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English Questions – Fill in the Blanks Set 115

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Fill in the blanks, which is BASED ON IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. When for months the___________did not come, the State government ought to have___________students to get ready for NEET.
    1) negation , betray
    2) forswearing , deceive
    3) dissent , dissent
    4) rejection , dismissing
    5) assent , advised
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: assent- the expression of approval or agreement.
    advised – acting in a way that would be recommended; sensible; wise.

  2. Any___________into Ms. Roopa’s charges cannot be limited to the facilities that one or two prisoners may enjoy, but should___________address all these issues.
    1) dissidence , gainsaying
    2) hassle , disavowal
    3) contradiction , delude
    4) inquiry, comprehensively
    5) disclaimer , pretend
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: inquiry- an act of asking for information.
    comprehensively – in a way that includes or deals with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

  3. With NEET becoming the sole___________gate, there may be no scope for an___________, but the test itself could be made more accessible.
    1) adjuration , responsibility
    2) abstaining , liability
    3) admission, exemption
    4) dissension, gainsaying
    5) discord, accountability
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: admission – a statement acknowledging the truth of something.
    exemption – the action of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

  4. He also said the focus of the American mission should___________down to fighting terrorists, not ___________Afghanistan “in our own image”.
    1) unrestricted , infliction
    2) narrow , rebuilding
    3) denial , disservice
    4) unconfined , shed
    5) clinker , eject
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: narrow – of small width in relation to length.
    rebuilding – build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed.

  5. As for the Centre, it could help by drawing up a fresh syllabus standard for NEET after___________the States, which necessarily have___________school-level standards.
    1) contention , dignified
    2) heterodoxy , impairment
    3) consulting , differing
    4) generous ,  outrage
    5) liberal , detriment
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: consulting – engaged in the business of giving expert advice to people working in a professional or technical field.
    differing – be unlike or dissimilar.

  6. Not chastened by judicial setbacks, the State government continued its___________efforts to get an exemption, possibly because it could not admit its own failure to make the requisite changes in the school___________to make students NEET-ready.
    1) forepart , scrap
    2) beginning , discard
    3) limelight , extrude
    4) difference , dispense
    5) ineffectual ,curriculum
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: ineffectual – not producing any significant or desired effect.
    curriculum – the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college.

  7. Closer to the admission season, it came out with a___________order___________85% of medical seats for State Board students.
    1) controversial ,earmarking
    2) forbearing , perniciousness
    3) disunity , ruination,
    4) spearhead , shuck
    5) compliant, considerate
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: controversial – giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement.
    earmarking – designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose.

  8. Against this___________, it may be valid to ask if giving the nod to the___________and then making an about-turn were no more than political manoeuvres on the part of the Centre.
    1) nonconformism , abandon
    2) compassionate , jettison
    3) backdrop, ordinance
    4) clement ,  prejudice
    5) peremptory ,exemption
    5) vanguard ,  deleterious
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: backdrop – a painted cloth hung at the back of a theatre stage as part of the scenery.ordinance – an authoritative order.

  9. The Supreme Court gave a___________direction to the State to complete admissions by September 4 after a volte-face by the Centre, which had previously cleared an ordinance prepared by the State government to grant a year’s___________from NEET for the State.
    1) permissive , ravage
    2) complaisant , immorality
    3) engaged , contradiction
    4) nonconformity , countermand
    5) Separated , routines
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: peremptory – insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.
    exemption – the action of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

  10. The___________and favourable exemptions that V.K. Sasikala seems to enjoy in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru appear to confirm what one hears only in___________folklore.
    1) privileges ,corruption
    2) assigned , reversal
    3) delegated , revocation
    4) indulgent , wholesomeness
    5) lenient , decency
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: privileges – a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
    corruption – dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.





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