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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

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

That they are endowed by their creator with _______ right to life, liberty and the _______ of happiness.

  1. impeccable, road

  2. nonpartisan, adequacy

  3. inalienable, pursuit

  4. legitimate, bountiful

  5. creative, pursuit

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

These are the rights that cannot be taken away. Meaning of 'inalienable' is 'that which cannot be taken away'. The correct usage for the second blank is 'pursuit of happiness'. 

Multiple choice

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

South Asians have a special _______ for teachers, which translates into _______ academic performance.

  1. dictum, average

  2. venerability, punctilious

  3. reverence, sterling

  4. attachment, pleasant

  5. liking, lopsided
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Something special done for teachers translates into a quality of academic performance. Both the fillers have to be in the same flow. The logical explanation could be that regard for teachers leads to good academic performance.

Multiple choice

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

According to the survey about 14 million people in India are affected by ________ mental ______ at any point of time.

  1. serious, disorder

  2. strong, dislocation

  3. fatal, involvement

  4. dangerous, perturbation

  5. acute, abstraction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

From the information given one can infer that the sentence refers to some kind of mental problem that affects people. 'Serious' fits in the context. The pair word for the second blank: 'disorder' is perfect. 'Serious mental disorder' makes sense.

Multiple choice

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

A careful __________ of the house revealed no clues, hence investigators were left __________.

  1. prodding, inconclusive

  2. incineration, abandoned

  3. autopsy, unattended

  4. examination, perplexed

  5. appraisal, unresolved

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

The house revealed no clues. The word ‘investigators’ makes it pretty clear that there was some inspection. So, the word has to be ‘examination’. 

Multiple choice

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

As I was working ________ under the pressure of time, I couldn't notice my __________ mistake.

  1. perennially, supernumerary

  2. sporadically, simple

  3. precipitately, slapdash

  4. hysterically, ineluctable

  5. leisurely, stupid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

As the subject is under pressure, so only 'perennially' and 'precipitately' go with it. But 'supernumerary' mistakes don't make sense, whereas 'slapdash' mistake fits in.

Multiple choice

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

The ______ young man is too keen to ______ the dubious scheme without a second thought.

  1. impetuous, implement

  2. excited, imprecate

  3. impervious, impregnate

  4. fecund, impersonate

  5. smart, reject
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Without a second thought' is the key phrase here. Only an 'impetuous' person will 'implement' a 'dubious' scheme without a second thought. 

Multiple choice

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

We no longer suffer from a _______ of information about diet and exercise; we are rather _____ such information as a routine.

  1. deluge, deprived of

  2. plethora, showered with

  3. glut, served

  4. dearth, inundated with

  5. misdirection, given

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

The first blank shows that there's no lack of information now. So, it has to be dearth. And the second filler is preceded by 'rather' needing a contrasting word. So, the answer is 'inundated with'.

Multiple choice

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

The presence of armed guards _______ us from doing anything disruptive; hence we did not _______.

  1. defeated, upbraid

  2. excited, chide

  3. irritated, reprimand

  4. prevented, retaliate

  5. encouraged, castigate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The presence of guards prevents the people present there from doing something disruptive. So, the first blank cannot have any word other than 'prevented' and, of course, because of this presence they did not retaliate or oppose.

Multiple choice

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

There was a time in history when lepers were ______ as they were considered a ______ to the family and the civilized society.

  1. ostracized, stigma

  2. vandalized, curse

  3. baptized, burden

  4. immunized, contagion

  5. shunned, slur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It is easy to deduce from the statement that lepers were shunned in the past, possibly because they were thought to bring a stigma to the family name.