Sentence Completion Home Exercise – 01, Directions for questions 6 to 10:

Directions for questions 6 to 10: Each sentence in this part has one or two missing elements, as indicated by a series of dashes. Following the sentence, you will see lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

6. It was her view that the country’s problems had been ___ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.

        A. foreseen       B. attacked      C. ascertained           D. exacerbated 

7. Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions, that though very ____ have certain characteristics in common.

       A.    relevant             B. elementary         C.   Abstract     D. diverse

8. Cynics believe that people who ______ compliments do so in order to be praised twice.

        A. bask in     B. shrug off     C. despair of     D. gloat over

9.   Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ------ signs of adolescent anxiety.

         A. prophetic      B. normal     C.    Monotonous           D. virtual 

10. The breathing spell provided by the ____ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.

          A. plethora of    B. moratorium on     C.  Reciprocation of    D. concentration on

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6.       D   Foreign technocrats were not good, so don’t invite them again. They must have done something to worsen the situation to earn this; they must have “exacerbated” the situation.

7.       D    The key word “though “indicates that the blank would be against “have certain characteristics in common” in meaning. The only such option is “diverse”.

8.       B    What do those people do?  They___ compliments so that they will be complimented twice. Now if they accept compliments why would anyone compliment them again?  So they must be “shrugging off” compliments.

9.       A    The key word here is “harbinger”, and the blank would be a synonym of this. The only such word available is “prophetic.”

10.       B    If the arms shipments continue, they won’t provide a chance to the combatants to re-evaluate their positions, since they will continue fighting. Hence it must be something of a break. Only the word “moratorium” clearly suggests this break.