Fill in the blanks Quiz 2
In the following questions, sentences are given
with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of
the four.
Q1. The appearance of the city…………day by day.
(a) could change
(b) had changed
(c) is changing
(d) changed
ANS. (c)
It’s a continuous event so present continuous tense
will be used.
Q2. When morning………..the murder was discovered.
(a) came
(b) arrived
(c) happened
(d) occurred
ANS. (a)
‘When morning came’ will be used.
Q3. He has the full facts……….but is deliberately
hiding them.
(a) under his sleeves
(b) upon his sleeves
(c) up his sleeves
(d) in his sleeves
ANS. (c)
Correct phrase is ‘up one’s sleeves’ which means
having some secret or hidden plan or idea. So option
(c) is correct.
Called up means make someone remember something
Called on means to ask someone to do something
Called for means demanded or required
Called back means return to a place in order to collect something
Q6. He was………by nature and so avoided all
company.
(a) Gregarious
(b) Timid
(c) Anti-social
(d) Cordial
ANS. (c)
Gregarious means fond of company, sociable
Cordial means friendly
Timid means easily frightened
Anti-social means not sociable or doesn’t like company of others
Q7. Jyoti refused to be………..by her long illness.
(a) Dispersed
(b) Dispensed
(c) Dispatched
(d) Dispirited
ANS. (d)
Dispirit means hopeless
Disperse means distribute or speared over a wide
area
Dispense means manage without or get rid of.
Dispatch means sending of someone/something
Q4. The police fired on the mob when they……..
(a) became abusive
(b) turned noisy
(c) fizzled out
(d) turned violent
ANS. (d)
Generally police will fire in case of violent situation
not in abusive or noisy situation so option (d) is correct.
Fizzled out means fail or collapse
Q8. Jim suffered a……..of fortune.
(a) revert
(b) reverse
(c) reversal
(d) regress
ANS. (b)
‘Reverse’ is correct because ‘Reverse (verb)’ means
move backwards and ‘Reverse (noun)’ means an
adverse change of fortune.
Revert means return to previous place or topic
Reversal means a change to an opposite direction
Regress means return to a former or less developed
state.
Q5. The smell of the sea called………memories of
her childhood.
(a) up
(b) on
(c) for
(d) back
ANS. (a)
Q9. He will impart no information……anyone.
(a) from
(b) for
(c) to
(d) with
ANS. (c)
‘to’ preposition is used with ‘impart’.
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Impart means giving information to someone.
Q10. Is not learning superior…..wealth?
(a) than
(b) from
(c) by
(d) to
ANS. (d)
‘to’ preposition is used after ‘superior’ so option (d)
is correct.
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