These sample papers will also help you for following Exams under UPSC:
✓ Reserved For Upsc Rt/Exam
✓ SCRA Exam, 2015
✓ C.D.S. Exam.(I), 2015
✓ CISF Ac(Exe) LDCE-2015
✓ N.D.A. & N.A. Exam.(I), 2015
✓ I.E.S./I.S.S. Exam., 2015
✓ Combined Geo-Scientist And Geologists' Exam., 2015
✓ Engineering Services Examination, 2015
✓ Combined Medical Services Exam, 2015
✓ Central Armed Police Forces (Ac) Exam., 2015
✓ Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2015
✓ Indian Forest Service 1 Day (Preliminary) Exam, 2015 Through Cs [P] Exam 2015
✓ S.O./Steno (Gd-B/Gd-I) Ltd. Depttl. Competitive Exam 2015 (Written)
✓ C.D.S. Exam.(Ii), 2015
✓ Indian Forest Service (Main) Exam, 2015
While fill-the-blank test questions are not common on standardized tests, it is a form of that many use. Along with fill-in-the-blank questions, you may even have short answer questions on many of your tests, and there are strategies you can use to accurately answer these types of questions. The first step is understanding what a short answer or fill-in-blank questions are. These types of questions generally will require you to read the problem and fill in the correct answer.
Fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions test your ability to recollect facts and trivia you have learned. Another way to understand a short answer question is by looking at the directions. This means you will be required to write a sentence or more to answer the question. Now that you understand the meaning of fill-in-the-blank and short answer tests, you can learn some strategies to help you score high on those tests.
1. The first strategy is to look for clues in the test question. This means to see if the question is worded differently than what is commonly used and then you may be able to find the correct answer. If the test maker did use a different type of phrase, it is wise to consider that as a way of finding the answer to the question and how it should be worded.
2. Just because you have looked for clues does not mean you have to read to much into the test question, which leads us to the next strategy, do not look for hidden meanings. Fill-in-the-blank and short answer tests are basic, which means that these tests usually only want you to recall facts from the notes you took in class or read in your books. These tests will only require hardly more than an accurate recollection of those facts. If you look for hidden meanings that are not there, you will end up making the test more difficult. If you have already studied well for the test, your answers-should come easily.
3. As with any type of test, making an educated guess on fill-in-the-blank and short answer tests is a good strategy to use when you are stuck. Often times, you will remember more when you start writing, moreover, you may be able to receive partial good marks for getting the answer almost right.
4. If you are still a little stumped, you should count the number of blanks provided with the fill-in-the-blank question. This can give you an idea of what information is needed because teachers can let you know what answer they are looking for this way. Keep in mind though, that there can be really short or long blanks, as well as any number of them, so if you are sure that a two blank question has a one word answer write it down and move on.
Directions: Each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space.1. Every human being is………to the Almighty for his actions on earth.
(a) faithful (b) approachable
(c) accountable (d) responsible
2. I don’t know where he is but I could………a guess.
(a) suggest (b) attempt
(c) hazard (d) estimate
3. I never saw such………a sight.
(a) dreadful (b) deadening
(c) dreaded (d) dread
4. We must………trade with neighbouring countries.
(a) add (b) promote
(c) enter (d) deal
5. She has been ill but now she is back in………
(a) movement (b) motion
(c) circulation (d) moving
6. A leader has the capacity to influence others,………expectations and establish specific desires which determine the direction a business takes.
(a) search (b) evoke
(c) develop (d) construct
7. Roshan and his family members were………from the hospital after treatment for minor injuries.
(a) removed (b) transferred
(c) discharged (d) evicted
8. Management consulting is an independent and………advisory service provided by qualified professionals to clients in order to help them identify and analyse management problems or opportunities.
(a) objective (b) subjective
(c) confirmed (d) experienced
9. His teacher advised him to give………bad company.
(a) away (b) up
(c) in (d) off
10. He appealed to the President as a last………
(a) solution (b) resource
(c) force (d) reason
11. I will come to meet you at the station in my car………you do not have to walk to my house.
(a) in order (b) that
(c) because (d) so that
12. That table would collapse if both………on it.
(a) would stand (b) will stand
(c) are standing (d) stood
13. I wonder why I always have trouble with my car whenever I………to go to the cinema.
(a) imagine (b) decide
(c) am deciding (d) had decided
14. Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire………only with a few.
(a) introduction (b) cordiality
(c) intimacy (d) encounter
15. His energy was unbounded; his resourcefulness inexhaustible; and his equanimity in the face of danger, almost………
(a) unreasonable (b) uncanny
(c) natural (d) false
16. Medical ethics………a doctor to have a love affair with a patient.
(a) censure (b) forbid
(c) contraindicate (d) disallow
17. Putin’s overwhelming victory clearly shows that what the Russian wants is a strong leader who will………Mother Russia to her former pride and glory.
