Sentence Completion for SSC CGL Tier-II 2017

Dear Students, English section of CGL Tier-2 Exam is very challenging. You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing Sentence Completion which may hold up little weightage of 4-5 questions but practising them will boost your other heavy weightage sections as Sentence Completion or Fill In The Blanks demand correct usage of words and a strong vocabulary.Attempt this quiz, learn effectively in just a needed time and prepare for the CGL Tier-2 2017. We wish you good luck for the CGL Exam.

Directions(1-15): Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word.Four alternatives are suggested for each question.Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by the appropriate option.

Q1. The lanes in that odd city are often __________ because the garbage lying there is a common sight.
(a) faulty
(b) malodorous
(c) immaculate
(d) diligent

Q2. The huts were __________ on fire by some anti-social elements.
(a) opened
(b) burst
(c) set
(d) shot

Q3. We have worked hard, and the short vacation will be a welcome __________.
(a) concede
(b) respite
(c) vagrant
(d) insipid

Q4. They have finally succeeded in __________ the management to hold intensive discussions on issues pertaining to employed benefits.
(a) recommending
(b) compelling
(c) imposing
(d) entrusting

Q5. His speech __________ the need for the media to play an important role to bring focus on social evils.
(a) reflected
(b) communicated
(c) stressed
(d) addressed

Q6. For the demands of the students, the class monitor was __________ berated by the principal at a school.
(a) privately
(b) ignominiously
(c) magnanimously
(d) fortuitously

Q7. It was difficult to __________ information from the terrified natives.
(a) elicit
(b) illicit
(c) occasional
(d) evade

Q8. Survival of mankind itself is in danger due to __________ of atomic weapons.
(a) regularisation
(b) perpetuation
(c) proliferation
(d) suspension

Q9. I have no __________ intention on offering this advice, I seek no personal advantage on prestige.
(a) nominal
(b) altruistic
(c) incongruous
(d) ulterior

Q10. The two artists __________ markedly in their temperaments, one was reserved and courteous, the other rude and boastful.
(a) changed
(b) differed
(c) appeared
(d) similar

Q11. The government should appoint a panel of experts and __________ their advice on how to better technical education in India.
(a) interpret
(b) seek
(c) solicit
(d) heed

Q12. The most obvious reason for his lack of popularity was his __________ to find fault with others.
(a) reluctance
(b) premonition
(c) propensity
(d) superiority

Q13. He __________ many examples in support of his view point.
(a) sighted
(b) sited
(c) cited
(d) seated

Q14. Let us finish the __________ of the task tomorrow.
(a) residue
(b) rest
(c) remains
(d) reserve

Q15. The legislature of assembly was passed to punish brokers who __________ their client’s funds.
(a) devastated
(b) devoured
(c) emanated
(d) defalcated