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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.

The ruling sent an emphatic signal that the nation’s __________ homelessness problem cannot be dealt with by criminalizing behavior driven by the need to survive.

  1. developing

  2. improving

  3. diminishing

  4. retreating

  5. burgeoning
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct word. 'Burgeoning' means 'expanding rapidly'. The context of the sentence is that the problem of homelessness is increasing, so a rapidly expanding problem of homelessness or burgeoning homelessness is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most suitable idiom/phrase:

This player has been playing so good that his appointment as the team's vice-captain is ______________.

  1. dead as a dodo

  2. dead cert

  3. dead duck

  4. dead as a door nail

  5. day late and a dollar short
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Something that is certain to happen or be achieved is a dead cert. This player has been playing so good that his appointment as the team's vice-captain is a dead cert.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most suitable idiom/phrase:

I had been looking for my book for some time before I realised that it had been in my bag ___________.

  1. all ears

  2. all the better for

  3. all along

  4. of all people

  5. all clear
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If something has existed or been somewhere all along, it has been there all the time, from the beginning. Example: I had been looking for my book for some time before I realised that it had been in my bag all along.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase.

After the delivery, it will take Rita a few months to be _______________.

  1. back to the salt mines

  2. back to square one

  3. back into shape

  4. back to the wall

  5. back the wrong horse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. This phrase means that to get yourself back into shape, you need to do some exercise in order to become fit and healthy again. After the delivery, it will take Rita a few months to be back into shape.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most suitable idiom/phrase.

He is rich and always ready to ____________. He has helped many in their hour of need.

  1. do a double take

  2. do a good turn

  3. do nothing by halves

  4. do someone's dirty work

  5. do the spadework
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If someone did a good turn for other, he acted in a helpful manner. Example: He is rich and always ready to do a good turn. He has helped many in their hour of need.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most suitable idiom/phrase:

The training at the defense academy was very good. The __________ will come once the cadets are posted on border.

  1. acid test

  2. achilles heel

  3. about turn

  4. ace the test

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

This is the correct option. This phrase means that it will be proved how effective or useful something is. The training at the defense academy was very good. The acid test will come once the cadets are posted on border.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

In the role of a counsellor, you are an authority figure whose objective is to ________ attentively and sensitively to employees who _________ you with your feelings.

  1. manage, direct

  2. project, focus

  3. listen, trust

  4. concentrate, believe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A counselor's primary role is to listen to those who trust them with their personal feelings. Other options do not fit the supportive nature of the counselor-client relationship.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

To a greater or lesser degree all the civilized countries of the world are made up of a small class of rulers ________ and a large class of subjects, ________.

  1. formed by a small minority, who are uncivilized

  2. powerfully corrupt, pointless crusaders

  3. corrupted by too much power, corrupted by too much passive obedience

  4. who are ruled, who ruled
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence describes a systemic imbalance where both rulers and subjects are corrupted by their respective positions. The first group is corrupted by power, and the second by passive obedience.