection was measured by abundant fecundity, was contradicted by that of the Aristotelians, in which perfection was displayed in the - of creation.
variety
economy
profusion
clarity
precision.
Ans :B
28.It is a great - to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra gene material as possible, because the donor's genome may contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with - effects.
Disappointment - superfluous
Convenience - exquisite
Advantage - deleterious
Accomplishment - profound
Misfortune - unpredictable.
Ans :C
29.While admitting that the risks incurred by use of the insecticide were not - the manufacturer's spokesperson argued that effective - were simply not available.
indeterminable - safeguards
unusual - alternatives
inconsequential - substitutes
proven - antidotes
increasing - procedures.
Ans :C
30.Human reaction to the realm of though is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that - sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of - facts.
emotional - impersonal
familiar : symbolic
disturbing - ordinary
material - remote
defenitive - controvoisial.
Ans :D
31.Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of - resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
variety
stability
deviations
invigorations
reproduction.
Ans :A
32.It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
intolerant
democratic
emotional
patient
broadminded.
Ans :A
33.An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable.
colloquial
trite - cliches
urbane - sophisticated
hackneyed - originality
jovial - fun.
Ans :D
34.Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them.
cleverness : eager
condescension : disinclined
sentimentality : reluctant
mediocrity : desperate
histrionics : unlikely
Ans :D
35.Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
conversion - annexation
apparition - amalgam
stratagem - appropriation
paradigm - construct
example - synthesis
Ans :B
36.The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is - critical.
archetypally
perennially
disturbingly
uniquely
cautiously
Ans :D
37.Even though in today's Soviet union the - Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank - and - file clergy still. Have little - to practice their religion.
adversaries of - inclination
traditionalists among - incentive
practitioners among - opportunity
leaders of - latitude
dissidents within -obligation
Ans :D
38.Unlike the Shakespearean plays, The ''closet dramas'' of the nineteenth century were meant to be - rather than -
seen - acted
read - acted
produced - acted
quiet - loud
sophisticated - urbane
Ans :B
39.The little - known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more - uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites.
ingenuous
recent
secure
publicized
successful
Ans :D
40.Although his out numbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to - defeat and - a retreat.
oversee - reject
acknowledge - order
hasten - suggest
seek - try
overcome - request
Ans :B

  1. No hero of ancient or modern times can surpass the Indian with his lofty contempt of death and the - with which he sustained the cruelest coffliction.

    1. guide

    2. assent

    3. reverence

    4. fortitude

    5. concern

    Ans :D

  2. The hostess attempted to - a romantic atmosphere that would bring the two young people together in -

    1. expand - fealty

    2. present - collusion

    3. simulate - conflict

    4. introduce - cacophony

    5. contrive - matrimony

    Ans :E

  3. Employers who retire people who are willing and able to continue working should realize that - age is not an effective - in determining whether an individual is capable of working.

    1. intellectual - criterion

    2. Chronological - criterion

    3. Physical - barrier

    4. deteriorating - value

    5. chronological - factor

    Ans :B

  4. As the sun rose, the morning mists were borne away on the - like strands of -

    1. whirlwind - flotsam

    2. wind - cactus

    3. morass - tundra

    4. zephyr - gossamer

    5. holocaust - taffeta

    Ans :D

  5. The playwright was known not for his original ideas that had been propounded by others.

    1. rejection

    2. consideration

    3. invention

    4. reiteration

    5. plagiarism

    Ans :E

  6. The gypsy girl, decked out in - finery, and with her disheveled hair streaming over shoulders, was indeed a - sight.

    1. verdant - wistful

    2. sartorial - flagrant

    3. specious - poignant

    4. tawdry - bizarre

    5. opulent - debonair

    Ans :D

  7. Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so - Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in - in the western hemisphere.

    1. disabled - quarantine

    2. decimated - abeyance

    3. terrorized - contention

    4. ravaged - secret

    5. coupled - quiescence

    Ans :B

  8. The painting was larger than it appeared to be, for hanging in a darkened recess of the chapel, it was - by the perspective.

