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Directions:

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank. There are five phrases given below each sentence, one out of which can be used in the blank to form a meaningful sentence. Choose the most appropriate phrase among the five options that makes the sentence contextually meaningful.

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Questions : A pleasant spoken young constable arrived at Riverview with a warrant and asked if he might_______ the boat.

(a) turn up

(b) take down

(c) make out

(d) make up

e) look over

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (e)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘look over’ which means a quick inspection of something; a survey. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (e) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Turn up means be found, especially by chance, after being lost. Take down means a police raid or arrest.

Make out means make progress; fare. Make up means invent a story, lie, or plan.

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Question : 1

We came into the theatre at about two for a_______, Matt came in as well and he was struggling with his voice.

a) put out

b) put up

c) run away

d) run through

e) run into

Answer: (d)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘run through’ which means to practise something so that it is correct for a performance or test. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.

put out means cause someone trouble or inconvenience. put up means stay temporarily in accommodation other than one's own home. 

Run-away means escape from a place, person, or situation. run into means collide with.

Question : 2

Jet needs to urgently __________its cost strategy as it does not have enough funds to continue operations for more than two months.

a) work out

b) warm up

c) wake up

d) turn down

e) take out

Answer: (a)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘work out’ which means to find the solution by thinking or talking about it. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (a) becomes the most viable answer choice.

warm up means prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practising gently beforehand.

wake up means an instance of a person waking up or being woken up turn down means a rejection or refusal.

take out means a bid (in a different suit) made in response to a bid or double by one's partner.

Question : 3

Cameron Borthwick-Jackson hopes to make up for lost time and _________________his best as the Manchester United left-back begins his season-long loan at Scunthorpe.

a) get up

b) get back at

c) get back to

d) get along with

e) get around

Answer: (c)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘get back to’ which means to return to someone or something. This phrase is often used to say that you will return with an answer to a question or a request at a later time. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (c) becomes the most viable answer choice.

get up means (of wind or the sea) become strong or agitated. get back at means take revenge on (someone).

get along with means another way of saying get on.

get around means deal successfully with (a problem).

Question : 4

More children growing up in a world so increasingly diverse that stock racial identities no longer ________.

a) call off

b) hold up

c) leave out

d) blow up

e) bring up

Answer: (b)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘hold up’ which means to remain strong or vigorous. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (b) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Call off means to decide that a planned event will not happen Leave out means to not include or mention (someone or something)

Blow up means explode

Bring up means (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.

Directions:

In each of the questions given below, a paragraph is given which has some blanks and those blanks must be filed with the same word out of five words given below it. You must choose that same as your answer and fill up the blanks with that appropriate answer.

Question : 5

Mr. Bhagat, a loco pilot of the Bamanhat-Siliguri Jn. passenger train applied the brakes after spotting a __________ of elephants close to the track between Sivok and Gumla stations in northern West Bengal on August 24 evening. My assistant [Mr. Kumar] spotted the_____ at about 5.35 p.m. The __________ was not visible from my side of the locomotive because of a bend in the track.

a) herd

b) pronouncement

c) army

d) fleet

e) swarm

Answer: (a)

Only the option (a) ‘herd’, upon filling the blanks, satisfy the contextual and grammatical requirements of the blanks. Hence, Option (a) is the correct answer.

herd [noun] means ‘a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock’;

Pronouncement [noun] means ‘a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration’;

Army [noun] means ‘a group of soldiers’; Fleet [noun] means ‘a group of ships’;

Swarm [noun] means ‘a large group of flying insects’;

Question : 6

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Dipak Misra on Sunday called upon law students to engage in the practice of ‘cause lawyering’ and develop the idea of serviceability to law by taking up pro bono cases to protect human ______________, _____ of individuals and _______________ of under-privileged.

a) succor

b) travesty

c) equanimity

d) deluge

e) rights

Answer: (e)

Succor [noun] means ‘assistance and support in times of hardships and distress’;

Travesty [noun] means ‘something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensive’;

Equanimity [noun] means ‘calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation’;

Deluge [noun] means ‘a severe flood’;

The words succor, travesty, equanimity and deluge are irrelevant in the context of the blanks.

There is something called ‘rights of humans, rights of individuals, and rights of under-privileged;

The word ‘rights’ correctly fits the blank.

Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.

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