1000+ English Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams Pdf - 1

Question: 1

It is not proper damn a system without understanding it. The Indian bureaucracy may be as bad after all it is made out to be. Times without number, it has been ___(1)___ that our bureaucrat is a ___(2)___ creature the files and also happens to sleep ___(4)___ the remainders. What is worse is ___(5)___ his own word. He turns a ___(6)___ ear to the visitor’s request and binds his hands and feet with ___(7)___ tape. However, in all fairness ___(8)___ the bureaucracy, it is necessary to note that a major reason for its ___(9)___ to discharge its functions ___(10)___ throughout has been the concentration of power in the hands of the politicians. The bureaucrat may be a devil, but because he has his own share of difficulties, we would not deny him his due.
In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) pronounced

(B) said

(C) proclaimed

(D) declared

Question: 2

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) solid

(B) strange

(C) sober

(D) sophisticated

Question: 3

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) at

(B) on

(C) with

(D) by

Question: 4

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) away

(B) by

(C) over

(D) off

Question: 5

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) minces

(B) shuffles

(C) minds

(D) eats