Fill in the Blanks - II

In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces in the given sentences. Below each sentence there are five pair of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete

Ques 1. The Deputy Manager........to resign because all his proposals were......down by his superiors.
(a) planned, thrown
(b) gave, held
(c) began, kept
(d) willing, knocked
(e) threatened,turned
Ques 2. The counter clerk was very busy and.........not pay.......to Sameer’s request.
(a) can, help
(b) could, cooperation
(c) had, cash
(d) did, attention
(e) certainly,acceptance
Ques 3. He was initially.............at the suggestion but was soon..........it himself.
(a) anger, rejecting
(b) shocked, advocating
(c) impressed, negating
(d) thrilled, propagating
(e) suspicious, trusting
Ques 4. Shalini was not..........by the criticism and paid no............even when her best friend talked against her.
(a) bothered, attention
(b) troubled, brained
(c) threatened, warning
(d) deterred, heed
(e) shaken, indication
Ques 5. She was..........because all her plan had gone............ .
(a) happy, selected
(b) dejected, splendidly
(c) distraught, awry
(d) frustrated, magnificentlly

Ques 6. He preaches liberal views but in practice, he is not...............and is..........narrow minded than almost any other person.
(a) tough, openly
(b) tolerant, more
(c) ambitious, hardly
(d) acceptable, genuinely
(e) approachable, less
Ques 7. Ravi.........a bit........he was not invited by his friend to attend the party.
(a) annoyed, before
(b) angered, since
(c) expressed, than
(d) grumbled, when
(e) surprised,about
Ques 8. He is...........to...........any kind of work with due sincerity.
(a) fond, perform
(b) reluctant, entrust
(c) determined, undertake
(d) eager, avoid
(e) willing, ignore
Ques 9. Children are more........than adults, it is........their quickness in learning a new language.
(a) intelligent, disproved by
(b) adaptable, reflected in
(c) conservative, seen in
(d) susceptible, demonstrated in
(e) resourceful, proportionate to
Ques 10. ....... of crops was due to continuous.............. .
(a) Loss, draught
(b) Ruin, draft
(c) Failure, drought
(d) Depreciation, drift
(e) None of these

Answers :
(1) (e), (2) (d), (3) (b), (4) (a), (5) (c), (6) (b), (7) (d), (8) (c), (9) (b), (10) (c).