    1. embellished

    2. improved

    3. jeopardised

    4. aggrandized

    5. diminished

    Ans :E

  9. We have in America - speech that is neither American, Oxford English, nor English but a - of all three.

    1. motley - miracle

    2. nasal - blend

    3. feigned - patchwork

    4. mangled - medley

    5. hybrid - combination

    Ans :E

  10. Old beliefs die hard, even when jobs become - the long - standing fear that unemployment could return at a moments notice -

    1. protected - subsided

    2. vacant - perished

    3. available - receded

    4. plentiful - persisted

    5. easier - charged

    Ans :D

    1. Not only the - are fooled by pcopagandas we can all be misled if we are not -
      1. people - mature
      2. ignorant - cynical
      3. masses - cautious
      4. uncultured - concerned
      5. gullible - wary

      Ans :E

    2. -- merciful by nature, he was - toward the murderer.
      1. although - unmoving
      2. while - unjust
      3. truly - indicative
      4. though - kind
      5. albeit - implacable

      Ans :E

    3. When the news of his - with the enemy become known, he was hanged in -
      1. collusion - effigy
      2. conversation's - earnest
      3. involvement - martyrdom
      4. complacency - retaliation
      5. bickering - response

      Ans :D

    4. He was so - by the interplay of the colors that varied in brilliance and pattern as the music rose and fell, that he asked the price of the device.
      1. overwrought
      2. penalized
      3. repelled
      4. inteugued
      5. penalized

      Ans :D

    5. The absence of a sense of outrage and grief at national tragedy is an - of moral responsibility.
      1. intervention
      2. energising
      3. abdication
      4. administration
      5. actuation.

      Ans :C

    6. In an effort to - its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a - company in a different type of manufacturing.
      1. diversify - subsidiary
      2. adumberate - solvent
      3. multiply - protracted
      4. intensify - fluctuating
      5. establish - sequential.

      Ans :A

    7. Samuel Clemens chose the - Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
      1. mountebank
      2. protagonist
      3. misanthrope
      4. hallucination
      5. pseudonym.

      Ans :E

    8. To meet all - a source of - electrical power was added to the train's engine.
      1. Integuments - parallel
      2. possibilities - incidental
      3. amenities - diverse
      4. contingencies - auxiliary
      5. conveniences - automatic.

      Ans :D

    9. Since the escaping vapors proved to be highly -, measures were at once taken for the - of the experiments.
      1. Volatile - ratification
      2. Observable - insulation
      3. Gaseous - reduction
      4. Noxious - cessation
      5. Incriminating - destruction.

      Ans :D

    10. Eric Fromm does not agree that man is - in Freudian sexual dilemmas for if the - that man creates can be changed for the better, there is hope that the state of man can be changed as well.
      1. Tortured - goals
      2. Trapped - institutions
      3. Caught - symbols
      4. Engulfed - life
      5. Confused - meanings.

      Ans :B

    1. As man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the - of life on his home planet and even its chances for -
      1. Quality - survival
      2. Basis - growth
      3. Existence - upliftment
      4. chances - improvement
      5. meaning - understanding.

      Ans :A

    2. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable - the possibility that increasing levels of atmosphere Co2 can cause long term warming effects
      1. interest in
      2. uncertainty about
      3. experimentation on
      4. enthusiasm for
      5. worry about

      Ans :B

    3. Having no sense of moral obligation, shipler was as little subject to the - of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its - before he acted.
      1. balm - eloquence
      2. qualms - atonement
      3. reproaches - prompting's
      4. rewards - chastisement
      5. ridicule - allure

      Ans :C

    4. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and -
      1. goes to work
      2. stays cool
      3. embarrasses its user
      4. communicates
      5. puts its foot down

      Ans :B

    5. Famous among job seekers for its - , the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such - as low - interest home mortgages and company cars.
      1. largesse - perquisites
      2. altruism - credits
      3. magnanimity - reparations
      4. discernment - prerogatives
      5. inventiveness - benefits

      Ans :A

    6. Moving and parked, the automobile devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere - of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic
      1. asylums
      2. remnants
      3. blocks
      4. mountains
      5. islands

      Ans :E

    7. In the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural - for tree size, bloom density, fruit size,- to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease.
      1. conditions - adaptability
      2. configurations - propensity
      3. circumstances - proximity
      4. auspices - susceptibility
      5. regulations - conformity

      Ans :A

    8. For many young people during the roaring twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture - a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.
      1. reflected
      2. stymied
      3. conflicted with
      4. overwhelmed
      5. combined with

      Ans :E

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