MPSC PYQ

Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion is a Aptitude concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2017, 2021, 2022). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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3 · 2017–2022
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गाळलेली जागा असलेले प्रसंग आणि शब्द यादी अभ्यास्रा. वर्णनातील रिकाम्या जागी प्रत्येक शब्द ठेवला जाईल तेव्हा तो पूर्ण वर्णनाच्या अर्थसंदर्भात नेमका असेल व तयार होणारी दोन्ही वर्णने समानार्थी होतील अशी शब्द जोडी निवडा. ज्वालामुखीमुळे ओसाड पडलेल्या जमिनीवर नैसर्गिकरीत्या उत्क्रांत झालेले विविध _______ जीव हा दूरच्या भविष्यात तेथे मानवही वस्ती करू शकेल याचा पुरावा आहे. अ. मलूल ब. नवजात क. क्षीण ड. उमलते इ. साचलेले Study the situation given with a blank and the list of words. Select the pair of words such that each of these when used for blank, fit the meaning of the description as a whole and produce completed descriptions having similar meaning. The _______ life forms evolved naturally on the land made barren by volcano is strong evidence that humans, too might be able to inhabit the area in the distant future. a. wilting b. nascent c. waning d. incipient e. stagnant

(a)मलूल / wilting

(b)नवजात / nascent

(c)क्षीण / waning

(d)उमलते / incipient

(e)साचलेले / stagnant

1)ब आणि ड (b and d)✓ Correct
2)ब आणि इ (b and e)
3)अ आणि क (a and c)
4)अ आणि ड (a and d)

In the context of life forms evolving naturally on barren volcanic land, the words 'नवजात' (nascent - b) and 'उमलते' (incipient - d) both denote early, emerging, or newly beginning life forms that signify future potential, making them precise synonyms in this sentence structure.

Without a productive labour force, including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, __________.

1)no productive work is possible
2)entrepreneurs will incur heavy losses
3)economic development will not keep pace with national movements
4)no amount of foreign assistance or natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernisation✓ Correct

Option 4 captures the essence of developmental economics discussed in standard passages, emphasizing that internal factors like productive labor and management are fundamental, superseding external aid or natural wealth.

गाळलेली जागा भरून समानार्थी अर्थाची दोन वाक्ये मिळवण्यासाठी दिलेल्या पर्यायांून उचित शब्दजोडी निवडा. मित्राने व लोकशाही पद्धतीने संबोधले जाण्याची सवय असल्यामुळे अनेक अध्यापक नव्या विभाग प्रमुखाच्या सुरुवातीच्या भाषेच्या ________ शैलीमुळे अलिप्त राहिले. / Select the appropriate pair of words from given options for filling the space and make two sentences with equivalent meanings. Many senior faculty members who were accustomed to being addressed in a more collegial and egalitarian manner were alienated by the ________ tone of the new department chair's introductory remarks.

1)आशावादी आणि अनुकूल / Sanguine and Propitious
2)खिन्न आणि लाजिरवाणा / Saturnine and Ignominious
3)उद्दाम आणि लाजिरवाणा / Peremptory and Ignominious
4)अधिकारयुक्त आणि उद्दाम / Imperious and Peremptory✓ Correct

The term 'collegial and egalitarian' contrasts with a formal or authoritative tone, but in the context of the sentence completion, the correct pair matches the intended contextual gap for a strict or high-handed tone represented by the final option.

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