Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Wide tape

  2. Legs

  3. Rope

  4. Mattress

  5. Bed bugs

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

A bedstead requires legs to stand and function as a bed frame. While mattresses, ropes, tape, or even bed bugs may be associated with beds, legs are the structural necessity that defines a bedstead. The question asks for what is 'necessarily found' in the object itself.

Multiple choice
  1. passenger

  2. driver

  3. engine

  4. fans

  5. guard

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

The engine is the most essential component of a train - without it, the train cannot move or function as transportation. Passengers, drivers, guards, and fans are incidental to the train's fundamental purpose. The engine provides the motive power that defines a train.

Multiple choice
  1. Speaker

  2. Audience

  3. Typist

  4. Judge

  5. Room

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

A debate fundamentally requires speakers to present arguments. Without speakers, there is no debate - only silence. An audience, judge, typist, or room may facilitate a debate but are not necessary to its existence. The act of debating requires participants.

Multiple choice
  1. help

  2. fear

  3. risk

  4. hate

  5. enemy

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

Danger inherently involves risk - the two concepts are inextricably linked. The word 'danger' itself means the possibility of harm or loss, which is the definition of risk. Options like fear, hate, or enemy may be associated with dangerous situations but are not necessarily involved in the concept of danger itself.

Multiple choice
  1. agents

  2. display

  3. exposition

  4. demonstration

  5. secrets

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

Disclosure always involves secrets because disclosure means revealing something that was previously hidden or confidential. Without a secret to reveal, there is no disclosure. Demonstration, display, and exposition are methods of showing but don't imply the revelation of hidden information. Agents are people who perform disclosure, not what is disclosed.

Multiple choice
  1. (i) fanciful, (ii) brittle

  2. (i) pied, (ii) bilious

  3. (i) coherent, (ii) germane

  4. (i) furtive, (ii) wonky

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

Option 3 is correct because the words fit the context of the sentence. All other words either make the meaning of the sentence too extreme or nonsensical. 

Multiple choice
  1. uncomplicated, pedestrian

  2. amorous, prodigal

  3. chimerical, putative

  4. pensive, obsolescent

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

The sentence requires words that create a contrast: writing that is normally 'uncomplicated' (easy to understand) but sometimes becomes 'pedestrian' (dull, lacking imagination). 'Amorous/prodigal' relates to love/extravagance, 'chimerical/putative' means imaginary/supposed, and 'pensive/obsolescent' means thoughtful/outdated - none fit the contrast structure.

Multiple choice
  1. grandiose

  2. sobriety

  3. covetous

  4. conclusive

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

'Covetous' means strongly desiring what others have. The sentence suggests that human desire for more has driven growth and development - a somewhat provocative framing of ambition as the engine of progress. 'Grandiose' means impressive in an imposing way, 'sobriety' means moderation, and 'conclusive' means putting an end to doubt.

Multiple choice
  1. emanated, grueling

  2. bestowed, extenuating

  3. emanated, deadpan

  4. bestowed, slothing

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

Emanated means originated or issued from, while grueling means exhausting or extremely tiring. The sentence means problems originated because of the exhausting nature of the job. Bestowed means given, which doesn't make sense in context.

Multiple choice
  1. sapient, compunction

  2. mercenary, excursive

  3. amorous, carnal

  4. consummate, extricate

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

 Both armorous and carnal have to do with love, especially the physical expression of love. Furthermore, they are both related in context, whereas the others are not. To maintain parallelism between the two sentences, the missing words must be related and these two words are the only option which works.

Multiple choice
  1. coterie, panicles

  2. panicles, parlays

  3. banquet, panicles

  4. dilapidated, placold

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

A banquet hall is a large hall used for feasts or gatherings. Panicles are loose, branching clusters of flowers that would be placed around for decoration. Coterie refers to a small group of people with shared interests, not a type of hall.

Multiple choice
  1. galore, credit, subjection

  2. sobriety, burnt, diminutive

  3. sobriety, compassion, scintilla

  4. grit, solace, penury

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

Grit means courage, determination, and strength of character. Solace means comfort or consolation. Penury means extreme poverty. The sentence means a determined person finds comfort even in poverty. Sobriety means being serious, which doesn't fit with finding compassion.