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Fill in the Blanks Questions

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: Samsung’s has displaced Nokia to become the world’s top mobile brand for the year 2012.
Statement II: This is the one time in 14 years that Nokia is not on top of the global cell-phone business on an annual basis.
Statement III: The market for smart-phones is going to keep growing and this probably explains the rise of Samsung.
Statement IV: Samsung’s Android powered phones are now ____________.                    

  1. leading devices, in US as well which is a key market, for smart-phones

  2. leading devices in US as well, which is a key market for smart-phones

  3. leading devices in US: as well which is a key market, for smart-phones

  4. leading devices in US, as well: which is a key market for smart-phones
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The punctuations taken care of correctly.

Multiple choice

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

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Samsung’s has displaced Nokia to become the world’s top mobile brand for the year 2012.
Statement II: This is the one time in 14 years that Nokia is not on top of the global cell-phone business on an annual basis.
Statement III: The market for smart-phones is going to keep growing and this probably explains the rise of Samsung.
Statement IV: Samsung’s Android powered phones are now ____________.                    

  1. has

  2. was

  3. could

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

Going to keep growing is unidiomatic and repetitive. Simple usage is 'will keep'.

Multiple choice

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

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Samsung’s has displaced Nokia to become the world’s top mobile brand for the year 2012.
Statement II: This is the one time in 14 years that Nokia is not on top of the global cell-phone business on an annual basis.
Statement III: The market for smart-phones is going to keep growing and this probably explains the rise of Samsung.
Statement IV: Samsung’s Android powered phones are now ____________.                    

  1. once

  2. wrong

  3. first

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

The sentence implies that it has never happened before in the last 14 years. This time is the first time.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 24?

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

Yawning is an involuntary ______ (21) ______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply followed by exhaling. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____ (22) ____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____ (23) ______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Although there is no _____ (24) _____ proof as to why we yawn, some researchers have a theory that yawning is a process used to cool our brains off.

  1. cemented

  2. typical

  3. concrete

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

The process of yawning does not have a solid proof behind it.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 23?

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

Yawning is an involuntary ______ (21) ______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply followed by exhaling. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____ (22) ____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____ (23) ______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Although there is no _____ (24) _____ proof as to why we yawn, some researchers have a theory that yawning is a process used to cool our brains off.

  1. effected

  2. joined

  3. exclusive

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

As the sentence further goes on to say that all other animals also do this, therefore, the blank will be filled by ‘exclusive’, meaning humans are not the only ones who yawn.

Multiple choice

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

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Samsung’s has displaced Nokia to become the world’s top mobile brand for the year 2012.
Statement II: This is the one time in 14 years that Nokia is not on top of the global cell-phone business on an annual basis.
Statement III: The market for smart-phones is going to keep growing and this probably explains the rise of Samsung.
Statement IV: Samsung’s Android powered phones are now ____________.                    

  1. Comma required after ‘Nokia’.

  2. Apostrophe not required for ‘world’s’.

  3. Possessive form not required for ‘Samsung’s’.

  4. Comma required after ‘brand’.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Samsungs is the name of the company and does not need an apostrophe.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 21?

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

Yawning is an involuntary ______ (21) ______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply followed by exhaling. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____ (22) ____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____ (23) ______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Although there is no _____ (24) _____ proof as to why we yawn, some researchers have a theory that yawning is a process used to cool our brains off.

  1. condition

  2. behaviour

  3. exercise

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

Yawning is not an exercise, disease or even a condition.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 22?

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

Yawning is an involuntary ______ (21) ______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply followed by exhaling. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____ (22) ____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____ (23) ______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Although there is no _____ (24) _____ proof as to why we yawn, some researchers have a theory that yawning is a process used to cool our brains off.

  1. trust

  2. freedom

  3. restriction

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

Involuntary means something you did not specifically intend on doing or had no control over.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
All rocks ______ (17) _______ formed in the same way.
One kind of rock, called “sedimentary rock,” is formed by sediment. Sandstones and lime–stones are _____ (18) _______ sedimentary rocks.
Since they are ______ (19) _______ in layers which are called “strata,” these rocks are called “stratified” rocks.
The tiny particles of which such rocks are made are usually rounded, since the sharp edges and corners ______ (20) _____ worn off while the particles were being rolled along stream beds, washed by the waves, or blown by winds.

  1. taken in

  2. laid down

  3. pushed out

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

They lie or are laid down in a particular structure.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 18?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
All rocks ______ (17) _______ formed in the same way.
One kind of rock, called “sedimentary rock,” is formed by sediment. Sandstones and lime–stones are _____ (18) _______ sedimentary rocks.
Since they are ______ (19) _______ in layers which are called “strata,” these rocks are called “stratified” rocks.
The tiny particles of which such rocks are made are usually rounded, since the sharp edges and corners ______ (20) _____ worn off while the particles were being rolled along stream beds, washed by the waves, or blown by winds.

  1. called

  2. rare

  3. typical

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

Sandstones and lime-stones are two particular examples of sediment rocks.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
All rocks ______ (17) _______ formed in the same way.
One kind of rock, called “sedimentary rock,” is formed by sediment. Sandstones and lime–stones are _____ (18) _______ sedimentary rocks.
Since they are ______ (19) _______ in layers which are called “strata,” these rocks are called “stratified” rocks.
The tiny particles of which such rocks are made are usually rounded, since the sharp edges and corners ______ (20) _____ worn off while the particles were being rolled along stream beds, washed by the waves, or blown by winds.

  1. had been

  2. are being

  3. will be

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

The sentence is in the past tense.