Fill in the Blanks Questions and Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.
Be it a chaat or a refreshing lemonade, lemon is the need of the hour in _______ summers.
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6480289c23e51f477704309bBe it a chaat or a refreshing lemonade, lemon is the need of the hour in _______ summers.
- 1bangingfalse
- 2freezingfalse
- 3scorchingtrue
- 4alleviatingfalse
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Answer : 3. "scorching"
Explanation :
The correct word to fill in the blank is "scorching." The sentence is expressing that whether it's chaat or a refreshing lemonade, lemon is essential during extremely hot summers. "Scorching" is used to describe intense heat, making it the appropriate choice in this context.
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
One day, I was handed a few volumes of new literature unlike anything I had ever read before and so ________ as to make me utterly forget my hopeless state.
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645cceb2cdae930acb6a99cfOne day, I was handed a few volumes of new literature unlike anything I had ever read before and so ________ as to make me utterly forget my hopeless state.
- 1repellingfalse
- 2captivatingtrue
- 3boringfalse
- 4unrealisticfalse
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Answer : 2. "captivating"
Explanation :
(B) captivating - The word "captivating" fits well in the context of the sentence, suggesting that the literature was so engaging that it made the person forget their hopeless state.
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Any resemblance of a character in this book to a living person is ______ incidental.
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6454d824223d4c08a7e44bde- 1absolutelyfalse
- 2naturallyfalse
- 3purelytrue
- 4thoroughlyfalse
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Answer : 3. "purely"
Explanation :
(C) purely - The phrase "purely incidental" suggests that any resemblance is entirely accidental, making "purely" the most appropriate choice.
Q:Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.
The wind________ so powerfully that the door closed.
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64a6c364aa4c004ce322b18e- 1blowfalse
- 2blewtrue
- 3bluesfalse
- 4bluefalse
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Answer : 2. "blew"
Explanation :
(B) blew
- "Blew" is the past tense of the verb "blow."
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Tagore and Gandhi were undoubtedly the two outstanding and _________ figures of India in the first half of twentieth century 551 06458e3a0223d4c08a7eee8df
6458e3a0223d4c08a7eee8df- 1dominatingtrue
- 2activatingfalse
- 3resumingfalse
- 4appreciatingfalse
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Answer : 1. "dominating"
Explanation :
(A) dominating - The phrase "outstanding and dominating figures" implies that Tagore and Gandhi were influential and had a significant impact.
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
_______ he became a minister, he didn’t allow any of his relatives to live with him.
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64b64f482d3130f5753525e5- 1As long asfalse
- 2In casefalse
- 3As soon astrue
- 4In order thatfalse
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Answer : 3. "As soon as"
Q: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He is the patient ______ called you in the morning.
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6422439f9d18d2e8ae11edc9- 1whichfalse
- 2whomfalse
- 3whotrue
- 4thatfalse
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Answer : 3. "who"
Explanation :
(C) who - "He is the patient who called you in the morning."
Q:Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The doctor has __________ (advised) medicine for the treatment of the disease.
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64a6aef5c4e3d04ca1673e54- 1preventedfalse
- 2proscribedfalse
- 3presentedfalse
- 4prescribedtrue
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