(a) restate (b) restore
(c) rescue (d) retrieve
18. The new office block is a/an………on the landscape.
(a) humiliation (b) ugliness
(c) excrescence (d) oddity
19. It is imperative that the Government initiates swift action on such a critical recommendation if its intention of tackling the menace of spurious drugs is to carry some………with the general public.
(a) credibility (b) credulity
(c) credulousness (d) creditableness
20. I have no………motive in offering this advice; I seek no personal advantage.
(a) magnanimous (b) implied
(c) altruistic (d) ulterior
21. The young man was quickly promoted when his employers saw how………he was.
(a) indolent (b) cursory
(c) assiduous (d) indigent
22. Some students are………and want to take only the courses for which they see immediate value.
(a) reclusive (b) pragmatic
(c) ambivalent (d) consistent
23. The train was………delayed by the accident.
(a) inevitably (b) invariably
(c) inexactly (d) inexhaustibly
24. The building had a/an………air of sadness about it.
(a) temperate (b) integral .
(c) tangible (d) intangible
25. He has a reputation for being a………critic.
(a) forthcoming (b) forthwith
(c) forthright (d) fortified
26. The officers threatened to take reprisals if the lives of their men were………by the conquered natives.
(a) irritated (b) destroyed
(c) endangered (d) enervated
27. Criticism that is made without suggesting areas of improvement is not……… should be avoided if possible.
(a) constructive (b) mandatory
(c) sagacious (d) representative
28. Physicists dream of a unified theory of matter that could replace the current……… of mutually inconsistent theories and clutter the field.
(a) dearth (b) integration
(c) welter (d) bonanza
29. We must try to understand his momentary aberration for he has. .......... more strain and anxiety than any among us.
(a) understood (b) forgotten
(c) undergone (d) described
30. The guilt or innocence of the……… will be decided by the court of law.
(a) kill (b) criminal
(c) suspicious (d) accused
31. Rohit was about to move his bike into the compound of his apartment when a passer-by……… down the motorbike.
(a) turned (b) fell
(c) forced (d) knocked
32. The new industrial policy is a result of the confidence the government has in the……… of the Indian industry.
(a) existence (b) maturity
(c) status (d) power
33. Although the economy suffers downturns, it has also strong……… and self-correcting tendencies.
(a) unstable (b) inauspicious
(c) perceived (d) recuperative
34. The affluent life-styles of contemporary politicians are in sharp contrast to the ……… ways of living of the freedom fighters.
(a) niggardly (b) austere
(c) agnostic (d) economical
35. Of the several issues that were discussed in the meeting, only a few were pertinent and most of them were………
(a) contrasting (b) irrelevant
(c) reasonable (d) independent
36. The Minister felt that the recommendation made by the Committee was……… even though similar schemes had worked earlier.
(a) approved (b) infeasible
(c) pragmatic (d) profitable
37. The activities of the Association have deviated from the……… objectives set for it in the initial years.
(a) relevant (b) pristine
(c) original (d) total
38. Gaurav’s behaviour is worthy of……… by all the youngsters.
(a) following (b) emulation
(c) exploration (d) trial
39. The priest addressed the……… for more than an hour and was listened to with rapt attention.
(a) staff (b) complement
(c) congregation (d) crew
40. Many people take their spirituality very seriously and wonder about those who don’t, worrying about them and……… them to believe.
(a) venturing (b) enabling
(c) prodding (d) apprising
41. The manager’s……… include the use of Company’s car and free education for children.
(a) perquisites (b) benefits
(c) prerequisites (d) advantages
42. There was a coating of……… on the unwashed sink.
(a) slime (b) slew
(c) slink (d) sledge
43. The patient showed signs of……… tooth decay.
(a) incarnate (b) incipient
(c) inane (d) prohibitive
44. I will remember Lincoln………as a truly great man.
(a) Posterity (b) Probity
(c) Posterior (d) Postdate
45. To his……… he was criticized by the Managing Director in front of all his junior colleagues.
(a) mortification (b) discredit
(c) mollification (d) devastation
46. The team management was worried about the captain’s……… injury.
. (a) niggling (b) niggardly
(c) stingy (d) nifty
47. He is very……… his age.
(a). premature (b) unmature
(c) prematured (d) immature
48. The victim made an……… plea for mercy.
(a) impassive (b) impassable
(c) impassioned (d) imperial
49. The tourists were……… by the view of the mountains.
(a) enraged (b) enlightened
(c) enraptured (d) enriched
50. He was guided by……… rather than by ethical consideration.
(a) equanimity (b) expediency
(c) morale (d) equilibrium
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