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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) The worker died because the manager failed to ________ use of gas mask. (B) Never ________ your enemies. (C) To ________ a new product is difficult in today's market-place. (D) Ramesh unsuccessfully tried to ________ a new company.

  1. cover

  2. shield

  3. protect

  4. promote
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       The worker died because the manager failed to promote use of gas mask. (B)       Never promote your enemies. (C)       To promote a new product is difficult in today's market-place.                   (D)       Ramesh unsuccessfully tried to promote a new company.                                               

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) To ________ your viewpoint, you need to act tough. (B) The police are preparing to come down with ________ on the culprits. (C) You cannot ________ me into accepting your demands. (D) To ________ this ball out, you need a skilled hand.

  1. push

  2. pull

  3. force

  4. get
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       To force your viewpoint, you need to act tough. (B)       The police are preparing to come down with force on the culprits. (C)       You cannot force me into accepting your demands. (D)        To force this ball out, you need a skilled hand.                           

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) The generator started when it was given a _____. (B) To _____ somebody is easy; to win the heart is difficult. (C) The mischief-mongers will ________ you into a brawl. (D) Never try to ________ others to bring them around.

  1. kick

  2. jerk

  3. pull

  4. push
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       The generator started when it was given a push.              (B)       To push somebody is easy; to win the heart is difficult.     (C)       The mischief-mongers will push you into a brawl.             (D)       Never try to push others to bring them around.                

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) The thief was caught easily as he ________ the mistake of leaving his purse behind. (B) The two schools of thought were gradually ________ into one. (C) The suspect was ________ to prowl around. (D) She eventually relented and ________ the desired promise.

  1. made

  2. committed

  3. left

  4. bound
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       The thief was caught easily as he made the mistake of leaving his purse behind. (B)       The two schools of thought were gradually made into one.            (C)       The suspect was made to prowl around.                          (D)       She eventually relented and made the desired promise.  

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) If you need anything, I am always there. Even if it's a ________ purpose. (B) It's ________ knowledge she's expecting a baby. (C) The ________ is not allowed to enter the court room. (D) She knows how to keep the ________ satisfied.

  1. common

  2. general

  3. public

  4. rivals
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       If you need anything, I am always there. Even if it's a ________ purpose. (B)       It's ________ knowledge she's expecting a baby.            (C)       The ________ is not allowed to enter the court room. (D)       She knows how to keep the ________ satisfied. 

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) The local people are always friendly ________ tourists. (B) As you grow older your attitude ________ death changes. (C) She turned her face ________ the sun. (D) Look ________ the sea.

  1. to

  2. for

  3. at

  4. towards
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       The local people are always friendly towards tourists.       (B)       As you grow older your attitude towards death changes. (C)       She turned her face towards the sun. (D)       Look towards the sea.                                                               

Multiple choice

Directions: For the question, choose the option that fills up all the blanks.

(A) The true test of ________ lies not in the number of people who fear you but in the number who revere you. (B) The engineer used his ________ to get the engine started. (C) ________ not brawn, is the motto of today's youth. (D) The IQ tests check your ________ and not knowledge.

  1. strength

  2. virility

  3. brain

  4. bravery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(A)       The true test of brain lies not in the number of people who fear you but in the number who revere you. (B)       The engineer used his brain to get the engine started. (C)       Brain not brawn, is the motto of today's youth.                (D)       The IQ tests check your brain and not knowledge.                     

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks. The creative minority is ___which is composed of people who keep the spark of hope and ___ in the middle of despair and ambiguity.

  1. negligible, development

  2. existing, pessimism

  3. few, progressive

  4. affirmative, optimism

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(1) and (3) cannot fit in the first blank, so they are eliminated. The tone of the sentence suggests that the second blank should have a positive word (because of use of hope). So, (4) option fullfils the requirement.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks. The ___of these medical staffs is even more admirable when you consider that we live in a time when ___act of healing can easily be turned into personal profit.

