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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

Market research _________ where the researcher often has to deal with decisions that have conflicting consequences.

  1. is a balancing act

  2. adds fuel to the fire

  3. is like barking up a wrong tree

  4. is one's best bet

  5. is like baring your heart
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A balancing act is a situation requiring careful balancing of opposing groups, views, or activities. This is the correct phrase in the given context. Market research is a balancing act where the researcher often has to deal with decisions that have conflicting consequences.

Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The Supreme Court __________ the decree of the High Court and dismissed the case.

  1. set up

  2. set off

  3. set down

  4. set aside

  5. set in
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To set aside is to declare invalid or overrule something. This is the correct answer in the given context. The Supreme Court set aside the decree of the High Court and dismissed the case.

Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The new manager is an _______, always the first to come and the last to leave.

  1. eagle eye

  2. early bird

  3. eager beaver

  4. ear-duster

  5. eagle freak

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

Someone who is very enthusiastic and who works very hard is known as an eager beaver. This is the correct idiom in this context. The new manager is an eager beaver, always the first to come and the last to leave.

 
 

Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

He could easily get a job with a big multinational instead of the small firm he works in, but he enjoys __________.

  1. cracking the whip

  2. being in the corridors of power

  3. calling the shots

  4. bringing people to heel

  5. being a big fish in a small pond
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This idiom refers to an important or highly-ranked person in a small group or organisation. This is the correct answer. He could easily get a job with a big multinational instead of the small firm he works in, but he enjoys being a fish in a small pond.

Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

Lots of people present saw the shot being fired from the moving car, so it is ________.

  1. not a flight of fancy

  2. no a stretch of the imagination

  3. not a harebrained idea

  4. not a figment of my imagination

  5. not a light bulb moment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A figment of one's imagination is an appearance, event or incident that is not considered to be real but only imaginary. This is the correct answer in this context. Lots of people present saw the shot being fired from the moving car, so it is not a figment of my imagination.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

Given all the airport delays and bad weather on our way back from Badrinath, we were glad to come back ___________.

  1. all rolled up in one

  2. all in one piece

  3. as one

  4. to square one

  5. all in one
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Something intact or unharmed is considered all in one piece. This is the correct answer in this context. Given all the airport delays and bad weather on our way back from Badrinath, we were glad to come back all in one piece.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The rescuers worked hard for the first few days after the massive landslide, but then they __________ when they were unable to find any more survivors.

  1. lost heart

  2. took heart

  3. searched their heart

  4. broke their heart

  5. had a change of heart
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. To lose heart is to become discouraged. The rescuers worked hard for the first few days after the massive landslide, but then they lost heart when they were unable to find any more survivors.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The small country __________ in the border dispute with its neighbouring countries by acquiring nuclear weapons.

  1. made a concession

  2. made headway

  3. nailed down

  4. raised the ante

  5. threw a curve
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. To raise the ante to increase what is at stake or under discussion in a dispute or conflict. The small country raised the ante in the border dispute with its neighbouring countries by acquiring nuclear weapons.