ENGLISH QUIZ SET - 11

Directions (Q.1 - 10): Each sentences in the questions has two blanks, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence there are five alternatives. Choose alternative that best fits into the meaning of the sentences as a whole.

1. To encourage colonial peoples in their aspirations to attain independence before it is __________ proved that  a __________ state will evolve instead of anarchy is unforgivable.
a) Unchanged, Formidable
b) Certainty, Sympathetic
c) Succinctly, Redoubtable
d) Incontrovertibly, Viable
e) Unequivocally, Mobile

2. Human memory is not _________ especially on ancientry happenings that smack of the __________.
a) Infallible, Mythological
b) Dependable, Simple
c) Confidant, Fanciful
d) Reliable, Inventive
e) Noteworthy, Fanciful

3. Athletes have so perfected their techniques in track and field events that the __________ becomes __________ before record books can be published.
a) Announcement, Public
b) Meet, Official
c) Time, Authentic
d) Fantastic, Common place
e) Result, Universal

4. Like the __________ part of an iceberg, much of what is really interesting in the capital is not __________.
a) Inner, Known
b) Submerged, Visible
c) Greater, Dangerous
d) Upper, Viable
e) Lower, Penetrable

5. Hence the word sophistry has an unfavorable ___________ and means arguing deceitfully, attempting to turn a poor case into a good one by means of clever but ___________ reasoning.
a) Denotation, Ingenuous
b) Meaning, Ingenious
c) Connotation, Specious
d) Significance, Vague
e) Impact, Cogent

6. He warned the workers against supporting these anti-social policies, which he declared would ___________ rather than __________ the plight of the common people.
a) Rescue, People
b) Encourage, Defy
c) Aggravate, Alleviate
d) Empower, Improve
e) Protract, Inhibit

7. We have criticised our university students for preferring the security of political silence and the safety of __________ to the excitement of social ___________ and humanitarian action.
a) Acquiescence, Dissent
b) College, Adventure
c) Concealment, Revolution
d) Tolerance, Antagonism
e) Security, Insecurity

8. The practice of painting slogans on rock faces, once a thriving industry in Britain, has fallen into __________ but there has recently been a/an __________ in Country Antrim.
a) Oblivion, Demand
b) Misuse, Artisan
c) Disfavor, Puheaval
d) Mediocrity, Surfeit
e) Disuse, Recrudescence

9. Curiously enough the very passage, which set out to clarify only ___________; the details are served up in ___________ three-page paragraphs which stupefy the reader.
a) Adumbrate, Excessive
b) Obscure, Succinct
c) Mystify, Stimulating
d) Disturb, Compact
e) Obfuscate, Monolithic

10. The increasing revival of dramatic classics is, to one critic, ____________; it seems to him a sign of the __________ of the modern theatre.
a) Inconceivable, Revival
b) Deplorable, Anaemia
c) Suspicious, Resurgence
d) Astounding, Uselessness
e) Incomprehensible, Fatuousness

Answers: D - A - D - B - C - C - A - E - E - B