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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence is left blank. You are to choose from the five options given below, the one which best fills the blank.

Political power is just as permanent as today's newspaper. Ten years down the line, _______ who the most powerful man in any state was today.

  1. who cares

  2. nobody will remember what was written in today's newspaper or

  3. few will know, or care about

  4. when a lot of water will have passed under the bridge, who will care

  5. it would hardly matter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The blank has to be filled in by a phrase in future tense. This eliminates (1) and (5). The comparison is between a newspaper and a political power. The sentence ought to include a reference to a newspaper, apart from a political power.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, an incomplete statement is provided. You have to select the option which most logically completes the idea in the question statement.

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance _________.

  1. writes one of its own

  2. opens new books

  3. reopens the first chapter

  4. writes an epilogue

  5. brings forth the pay back
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The answer option presents a contrast. Vengeance is opposite of justice. Vengeance opens, justice settles. Hence, this is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, an incomplete statement is provided. You have to select the option which most logically completes the idea in the question statement.

This is about _________ a sociological analysis can penetrate.

  1. as far as

  2. the outer limit that

  3. just how far into the subject

  4. just the relative distance that

  5. the extent to which
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(3) and (4) can be eliminated because of the usage of 'just'. Even (2) does not make coherent sense. Out of (1) and (5), (1) is a better fit.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, an incomplete statement is provided. You have to select the option which most logically completes the idea in the question statement.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what _________.

  1. he makes out of it

  2. he gets for others

  3. he has overcome through it

  4. he becomes by it

  5. he thinks he deserves
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The only choice is between (1) and (4). It is not what a man makes out of a reward, but what the effort itself makes him.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a part of a sentence is left blank. You are to choose from the five options given below the question, the one which best fills the blank.

_________ that in this apparent mess, two things must not be interfered with.

  1. It is important

  2. It is of cardinal importance

  3. It should be urgently understood

  4. It cannot be emphasized

  5. It needs to be recounted
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Usage of the words ''cardinal', 'urgently', 'emphasized', and 'recounted' render answer options (2), (3), (4) , and (5) unsuitable for use.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a part of a sentence is left blank. You are to choose from the five options given below the question, the one which best fills the blank.

Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ________ refuse to go away from the mind.

  1. the haunting images

  2. its haunting images

  3. its haunted images

  4. the haunt of its images

  5. the images haunting us
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Grammatically the best fit is (2).