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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice softskills leadership

Choose appropriate words in the blanks: The ______ of 24 × 7 news is difficult to ______ to.

  1. vicarious .............. satiate

  2. flamboyance .............. understand

  3. plethora .............. relate

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

The sentence describes the overabundance (plethora) of 24×7 news being difficult to connect to (relate). 'Plethora' means an excessive amount, and 'relate to' means to identify with or connect with. This makes sense as continuous news can be overwhelming. 'Vicarious' means experienced through someone else, 'flamboyance' means showiness, and 'nuisance' means annoyance - none fit both contexts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

Choose appropriate words in the blanks: Raj ______ hard, but Rahul ______ works.

  1. works .............. hardly

  2. works .............. hard

  3. work .............. hard

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

The sentence contrasts Raj who works hard with Rahul who 'hardly works' (works very little). The adverb 'hardly' means scarcely or barely, creating a meaningful contrast. Option B would make both work hard, which loses the contrast.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

Choose appropriate words in the blanks: The smuggler yielded to the ______ and fell into the police ______.

  1. temptation .............. trap

  2. bribe .............. car

  3. drugs .............. sleep

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

The smuggler gave in to temptation and fell into a trap set by police. 'Temptation' is the urge to do something wrong (smuggling), and 'trap' describes police strategy to catch criminals. This creates a logical narrative. 'Bribe,' 'drugs,' and 'ransom' don't create the same coherent story.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate answer(based on subject - verb agreement): Far from being a city with little diversity, Trivandrum certainly ___ as one of the most interesting spots in Kerala.

  1. rank

  2. ranks

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The subject is 'Trivandrum' (singular), so the verb must be 'ranks' (singular). The phrase 'ranks as' means 'is considered to be'. The intro clause 'Far from being...' is just descriptive and doesn't affect the subject-verb agreement.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate answer(based on subject - verb agreement):According to the police, the killer of the girls in both cities ____ probably between ages of 45 and 55.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The subject is 'the killer' (singular person), so the verb must be 'is' (singular). The phrase 'the killer of the girls in both cities' has a singular head noun 'killer' despite the prepositional phrases with plural words.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate answer (based on subject - verb agreement ): According to the information on this page, items bought before 1920 _______ more than items after that year

  1. costs

  2. cost

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The subject is 'items' (plural), so the verb must be 'cost' (plural). This is present tense describing a general fact - items 'cost' more, not 'costs'. The prepositional phrases don't affect subject-verb agreement.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate word: "The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not _____ that all who are laughed at are geniuses." (Carl Sagan)

  1. imply

  2. infer

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Imply' is correct because the fact does the implying (it suggests or indicates something). 'Infer' means to draw a conclusion from evidence - that's what the listener does, not what the fact does. This is a common confusion between these two words.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate word: Few people _____ his uncle never visited him.

  1. beside

  2. besides

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires 'besides' which can mean 'except for' or 'other than'. The structure 'Few people besides his uncle never visited him' means almost everyone visited him, with his uncle being an exception who did not. 'Beside' means 'next to' which doesn't fit this context.

Multiple choice technology operating systems

Fill in the blanks: To create a VPN in Windows NT 4.0, you would use the ____ protocol, which has been made obsolete in modern Windows VPNs through the use of the _____ protocol and IPSec

  1. PPTP and L2TP

  2. PPoE and SMTP

  3. SMTP and PPoE

  4. L2TP and PPTP
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) was the VPN protocol in Windows NT 4.0. Modern Windows VPNs use L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) combined with IPSec for stronger encryption. PPTP is now considered obsolete due to security vulnerabilities, while L2TP/IPSec provides a more secure tunneling solution.