English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 65

Direction: In each of the following questions three sentences with a blank in each are given. You have to choose a word from the given option that can fill all the blanks. Mark that option as your answer.

1. a. The queue in the bank hasn’t _________.
   b. ________ up, boys, make room for your uncle.
   c. He wouldn’t _________on his decision.
   budge
   bear
   stir
   breast
   All are correct
   Option A
   a. make or cause to make the slightest movement. b. make room for another person by moving. c. change an opinion.

    

2. a. The father laughs and jovially ___________his son’s hair.
   b. A blouse with a high ____________ neck.
   c. A very full shirt with ____________down the front.
   conciliate
   agitate
   ruffle
   pacify
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. disorder or disarrange (someone’s hair), typically by running one’s hands through it. b. ornament with or gather into a frill. c. an ornamental gathered or goffered frill of lace or other cloth on a garment, especially around the wrist or neck.

    

3. a. Tears of __________and frustration were devastating.
   b. In a ___________, he lashed the horse on.
   c. The ___________ of a gathering storm is inevitable.
   serenity
   fury
   severity
   tranquility
   All are correct
   Option B
   a. wild or violent anger. b. a surge of violent anger or other strong feeling. c. extreme strength or violence in an action or a natural phenomenon.

    

4. a. Doctors are not _____________.
   b. __________cures for a variety of ailments are available now-a-days.
   c. For an encyclical to be ___________the Pope must speak ex cathedra.
   precarious
   errant
   reliable
   infallible
   All are correct
   Option D
   a. incapable of making mistakes or being wrong. b. never failing; always effective. c. (in the Roman Catholic Church) credited with papal infallibility.

    

5. a. The musical had the audience dancing in the ____________.
   b. I spend much of my time at the shops, wandering through the ___________.
   c. The tiled roof over the south ____________.
   obstruct
   avenue
   aisle
   epilouge
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. a passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train. b. a passage between cabinets and shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building. c. (in a church) a lower part parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by pillars.

    

6. a. A breeze ___________out the candle.
   b. His life was ____________out by a sniper’s bullet.
   c. They smoked and _________a great deal.
   kindle
   save
   snuffed
   suffocate
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. extinguish (a candle or flame). b. kill or put an end to in an abrupt or sudden manner. c. sniff up powdered tobacco.

    

7. a. Gourmets will want to _____________our game specialities.
   b. Their genuflections ___________of superstition and popery.
   c. The subtle _________of wood smoke.
   savour
   relish
   avulse
   regret
   All are correct
   Option A
   a. taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full. b. have a suggestion or trace of (a quality or attribute, typically one considered bad). c. a characteristic taste, flavour, or smell, especially a pleasant one.

    

8. a. He had to present himself as more of a lovable __________ than a spirit of corruption.
   b. His neighbours ____________ his method of proceeding.
   c. They ______________his conduct.
   deprecate
   reprobate
   approbate
   applause
   All are correct
   Option B
   a. an unprincipled person. b. express or feel disapproval of. c. condemn

    

9. a. A cold _________lunch was served at King’s palace.
   b. The daily ____________ of urban civilization.
   c. He was ___________from side to side.
   whack
   buffet
   abet
   surrender
   All are correct
   Option B
   a. a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves. b. a shock or misfortune. c. knock (someone) off course.

    

10. a. Sometimes a heavy truck gets ___________down.
    b. The horse waded through the red mud that __________it to its hocks.
    c. The economy is ___________in its longest recession since the war.
    slim
    lucid
    mired
    clogged
    All are correct
    Option C
    a. cause to become stuck in mud. b. cover or spatter with mud. c. involve someone or something in (a difficult situation).