Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. We must _____ this accord.

   1. greet
   2. hail
   3. salute
   4. receive

2. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, face _____ of extinction.

   1. possible
   2. the possibility
   3. to be possible
   4. possibly

3. His _____ simplicity is one of his qualities.

   1. childish
   2. childlike
   3. infantile
   4. puerile

4. The principal along with the students _____ gone on the picnic.

   1. has
   2. have
   3. were
   4. are

5. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

   1. could
   2. can
   3. would
   4. will

6. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

   1. salutary . . . intimidate
   2. cautionary . . . mute
   3. pernicious . . . silence
   4. unexceptional . . . abstract
   5. perilous . . . augment

7. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

   1. left
   2. is leaving
   3. had left
   4. will leave

8. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

   1. amiable
   2. amicable
   3. likeable
   4. desirable

9. ____ the events of Aslam's resigning his job, his family would starve.

   1. intelligent
   2. on
   3. at
   4. within

10. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

11. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

    1. had
    2. have
    3. had had
    4. have had

12. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

    1. the exposing
    2. from exposing
    3. from exposure
    4. expose

13. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

    1. ally
    2. allay
    3. rid
    4. palliate

14. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

    1. hoard
    2. store
    3. rallied
    4. accumulate

15. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat much larger than.

    1. it
    2. itself
    3. its
    4. it has

16. We were _____ by the result.

    1. surprise
    2. surprised
    3. surprising
    4. to surprise of

17. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

18. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

    1. efface
    2. deface
    3. erase
    4. wipe away

19. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

20. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

    1. would see
    2. will have seen
    3. would have seen
    4. will see

21. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

    1. illusion
    2. allusion
    3. delusion
    4. conclusion

22. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success

23. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

24. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

    1. wholly
    2. whole
    3. as whole
    4. a whole as

25. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

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