  1. attitude, medical

  2. dedication, benevolent

  3. aptitude, opportunistic

  4. vocation, efficient

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The act of healing is a benevolent act. So, only option choice (2) fits in the second blank. Hence (2) is the correct option choice.

Multiple choice

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'anthropologist', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

If the difference between life and death is a question of memory, could death's sting be parried by replacing the fragile human memory with an infallible computerized one? In his book Design for Dying completed earlier this year before he died from prostate cancer, psychologist and LSD guru Timothy Leary explored various strategies for achieving immortality. One of the most promising tactics, he suggested is to transfer an individual's consciousness into a supercomputer before death. This could be done by using multimedia technologies (video, audio, CDs) to record all your thoughts, feelings and experience onto a computer equipped with artificial intelligence. The result: a real life ghost in the machine. Endowed with all your memories, the new computerized you would be able to chat and interact with people just as you would-except it would be doing so long after you had died.

In his book, ‘Dancing on the Grave’, British anthropologist Nigel Barely describes a trip to Africa during which a group of tribal elders explain their idea of reincarnation by visiting a local brewery. “You could see returned bottles through a plate glass window", Barely writes “entering via one door, whirling from machine to machine being endlessly refilled with squirting beer relabelled and pushed out through another door.... life, death, spirit and body”. Now you have seen (the elders) said. Though it comes from Africa, this little episode is a fitting metaphor for Western attitudes towards death: the body is a machine and death is a spanner in the works. But you don't have to postulate the existence of an eternal soul to acknowledge that there may be some things in the universe, like death, that we just can't fix.

  1. One who conducts study of ancient humans

  2. One who conducts study of human ancestry

  3. One who conducts study of human development

  4. One who conducts study of human existence
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the passage, Nigel Barley is described as a British anthropologist who studies tribal cultures and their beliefs about death and reincarnation. The context involves him observing and documenting how African elders explain their concept of reincarnation using a brewery metaphor. Anthropology is the study of human development, cultures, and societies. Option A focuses only on ancient humans, B on ancestry (too narrow), and D on existence (too vague).

Multiple choice

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word 'squirting', as used in the passage.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and select the most suitable answer according to the underlined word per corresponding number in the passage.

If the difference between life and death is a question of memory, could death's sting be parried by replacing the fragile human memory with an infallible computerized one? In his book Design for Dying completed earlier this year before he died from prostate cancer, psychologist and LSD guru Timothy Leary explored various strategies for achieving immortality. One of the most promising tactics, he suggested is to transfer an individual's consciousness into a supercomputer before death. This could be done by using multimedia technologies (video, audio, CDs) to record all your thoughts, feelings and experience onto a computer equipped with artificial intelligence. The result: a real life ghost in the machine. Endowed with all your memories, the new computerized you would be able to chat and interact with people just as you would-except it would be doing so long after you had died.

In his book, ‘Dancing on the Grave’, British anthropologist Nigel Barely describes a trip to Africa during which a group of tribal elders explain their idea of reincarnation by visiting a local brewery. “You could see returned bottles through a plate glass window", Barely writes “entering via one door, whirling from machine to machine being endlessly refilled with squirting beer relabelled and pushed out through another door.... life, death, spirit and body”. Now you have seen (the elders) said. Though it comes from Africa, this little episode is a fitting metaphor for Western attitudes towards death: the body is a machine and death is a spanner in the works. But you don't have to postulate the existence of an eternal soul to acknowledge that there may be some things in the universe, like death, that we just can't fix.

  1. Squatting

  2. Sprouting

  3. Ejecting

  4. Emitting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the brewery metaphor, bottles are being 'squirting beer' as they move through the filling machines. The word 'squirting' here means forcefully ejecting or spraying liquid under pressure. This accurately describes beer being injected or expelled into bottles in the bottling process. 'Squatting' means sitting on heels, 'sprouting' means growing, and 'emitting' is too general - 'ejecting' best captures the forceful, directional action implied.