Verbal and Reasoning :: Sentence Completion
51.
Held up only by a _______ steel cable the chairlift at Muree was _____ to carry only two people.
A. narrow - permitted
B. hard - instructed
C. massive - designed
D. long - ordered
E. single - intended
Answer: E
Explanation:
Of the other options only intended (E) completes the sentence logically.
52.
Zila Nazims speech at the town meeting was quite _______ as it appeared to ______ the traditional beliefs held by many members of the region.
A. provoking
B. tricky
C. inflammatory
D. natural
E. obvious
Answer: C
Explanation:
Case of Cause and effect. Choice
53.
The presence of armed guards at the building entrance _____ us from doing anything disruptive.
A. defeated
B. excited
C. irritated
D. prevented
E. encouraged
Answer: D
Explanation:
Obviously armed guards are intended to prevent any kind of disruption. Answer (D) is the only logical choice.
54.
The idea of childrens literature in Urdu _____ in 1990 when prominent educators in Pakistan first decided that children needed special ____ of their own.
A. emerged
B. articulated
C. grew
D. detracted
E. receded
Answer: A
Explanation:
If it was not until the late eighteenth century that educators decided children needed books of their own then that must have been when the idea of childrens literature emerged - choice (A).
55.
In some of the poorest neighborhoods of of Karachi gardens are springing up as ____ the filth and garbage of their urban surroundings.
A. an accumulation of
B. a strategy of
C. a reaction to
D. an deposition to
E. a dispersion of
Answer: C
Explanation:
Only the word reaction makes sense as description of the relationship between a garden and surroundings that are full of filth and garbage.
56.
A careful _____ of the dead body revealed that it is just a case of violence.
A. autopsy
B. incision
C. dereliction
D. dissection
E. examination
Answer: E
Explanation:
Only an examination of the dead body can reveal something (E) is the best choice.
57.
in Karachi if you hear the _____ of a gun you should ignore it and keep your activity continue.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The sound of explosion whether from a gun or a car is called a report.
58.
Today Pakistan faces the question of how to _____ the best of modern trends without losing the benefits of Pakistans _____ way of life.
A. reject
B. adopt
C. assimilate
D. implant
E. reshape
Answer: C
Explanation:
There must be a desirable combination of the best of the old and the new. Choice (C) makes sense because it refers to assimilating (that is absorbing) what is good today while retaining what is traditional
59.
As the French archeologist expected living conditions in the Ghandhara Civilization were _____ worse than those of today.
A. broadly
B. astonishing
C. significantly
D. begrudgingly
E. awfully
Answer: C
Explanation:
The archeologist would expect conditions to be significantly worse.
60.
After such _____ dinner we were all quick to ____ Asiya for her delicious cooking.
A. a wonderful - applaud
B. a heavy - thank
C. a delightful - avoid
D. a comprehensive - admire
E. an virtuous - console
Answer: A
Explanation:
(A) is the only logical answer.
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