English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 70

Direction (1-10): In each of the following questions three statements 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. This may be the worst _____________ in living memory.
   b. A _____________ of rain hit the plains.
   c. A _____________ of complaints has been lodged in the police station.
   dearth
   deluge
   drip
   attrition
   All are correct
   Option B
   a. a severe flood. b. a heavy fall of rain c. a great quantity of something arriving at the same time.

    

2. a. The king marched north to ______________ Berwick.
   b. She spent the whole day ______________ by newsmen.
   c. The television station was ______________ with calls.
   jocund
   festive
   besieged
   jaunty
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender. b. surround and harass. c. be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.

    

3. a. Water ______________ out of the washing machine.
   b. Everyone came up to me and _____________ about how lucky I was.
   c. A _______________ of blood is oozing out from his body.
   weep
   flux
   hesitate
   gush
   All are correct
   Option D
   a. (of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream. b. speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm. c. a rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something.

    

4. a. The storm suddenly ________________.
   b. Nothing _________________ his crusading zeal.
   c. This action would not have been sufficient to ________________ the odour nuisance.
   abated
   expanded
   violent
   blister
   All are correct
   Option A
   a. (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread. b. make (something) less intense. c. reduce or remove (a nuisance).

    

5. a. The survivors of the ________________.
   b. The salvaging of treasure from _________________.
   c. The plane was reduced to a smouldering _____________.
   contrive
   fabricate
   creation
   wreck
   All are correct
   Option D
   a. the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck. b. a ship destroyed at sea. c. something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed.

    

6. a. He was sitting at the tent door, _________________ a piece of wood with a knife.
   b. The shortlist of fifteen was _______________ down to five.
   c. A set of chess pieces he had __________________ himself.
   advance
   construct
   whittle
   accretion
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it. b. reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps. c. carve (an object) from wood.

    

7. a. A tax of two percent was ________________ on all cargoes.
   b. Police forces receive 49 percent of their funding via a _____________________ on the rates.
   c. Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal ____________________ for raising an army.
   slash
   levy
   debaunch
   relegate
   All are correct
   Option B
   a. impose (a tax, fee, or fine). b. an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine. c. an act of enlisting troops.

    

8. a. The waterfall raced down in a series of _______________________.
   b. The greater the number of people who are well briefed, the wider the ___________________ effect.
   c. Water was ___________________ down the stairs.
   ooze
   drool
   cascade
   spew
   All are correct
   Option C
   a. a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope. b. a process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is successively passed on. c. (of water) pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities.

    

9. a. People are very _________________ to the idea.
   b. A ________________ audience was waiting outside the hall.
   c. The brewery fought off a _______________ takeover bid last year.
   hostile
   kind
   nice
   cordial
   All are correct
   Option A
   a. opposed b. showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly. c. (of a takeover bid) opposed by the company to be bought.

    

10. a. His origins and parentage are _________________ .
    b. _________________ references to Proust.
    c. Grey clouds __________________ the sun.
    notorious
    obscure
    bright
    beam
    All are correct
    Option B
    a. not discovered or known about; uncertain. b. not clearly expressed or easily understood. c. keep from being seen; conceal.