Fill In The Blanks Single Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps so prelims 2024 2025

Answer: (d)

The cardinal number, 'nine', must follow class, not the ordinal number, 'ninth', here. It is, however, correct to say, 'The boy you met yesterday is in ninth class.' Ordinals are used in front of nouns; they are not usually used as complements after the linking verb 'be' ('is', 'was', 'are', 'were', etc.). After a noun, we usually use a cardinal number.

Answer: (d)

'Yielded' can be used but not 'yielded in' (d). 'Gave in' means 'yielded'. 'Cowed in' is not used; simply 'cowed' (v. transitive) means 'subdued the spirit of' or 'kept under'.

Answer: (a)

'Between' normally relates two people/things (in the given sentence, 'between' relates politics and sports). It can be used for more than two as well, provided we have a definite number as in Delhi lies between Haryana, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh. It can be used where two different groups or sets are referred to. But 'among' relates a person/thing to more than two other persons/things. There is no definite number indicated, as in He was playing among the children.

Answer: (b)

'Look after' means 'to take care'. 'Look out' is 'to be vigilant'; 'look on' is 'to be a mere spectator'; and 'look up' is 'to search for a word in the dictionary' or 'go to visit a person'.

Answer: (b)

'Cut out' means 'suitable for'; 'cut up' is 'distressed greatly'; 'cut in' is 'to interpose', as in conversation.