Home
Current Affairs January 2024

Direction.

Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.

What is the correct answer?

4

Their ____ to scale the mountain peak was an absolute failure.

A. attempt

B. desire

C. anxiety

D. proposal

Correct Answer :

A. attempt


b) , (c) and (d) are the pre-action phase. One fails or succeeds only when one does a work. That is, when one tries. Hence, attempt. (d) makes no sense at all.

Related Questions

What is the correct answer?

4

Nabeesa was not_____ by the criticism and paid no_____ even when her best friend talked against her.

A. threatened, warning

B. troubled, mind

C. deterred, heed

D. bothered, attention

What is the correct answer?

4

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

What is the correct answer?

4

There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion.

A. facile

B. fictitious

C. facetious

D. factual

What is the correct answer?

4

Mr. Murugan has been in this college ________ 2010.

A. for

B. since

C. after

D. before

What is the correct answer?

4

She had a terrible night caused by a(n)_____ during her sleep.

A. incubus

B. debility

C. obsession

D. delusion

What is the correct answer?

4

After a recent mild paralytic attack his movements are_____ restricted otherwise he is still very active.

A. entirely

B. slightly

C. nowhere

D. frequently

What is the correct answer?

4

When indecision grips a nation, free men feel the need for an _____ruler and are prepared to throw democracy overboard.

A. optimistic

B. autocratic

C. eccentric

D. energetic

What is the correct answer?

4

The influence of the environment on man is revealed by an_____ study.

A. anthropological

B. ecological

C. epigraphic

D. numismatic

What is the correct answer?

4

Rajeshs car wasnt __________ Rameshs, so we were too exhausted by the time we reached home.

A. such comfortable

B. as comfortable as

C. comfortable enough

D. so comfortable that

What is the correct answer?

4

In his address to the teachers, the Vice-Chancellor____certain measures being taken for improving the quality of college education.

A. declined

B. directed

C. advised

D. highlighted

What is the correct answer?

4

By the time he was eighteen years old, Peter _______ to make a living and support his family.

A. begins

B. began

C. started beginning

D. would begin

What is the correct answer?

4

There is much difficulty _____ getting _____ this place and it is not possible to reach _____ without the grace of the lord.
The option that best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:

A. in, to, it

B. to, to, it

C. to, in, it

D. in, in, in

What is the correct answer?

4

Sam asked me to keep this secret ___________ .

A. secret

B. in myself

C. amongst us

D. between us

What is the correct answer?

4

The new government took __________ last year.

A. out

B. after

C. over

D. upon

What is the correct answer?

4

Ill take ______now as I have anothers appointment some where else.

A. departure

B. my leave

C. permission

D. leave from work

What is the correct answer?

4

In a ___________ tone, the leader made a powerful ___________ to the mob.

A. realistic, zeal

B. lower, conviction

C. loud, argument

D. soft, appeal

What is the correct answer?

4

Alexander Solzhepitsyns works will be_______ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.

A. rejected

B. skimmed

C. compiled

D. perused

What is the correct answer?

4

I am an entertainer, ___________ , I have to keep smiling because in my heart laughter and sorrow have an affinity.

A. even if I have tears in me

B. even though I am depressed inside

C. while entertaining people

D. in the entertainment business

What is the correct answer?

4

The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to ___________ the flames.

A. cover

B. kill

C. burn out

D. fizz out

What is the correct answer?

4

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

What is the correct answer?

4

My India by Corbett deals ______ the authors familiarity with and love of India.

A. in

B. of

C. at

D. with

What is the correct answer?

4

The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.

A. lacuna, dealt

B. issue, addressed

C. system, broken

D. continuation, suppressed

What is the correct answer?

4

The manners and ___________ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent ___________ in the literature.

A. style, motif

B. morals, story

C. wealth, theme

D. morals, theme

What is the correct answer?

4

The high cutoff marks this year have ___ college admission-seekers to either ___ for lesser known colleges or change their subject preferences.

A. cajoled, ask

B. pressured, sit

C. forced, settle

D. strained, compromise

What is the correct answer?

4

I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged to Scotland.

A. notion

B. expression

C. imagination

D. theory

What is the correct answer?

4

Mohans career has taken some __________ twists and turns.

A. incentive

B. interesting

C. interactive

D. intuitive

What is the correct answer?

4

Sometimes the greatest inventions ___________ an idea of startling simplicity.

A. stumbles upon

B. hinge upon

C. starves without

D. lacks

What is the correct answer?

4

Man is still a____in the labour market.

A. guilt

B. possibility

C. endemic

D. commodity

What is the correct answer?

4

A person who is clean and tidy in how he dresses up commands better_________from those around him than those who have aand unkempt appearance_________

A. respectful - slovenly

B. respect - slovenly

C. respected - untidy

D. respect - tidy

What is the correct answer?

4

There was a major accident. The plane crashed. The pilot _________ did not see the tower.

A. likely

B. probably

C. scarcely

D. hurriedly