Sentence completion exercise for UPSC and bank tests

1. You have to support your arguments with ------------------------ quotations.

a) irrelevant
b) apposite
c) opposite
d) adjudged

2. You can't be under the ------------------ that you can succeed without hard work.

a) allusion
b) belief
c) illusion
d) faith

3. The students have to give a/an --------------------- of the whole report in about 200 words.

a) content
b) extract
c) abstract
d) none of these

4. He ---------------- the bottle to show that it was empty.

a) averted
b) inverted
c) turned
d) emptied

5. As several members suggested various amendments, the bill had to be passed in a/an ---------------- form.

a) extenuate
b) attenuate
c) complete
d) mild

6. The old woman has great ----------------- for his granddaughter.

a) affection
b) affectation
c) affinity
d) attestation

7. The government is planning to launch a project to help -----------------, especially the weavers and potters.

a) artisans
b) artists
c) partisans
d) technicians

8. Spending is okay but you have to ensure that your expenditure does not ----------------- your income.

a) accede
b) exceed
c) outwit
d) cross

9. The enraged mother asked her son to -------------- his tongue.

a) bridal
b) bridle
c) control
d) rein

10. The black marketers and hoarders deserve ----------------- punishment.

a) corporate
b) corpulent
c) corporal
d) competent

Answers

1. You have to support your arguments with apposite quotations.

2. You can't be under the illusion that you can succeed without hard work.

3. The students have to give a/an abstract of the whole report in about 200 words.

4. He inverted the bottle to show that it was empty.

5. As several members suggested various amendments, the bill had to be passed in a/an attenuate form.

6. The old woman has great affection for his granddaughter.

7. The government is planning to launch a project to help artisans, especially the weavers and potters.

8. Spending is okay but you have to ensure that your expenditure does not exceed your income.

9. The enraged mother asked her son to bridle his tongue.

10. The black marketers and hoarders deserve corporal punishment.