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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question contains paragraph with sentence or phrase missing indicated parenthetically. From the alternatives, select the sentence or phrase that best provides the missing link.

When you are in sales and you come across a customer, you don’t want to think of that customer as a one time phenomenon. I can remember not too long ago when I was in Banking working as a branch manager, when I would meet with my staff every Monday morning to go over their individual weekly goals. I must say that they were very good sales people, (___). By this I mean, getting all of the customers business. I’m not saying that you should get all of the customers business in one sitting, but at least ask some probing questions so that you may compare your products and pricing to their existing ones.

  1. but they were more interested in meeting their individual goals than the customer’s requirement.

  2. but unfortunately their focus was on getting that one sale instead of focusing in on the complete package.

  3. but their focus was not the customer, but the customer’s complete package of business.

  4. but unfortunately they treated the customer as a mere figure, only a part of their overall target.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) The clue is in “you don’t want to think of that customer as a one time phenomenon”.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

Over these roads and ________ eagerly streamed the advance agents of civilization.

  1. cascades

  2. tributaries

  3. watercourses

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

This sentence highlights a very general statement that almost all the civilization of the world advanced on roads and near water bodies. 'Cascades' is waterfall, hence ruled out. 'Maunders' is to move or act in dreamy, vague way, hence, irrelevant in this context. “Water courses” is more general and broad term and includes all types of water bodies, instead of tributaries, which is more specific. Hence, (3) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

Before 1975, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was approved, handicapped children were routinely ________ by public schools, unwilling to provide the accommodation they needed and help taking notes in class.

  1. turned away

  2. kept busy

  3. engaged

  4. called

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

The operative word in this sentence is 'before 1975', which implies handicapped children were not entertained by public schools before the govt emphasized on their education. 'Turned away' in (1) fits our prediction, hence, the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blanks.

After a lot of very serious, expensive and ________ laboratory research involving, for instance, telomeres in the chromosomes of certain cells, scientists have ________ there is a link between stress and aging.

  1. exoteric, negotiated

  2. blatant, analysed

  3. arcane, deferred

  4. esoteric, determined

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

The first blank must be in tandem with 'serious' and 'expensive'. Hence, 'arcane' and 'esoteric' are synonyms, meaning understood by only a few, fits our prediction for first blank. 'Deferred' means postponed, hence would not give sense to the second blank, as scientists have discovered something. Hence, (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blanks.

It is one of the paradoxes in the ways of earth and sea that that a process seemingly so _____, so _____ in nature can result in an act of creation.

  1. destructive, catastrophic

  2. ruinous, serendipitous

  3. calamitous, salutary

  4. formulative, constructive
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The operative word in this sentence is 'paradox', which means a statement contrary to common belief. As a process has resulted in an act of creation, that means the process has to be destructive. As both the blanks are in continuity, hence, both should be negative. The only option that satisfies our prediction is (1), hence, the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

We are all animated with the spirit of an industry which is ________ and unrestrained, because each person works for himself.

  1. unfettered

  2. repressed

  3. pampered

  4. impounded

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

The clue word in this sentence is “and”, thus the blank must be replaced by a word that means similar to unrestrained. “Unfettered” in (1) means free from restraint of any kind, hence the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

Under great handicaps - indeed with an appetite ________ by privation - the westering pioneer cherished the crumbs of book learning and culture.

  1. imbued

  2. whetted

  3. tempted

  4. intimidated

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

The word for the blank must be that favours or stimulates privation. As 'whet' means to make keen, stimulate, fits our prediction. Moreover, whet is usually used with appetite. Hence, (2) is the answer.