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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Longdale and Stern discovered that mitochondria and chloroplasts __________ a long, identifiable sequence of DNA; such a coincidence could be _______ only by the transfer of DNA between the two systems.

  1. manufacture, accomplished

  2. reveal, repeated

  3. exhibit, determined

  4. share, explained
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Note the words “identifiable” and “transfer”. Thus share- explained

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, _________ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

  1. addresses

  2. creates

  3. alters

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

”alters evidence” - adjust according to the need.

Multiple choice

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

Although ________, almost self-effacing, in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong _________ publicity and controversy.

  1. conventional, interest in

  2. monotonous, reliance on

  3. shy, aversion towards

  4. retiring, penchant for

  5. evasive, impatience with
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Note the word 'although', which is a thought reverser. He avoids but still is in publicity. Thus, option 4 is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

That many of the important laws of science were discovered during experiments designed to _________ other phenomenon suggests that experimental results are the _________ of inevitable natural forces rather than of planning.

  1. analyse, foundations

  2. disprove, predecessors

  3. alter, adjuncts

  4. illuminate, consequence

  5. verify, essence
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Illuminate' - clear or throw light on; 'Consequence' – a result or effect

Multiple choice

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

The action and characters in a melodrama can be so immediately _________ that all observers can hiss the villain with an air of smug, but enjoyable ___________.

  1. spurned, boredom

  2. forgotten, condescension

  3. classified, self-righteousness

  4. plausible, guilt

  5. gripping, skepticism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Actions and characters can be 'classified'. Note the word 'smug' which refers to 'showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements'. This 

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

An investigation that is ____________ can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.

  1. timely

  2. unguided

  3. consistent

  4. uncomplicated

  5. subjective
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Unguided' means 'not guided'.

Multiple choice

Direction: Complete the following sentence by selecting the correct option from the following.

Left handed people are those ______________.

PASSAGE 1

The human brain is spherical. It is divided into two halves, called the two hemispheres. Though two hemispheres are joined together, they seem to work independently. In the majority of the cases, the left hemisphere dominates over the right resulting in right handed people who are better at mathematics and languages than at music and sports. In 65 percentage of brains studied , it was found that left hemisphere was larger and more highly developed than the right, in 14 percentage of cases , the two hemispheres were more or less equal , while in 11 percentage , the right hemisphere was more developed than the left.

  1. whose brain is not fully developed

  2. who form the habit of using the left hand in their early childhood

  3. whose right hemispheres of the brain is more developed than that of right handed people

  4. whose left hemisphere of the brain is larger than that of right handed people
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Refer to the last line of the passage which says the (the right hemisphere was more developed than the left).