Fill in the Blanks Questions For Bank

DIRECTIONS: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.

1. The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our business leaders their personal ___________ determined their organization’s ___________.

(a) serendipity, faux pas

(b) predilection, despair

(c) intensity, success

(d) oddity, conformity

2. The Himalayas ran from east to west and cut off the cold winds from the north. This allowed agriculture to prosper and _____________ wealth, but it also ____________ barbarian invaders from the north.

(a) attracted, dissipated (b) created, attracted

(c) created, restricted (d) attracted, evicted

3. Our _______________ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to _____________ the diversity of global economy.

(a) stupefying, negotiate

(b) plural, alleviate

(c) variegated, annihilate

(d) dreary, exasperate

4. My inward petition was instantly _______________. First, a delightful cold wave descended over my back and under my feet, ________________ all discomfort.

(a) acknowledged, banishing

(b) repudiated, infuriating

(c) acceded, exacerbating

(d) decimated, assuaging

5. Nature is ______ and unchangeable , and it is ______ as to whether its hidden reasons and ______ are ______ to man or not.

(a) relentless, indifferent, actions, understandable

(b) persistent, heartless, actions, comprehensible

(c) inexorable, apathetic, activities, explicable

(d) ineseapable, unconcerned, activities, intelligible

6. Nabeesa was not_____ by the criticism and paid no_____ even when her best friend talked against her.

(a) threatened, warning (b) troubled, mind

(c) deterred, heed (d) bothered, attention

7. He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.

(a) wanton, immunised

(b) vitriolic, alienated

(c) pungent, animated

(d) recalcitaant, humanized

8. Scientists, working to save the earth, have ___________ dry water that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence helps ___________ global warming.

(a) aided, cut (b) created, combat

(c) built, stop (d) produced, increase

9. The first round of the contest had the students ___________ themselves and ___________ about their hobbies.

(a) introducing, talking

(b) sensitizing, sketching

(c) showcasing, planning

(d) acclimatizing, mentioning

10. The varsity’s poll process for ___________ of new candidates has ___________ poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.

(a) entrusting, seen (b) registration, evoked

(c) entrance, made (d) admission, made

11. It is time to ________ ongoing programmes and ______ new horizons.

(a) value, choose (b) speculate, experiment

(c) reject, consider (d) assess, seek

12. This approach would ________ the enormous illiteracy problem to be ________ in a holistic manner.

(a) enable, tackled (b) focus, viewed

(c) envision, dealt (d) combine, judged

13. The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.

(a) lacuna, dealt (b) issue, addressed

(c) system, broken (d) continuation, suppressed

14. He ___________ a wrong act because it was ___________ for him to do so due to circumstantial forces.

(a) compelled, necessary

(b) refused, dangerous

(c) did, avoidable

(d) committed, inevitable

15. Many teachers ___________ the lack of ___________ for leaving the job.

(a) cited, reason (b) explained, force

(c) claimed, understanding (d) argued, culprit

16. Skeptics would not ___________ that the earth actually moves, let alone that it ___________ around the sun.

(a) permit, orbits (b) accept, revolves

(c) experience, circles (d) assume, went

17. Unpredictable __________ of the child could not lead the consultants to any ___________.

(a) performance, setting (b) belief, judgment

(c) operation, purpose (d) behaviour, conclusion

18. A public, servant who is guilty will not ___________ punishment and no ___________ person will be punished.

(a) be, sincere (b) flee, guilty

(c) defend, common (d) avoid, uninformed

19. Few professions can ___________ the sheer variety and constant ___________ of being a doctor.

(a) like, struggle (b) share, enthusiast

(c) match, challenge (d) draw, work-load

20. The organisation ___________ to popularise Indian classical music among the youth which has lost ___________ with its cultural roots.

(a) endeavours, touch (b) wishes, interest

(c) efforts, experience (d) exerts, intrigue