Double Fillers - Practice Test

1)   In each of the following sentences there are blank space/s. Find out which word or pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it grammatically correct.

If the wind in a tropical depression exceeds this speed, it is ___ to a ‘tropical storm’ and ____ a personal name.


a. demoted, awarded
b. consigned, gifted
c. upgraded, assigned
d. elevated, presented
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: upgraded, assigned

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   It depends on whether we get _______ down by failures or use them as stepping-stones.

a. wretched
b. bogged
c. squirted
d. eluded
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: bogged

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   The rainfall ______ India varies _____ place to place and also from year _____ year.

a. over, with, by
b. of, from, after
c. in, from, to
d. for, with, after
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: in, from, to

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   There was no agreement ______ the great powers ______ a treaty to ban weapons.

a. between, about
b. among, on
c. in, for
d. with, about
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: among, on

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   You expect us to stay in such a________ building even if it can be hired on a nominal rent?

a. Scruffy
b. desperate
c. fragment
d. robust
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Scruffy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   We had to face a lot of ____due to their _______ act.

a. Problems, desirable
b. consequences, immeasurable
c. worries, kind
d. humiliation, disgraceful
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: humiliation, disgraceful

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   I would like to __________ your attention to the last paragraph of my essay __________ to the terms of sale of the goods.

a. Consider, according
b. draw, pertaining
c. attract, regarding
d. haul, mainly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: draw, pertaining

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   We must endeavour to ________________the miseries of poor.

a. Augment
b. elaborate
c. discourage
d. mitigate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: mitigate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   If markets were so_______, why is the east providing a massive ___ for agriculture.

a. sundry, help
b. productive, support
c. efficient, subsidy
d. successful, coverage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: efficient, subsidy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   They understand that some ___ treatment is necessary in the beginning to______ ingenious aspirants.

a. essential, push
b. imperative, obviate
c. difference, prevent
d. differential, deter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: differential, deter

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The visit had a unique start with the President _______ his home state and, in doing so, _______ his priorities.

a. exhibiting, flashing
b. boasting, nodding
c. promoting, indicating
d. showcasing, signalling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: showcasing, signalling

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The company has fired another ______ to _______ stock market sentiment.

a. gun, reconsider
b. armament, retrospect
c. tribute, rejuvenate
d. salvo, revive
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: salvo, revive

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   ________to popular belief that meat makes humans ________, they have found that it has a calming effect.

a. dissimilar, happy
b. opposite, intelligent
c. contrary, aggressive
d. comparable, hostile
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: contrary, aggressive

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Private colleges ______huge fees, but have not been successful in providing ______ education.

a. collect, maintaining
b. pay, better
c. ask, good
d. charge, quality
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: charge, quality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   The world was _______ to the happenings in Syria, America’s political class was _______by the attacks.

a. watching, worried
b. alert, concerned
c. vigilant, disturbed
d. glued, devastated
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: glued, devastated

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Political scions who _________ as young members of the house ________ a decade ago are now ministers with key development portfolios.

a. began, around
b. took, hardly
c. opened, merely
d. debuted, nearly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: debuted, nearly

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   This ______ strengthens the allegation that the influence of the executive in the appointment of judges cannot be ruled out.

a. hindrance
b. thoughts
c. consent
d. persuasion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: persuasion

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Even after 15 years of the Kisan Cooperative Schemes, I find a lack of___________.

a. cognizance
b. misunderstanding
c. ingratiating
d. inviting
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cognizance

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   The run up to the elections in 2016 saw many dramatic _______ in the country’s politics.

a. increments
b. innovations
c. developments
d. changes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: developments

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   London’s palace of Westminster has been home to the British parliament for_______.

a. centuries
b. adolescence
c. years
d. longer
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: centuries

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Revitalising Indian railways would be good for ________but it would also have the added benefit of reducing _______from transport.

a. passengers, emissions
b. drivers, concealment
c. commuter, refrains
d. customer, containment
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: passengers, emissions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Earlier regulatory act on Jallikattu was ________as an anthropocentric law that was_______ to the eco-centric law against cruelty to animals.

a. recollect, nice
b. recall, good
c. dismissed, repugnant
d. learn, friendly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: dismissed, repugnant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   There are real possibilities of ensuring a modicum of nutritional________ and economic security to all________ households.

a. stop, secure
b. support, vulnerable
c. frustration, protected
d. opposition, safe
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: support, vulnerable

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Clearly, Iraq 2003 and Syria now, _______the most ______testimony on the failure of diplomacy.

a. provide, eloquent
b. leave, fluent
c. develop, fast
d. emphasis, alert
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: provide, eloquent

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   The logic of disqualifying persons in ______ to electricity boards and cooperative societies is strange.

a. redress
b. bias
c. afflicts
d. arrears
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: arrears

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   We have found our-selves left with ____________ moral values and little ethical ___________.

a. extreme, judgment
b. fundamental, scruples
c. incidental, standards
d. obsolete, direction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: extreme, judgment

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   You will not gain anything by insulting and _________ the man you do not agree with.

a. defaming
b. depicting
c. charging
d. revamping
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: defaming

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Arts still does not make news, ___________ the story has political ___________.

a. until, bickering
b. unless, ramifications
c. without, angle
d. given, ending
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: unless, ramifications

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   The right to livelihood is an ___________ facet of the right to life.

a. unimportant
b. integral
c. utmost
d. ideal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: integral

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   When Sameer heard the news of his selection to the IIM, he felt __________.

a. effervescent
b. enamoured
c. elated
d. embittered
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: elated

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The ___ should understand that they would get a licence only if they have basic skills of driving.

a. residential
b. political
c. authoritative
d. applicants
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: applicants

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Petrol prices, which have been on the rise for last several years, have ____ the backbone of automobile industry.

a. joined
b. burst
c. broken
d. altered
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: broken

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Mohit was advised to take ____ since he broke his leg in the accident.

a. medicine
b. coffee
c. rest
d. leftover
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: rest

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   It is always the ordinary people who ____ victims of violence because the politicians move around in bullet-proof vehicles.

a. indicate
b. shun
c. fall
d. transform
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: fall

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Through past ____________experiences, we must prepare ___________for future challenges.

a. peaceable, openly
b. kind, familiarly
c. kindly, commonly
d. bitter, ourselves
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: bitter, ourselves

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   We are witnessing an industry that is__________ on poverty, mostly.

a. leading
b. superior
c. thriving
d. discord
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: thriving

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   The government must now _________ its seriousness by moving away from the _________ policies of the past.

a. ensconce, conscientious
b. masquerade, equitable
c. shelter, scrupulous
d. demonstrate, flawed
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: demonstrate, flawed

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   The officer has stayed away from _____ populism such as raising the income tax exemption limit.

a. restricted
b. classified
c. overt
d. furtive
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: overt

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   If there is some chance of succeeding, it would be unwise to ______ it at this stage.

a. craggy
b. grasp
c. abandon
d. clutch
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: abandon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Only if business continues to expand can it ___ enough new jobs to make up for those that will be ___ by automation.

a. produce, required
b. invent, introduced
c. create, eliminated
d. repeal, reduced
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: create, eliminated

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!