Directions (1-5): The following statements have two blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Choose the correct combination which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
Q1. The Athenians on the whole, were peaceful and prosperous; they had ____________ to sit at home and think about the universe and dispute with Socrates, or to travel abroad and ____________ the world.
(a) leisure, explore
(b) time, ignore
(c) ability, suffer
(d) temerity, understand
(e) courage, see
Q2. This simplified ____________ to the decision-making process is a must read for anyone ____________ important real estate, personal, or professional decisions.
(a) primer, maximizing
(b) tract, enacting
(c) introduction, under
(d) guide, facing
(e) way, struggling
Q3. Physicians may soon have ____________ to help paralysed people move their limbs by bypassing the ____________ nerves that once controlled their muscles.
(a) instruments, detrimental
(b) ways, damaged
(c) reason, involuntary
(d) impediments, complex
(e) preventions, static
Q4. Their achievement in the field of literature is described as ____________; sometimes it is even called ____________.
(a) magnificent, irresponsible
(b) insignificant, influential
(c) affect, paltry
(d) unimportant, trivial
(e) important, ineffective
Q5. From the time she had put her hair up, every man she had met had groveled before her and she had acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of ____________ and ____________ .
(a) admiration, tolerance
(b) indifference, contempt
(c) impertinence, temperance
(d) arrogance, fidelity
(e) confused, chaos
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. leisure, explore
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. guide, facing
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ways, damaged
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. unimportant, trivial
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. indifference, contempt
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