English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 165

Directions (1-10): The given question has three blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the combination of words that would fit in the blanks correctly.

1. Her __________ expression and their _________ faces made it clear that the scheme had been __________ to the whole village.
   A. Bemused
   B. Elated
   C. Perplexed
   D. Accolade
   E. Abstruse

   BCE
   BDE
   ABD
   ACE
   BAE
   Option D
   Bemused: marked by confusion or bewilderment
   Perplexed: confused, because something is difficult to understand or solve
   Abstruse: not known or understood by many people
   Elated: extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved
   Accolade: an award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgement of merit

    

2. Vehicles are not _______ near the main gate of the temple complex, so we had to _______ a long stretch of the crowded street that ________ to the temple.
   A. Parked
   B. Slump
   C. Walk
   D. Leads
   E. Allowed
   AEB
   ECD
   EBD
   ABD
   ACD
   Option B
   Slump: to drop or fall heavily; collapse

    

3. In the north- western Ghats in Maharashtra, sacred groves are ___________ considered as small negligible __________ of forests that ________ development.
   A. Often
   B. Seldom
   C. Filaments
   D. Patches
   E. Hinder
   BDE
   ADE
   BCE
   ACE
   AED
   Option B
   Often: a lot or many times; frequently
   Patches: parts of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic
   Hinder: to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something

    

4. There must be some _______ even to the _______ of a _______ for doing harm.
   A) Demon
   B) Limit
   C) Capabilities
   D) Situation
   E) Prances
   F) Fiddle
   ABC
   DFA
   FCB
   EFD
   BCA
   Option E
   ‘Demon’ means ‘the devil’.
   ‘Limit’ means ‘boundary’.
   ‘Capabilities’ means ‘abilities’.
   ‘Situation’ means ‘condition’.
   ‘Prances’ means ‘dances’.
   ‘Fiddle’ means ‘fraud’.

    

5. Gopinath is one of the world’s outstanding economists, with ____________ academic credentials, a proven track record of intellectual _______________ and extensive international ___________________.
   A. Impeccable
   B. Incorrupt
   C. Leadership
   D. Captaincy
   E. Experience
   F. Jurisprudence
   ACE
   BCE
   DEF
   ABC
   CDE
   Option A
   ‘Impeccable’ means ‘in accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
   ‘Leadership’ means ‘the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this’.
   ‘Experience’ means ‘ practical contact with and observation of facts or events ‘.

    

6. It is not _______ to think, nor _______ any man to try, whether another man may not have notions of things which have _______ him.
   A) Escaped
   B) Penetration
   C) Beneath
   D) Incongruous
   E) Praise
   F) Prospects
   EAF
   BDF
   DCA
   DBC
   EFD
   Option C
   ‘Escaped’ means ‘to break free’.
   ‘Penetration’ means ‘piercing’.
   ‘Beneath’ means ‘under’.
   ‘Incongruous’ means ‘inappropriate’.
   ‘Praise’ means ‘to compliment’.
   ‘Prospects’ means ‘likelihood’.

    

7. Today’s education system has lost its _______ because it fails to _______ to the requirements of the present _______.
   A) Epidemic
   B) Relevance
   C) Power
   D) Conform
   E) Scenario
   F) Course
   CFE
   ACD
   BCD
   BDE
   FDA
   Option D
   ‘Relevance’ means ‘the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate’.
   ‘Conform’ means ‘comply with rules, standards, or laws’.
   ‘Scenario’ means ‘a sequence or development of events’.

    

8. The Indian Sepaktakraw men’s ______ won the nation’s first ever _______ in the sport after winning the bronze medal in the Men’s Team Regu ________ at the Asian Games 2018 on Tuesday.
   (A) men
   (B) sporting
   (C) medal
   (D) category
   (E) team
   (F) trophy
   BDE
   EFB
   ABE
   ECD
   CBA
   Option D
   

    

9. After PM Narendra Modi _______ India’s first human space programme, ISRO has ________ that a facility to train astronauts in a zero-gravity ________will soon be set up in Bengaluru, 10 km from the airport.
   (A) demanded
   (B) rejected
   (C) confirmed
   (D) environment
   (E) announced
   (F) reprimanded
   BDA
   CFE
   ABE
   ECD
   CBA
   Option D
   

    

10. India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio added 97.1 lakh users in June while market leader Airtel added just 10,689 new connections. Airtel, however, ______its position as India’s biggest _______ operator with 34.4 crore subscribers, while Jio’s customer base crossed 21.5 crore. Idea and Vodafone India’s customer _____ have grown to 22.1 crore and 22.3 crore respectively.
    (A) bases
    (B) retained
    (C) retail
    (D) telecom
    (E) monitor
    (F) evident
    BDA
    EFB
    ABE
    ECB
    CBA
    Option A