Fill in the Blanks

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Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Mrs. Parvathy _____ awake the whole night worried about her husband's health.

  1. lay

  2. lied

  3. laid

  4. had lied


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

I hope I can ____ my uncle to lend me his car for the weekend.

  1. exploit

  2. order

  3. persuade

  4. plot


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The car belongs to the uncle. So, you can 'hope to persuade'. Other options do not fit with 'hope'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate phrase from the options given below.

I _______ for a morning walk regularly, but now I don’t go.

  1. was used to go

  2. used to go

  3. had used to go

  4. were used to go


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

We use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past, but no longer happens. Other options are syntactically or grammatically incorrect.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

I always like to eat ____ of food.

  1. this kind

  2. those kind

  3. this kinds

  4. these kinds


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Jobin's property was divided _____ his daughter and son.

  1. between

  2. on

  3. with

  4. for


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Subash Chandra Bose occupies ____ position in Indian history.

  1. a unique

  2. for unique

  3. had unique

  4. the unique


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The frequent skirmishes between the government and the investigative agency are a proof that the relationship between these two is not always one of the ______.

  1. hate and disgust

  2. symbiosis

  3. bonnet

  4. borehole


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

From the sentence it is understood that the relationship between the two is not one of agreement ....so, we need a word meaning similar to agreement or cordial. Symbiosis meaning a relationship of mutual interdependence fills the blank correctly.  

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The teacher advised the pupils to seek ____ from time to time for intense spiritual practices.

  1. solidarity

  2. solitude

  3. sobriquet

  4. sober


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

We thought that he ____ job.

  1. gets

  2. will get

  3. is getting

  4. would get


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

I shall not be late for dinner _____.

  1. unless the train is late

  2. unless the train will be late

  3. unless the train not late

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Good restaurants serving pure vegetarian food are hard to ____.

  1. notice

  2. fix

  3. find

  4. crack


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The plastic ____ in our country is attempting to nullify the government efforts to control the pollution by plastics.

  1. mafia

  2. lobby

  3. heap

  4. moron


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

It is impossible for an ordinary mortal to____ all these figures to memory.

  1. commit

  2. hoard

  3. unite

  4. negate


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

When the morning _____, the murder was discovered.

  1. arrived

  2. came

  3. occurred

  4. happened


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The violence _______ by the terrorist groups resulted in massive damage to the Taj Hotel at Mumbai.

  1. abated

  2. unleashed

  3. orated

  4. faced


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The traveler slept under the ____ shade of banyan tree.

  1. dark

  2. cool

  3. cold

  4. ferment


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

You cannot devise a method which ____ all the possibility of error.

  1. excludes

  2. enter

  3. arrived

  4. came


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

This brand of mobile is quite inferior ____ that one.

  1. over

  2. to

  3. with

  4. for


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

The game had ____ begun when it started raining.

  1. hardly

  2. marginally

  3. usually

  4. no sooner


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

I went to my village with the _______ of starting a school for the poor.

  1. intention

  2. opinion

  3. suggestion

  4. sustenance


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

He was left with ten books; he gave them to _____ came first.

  1. whichever

  2. whoever

  3. who

  4. which


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Undubiously, French is the most ____ spoken language in the world today.

  1. widely

  2. elaborately

  3. obviously

  4. notoriously


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

Rohan plays football ____ an experienced person.

  1. as

  2. as if

  3. as though

  4. as such


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

In a fierce attack, the enemies were completely wiped ___.

  1. off

  2. out

  3. away

  4. on


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word from the options given below.

It is regrettable that old and tired man rule India, a county ______ with young people.

  1. teaming

  2. teeming

  3. surpassing

  4. appall


Correct Option: B
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