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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable infinitives.

The government has only two years _________ for the general elections if it hopes _______ its mandate.

  1. to prepare, to renew

  2. prepare, renew

  3. to preparing, to renewing

  4. for preparing, for renewing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘to prepare’ is correct for the first blank as ‘to prepare’ is the correct infinitive form. ‘to renew’ is correct for the second blank as a simple infinitive is required. Hence, Option (a) is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct pair to fill the blanks in the given sentence.

Making borrowing more expensive by raising interest rates may address the issue of higher prices and would help _____ a fall in the rupee, but would most likely _____ growth further.

  1. obstruct, boost

  2. suppress, stop

  3. contain, spur

  4. arrest, hurt

  5. surge, advance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the increase in the interest rate will stop the fall in the rupee, but will hurt growth.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct pair of words to fill the blanks in the given sentence.

The rising inflation has added to the array of problems for the government ______ to steer the country out of an economic _____.

  1. struggling; chaos

  2. combative; situation

  3. battling; mess

  4. battling; predicament

  5. supporting; shambles
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; both the words are correct. The govternment is 'battling' to bring the country out of an economic 'mess'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct pair to fill the blanks in the given sentence.

_____ around the world is the kind of _______ he is known for.

  1. Communicating, spice

  2. Gallivanting, people

  3. Flying, virtue

  4. Gallivanting, caprice

  5. Communicating, caprice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Gallivanting means wandering for pleasure/entertainment. Caprice means sudden change in mood / particular behaviour

And these words fit in best in the statement. So, correct answer is the 4th option.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct pair to fill the blanks in the given sentence.

Science fiction is a literary _______ which postulates a change from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a ______.

  1. masterpiece, decisive point

  2. imagination, fantasy

  3. genre, logical end

  4. piece, vertical end

  5. novel, climax
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; science fiction is one of the genres of literature, and being scientific in nature, it takes us to the logical end.