Tricks For English Sentence completion

Word Fitting:
Before You Look At The Answer-Choices, Think Of A Word That "Fits" The Sentence.
Example: Crestfallen by having done poorly on the GRE, Susan began to question her abilities. Her self-confidence was ____________.
A. appeased
B. destroyed
C. placated
D. elevated
E. sustained
If somebody is crestfallen (despairing) and has begun to question herself, then her self-confidence would be destroyed. Hence, the answer is (B).


Transitional Words:
Be alert to transitional words. Transitional words tell you what is coming up. They indicate that the author is now going to draw a contrast with something stated previously, or support something stated previously. 
i. Contrast Indicators:
To contrast two things is to point out how they differ. In this type of sentence completion problem, we look for a word that has the opposite meaning (an antonym) of some key word or phrase in the sentence.

Following are some of the most common contrast indicators:But
Yet
Despite
Although
However
Nevertheless

Example: Although the warring parties had settled a number of disputes, past experience made them _________  to express optimism that the talks would be a success.
A. rash
B. ambivalent
C. scornful
D. overjoyed
E. reticent
"Although" sets up a contrast between what has occurred--success on some issues--and what can be expected to occur--success for the whole talks. Hence, the parties are reluctant to express optimism. The common word "reluctant" is not offered as an answer-choice, but a synonym--reticent--is. The answer is (E).

ii. Support Indicators:
Supporting words support or further explain what has already been said. These words often introduce synonyms for words elsewhere in the sentence.

Following are some common supporting words:
And
Also
Furthermore
Likewise
In Addition
For

Example: Davis is an opprobrious and ________  speaker, equally caustic towards friend or foe--a true curmudgeon.
A. lofty
B. vituperative
C. unstinting
D. retiring
E. laudatory

"And" in the sentence indicates that the missing adjective is similar in meaning to "opprobrious," which is very negative. Now, vituperative--the only negative word--means "abusive." Hence, the answer is (B).


iii. Cause And Effect Indicators:
These words indicate that one thing causes another to occur.

Some of the most common cause and effect indicators are
Because
For
Thus
Hence
Therefore
If , Then .

Example: Because the House has the votes to override a presidential veto, the President has no choice but to ________.
A. object
B. abdicate
C. abstain
D. capitulate
E. compromise

Since the House has the votes to pass the bill or motion, the President would be wise to compromise and make the best of the situation. The answer is (E). 

Punctuation:
Whenever the punctuation "," (comma) appears, followed by a blank in between two sentences, then it means that the synonym of the phrase/word before "," is the meaning of the blank. In simple words, when you find ',' followed by a blank then find the synonym of the word before ',' and check the options to match the synonym of the word.
In the same way, when you find ":"( colon) or ";"( semi-colon) in the sentence, they will indicate that the idea coming up is merely an explanation of the earlier idea. So, simply find the synonym of the word/phrase before the punctuation and fill in the blank with the synonym from the options given.

Positive/Negative Flow:
When you read the sentence, you have to look out for adjectives/adverbs which tell you the idea of the sentence. After finding these adjectives/adverbs, you need to find out if the idea of the sentence is positive/negative. All the negative ideas may be a "bad word/bad phrase" or any term which has no/none/not... in it.
You need to just go on marking the words with +/- and keep on doing till the end of the sentence. Then you need to use the punctuations/conjunctions clue which would break the sentence into 2/3 parts. After that you need to compare the +/- signs on both sides and enter the desired sign in the blank. In simple words, if the flow of the first part of the sentence is positive and the second part is negative, then the blank must be negative to even the flow of the sentence. This would solve the sentence completion question without even understanding the question.

Example: Because he did not want to appear_______, the junior executive refused to dispute the board's decision, in spite of his belief that the decision would impair employee morale.
A. contentious
B. indecisive
C. solicitous
D. overzealous
E. steadfast
Explanation: (C) and (E) are gone because they're positive words. .(B)doesn't work because the clue is "refused to dispute." That doesn't work with indecisive. For the same reason,(D) doesn't work either. So the best answer is option A.

Process of Elimination(POE):
You can easily eliminate all the options that are definitely wrong or are eliminated through the positive/negative flow. Suppose if you have a blank in the sentence for which the answer is positive, then you can eliminate all the options which are negative. In this way you can eliminate options and have very less options remaining. The probability of you getting right answer from 2 options is much higher than you getting right from 5 options.

Books for DRDO Senior Technical Assistant Exam Preparation

DRDO Exam Books
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) works under Department of Defence Research and Development of Ministry of Defence. DRDO works in various areas of military technology which include aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics, instrumentation engineering systems, missiles, materials, naval systems, advanced computing, simulation and life sciences.

DRDO – Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM) invites application for various posts in their organization every year. These posts include Senior Technical Assistant, Technician, admin etc.

Educational Qualification Required to apply for this post are as below:


1) Senior Technical Assistant-‘B’ (STA-‘B’)- Age of the candidate must be between 18 and 28 Years.
– B.Sc. degree or Three years Diploma in Engineering in the specified subject.

2) Technician-‘B’ (STA-‘B’)- Age of the candidate must be between 18 and 28 Years.
– Xth Class Or equivalent pass with ITI in specific trade.

DRDO -CEPTAM Exam Pattern: Eligible candidates will be required to appear for a Written Examination. Candidates shortlisted on the basis of their performance in the Written Test will be called for Personal Interview.

DRDO CEPTAM Senior Technical Assistant (For STA ‘B’) & Technician ‘A’ Written Exam Pattern :

PartSubjectMax. MarksTime Alloted
01General Awareness, General Intelligence,
Reasoning Ability, General Science
50
2 hours
02Subject concerned
(Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics,
Civil Engineering, Mechanical etc.)
100

DRDO CEPTAM Assistant Hindi Written Exam Pattern :


PartSubjectMax. MarksTime Alloted
01General Awareness, General Intelligence,
Reasoning Ability, General Science
50
2 hours
02Hindi Language50
02English Language50

NOTE: The syllabus of the examination will be based on the standards of essential qualification required for the post.
– The medium for Written Examination will be Hindi or English.
– the minimum qualifying marks in written examination is 40% for General Candidate and 35% for SC/ST candidate.

Some of the books which can help candidates to prepare for Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) CEPTAM Senior Technical Assistant Exam are suggested as below.
You can choice according to your specification- Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering etc.

DRDO exam papers :

DRDO Junior Engineer Paper 1
DRDO Junior Engineer Paper 2

Expected GK Questions for SSC CHSL 2014 Exam




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Railway exam books for junior engineer and SSE

Most of the examinees of railway engineering exams (such as the RRB exam for Sr. Section Engineer, Junior Engineer, Senior Supervisor & Depot Material Superintendent) are in dilemma over what to prepare for the RRB written exam, as not much have been said about the exam pattern or syllabus in the notification. But since the merit list is prepared based on the written test alone (i.e. without any GD/Interview), finding the prep materials for RRB engineering exam – Sample papers and prep books is of paramount importance to succeed.

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