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.

     



 

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