English Language

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).

Dreaming is a ________ activity of the mind which is not limited by the power of _____, which is not interrupted by self consciousness and which is not directed by self determination, but which is the freely operating _____ of the sensory centers.

  1. monstrous, peculiarity, phenomena

  2. preposterous, eccentricity, reality

  3. fundamental, indivisibility, trivial

  4. natural, individuality, vitality

  5. somatic, sleep, dictate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Natural' in (4) fits the first blank, as this is the essence of the sentence. The clause, after 'which', provides an explanation to what precedes it. Keeping this in mind, 'individuality' replaces the second blank and 'vitality', the third blank. Hence, (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

After completing her usual morning chores, Linda found herself _________ tired and wanted that somebody should __________ her breakfast.

  1. unceasingly, eat

  2. forcibly, finish

  3. buoyantly, cook

  4. surprisingly, prepare

  5. erratically, hot
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The operative word in the sentence is ‘tired’. No other word except ‘surprisingly’ in (4) goes with tired as she has only done her normal daily routine.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blanks (in the same order).

After an absence of 30 years, I decided to visit my old school again, where I had ________ to find changes, but not a ________ different building.

  1. hoped, entirely

  2. imagined, very

  3. known, barely

  4. expected, completely

  5. looked, transformed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

As the speaker is visiting his school after 30 years, he cannot know, but expect, imagine or hope to find something at the place. The speaker did not expect to find a ‘completely’ different building. 

Multiple choice

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

Spiritualism with its ________ and its so called manifestation of spirits and the like has always seemed to Nehru a rather absurd and ________ way of investigating psychic phenomena and the mysteries of the afterlife.

  1. consanguinity, germane

  2. reciprocity, insolent

  3. ligature, inferential

  4. séances, impertinent

  5. rapport, apropos
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The second part of the sentence throws light on Nehru’s thought on ‘spiritualism with its manifestations of spirits”. Therefore, séances (communicating especially with spirits) is the most appropriate word to replace the first blank. Moreover, ‘impertinent’ is in tandem with absurd. Hence, (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

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

The cellular phones will work with the same ________ irrespective of where a person is – deep in a _____, in a high rise _____ or behind a hill.

  1. mechanism, sea, tower

  2. technology, ditch, hotel

  3. efficiency, mine, building

  4. convenience, submarine, watchtower

  5. intensity, hole, apartment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The first filler should give some property of cell phones and the other two should represent extreme conditions. ‘Efficiency' is coherent enough. Deep in a ‘mine’ and high rise ‘building’ make sense in the context. 

Multiple choice

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

Close on ________ of the Center's telecom policy has come the ________ of cellular 2 telephone licenses.

  1. declaration, mitigation

  2. divestment, necessity

  3. top, decision

  4. heels, announcement

  5. denunciation, repudiation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In this sentence the first blank makes use of very well known phrase 'close on heels'. One can easily see that both blanks can correctly be replaced by 'heels and announcement 

Multiple choice

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

Having ________ economic significance, sericulture has become an employment ________ for the poor and the weaker sections of society including widows.

  1. immense, contingency

  2. extensive, consistency

  3. appreciable, fountainhead

  4. enormous, capacity

  5. tremendous, potential
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

From the context of sentence, it can be inferred that second blank should have positive flow. The word ‘potential’ is the best fit in context of generating employment. 

Multiple choice

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

Comparative advertising can sometimes ________ very badly and instead of gaining more ________ the company promoting such practices may actually lose them.

  1. pay, losses

  2. backfire, customers

  3. use, shares

  4. gain, market

  5. hurt, revenue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The first blank should be filled by a negative word compatible with 'badly'. Both options (2) & (5): 'backfire' and 'hurt' are valid. Option (5): 'instead of gaining more revenue' doesn't fit in grammatically with plural 'lose them'. Option (2) - 'instead of gaining more customers' - sounds convincing. 

Multiple choice

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

The Asian Tigers situated in the “Pacific rim have shown _____ rates of growth that have made them __ players in the near future and even the Western powers have been ___ to take notice.

  1. <span style="font-size:">massive, not insignificant, reluctant

  2. <span style="font-size:">small, minor, forced

  3. <span style="font-size:">massive, major, forced

  4. <span style="font-size:">major, paltry, forced
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The first two blanks should both be positive for this sentence to make any sense. This is available only in options (3) and (5). But (5) is rendered unsuitable by 'seeking to take notice'. 'Forced' to take notice is eminently suitable.

Multiple choice

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

It came like a ________ from the blue, the phone call ________ Indira Gandhi had been ________ dead.

  1. thunder, informing, dropped

  2. jolt, flashing, shot

  3. shock, whispering, declared

  4. bolt, saying, shot

  5. news, that, shot

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

'Bolt from the blue' is an idiom commonly used to denote a sudden, unforeseen occurrence. This marks (4) as correct answer. 

Multiple choice

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

The methods of ________ the criminals used in the medieval world can ________ even the most ______ of policemen of the modern world.

  1. killing, affect, versatile

  2. eradicating, unsettle, down–to–earth

  3. resuscitating, torture, tender

  4. executing, shock, hardened

  5. exterminating, shame, cruel

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

The most appropriate term to be used for administering death penalty to criminals will be ‘executing’. ‘Shock’ and ‘hardened’ are also appropriate usages. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.

We are all animated with the spirit of an industry which is ________ and unrestrained, because each person works for himself.

  1. unfettered

  2. repressed

  3. pampered

  4. impounded

  5. encumbered
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The clue word in this sentence is 'and', thus the blank must be replaced by a word that means similar to unrestrained. 'Unfettered' in (1) means free from restraint of any kind, and hence the answer.

Multiple choice

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

But flash reports for the industry indicating ________ growth and international majors ________ on the Indian market, the mood in the industry looks ________.

  1. fast, pouncing, downtrodden

  2. speedy, descending, upbeat

  3. rapid, jumping, nonchalant

  4. quick, looking, gloomy

  5. significant, embarking, good enough
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

One can easily see that all the three blanks necessarily go in one flow and should be either all positive or all negative. The words ‘speedy’, ‘descending’ and ‘upbeat’ all fit in easily and the sentence makes good sense.