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All Contextual Vocabulary 2563 Prepositional Usage 2021 Tense and Aspect 1751 Determiners 1005 Phrasal Verbs 949 Confusable Vocabulary 908 Pronoun Antecedent 867 Subject-Verb Agreement 735 Collocations 654 Idiomatic Expressions 627 Conjunctions and Connectors 557 Modals 390

Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 17?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Fire ____(17)_____ things hot by adding heat, and that raises temperature.
You _______(18)______ a fire with its hissing tongues of orange flame.
When something gets too hot and its temperature rises more than it can take, it bursts into hot flames and _____(19)_____ to burn.

Fire is _____(20)_____ than sunlight and it quickly heats up anything it touches.

  1. made

  2. makes

  3. will make

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

Fire (singular) makes things hot.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 18?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Fire ____(17)_____ things hot by adding heat, and that raises temperature.
You _______(18)______ a fire with its hissing tongues of orange flame.
When something gets too hot and its temperature rises more than it can take, it bursts into hot flames and _____(19)_____ to burn.

Fire is _____(20)_____ than sunlight and it quickly heats up anything it touches.

  1. also seen

  2. may be seen

  3. must have seen

  4. must be seen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The statement is about something that you may have done anytime or many times.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Fire ____(17)_____ things hot by adding heat, and that raises temperature.
You _______(18)______ a fire with its hissing tongues of orange flame.
When something gets too hot and its temperature rises more than it can take, it bursts into hot flames and _____(19)_____ to burn.

Fire is _____(20)_____ than sunlight and it quickly heats up anything it touches.

  1. ends

  2. leads

  3. starts

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

The burning starts.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 24?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The neighbourhood police officer in his shining cap and uniform has a very _____(21)______ job.   He helps the community by seeing that everybody _____(22)____ the law. He takes extra care to protect the young and the old from bad people. He helps the traffic, _______(23)______ catches thieves. Whenever there is any reason for you to be______(24)______, you can call him to help you.

  1. lazy

  2. dangerous

  3. frightened

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

Police is needed for protection when one is frightened.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement I?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: In India, there stood a colony of crows on a huge tree, known
Statement II: as banyan tree. On many tree nearby, lived a colony of owls.
Statement III: The owls is powerful enemies, frequently attacking and harassing
Statement IV: the crows. The owls could see at night, _________.                                       

  1. perched

  2. lied

  3. lived

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

The crows lived on a huge tree.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 22?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The neighbourhood police officer in his shining cap and uniform has a very _____(21)______ job.   He helps the community by seeing that everybody _____(22)____ the law. He takes extra care to protect the young and the old from bad people. He helps the traffic, _______(23)______ catches thieves. Whenever there is any reason for you to be______(24)______, you can call him to help you.

  1. obeys

  2. trusts

  3. dishonours

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

The sentence is about what the policeman does. Others have to obey the law.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 23?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The neighbourhood police officer in his shining cap and uniform has a very _____(21)______ job.   He helps the community by seeing that everybody _____(22)____ the law. He takes extra care to protect the young and the old from bad people. He helps the traffic, _______(23)______ catches thieves. Whenever there is any reason for you to be______(24)______, you can call him to help you.

  1. but also

  2. along with

  3. as well as

  4. which also
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is an additional responsibility.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Fire ____(17)_____ things hot by adding heat, and that raises temperature.
You _______(18)______ a fire with its hissing tongues of orange flame.
When something gets too hot and its temperature rises more than it can take, it bursts into hot flames and _____(19)_____ to burn.

Fire is _____(20)_____ than sunlight and it quickly heats up anything it touches.

