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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 22?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Sneezes, coughs, watery eyes, running noses and sore throats, are common _____ (21) _____ that mark a person infected with the common cold. The common cold is a viral infection that seems _____ (22) _____. The reason is that antibiotics and ordinary medicine cannot treat a viral infection. The _______ (23) _______ reason is that the conditions, under which we say that somebody has caught a cold, can be _______ (24) ______ about by a range of viruses that list more than a hundred.

  1. traditional

  2. incurable

  3. impossible

  4. practical
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Incurable' means something that cannot be cured, which is the intended word here.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 24?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Sneezes, coughs, watery eyes, running noses and sore throats, are common _____ (21) _____ that mark a person infected with the common cold. The common cold is a viral infection that seems _____ (22) _____. The reason is that antibiotics and ordinary medicine cannot treat a viral infection. The _______ (23) _______ reason is that the conditions, under which we say that somebody has caught a cold, can be _______ (24) ______ about by a range of viruses that list more than a hundred.

  1. diagnosed

  2. brought

  3. caused

  4. highlighted
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The word coming after the blank is 'about' and only word that fits here is 'brought'.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement III?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: Once a wood-cutter had cutting a tree on the bank of a river.
Statement II: Fortunately, his axe fell into the river. He was helpless and
Statement III: began to weep. The goddess of the water heard it. She said to him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter
Statement IV: said _____________.                                               

  1. the axe

  2. the water

  3. the tears

  4. the cry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Since the woodcutter was weeping which means crying, Therefore ‘it’ refers to ‘the cry’. The goddess heard the 'cry' and talked to him.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 21?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Sneezes, coughs, watery eyes, running noses and sore throats, are common _____ (21) _____ that mark a person infected with the common cold. The common cold is a viral infection that seems _____ (22) _____. The reason is that antibiotics and ordinary medicine cannot treat a viral infection. The _______ (23) _______ reason is that the conditions, under which we say that somebody has caught a cold, can be _______ (24) ______ about by a range of viruses that list more than a hundred.

  1. reasons

  2. diseases

  3. symptoms

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

Conditions or signs that indicate some illness are known as 'symptoms'.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement II?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. should

  2. may

  3. would

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

The paragraph is about the expansion program of the ICICI bank.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. “we will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years to come.”

  2. “we will, continue our financial inclusion agenda in the year's to come.”

  3. “We will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years to come.”

  4. “We will continue our financial inclusion agenda in the years' to come.”
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) takes care of all the punctuations correctly and uses 'years' correctly.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 23?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.

  1. nurses

  2. species

  3. experts

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

In the zoo, there are animal experts whose sole responsibility is to take care of the animals.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Long, long ago, when humans _______(17)______ the world, they used to live in groups. These forms of early groups are what we call tribes.
The members of a tribe hunted together, fought together, ate together, and slept together _____(18)_____ caves or primitive dwellings owned by the tribe.
The food brought in by the hunters or farmers _____(19)______ to the entire tribe, and cooking was done in common.
This was the time when there _______(20)______ still no families, as you know families today.

  1. had reached

  2. demanded

  3. belonged

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

The meaning that is to be conveyed is that the food brought was for all the tribe people. Therefore, (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 18?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.

  1. also seen

  2. to be seen

  3. presently seen

  4. only seen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Towards the end of the sentence, it is suggested that it was found in no other living specimen, therefore, 'only seen' would be the correct option.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to rectify these errors and complete the passage.
Statement I: Global retail giant wal-Mart is waiting for years to open its supermarkets in India.                           
Statement II: It had persuading the US lawmakers since 2008 to ease its entry into the Indian market.
Statement III: Till 2012, it had spent around than 18 crores on its various activities related to India.  
Statement IV: According to a report by global consultancy major AT Kearney,_________. 

  1. bigger

  2. about

  3. more

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

'Than' being used after 'around' does not make any sense. It should be 'more than'.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.

  1. long back

  2. since then

  3. back to

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

They are referring to a specific time in the past, therefore, 'back to' is the correct answer here.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Statement I: Icici Bank opened 101 rural branches across six states.
Statement II: These rural branches had offer all the basic banking services.  
Statement III: They branches were formally inaugurated in 19 districts.  
Statement IV: ICICI Bank Executive Director Rajiv Sabharwal said, ________.                

  1. There

  2. Those

  3. These

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

For branches we need plural demonstrative ‘these’. Moreover we use 'these' to indicate a thing just mentioned.....and we are talking about the same branches of the bank in the previous line also.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to rectify these errors and complete the passage.
Statement I: Global retail giant wal-Mart is waiting for years to open its supermarkets in India.                           
Statement II: It had persuading the US lawmakers since 2008 to ease its entry into the Indian market.
Statement III: Till 2012, it had spent around than 18 crores on its various activities related to India.  
Statement IV: According to a report by global consultancy major AT Kearney,_________. 

  1. India remains one of the most favourable destinations for international retailers.

  2. “India had remained one of the most favourable destinations for international retailers.”

  3. India had remained one of the most favourable destinations for international retailers!

  4. “India remains one of the most favourable destinations for international retailers”!
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Here direct speech is not being reported, therefore, double quotes are not required.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 24?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A day at the zoo is a _____(21)_____ experience. You see all kinds of animals there. Lions, elephants, snakes, turtles, foxes, pandas, wolves, raccoons, you name them and you got them. You can see all kinds of animals whether they are ______(22)_____ or common, for the state allows a zoo to keep such animals. Great animal _____(23)____ take care of them in a zoo. In a circus, we have lots of fun. But, only those animals that are ______(24)______ enough to show tricks can be seen in a circus.

  1. lazy

  2. dangerous

  3. friendly

  4. smart
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To show tricks, an animal has to be smart enough.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
The coelacanth is a primitive fish that once ______(17)______ to be long extinct.
They are called living fossils because they have several body structures and adaptations that are _____(18)_____ in fossil fish and in no other living specimen.
They date _____(19)_____ the Devonian Period of the Earth that is at least 350 million years old.

They ______(20)_____ the deep sea and are found in small numbers below a depth of 200 meters in the Indian Ocean.

  1. prefer

  2. challenge

  3. litter

  4. survey
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is a fish that is available is small numbers below the depth of 200 metres. Naturally they have a preference for deep sea.