English Questions: Fill in the Blanks Set – 14

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1. Sirisena has indicated on the day of_________to office that his maiden foreign visit would be to India.
   A. declension
   B.  ascension
   C. decline
   D. descendancy
   

   Answer

   B.  ascension 
   
   
2. India had to struggle hard to maintain a balance between its domestic political________and international obligations.
   A.  exigents
   B. expedients
   C. compulsions
   D. necessary
   

   Answer

   C. compulsions
   
   
3. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa overnight_________into a national hero and a cult figure.
   A.  transformed
   B. changed
   C. urged
   D. requested
   

   Answer

   A.  transformed
   
   
4. Rajapaksa decided to use this_________political climate to advance the Presidential elections.
   A. lucky
   B. Golden
   C.  favourable
   D. Indulgent
   

   Answer

   C.  favourable
   
   
5. Fresh from the success in the war against LTTE, Rajapaksa earned a_________victory over his rival Gen.
   A. requesting
   B. permitting
   C. concerned
   D.  convincing
   

   Answer

   D.  convincing
   
   
6. Interestingly he also secured a favourable judgment from the country’s Supreme Court to begin his Presidential_________as per schedule in November 2010.
   A. tenure
   B. works
   C. grasp
   D. occupation
   

   Answer

   A.  tenure
   
   
7. Had he won the elections he would have started his third term in November 2016 and________as the President till November 2022.
   A. increased
   B. programmed
   C.  continued
   D. regular
   

   Answer
   
   
8. But the run up to the elections in January 2015 saw many dramatic__________in the country’s politics.
   A. increments
   B. innovations
   C. developments
   D. changes
   

   Answer

   C. developments 
   
   
9. According to one estimate almost ¾th of the national_________will be consumed in debt servicing.
   A. income
   B.  revenue
   C. progress
   D. development
   

   Answer

   B.  revenue 
   
   
10. The new government has________to usher in major constitutional changes in the first 100 days and then go for fresh elections to the Parliament.
    A. commitment
    B. conformed
    C. ensured
    D. promised
    

    Answer

    D.  promised