Sentence Completion Test 3

The word ‘devolve upon’ fits in the best as it means “to be transferred or passed to somebody at a lower level.” The reason being when President is ill his duties pass on to Vice -President who is at a lower rank than him.

‘Though’ and ‘Although’ are the suitable usages in the first blank, but for the second blank ‘created’ is not suitable. Hence, “Although, evolved” is the most appropriate word for the blank space.

Note that the paralytic attack was mild, which gives us the clue that its effect would be slight. This is further substantiated by the second part of the sentence: “… otherwise he is still very active ...” means there is some (slight) trouble but not much.

The phrase ‘all walks of life’ means ‘from all the profession or from all the fields’.

When someone else has good fortune (luck), the general feeling is: “Why is he the favoured one? Why not I?” This is a feeling of ‘envy’.

If A transmits a disease to B, A has the disease and causes B to have it. Here, ‘disease’ gives us the clue.

Since there is a comparison between two, a comparative degree verb must be used.

If the particles need no wounding then spanning is their natural property, so the filler for second plant should be synonymous to natural or internal. ‘Radical’ means drastic, ‘'intrinsic’ is inbuilt or internal, ‘intangible’ is something that is not available in the physical form, ‘hypothetical’ is assumed. Thus, ‘intrinsic’ will be the filler for the second gap.

The word ‘preponderance’, means ‘greater than other in amount influence or importance’ which suits the content of the sentence. Other answer choices are grammatically incorrect.

We can feel morally Outraged when someone insults us - as long as we do not act upon those feelings by burning down houses. 'Outraged’ means over shocked and angry. For the first blank, ‘violated’ and ‘outraged’ are the suitable usages. But, ‘harp’ is not suitable for the second blank. Hence, Option “outraged, act” is the most appropriate word.