Fill in the Blanks: Exercise-3

Overview:


Questions and Answers Type:MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions).
Main Topic:English Verbal Ability.
English Verbal Ability Sub-topic:Fill in the Blanks Questions and Answers.
Number of Questions:10 Questions with Solutions.

Directions: The following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.


  1. As many as five DJ's _______ up at the party, making it a night to _______.

    1. came, recollect
    2. drove, memorise
    3. turned, remember
    4. jammed, forget
    5. stared, stop


Answer: (a) came, recollect

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. Over the next two years, the company will _______ about USD 100 million in _______ up technology and brand building.

    1. indulge, gearing
    2. pump, boosting
    3. supply, hiring
    4. invest, ramping
    5. spend, upgrading


Answer: (e) spend, upgrading

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. The Government has invested _______ to _______ public transport.

    1. heavily, improved
    2. heavy, improve
    3. heavily, improve
    4. lightly, improving
    5. with, aggravate


Answer: (c) heavily, improve

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. This multi-purpose project has demanded _______ investment _______ time and effort.

    1. considerable, of
    2. considerable. with
    3. considering, for
    4. reflective, for
    5. considered, of


Answer: (a) considerable, of

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. We need to work _______ to remain _______ with other companies.

    1. hardly, competitive
    2. harder, competitive
    3. harder, competition
    4. hard, calm
    5. heavily, strict


Answer: (b) harder, competitive

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. A clash between _______ of two rival gangs in high security prison _______ several inmates injured.

    1. member, left
    2. members, left
    3. leaders, leave
    4. groups, put
    5. volunters, have


Answer: (b) members, left

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. Banks caused a bubble, failed to do due _______ and _______ more than what was warranted to developers.

    1. diligence, lent
    2. diligent, lend
    3. diligently, borrowed
    4. carelessly, lent
    5. carelessness, lending


Answer: (a) diligence, lent

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. Acting _______ on vehicles polluting city, government ordered all commercial vehicles entering city to _______ environmental compensation charge.

    1. toughness, pay
    2. toughly, paying
    3. leniently, pay
    4. tough, pay
    5. roughly, paid


Answer: (d) tough, pay

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. The project has _______ under fire for _______ a vital elephant corridor in Kaziranga.

    1. gone, destroy
    2. come, destructed
    3. went, destroying
    4. reached, destruction
    5. come, destroying


Answer: (e) come, destroying

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.

  1. Health minister has given all city government hospitals a two day _______ to get prepared for H1N1 _______.

    1. deadline, outbreak
    2. hardline, outbreaking
    3. headline, outbreak
    4. period, spread
    5. hotline, spreading


Answer: (a) deadline, outbreak

Solution: These are the best-suited words for the sentence.