ECAT — Engineering College Admission Test (UET)
Take the ECAT English — Sentence Completion and Vocabulary in Context (Set 6): 30 multiple-choice questions (40 minutes) with instant scoring and a full…
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The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.
Q1. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The lawyer's ___ cross-examination left the witness unable to contradict himself without being caught.
Answer: B. relentless
Explanation: A cross-examination that leaves no room to escape contradiction is relentless.
Q2. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Unlike his ___ brother, who spent every rupee as soon as he earned it, Imran saved a portion of each month's pay.
Answer: B. profligate
Explanation: 'Unlike' signals contrast with a saver, so the brother is wasteful: profligate.
Q3. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The treaty was so ___ that each side interpreted its key clause in its own favour.
Answer: D. equivocal
Explanation: Different sides reading a clause in their own favour shows its wording had more than one possible meaning: equivocal.
Q4. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Her ___ attitude to deadlines meant that projects were often finished days ahead of schedule.
Answer: C. conscientious
Explanation: Finishing ahead of schedule reflects a careful, dutiful attitude: conscientious.
Q5. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The mountain pass, buried under deep snow all winter, remained ___ until May.
Answer: A. impassable
Explanation: A pass buried under deep snow cannot be crossed: impassable.
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Q6. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The company's ___ growth, from five employees to five thousand in a decade, astonished industry analysts.
Q7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The detective found the suspect's alibi so ___ that he decided to question him again.
Q8. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: To ___ the tension between the two groups, the mediator proposed a brief ceasefire.
Q9. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The scientist's findings were not merely new but ___, overturning a century of accepted theory.
Q10. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The orator's ___ style, crowded with long, elaborate sentences, tired many listeners.
Q11. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Years of ___ left the old fort a ruin: no one had repaired a wall or replaced a gate.
Q12. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The reviewer was ___ in her praise, mentioning only one small flaw in an otherwise outstanding film.
Q13. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Rather than answer the question directly, the minister ___, talking at length about unrelated matters.
Q14. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Because the evidence against him was only ___, the judge directed the jury to treat it with caution.
Q15. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: His ___ remarks about the cook's food, made in front of the guests, embarrassed everyone at the table.
Q16. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The expedition set out under a ___ sky, but within hours the weather turned dangerous.
Q17. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The two rivals, once bitter enemies, reached a ___ after years of mutual suspicion.
Q18. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Though the exhibition was widely praised, a few critics found its message ___ and said it never settled on one clear point.
Q19. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Her ___ nature made her an ideal negotiator; she could see both sides of every dispute and favoured neither.
Q20. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The architect's plan was ___ because it ignored the cost of materials entirely.
Q21. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The professor's lectures were so ___ that even the most attentive students struggled to follow the thread.
Q22. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'The two nations signed an ARMISTICE after months of fighting.'
Q23. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'Decades at sea had left the old fisherman's face WEATHERED and deeply lined.'
Q24. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'The committee's decision was MOMENTOUS for the future of the school.'
Q25. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'The old man's stories were LACED with humour.'
Q26. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'His BRAZEN lie fooled nobody, for he told it to their faces in front of witnesses.'
Q27. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'The festival's SPARTAN budget forced the organisers to cancel the fireworks.'
Q28. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'Her ACERBIC comments about the new staff hurt their feelings.'
Q29. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'She took a DEMURE seat at the back of the hall and spoke to no one.'
Q30. In the sentence below, what does the word in capitals mean? 'The new rule is ANATHEMA to many of the staff.'