Sentence Completion - 1

Sentence Completion

In the following passages there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits in the blank correctly. Find out the appropriate correct word.

In a democracy where the concept of individual freedom is an -----(1)----- part, any talk of general code of conduct becomes -----(2)-----. Perhaps in a ------(3)---- society and issue like liquor prohibition will be found both desirable as well as ----(4)-----but in a real society, not with-standing the possible -----(5)-------effects of liquor, the issue generates lot of heat and sweat. But one cannot -----(6)---- away, from -----(7)------the issue only on the -----(8)------of maintaining individual freedom and right to have one’s own way of life. Right or duty or in this case individuality and responsibility should and do go hand in hand. One can come across -----(9)------where the so-called individual’s right to drink has resulted ----(10)----- of family harmony and health.

1.         Unique,         integral,         important,     interesting,               unending

2.         Vital,               obvious,        ticklish,          displeasing,             concerning

3.         Utopian,        problematic,  practical,     authoritative,           demanding

4.         forbidding,   disgusting,    frivolous,    feasible,                    negated

5.         side,               positive,        healthy,         drowsy,                     calamitous

6.         prevent,         neglect,         avoid,             shy,                            confide

7.         observing,    noticing,        tackling,        addressing,              communicating

8.         dialogue,       plea,               situation,       idea,                           pleasure

9.         hundred,       emergency,  important,    vital,                           numerous

10.       collapse,       abuse,           neglect,         problems,                 ultimate.

From this very sofa I notice every day ----(1)----- the town gets up, rushes for work and comes home ------(2)-----. But where should I go now? Yes, the plot right in ------(3)------of my window attracts me. That is for sale. Last year when I visited my village, I ----(4)----that the incomplete bungalow had got reduced to a den of thieves. They -----(5)------there at night to distribute ------(6)------articles amongst themselves at peace. The well fenced ----(7)-----have shrunken only up to the -----(8)-----. Why not sell them ------(9)------ and buy this plot? In two years or three, half of it could be sold to ------(10)----- money for building a small villa.

11.       why,               when,             how,               where,           who

12.       tired,               robbed,         cheated,        rewarded,     gifted

13.       front,              behind,          below,            above,           beside

14.  contemplated,  thought,        realized,        noted,            attentive

15.       stand,            sit,                   shout,            assemble,     support

16.       precious,      stolen,           genuine,        artificial,        original

17.       houses,         stables,         fields,             farms,            caves

18.       farm,               road,              well,                granary,        fields

19.       of,                   out,                 off,                  down,            up

20.       collect,           raise,              find,                hoard,            gain

 

Answers:

Question No	Answer
1	Integral
2	Ticklish
3	Utopian
4	Feasible
5	Calamitous
6	Shy
7	Tackling
8	Plea
9	Numerous
10	collapse
11	How
12	Tired
13	Front
14	Noted
15	Assemble
16	Stolen
17	Fields
18	Farm
19	Off
20	Raise