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English (Fill in the Blanks)

Description: Improving English (Fill in the Blanks) Knowledge for Students who Want to Clear Various Competitive Exams
Number of Questions: 21
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Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

________ , we shall remain at home.

  1. If it will rain

  2. If it rains

  3. If it rain

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of present indefinite tense. Double usage of future is incorrect, so option 1 eliminated. 'Rain' being' a singular noun needs a singular verb. Thus, option 2, and not option 3.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

You should abstain ________ drinking.

  1. from

  2. for

  3. off

  4. to

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Verb 'abstain' always take preposition 'from'. It means 'to hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

______ you please help me?

  1. Can

  2. May

  3. Will

  4. Could

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Case of request. Modal 'Could' is the best usage, though modal 'may' can also be used.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

________ that my father were alive!

  1. Would

  2. Should

  3. Could

  4. Many

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is a wish about the past tense. Modal 'would' best suits the blank.

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.

She could not avail herself _______ the opportunity.

  1. for

  2. with

  3. from

  4. of

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Phrasal usage; 'avail of' means to take advantage of an opportunity.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

He threw the ball _________ the table.

  1. on

  2. at

  3. upon

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Trowing of the ball is a sort of movement, and for movement preposition 'upon' is the correct option.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

I had _______ great deal about her.

  1. a

  2. the

  3. much

  4. some

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is neither a unique case nor does it is a case of countable/uncountable noun. So, option 1.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

The government is deaf _________ our requests.

  1. of

  2. with

  3. to

  4. for

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Phrasal usage: 'Deaf to' means to ignore what someone says.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

It is priced low because there is _______ rice in this sack.

  1. less

  2. more

  3. few

  4. a few

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All the options, except option 1, are used for countable nouns. But here we require an option for uncountable noun i.e. 'rice'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

She was debarred _______ appearing in the exam.

  1. for

  2. of

  3. from

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Verb 'debarred' always take preposition 'from'. It means 'to keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

She does nothing ________.

  1. than sleep

  2. than to sleep

  3. but sleep

  4. but to sleep

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is not a comparative sentence, so options 1 & 2 eliminated. Moreover infinitive 'to' is not required. So, option 3.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

She is _______ Madhuri Dixit of our college.

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. No article required

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Whenever we treat a person as a dignity we use article 'the' for the reference.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

Please send me _______ money papa, I haven't got _____ from mum.

  1. a little, any

  2. any, some

  3. some, any

  4. more, some

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Second part of the sentence implies that no money has been recieved from mum. So, 'any' is the correct usage. Now, between 'a little' and 'some' (to fill the first blank), we choose 'some'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Shiv Kumar Batalvi was _______ John Keats of the Punjabi Poetry.

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. No article is required

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Whenever we take a person as a celibrity, we use article 'the'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

_______ do you think will stand first in the class?

  1. Whom

  2. Which

  3. Who

  4. What

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sentence implies that we are talking about a person who is also the subject of the sentence. So, we will use the pronoun 'who'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

In accordance with the advice of a doctor she is _______ diet.

  1. on

  2. at

  3. off

  4. against

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'On a diet' is an idiomatic usage that means 'trying to lose weight by eating less food or specific foods'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

He shook his head ________.

  1. smiling

  2. to smile

  3. to be smiled

  4. for smiling

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Here to qualify the verb 'shook the head' we require an adjective, and not an adverb. Thus, option 1.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

There is no _______ in the bus.

  1. place

  2. space

  3. room

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of vocabulary usage. Whenever we refer to 'capacity to accomodate' of a place or a thing, we use 'room' for the same.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

She denied _______ him.

  1. to see

  2. to have seen

  3. having seen

  4. to having seen

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Verb 'denied' does not take infinitive 'to'. Thus, option 3.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

Consequent upon heavy loss he is worse _______ these days.

  1. upon

  2. off

  3. over

  4. at

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Phrasal usage. 'Worse off' means in a worse situation or condition.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct option.

The government acted judiciously to stave _______ the crisis over Ram Janam Bhumi controversy.

  1. of

  2. out

  3. off

  4. at

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Phrasal usage' 'Stave off' means 'to ward off, hold off, or put off, as by force, guile, etc'.

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