English Questions: Sentence Fillers(Double) Set – 16

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1. Not surprisingly, the Centre, already under fire for___________ with high fuel taxes despite the rise in the global prices of crude in recent months, faced fresh flak over this___________ cut.
   |1) disapprove, accessible
   2) counteract, agape
   3) persisting, cursory
   4) transient, depthless
   5) continue, elegant
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 3)
   Explanation:
   persisting – continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
   cursory – hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
   
   
   
2. For the BJP-led government at the Centre, ___________ for several Assembly elections this year followed by the general election in 2019, the pressure to check pump-level fuel prices is ___________.
   1) maintain, withhold
   2) preserve, neglect
   3) fleeting, shun
   4) gearing up, intensifying
   5) condemnation, exclusory
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   gearing up – to prepare yourself, or to prepare something for an activity or event.
   intensifying – become or make more intense.
   
   
   
3. It is in this context that Kerala’s decision to slash the sales tax on fuel changes the___________ of the debate as States have also been raking in easy oil___________.
   1) disapproval, exclusionary
   2) remain, discriminative
   3) retain, confined
   4) narrative, revenue
   5) anteceent, cliquish
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   narrative – a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
   revenue – income, especially when of an organization and of a substantial nature.
   
   
   
4. To make matters worse, they levy value-added tax on the fuel pric___________ of central excise duties, not the base price, leading to double taxation and further price___________.
   1) discouragement, clannish
   2) inclusive, amplification
   3) sustain, aristocratic
   4) earlier, circumscribed
   5) passable, yawning
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 2)
   
   
   
5. Industry has warned that domestic oil pricing policies are hurting the ___________ recovery, and global rating agencies are already slashing India’s growth___________ for this calendar year, citing the oil issue.
   1) nascent, expectations
   2) former, absolute
   3) previous, peeled
   4) defense, patulous
   5) beginning, extensive
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 1)
   Explanation:
   nascent – (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
   expectations – (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
   
   
   
6. To prevent a ___________ of those incidents, the government must stand by and protect the Sikh residents, and not give in to the nativist ___________ of the protestors.
   1) ephemeral , expanded
   2) protection, ,aloof
   3) center, revealed
   4) repeat, arguments
   5) flight, exposed
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   repeat – say again something one has already said.
   arguments – an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
   
   
   
7. The obvious ___________of that ___________that high taxes on fuel need to be cut when prices rise again — has been ignored so far.
   1) forepart, spacious
   2) shrinking, withering
   3) resistance, visual
   4) corollary, stance
   5) retreat, patent
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   
   
   
8. The spark for the week-long incidents of violence in downtown Shillong was a lie spread through WhatsApp, the ___________ messaging platform that has increasingly become an unfiltered medium for hate and rumour___________.
   1) limelight, navigable
   2) ubiquitous, mongering
   3) shelter, mannerisms
   4) travel, kinesics
   5) proceed, gestures
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 2)
   Explanation:
   ubiquitous – present, appearing, or found everywhere.
   mongering – to sell or peddle.
   
   
   
9. That the “settlers” have been in Shillong for more than a century and a half, having been originally brought there by the British colonials to work as manual scavengers, and have since ___________ themselves within Shillong, has not ___________ them from being described as outsiders.
   1) shield, gesture
   2) integrated, insulated
   3) continue, susceptible
   4) sustenance, stripped
   5) nascent, slashing
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 2)
   Explanation:
   integrated – (of an institution, body, etc.) desegregated, especially racially.
   insulated – protect (something) by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat or the intrusion of sound.
   
   
   
10. Today, there are enough ___________ of ___________ action for the tribal people — 80% reservation for the Khasi, Jaintia, Garo and other tribes in jobs and professional studies.
    1) dying, airy
    2) provisions, affirmative
    3) support, extended
    4) surrender, emptied
    5) vanguard, dehiscent
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer : 2)
    Explanation:
    provisions – the action of providing or supplying something for use.
    affirmative – agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request.