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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the paragraph. An artist must suffer for his art say these successful entrepreneurs who attempt to pass themselves off as artists. They auction off to the highest bidder, usually a foot in his own right, the most mediocre of drawings; and then, from their well-laid tables, they have the unmitigated gall to imply that they themselves ____

  1. are connoisseurs of art

  2. suffer deprivation for the sake of their work

  3. are artists

  4. know art better than the art critics do

  5. can sit in judgment on the intrinsic value of their art
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is about the alleged hypocrisy of 'entrepreneurs who attempt to pass themselves off as artists'. 'From their well-laid tables, they have the unmitigated gall to' pretend that they also suffer deprivation. Hence,(2).

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the paragraph. Most radicals who argue for violent revolution and complete overthrow of our existing society have no clear idea of what will emerge form the destruction. They just assert that things are so bad now that any change would have to be a change for the better. But surely this is mistaken, ______________

  1. for radicals might foment their revolution

  2. for the economic arguments the radicals use are fallacious

  3. for things might actually turn out to be worse

  4. for loss of life and property is likely to accompany such revolution total destruction of a society

  5. for plunging into realms of uncertainty based on imperfect information is a sure recipe for disaster
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The radicals have no clear idea what the 'destruction' might bring about. The outcome has to be negative as the sentence begins with their 'mistaken' belief. 'Sure recipe' in (5) renders it incorrect. Hence, (3).

Multiple choice

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the sentence. What is so frequently termed feminine indecision, the _(i)_ of women to make up their minds, is in fact a/an __(ii)___ reflection of the 'trigger-thinking' of man. Blank (i) Blank (ii) inability inverted incapacity direct failure inverse

  1. incapacity, inverted

  2. inability, direct

  3. inability, inverse

  4. incapacity, direct

  5. failure, inverse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The latter part of the sentence provides an explanation to 'feminine indecision' in initial part of the sentence. Of all the options, 'inability' in (1) would be in tandem with 'inverse' and would give a cogent eaning to the sentence. Hence, (3) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the sentence. Women are more ready to make __(i), to consider the alternative possibilities and see the other colours and __(ii)___ in the range between black and white. Blank (i) Blank (ii) compromises gradations adjustments variations sacrifice mutations

  1. compromises, variations

  2. adjustments, gradations

  3. sacrifices, variations

  4. sacrifices, mutations

  5. compromises, gradations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Though 'compromise', 'adjustments' and 'sacrifice' could replace the blank but the most appropriate. 'Gradations' on replacing the second blank gives a cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the sentence. A black hole is a body which is (i)__ because its gravitational pull is so strong that even light cannot escape from its __(ii)_____ Blank (i) Blank (ii) dark vicinity imperceptible gravity invisible proximity

  1. invisible, gravity

  2. invisible, vicinity

  3. dark, proximity

  4. imperceptible, gravity

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The part of the sentence after ‘because’ provides explanation to the initial part of the sentence. The latter part of the sentence implies that the gravitational pull of the black hole in the universe is so     strong that it even pulls light and absorbs it. As no amount of light is allowed to reflect back, this makes the black hole invisible. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the sentence. The cockroach, that __(i)__ creature and the housewife's persistent foe (ii) the dinosaur and could even survive a nuclear disaster. Blank (i) Blank (ii) repulsive ancestors repellant predates repugnant precedes

  1. repellant, predates

  2. repugnant, precedes

  3. repulsive, precedes

  4. repulsive, ancestors

  5. repugnant, predates
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The word for the first blank must have similar connotation as 'the housewife's persistent foe' (due to         presence of 'and'), therefore 'repellant' in and 'repugnant' seem to fit our prediction. Looking at the second blank, a cockroach predating (to come before in time) dinosaur gives cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, (5) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the given sentence.

It is not enough to have a good mind; ___________.

  1. sound mind lives in a sound body

  2. it is also necessary to think positively

  3. the main thing is to use it well

  4. nothing is more sacred than its integrity

  5. it is important not to be a prisoner of one's own mind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Is mind related to 'positive thinking' and 'integrity'? No, therefore, options (2) and (4) are eliminated; Not enough to 'have', but to 'use' it.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably in the same order.

The principle of equality should not imply a leveling down, but should be sensitive to the __________ of human needs and to the __________ means that may be required for their satisfaction.

  1. universality … verifiable

  2. imprudence … intrepid

  3. plurality … diverse

  4. inequity … atavistic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The filler should logically be different needs and different means. (3) is the best fit.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably in the same order.

The forex reserves may fall in a few months with the ____________ of the Resurgent India bonds, but for the present the govt is __________ the global confidence in macro-economic management.

  1. redemption, savoring

  2. leveraging, besieging

  3. aggression, encountering

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

blank first, “encountering” and “besieging” have negative connotation and do not match the positive feeling of the second blank. So (2) and (3) cannot be our answer choice. “Redemption” of Bonds in option (1) may lead to fall in forex Reserves.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably in the same order.

India has many __________ issues: turf battles between ministers; and __________ implementation of various products throughout the country.

  1. pending, vested

  2. vexatious, tardy

  3. up to date, upward

  4. outstanding, speedy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Going to the second blank first, 'vested', 'upward' and 'dogged' do not fit in with “implementation”, hence (1) (3) and (5) cannot be the answer choice, which is in fact, (2) as both the replacement words make coherent reading, replacing the blanks.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably in the same order.

The wedding photographs showed her to be a beautiful young woman with a __________ nose, __________ eyes and a long __________ neck.

  1. pug, large, tapering

  2. chiseled, almond, slender

  3. sharp, rounded, parched

  4. shapely, ambiguous, snarled

  5. raised, doe, swiveled
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

All the three replacement words have to be a description of beauty.  Options (1), (3) (4) and (5) have at least one word which is not a description of beauty. All the words in option (2) are apt descriptions of beauty.