  1. much hotter

  2. more hot

  3. much hot

  4. more hotter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Much indicates the intensity of heat. More hot is incorrect. The correct comparative is hotter.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have been named among the top 20 most powerful persons in the world by Forbes Magazine.
Statement II: The magazine has placed US President Barack Obama as number one for two year in a row.            
Statement III: Indias richest businessman Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani also features in the list.
Statement IV: The list comprises 71 mighty heads of state, ________                    

  1. CEOs and entrepreneurs who “truly run and shape the world of 7.1 billion people.”

  2. CEOs, and entrepreneurs who truly “run” and “shape” the world of 7.1 billion people?

  3. CEOs and entrepreneurs, who truly run and shape the world of “7.1” billion people.

  4. CEO and entrepreneurs who “truly run and shape the world of 7.1 billion people”?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The question tests punctuation. The entire phrase from 'truly' to 'people' need to be kept within quote marks.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement I?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have been named among the top 20 most powerful persons in the world by Forbes Magazine.
Statement II: The magazine has placed US President Barack Obama as number one for two year in a row.            
Statement III: Indias richest businessman Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani also features in the list.
Statement IV: The list comprises 71 mighty heads of state, ________                    

  1. will be

  2. has been

  3. was

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

Prime minister is third person singular.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 17?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Christopher Columbus ______(17)______ by many to be the first European explorer to find the continents of America.
Columbus was actually looking for a sea route to Asia from Spain, when he _____(18)______ land in the Caribbean Islands.
He and his people named the Caribbean Islands as West Indies. They thought that they _____(19)_____ the western part of India.

In the United States, the second Monday of October is a colourful holiday, called Columbus Day, in _______(20)______ Christopher Columbus.

  1. was thought

  2. is taken

  3. will be assumed

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

The sentence here wants to convey the meaning that man7 believe that Columbus was the  first European explorer to find the continents of America. Therefore, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Mrs. Irani was an old lady. She start a bakery shop of her own in a countryside                  statement I
market. She had no close relatives of this own. Every morning when she                            statement II
opened her shop, she used to sing a song, and on hearing her soothing name,                    statement III

all the kids of the neighbourhood _______________________.                                           statement IV

  1. used to run away from her

  2. used to scream back at her

  3. used to gather near her shop

  4. used to sing a song for her
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since she had a melodious voice, therefore, all the kids used to gather near her shop to hear her sing.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Christopher Columbus ______(17)______ by many to be the first European explorer to find the continents of America.
Columbus was actually looking for a sea route to Asia from Spain, when he _____(18)______ land in the Caribbean Islands.
He and his people named the Caribbean Islands as West Indies. They thought that they _____(19)_____ the western part of India.

In the United States, the second Monday of October is a colourful holiday, called Columbus Day, in _______(20)______ Christopher Columbus.

  1. reached

  2. will reach

  3. had reached

  4. have reached
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Both the events (thought and reached) are in past tense. But reaching occurred before 'thought'. An event that occurs before another event in the past is expressed in past perfect tense (had).

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 23?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Islands are bodies or pieces of land that are completely ______(21)_____ by water, and are cut off from larger bodies of land that are attached to a continent and are called mainland. Islands have been homes to different cultures throughout our history. Separated from mainland, and relatively isolated, some islands of the oceans still carry the older cultures and _____(22)____ of humans. Islands also preserve animals and plants, in rather _______(23)______ conditions. In fact, it was through his visit to the Galapagos Islands, and through observing the animals there, that Charles Darwin came to _____(24)_____ the theory of evolution of man.

  1. hardy

  2. different

  3. unchanged

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

Since they want to maintain everything as it is, therefore, they preserve the animals and plants in unchanged conditions.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 21?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

Islands are bodies or pieces of land that are completely ______(21)_____ by water, and are cut off from larger bodies of land that are attached to a continent and are called mainland. Islands have been homes to different cultures throughout our history. Separated from mainland, and relatively isolated, some islands of the oceans still carry the older cultures and _____(22)____ of humans. Islands also preserve animals and plants, in rather _______(23)______ conditions. In fact, it was through his visit to the Galapagos Islands, and through observing the animals there, that Charles Darwin came to _____(24)_____ the theory of evolution of man.

  1. submerged

  2. created

  3. surrounded

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

Islands are from all sides surrounded by water, therefore, (3) is the correct answer.