NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sentence Completion Questions (Practice_Test 2 of 31)
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- Many people at that time believed that spices help preserve food; however, Hall found that many marketed spices were ________ bacteria, moulds and yeasts.
- devoid of
- teeming with
- improved by
- destroyed by
- active against
- If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ________, but their intensity ________ as they travel further from their source.
- erratically-mitigates
- eternally-alleviates
- forever-increases
- steadily-stabilizes
- indefinitely-diminishes
- The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; A was reserved and courteous, B ________ and boastful.
- phlegmatic
- choleric
- constrained
- tractable
- stoic
- The intellectual flexibility inherent in a multicultural nation has been ________ in classrooms where emphasis on British-American literature has not reflected the cultural ________ of our country.
- eradicated-unanimity
- encouraged-aspirations
- stifled-diversity
- thwarted-uniformity
- inculcated-divide
- The conclusion of his argument, while ________, is far from ________.
- stimulating-interesting
- worthwhile-valueless
- esoteric-obscure
- germane-relevant
- abstruse-incomprehensible
- In the Middle Ages, the ________ of great cathedrals did not enter into the architects ′ plans; almost invariably a cathedral was positioned haphazardly in ________ surroundings.
- situation-incongruous
- location-apt
- ambience-salubrious
- durability-convenient
- majesty-grandiose