Fillers for NIACL AO Prelims Exam- 15th January 2019

Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are five options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. 


Q1. The loud cheers had -------------- out his shouts.

Q2. So ---------------------- was the mood of the meeting that a decision was soon reached.

Q3. The walls of the ------------------ are always scoured.

Q4. Just then the door opened and the cat --------------- out, with the dog chasing it.

Q5. I signed a ----------------- against the proposed closure of the local hospital today.

Q6. Payments will be made for a ----------------------- number of months.

Q7. Because we cannot always be honest with ----------------------, sometimes we need others to help us see our inherent flaws.

Q8. Everyone knows jumping out of an airplane is an ----------------- that comes with an inherent risk.

Q9. The person who returned the stolen necklace to the police showed a great deal of -------------------.

Q10. The effects of the Chinese invention of gunpowder are ---------------------, never to be reversed or forgotten as long as humanity persists.

Q11. While I am naturally shy, my sister has the ---------------- ability to charm everyone she meets.

Q12. The audience was ---------------- moved by the speaker’s tragic tale of her life as an orphan from childhood.

Q13. The opposing football team was totally ---------------------- by our far more skilled and experienced players.

Q14. Only a diamond expert can see the ------------ difference between a real diamond and a fake one.

Q15. The scientist had a pragmatic approach towards --------------- with the water crisis.