Verbal Section : Sentence Completions

31. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of - resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
    
    
    
    1. variety
       
    2. stability
       
    3. deviations
       
    4. invigorations
       
    5. reproduction.
       
    
    

    Ans :A
    
    

32. It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
    
    
    
    1. intolerant
       
    2. democratic
       
    3. emotional
       
    4. patient
       
    5. broadminded.
       
    
    

    Ans :A
    
    

33. An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable.
    
    
    
    1. colloquial
       
    2. trite - cliches
       
    3. urbane - sophisticated
       
    4. hackneyed - originality
       
    5. jovial - fun.
       
    
    

    Ans :D
    
    

34. Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them.
    
    
    
    1. cleverness : eager
       
    2. condescension : disinclined
       
    3. sentimentality : reluctant
       
    4. mediocrity : desperate
       
    5. histrionics : unlikely
       
    
    

    Ans :D
    
    

35. Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
    
    
    
    1. conversion - annexation
       
    2. apparition - amalgam
       
    3. stratagem - appropriation
       
    4. paradigm - construct
       
    5. example - synthesis
       
    
    

    Ans :B
    
    

36. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is - critical.
    
    
    
    1. archetypally
       
    2. perennially
       
    3. disturbingly
       
    4. uniquely
       
    5. cautiously
       
    
    

    Ans :D
    
    

37. Even though in today's Soviet union the - Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank - and - file clergy still. Have little - to practice their religion.
    
    
    
    1. adversaries of - inclination
       
    2. traditionalists among - incentive
       
    3. practitioners among - opportunity
       
    4. leaders of - latitude
       
    5. dissidents within -obligation
       
    
    

    Ans :D
    
    

38. Unlike the Shakespearean plays, The ''closet dramas'' of the nineteenth century were meant to be - rather than -
    
    
    
    1. seen - acted
       
    2. read - acted
       
    3. produced - acted
       
    4. quiet - loud
       
    5. sophisticated - urbane
       
    
    

    Ans :B
    
    

39. The little - known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more - uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites.
    
    
    
    1. ingenuous
       
    2. recent
       
    3. secure
       
    4. publicized
       
    5. successful
       
    
    

    Ans :D
    
    

40. Although his out numbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to - defeat and - a retreat.
    
    
    
    1. oversee - reject
       
    2. acknowledge - order
       
    3. hasten - suggest
       
    4. seek - try
       
    5. overcome - request
       
    
    

    Ans :B