Verbal Section : Sentence Completions

61. As man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the - of life on his home planet and even its chances for -
    
    
    
    1. Quality - survival
       
    2. Basis - growth
       
    3. Existence - upliftment
       
    4. chances - improvement
       
    5. meaning - understanding.
       
    
    

    Ans :A
    
    

62. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable - the possibility that increasing levels of atmosphere Co2 can cause long term warming effects
    
    
    
    1. interest in
       
    2. uncertainty about
       
    3. experimentation on
       
    4. enthusiasm for
       
    5. worry about
       
    
    

    Ans :B
    
    

63. Having no sense of moral obligation, shipler was as little subject to the - of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its - before he acted.
    
    
    
    1. balm - eloquence
       
    2. qualms - atonement
       
    3. reproaches - prompting's
       
    4. rewards - chastisement
       
    5. ridicule - allure
       
    
    

    Ans :C
    
    

64. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and -
    
    
    
    1. goes to work
       
    2. stays cool
       
    3. embarrasses its user
       
    4. communicates
       
    5. puts its foot down
       
    
    

    Ans :B
    
    

65. Famous among job seekers for its - , the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such - as low - interest home mortgages and company cars.
    
    
    
    1. largesse - perquisites
       
    2. altruism - credits
       
    3. magnanimity - reparations
       
    4. discernment - prerogatives
       
    5. inventiveness - benefits
       
    
    

    Ans :A
    
    

66. Moving and parked, the automobile devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere - of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic
    
    
    
    1. asylums
       
    2. remnants
       
    3. blocks
       
    4. mountains
       
    5. islands
       
    
    

    Ans :E
    
    

67. In the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural - for tree size, bloom density, fruit size,- to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease.
    
    
    
    1. conditions - adaptability
       
    2. configurations - propensity
       
    3. circumstances - proximity
       
    4. auspices - susceptibility
       
    5. regulations - conformity
       
    
    

    Ans :A
    
    

68. For many young people during the roaring twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture - a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.
    
    
    
    1. reflected
       
    2. stymied
       
    3. conflicted with
       
    4. overwhelmed
       
    5. combined with
       
    
    

    Ans :E