Fill in the blanks MCQ Solved Paper for RRB NTPC

1. By the middle of the 19th Century, the urban population of England _________ the rural population.
A. have exceed
B. exceeded
C. was to exceeds
D. exceeds
Answer : B

2. The unprecedented rise in the price of gold in India, contrary to the___elsewhere in the world, is baffling the experts.
A. outlook
B. trend
C. cost
D. pattern
Answer : B

3. These issues are extremely ________ and any knee jerk reaction will ultimately result in a loss of ________ for all shareholders
A. Unassociated, curare
B. Ambiguous, plutocracy
C. Nuanced, opportunity
D. Contexed, serendipity
Answer : C

4. The car we were travelling in _________ a mile from home.
A. broke off
B. broke down
C. broke into
D. broke up
Answer : B

5. It is raining __________ . Do not go out.
A. heavily
B. fast
C. soundly
D. strongly
Answer : A

6. I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged to Scotland.
A. notion
B. expression
C. imagination
D. theory
Answer : A

7. There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion.
A. facile
B. fictitious
C. facetious
D. factual
Answer : D

8. Lack of financing options, __________ with HR and technological __________ , make small and medium enterprises sector the most vulnerable component of our economy.
A. except, loophole
B. coupled, challenges
C. armed, benefits
D. registered, strategies
Answer : B

9. Laxmi lost an important file and rather than confessing her___ she blamed Sandra for losing it.
A. respect
B. image
C. attitude
D. mistake
Answer : D

10. He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.
A. wanton, immunised
B. vitriolic, alienated
C. pungent, animated
D. recalcitaant, humanised
Answer : B

11. Although ___________ is not a very desirable feeling we need a certain amount of it to ___________ well.
A. anxiety, exist
B. grief, enjoy
C. pain, bestow
D. impatience, preach
Answer : B

12. We have not yet fully realised the _________ consequences of the war.
A. happy
B. pleasing
C. grim
D. exciting
Answer : C

13. Real friends, genuinely wanting the best for the organisation, ___________ different garbs.
A. come in
B. clad in
C. dressed in
D. clothed in
Answer : A

14. Scientists, working to save the earth, have ___________ dry water that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence helps ___________ global warming.
A. aided, cut
B. created, combat
C. built, stop
D. produced, increase
Answer : B

15. It is inconceivable that in many schools children are subjected to physical _________ in the name of discipline.
A. violation
B. exercise
C. violence
D. security
Answer : C

16. This is about ___________ a sociological analysis can penetrate.
A. as far as
B. the outer limit that
C. just how far into the subject
D. just the relative distance that
Answer : C

17. ___ about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to ___ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.
A. Worried, shift
B. Frantic, move
C. Troubled, jump
D. Concerned, switch
Answer : D

18. _________ of illiteracy from a nation that is set to become the most populated in the world is by no ________easy.
A. Countering, task
B. Driving, measure
C. Curbing, way
D. Eradication, means
Answer : D

19. The present Constitution will see ___________ amendments but its basic structure will survive.
A. much more
B. many more
C. too many more
D. quite a few more
Answer : A

20. The water transport project on the west coast is ____ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and ___ a private party to operate the service.
A. scheduled, let
B. verge, permit
C. set, sanctions
D. bound, task
Answer : D

21. The Romans were _________ science.
A. bad in
B. bad to
C. bad for
D. bad at
Answer : D

22. Nature is ______ and unchangeable , and it is ______ as to whether its hidden reasons and ______ are ______ to man or not.
The option that best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
A. relentless, indifferent, actions, understandable
B. persistent, heartless, actions, comprehensible
C. inexorable, apathetic, activities, explicable
D. ineseapable, unconcerned, activities, intelligible
Answer : D

23. A five-year-old boy was_____ from his school on Monday last by his servant for a ransom of Rs 8, 000.
A. driven
B. arrested
C. escorted
D. kidnapped
Answer : D

24. Weather officials have __ below-normal rains this year. If the predictions come true, farm output could __ as most of Indias farmlands depend on rainwater for irrigation.
A. forecasted-shrank
B. forecast-shrank
C. forecast-shrink
D. predicted-expand
Answer : C

25. Is not learning superior ____ wealth ?
A. than
B. from
C. by
D. to
Answer : D

26. He will dispense ______ your services.
A. of
B. off
C. on
D. with
Answer : D

27. She had a terrible night caused by a(n)_____ during her sleep.
A. incubus
B. debility
C. obsession
D. delusion
Answer : A

28. A controversial issue was_____ by a member of the Opposition in the Assembly, but there was no time to discuss it.
A. risen
B. raised
C. arose
D. aroused
Answer : B

29. She put____ a brief appearance at the end of the party.
A. on
B. in
C. across
D. up
Answer : B

30. The present____has not prevented the railway minister from announcing an increasing number of superfast trains.
A. crisis
B. syndrome
C. generation
D. stability
Answer : A

31. The house that the actress lives in is beautiful, but the surroundings are ________ unpleasant.
A. quite
B. more and more
C. a little quite
D. very little
Answer : A

32. The window of our room ____ he rear.
A. overlooks
B. opens
C. opposes
D. adjoins
Answer : A

33. A great literary or artistic work is known as______.
A. par excellence
B. bete noire
C. peccadillo
D. magnum opus
Answer : D

34. The Hollywood star and the Bollywood heroine are being.........
as the next big onscreen couple. (1) labeled (2) explained (3) worshiped (4) touted (5) exclaimed (6) shouted
A. (2) and (4)
B. (1) and (3)
C. (2) and (6)
D. (1) and (4)
Answer : D

35. One dark night a Darvesh ___________ passing by a dry well.
A. wasnt
B. happened to be
C. discovered in
D. found to
Answer : B

36. It is not ______________ for a man to be confined to the pursuit of wealth.
A. healthy
B. easy
C. possible
D. common
Answer : B

37. He has already made up his mind on this issue. Now it is____ to argue with him.
A. sympathetic
B. vague
C. futile
D. contradictory
Answer : C

38. Our _______________ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to _____________ the diversity of global economy.
A. stupefying, negotiate
B. plural, alleviate
C. variegated, annihilate
D. dreary, exasperate
Answer : A

39. The speaker did not properly use the time as he went on_______ on one point alone.
A. devoting
B. deliberating
C. diluting
D. distributing
Answer : B

40. It will take some time for many South koreans to ___________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to___________ what to make of their northern cousins
A. reconcile, decide
B. understand, clarify
C. make out, decide
D. reconcile, understand
Answer : A

41. I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my ___________ .
A. days were up
B. chances were good
C. lady luck was happy
D. fortune was made
Answer : D

42. Traffic problems in Bombay are as serious as in any other city in India and they are complicated by digging of roads by the corporation on this or that ____.
A. aspect
B. pretext
C. intention
D. instance
Answer : B

43. Even as the _________ elsewhere in the world are struggling to come out of recession, Indian consumers are splurging on consumer goods and to _________ this growth, companies are investing heavily in various sectors.
A. economies, meet
B. countries, inhibit
C. governments, measure
D. nations, inflict
Answer : A

44. Few countries can____India in variety, colour and richness of dance-forms.
A. rival
B. depict
C. parallel
D. fight
Answer : A

45. What are you _________ in the kitchen cupboard?
A. looking in
B. looking on
C. looking to
D. looking for
Answer : D /div>