PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

FILL IN THE BLANK(S)

PREPARATORY SET-67 (SINGLE FILLER)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the given sentences, a blank is given indicating that something is missing. From the given four options, choose the one that provides the correct word to be filled in the blank, thereby making the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. In case none of the options fit, choose “None of the above” as the answer.

Question No : 1

Optimism is a lucrative _____ beyond one’s finances

(1) Insignificant

(2) Investment

(3) Amend

(4) Critical

(5) None of the above

Question No : 2

The pollution of outer space is _____ approaching a crisis point

(1) Reaction

(2) Rapidly

(3) Adjust

(4) Global

(5) None of the above

Question No : 3

We have been leaving debris in space _____ 60 years

(1) Since

(2) For

(3) About

(4) Within

(5) None of the above

Question No : 4

The history of our planet is one of the _____ stories

(1) Greater

(2) Greatest

(3) Remarkably

(4) Considerably

(5) None of he above

Question No : 5

The _____ sarsen stones at Stonehenge were erected some 4500 years ago.

(1) Legend

(2) Importantly

(3) Iconic

(4) Popularly

(5) None of the above

Question No : 6

I’ll come and give a hand if you ________ help moving your stuff.

(1) will need

(2) need

(3) needed

(4) had needed

(5) None of the above

Question No : 7

If the weather _____ fine, we eat outside on the terrace

(1) is

(2) was

(3) were

(4) will be

(5) None of the above

Question No : 8

If he _____ in the same room as Dave, it would have been a disaster

(1) stayed

(2) has stayed

(3) had stayed

(4) will stay

(5) None of the above

Question No : 9

If you decided to take the exam, you _____ to register by 31 March.

(1) will have

(2) would have

(3) have

(4) had

(5) None of the above

Question No : 10

If the taxi doesn’t come soon, I _____ you myself.

(1) would drive

(2) will have driven

(3) drove

(4) will drive

(5) None of the above