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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.

If we manage to ____________ our natural resources, we would leave a better planet for our children.

  1. uphold

  2. restrain

  3. cherish

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

The sentence discusses natural resources and leaving a better planet for children, indicating preservation and protection. Uphold means to support or maintain (doesn't fit resources). Restrain means to hold back or limit (not the right context). Cherish means to love and protect emotionally (too sentimental for conservation). Conserve means to protect from harm or destruction, use carefully - this perfectly matches the environmental context of managing natural resources for future generations.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience, you cannot do so by being understated, tentative or _____________.

  1. hyperbolic

  2. restrained

  3. argumentative

  4. indifferent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The tone of the sentence clearly indicates a word that is similar to understated is needed for the blank. Alternatively, the word should be antonym of strong (fail to make strong impression). Therefore, the best choice is restrained, which means controlled/reserved/timid.

Multiple choice

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: Despite several_________the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the conflict.

  1. attempts

  2. setbacks

  3. meetings

  4. delegations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct Answer: setbacks 'Despite' is the key word as it suggests that in spite of something negative the mission succeeded. Here only 'setbacks' is negative and fits the context. Other options are out of context.

Multiple choice

There are two candidates P and Q in an election. During the campaign, 40% of the voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. However, on the day of election 15% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for Q and instead voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 2 votes, then what was the total number of voters?

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:

Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian Medical Association, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which ______________ treatments are unsatisfactory.

  1. Similar

  2. Most

  3. Uncommon

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

Available is appropriate because manipulation of genes will be done when other treatments are not useful.