NUST NET English chapter 2: English · Sentence completion MCQs with answers
By Team Megalecture · Updated 4 Nov 2026
20 exam-style questions on English · Sentence completion, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
Ten English · Sentence completion questions with answers
Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The historian warned that the diary, written forty years after the events it describes, should be treated with ______.
A
reverence
B
enthusiasm
C
scepticism
D
indifference
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Answer: C. A record written long after the events may be inaccurate, so the historian advises doubt: scepticism.
2. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The professor's explanations were so ______ that even students with no background in physics could follow them.
A
lucid
B
lengthy
C
technical
D
obscure
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Answer: A. Beginners could follow them, so the explanations were clear: lucid. 'Technical' and 'obscure' would make them harder to follow.
3. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Although the new bridge looked fragile, it was surprisingly ______, surviving two major floods without damage.
A
elegant
B
costly
C
robust
D
temporary
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Answer: C. 'Although ... looked fragile' signals a contrast, and surviving floods shows strength: robust.
4. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Because the plant stores water in its thick, fleshy leaves, it can ______ months without rain.
A
endure
B
avoid
C
cause
D
predict
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Answer: A. Stored water lets the plant survive a long dry spell: it can endure months without rain.
5. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The medicine only ______ the symptoms; it does nothing to cure the underlying infection.
A
eradicates
B
identifies
C
transmits
D
alleviates
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Answer: D. The medicine helps with the symptoms but not the cause, so it eases them: alleviates. 'Eradicates' (wipes out) is far too strong for 'only'.
6. Choose the words that best complete the sentence. The first readings were ______, but once the faulty sensor was replaced they became far more ______.
A
consistent … erratic
B
erratic … consistent
C
accurate … confusing
D
modest … scarce
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Answer: B. 'But' and the repair signal a change for the better: the readings went from erratic (irregular) to consistent. The first option reverses the logic.
7. Choose the words that best complete the sentence. Although the scientist was ______ about her own achievements, her colleagues were ______ in their praise of her work.
A
boastful … lavish
B
modest … sparing
C
modest … generous
D
proud … generous
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Answer: C. 'Although' needs a contrast: she played her success down (modest) while her colleagues praised her freely (generous). In the other pairs the two halves do not contrast.
8. Choose the words that best complete the sentence. Though the theory was ______ when it was first proposed, it was so thoroughly ______ by later experiments that it now appears in every textbook.
A
praised … confirmed
B
ignored … refuted
C
derided … corroborated
D
accepted … challenged
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Answer: C. 'Though' needs a contrast between the first reaction and what happened later: mocked (derided) at first, then supported (corroborated) by experiments, which is why it is now in textbooks.
9. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The theory was once widely accepted, but new evidence has ______ it, and few scientists now defend it.
A
discredited
B
confirmed
C
simplified
D
inspired
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Answer: A. Few scientists now defend it, so the evidence has shown it to be wrong: discredited. 'Confirmed' would have the opposite effect.
10. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Salman is usually so ______ that his friends were astonished when he spoke loudly and at length at the meeting.
A
talkative
B
reticent
C
reliable
D
punctual
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Answer: B. His friends were astonished that he spoke so much, so he normally says little: reticent. If he were talkative, the speech would not surprise them.
Chapter test. Ten questions from English · Sentence completion, drawn fresh each time, about ten minutes.
Practice mode. The right answer and the explanation after every question, with no clock. Exam mode keeps the marks until the end and runs a timer.
Hints. One tap for a nudge, a second to remove two wrong options.
My mistakes. Every question you get wrong is kept, and leaves the list once you get it right.
English · Sentence completion: questions students ask
How many English · Sentence completion MCQs are there?
20, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 1 topics: Sentence completion. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
Is the NUST NET English chapter 2 test free?
Yes. The test, the answers and the explanations are free and need no sign-up. Sign in only if you want your scores kept across devices.
How is the chapter test marked?
The moment you press Finish: your score, the right answer and an explanation for every question, and the ones you got wrong saved in My mistakes to retry.
Can I read the explanations in Urdu?
Yes. In practice mode and on your results you can switch the explanations to Urdu.
