English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 54

 

Directions (1-5): There are 4 options for each of the sentences below. Choose the one which is INAPPROPRIATE for the sentence. If none of the option is inappropriate, choose option (E) as your answer.

  1. Although Rowson was extremely popular in her time and is often acknowledged in accounts of the development of the early American novel, Charlotte Temple is often __ as a sentimental novel of seduction.
    A) exalted
    B) castigated
    C) criticized
    D) disparaged
    E) None of these
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       Option A
  2. Many intellectuals believed that the human mind could __the universe through the laws of physics as described by Isaac Newton.
    A) exclude
    B) comprehend
    C) grasp
    D) apprehend
    E) None of these
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       Option A 

  3. The religious disputes that __ settlement in America were important topics of early American literature.
    A) impelled
    B) halted
    C) inspired
    D) prompted
    E) None of these
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       Option B
  4. we are now __ of the wealth of oral literary traditions already existing on the continent among the numerous different Native American groups.
    A) sensible
    B) aware
    C) oblivious
    D) cognizant
    E) None of these
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       Option C
  5. The main literary movement since the 1970s has been postmodernism, and since the late 20th century ethnic and minority literature has __ increased.
    A) acutely
    B) sharply
    C) abruptly
    D) sloppily
    E) None of these
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       Option D

Directions (6-10): Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.

  1. Vikram Seth’s outstanding achievement as a __ and __ poet remains largely and unfairly neglected.
    A) dilettante, impotent
    B) functional, jejune
    C) versatile, prolific
    D) glutinous, meager
    E) None of these
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       Option C
  2. The views of Salman Rushdie and Amit Chaudhuri __ through their books The Vintage Book of Indian Writing and The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature respectively __ this battle.
    A) allude, additional
    B) expressed, essentialise
    C) absoute, extraneously
    D) contained, fictionally
    E) None of these
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       Option B
  3. Narayan’s __ of small town life and its experiences through the eyes of the __ child protagonist Swaminathan in Swami and Friends is a good sample of his writing style.
    A) details, contemplating
    B) especially, obnoxious
    C) particularly, heinous
    D) evocation, endearing
    E) None of these
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       Option D
  4.  The first book written by an Indian in English was Travels of Dean Mahomet, a travel __ by Sake Dean Mahomet __ in England in 1793.
    A) communicative, confidential
    B) ramble, hushed
    C) fiction, esoteric
    D) narrative, published
    E) None of these
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       Option D
  5. The story tells tells of a group of petty, __ mortals summoning up spirits of the dead __ sacred by the Yoruba to take part in a festival.
    A) agreeing, doubted
    B) squabbling, deemed
    C) harmonious, regarded
    D) concordant, belief
    E) None of these
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       Option B

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