TOPIC: Single fillers
Directions (1-15): In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank followed by five options. Choose the most appropriate word to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.
Q1. Now gender rather than generational differences between rural and urban populations are coming to the ______________.
(a) Testator
(b) Fulminate
(c) Jibe
(d) Striate
(e) Fore
Q2. SBI has decided to keep the revised instructions regarding recruitment of pregnant women candidates in _____________.
(a) Suavity
(b) Junket
(c) Abeyance
(d) Nostrum
(e) Immure
Q3. She underwent a series of tests before it was finally confirmed her tumours were _____________ following a biopsy.
(a) Indite
(b) Benign
(c) Temporize
(d) Genesis
(e) Mordant
Q4. The current payment and reimbursement structure creates incentives that are not only perverse but also _____________.
(a) Vapid
(b) Impulse
(c) Hackneyed
(d) Disparate
(e) Spate
Q5. Boasting a line-up of superfood extract blends of kale, spinach, and green tea, your skin will stay quenched and _____________.
(a) Dilettante
(b) Ingrained
(c) Luminous
(d) Quagmire
(e) Mannered
Q6. The _____________ of tokens is gradually pushing up the Metro railway passenger count in the north-south corridor.
(a) Loquacious
(b) Venial
(c) Effulgence
(d) Resumption
(e) Fanfare
Q7. A/An _____________ EU responded with talk of creating a European army, hailing the ‘strategic autonomy’, it would provide.
(a) Embittered
(b) Demonstrable
(c) Wraith
(d) Emend
(e) Laggard
Q8. The _____________ of financial professionals is a loss for the South African economy.
(a) Ambrosia
(b) Exodus
(c) Factious
(d) Disgorge
(e) Filch
Q9. The illness has _____________ everyone’s mental health and suicide amongst young people is on the rise.
(a) Expedited
(b) Dispelled
(c) Unfettered
(d) Strained
(e) Stacked
Q10. South Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon gift bicycles to _____________ students enrolled in its schools.
(a) Defiant
(b) Improbable
(c) Cutting-edge
(d) Meritorious
(e) Obscure
Q11. A Belgium-based non-profit organisation Mobile School is back on the streets to help _____________ the learning gap for students.
(a) Bridge
(b) Crabbed
(c) Bauble
(d) Fawn
(e) Comport
Q12. An international crisis between China and the United States could grind the global economy to a halt and _____________ a military confrontation.
(a) Rile
(b) Vilify
(c) Incite
(d) Refectory
(e) Mincing
Q13. It was the MHA that proposed the idea to _____________ with the empanelment process through which officers from the states are chosen for service at the Centre.
(a) Dispense
(b) Curbed
(c) Prognosticated
(d) Louting
(e) Simper
Q14. People who held salaried jobs are getting into more informal and _____________ arrangement.
(a) deduction
(b) Gusty
(c) Felicitous
(d) Limpid
(e) Tenuous
Q15. Many women along with the factory workers took part in the _____________ organised at Mahatma Gandhi stadium.
(a) Redolent
(b) Placate
(c) Agitation
(d) Emaciation
(e) Disquisition
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (e)
Sol. Fore (n): The front part of something
Testator: a person who has made a will or given a legacy.
Fulminate: express vehement protest.
Jibe: an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
Striate: marked with striae.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Abeyance(n): a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
Suavity: the quality of being suave in manner.
Junket: an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense.
Nostrum: a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement.
Immure: enclose or confine (someone) against their will.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Benign (Adj.): (of a tumour) not malignant.
Indite: write; compose.
Temporize: avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
Genesis: the origin or mode of formation of something.
Mordant: (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Disparate (n): things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.
Vapid: offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.
Impulse: a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.
Hackneyed: (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Spate: a large number of similar things coming in quick succession.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. Luminous (Adj.): giving off light; bright or shining.
Dilettante: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
Ingrained: (of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.
Quagmire: an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.
Mannered: behaving in a specified way.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. Resumption (n): the action of beginning something again after a pause or interruption.
Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
Venial: denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
Effulgence: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Fanfare: media attention or elaborate ceremony.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Embittered (adj.): angry or resentful at having been treated unfairly.
Demonstrable: clearly apparent or capable of being logically proved.
Wraith: used in reference to a pale, thin, or insubstantial person or thing.
Emend: make corrections and revisions to (a text).
Laggard: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Exodus (n): a mass departure of people.
Ambrosia: something very pleasing to taste or smell.
Factious: relating or inclined to dissension.
Disgorge: pour (something) out.
Filch: pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.
S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. Strained (v.): make severe or excessive demands on.
Expedited: make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
Dispelled: make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
Unfettered: unrestrained or uninhibited.
Stacked: (of a number of things) put or arranged in a stack or stacks.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Meritorious (adj.): deserving reward or praise.
Defiant: showing defiance.
Improbable: not likely to be true or to happen.
Cutting-edge: a dynamic or invigorating quality.
Obscure: not discovered or known about; uncertain.
S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. Bridge (v.): make a difference; join, unite, overcome
Crabbed: (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.
Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration.
Fawn: (of a person) give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order to gain favour.
Comport: conduct oneself; behave.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. Incite (v.): encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).
-urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way.
Rile: make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
Vilify: speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
Refectory: a room used for communal meals in an educational or religious institution.
Mincing: affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate (typically used of a man).
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. Dispense (v.): distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.
-manage without or get rid of.
Curbed: restrain or keep in check.
Prognosticated: foretell or prophesy (a future event).
Louting: a clumsy, boorish person, to scorn
Simper: smile in an affectedly coy or ingratiating manner.
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. Tenuous (adj.): very weak or slight ; Very slender or fine; insubstantial
Gusty: characterized by or blowing in gusts.
Felicitous: well-chosen or suited to the circumstances.
Limpid: unclouded; clear.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. Agitation (n): the arousing of public concern about an issue and pressing for action on it.
Redolent: strongly reminiscent or suggestive of.
Placate: make (someone) less angry or hostile.
Emaciation: the state of being abnormally thin or weak.
Disquisition: a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject.
English Quiz For NIACL AO Mains 2024 Exa...
