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Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank. There are five phrases given below each sentence, one out of which can be used in the blank to form a meaningful sentence. Choose the most appropriate phrase among the five options that makes the sentence contextually meaningful.
She __________________ her sister when she started school.
(a)looked out for
(b)cropped up
(c)dealt with
(d)fall about
(e)go out with
Answer & Explanation
Ans. a
Exp. The correct phrase which can make the sentence meaningful is “looked out for”. The phrasal verb “look out for” means to take care of someone and make sure that they are treated well. Hence option (a) is the correct choice.
Crop up means to happen suddenly or unexpectedly.
Deal with means to take action to do something, especially to solve a problem.
Fall about means if you fall about or fall about laughing, you laugh a lot at something.
Go out with means to have a relationship with.
I ___________________ her number on a scrap of paper and I can’t find it now.
(a)knocked up
(b)let off
(c)leave out
(d)jotted down
(e)moved out
Answer & Explanation
Ans. d
Exp. The correct phrase which can make the sentence meaningful is “jotted down”. The phrasal verb “jot down” means to write something in a quick informal way. Hence option (d) is the correct choice.
Knock up means to produce or create something quickly.
Let off means to allow someone not to do something that they were expecting to have to do.
Leave out means to not include someone or something.
Move out means permanently to leave the house or flat where you live or the place where you have your business.
Getting wet in the rain yesterday _________________ my cold.
(a)buoyed up
(b)brought on
(c)got through
(d)hang around
(e)kept in
Answer & Explanation
Ans. b
Exp. The phrase “brought on” gives a meaningful sense to the sentence. The phrasal verb “bring on” means to be the cause of something bad, especially an illness. Hence option (b) is the correct choice.
Buoy up means to help a company, market, or economy to be more successful.
Get through means to manage to deal with a difficult situation or to stay alive until it is over.
Hang around means to spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing.
Keep in means to make someone stay in a place, especially in school as a punishment.
They don’t want to be __________________ giving an answer and have asked for more time.
(a)rushed into
(b)acted up
(c)blown away
(d)divvy out
(e)go through
Answer & Explanation
Ans. a
Exp. The phrase “rushed into” makes the sentence meaningfully correct. The phrasal verb “rush into” means to do something without first thinking carefully about it. Hence option (a) is the correct choice.
Act up means if children act up, they behave badly.
Blow away means to kill someone by shooting them.
Divvy out means to divide; share.
Go through means to examine or search something very carefully.
He __________________ a great job straight after university.
(a)weighed in
(b)wired up
(c)walked into
(d)urge upon
(e)turned into
Answer & Explanation
Ans. c
Exp. The phrase “walked into” gives a meaningful sense to the sentence. The phrasal verb “walk into” means to find a job easily. Hence option (c) is the correct choice.
Weigh in means to have your weight checked before you take part in a sport such as boxing or horse racing.
Wire up means to connect a piece of electrical equipment to something, or to connect the wires inside a piece of equipment.
Urge upon means to persuade or pressure to accept something.
Turn into means to change or develop into something different.
Directions (6-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
They are duck-billed, egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammals with poisonous spurs on their webbed feet: the Australian platypus is so weird that early European zoologists thought it must be an elaborate (6).
But now a team of Australian scientists have found something else unique to the strange little animals: their milk has a novel chemical (7) that could be used to (8) superbugs.
Molecular biologists from Australia’s national science (9) CSIRO have isolated the monotreme lactation protein structure for the first time, identifying a novel three-dimensional fold that the researchers say could lead to the creation of a new type of antibiotics.
“Platypus are such weird animals that it would make sense for them to have (10) biochemistry,” said Janet Newman, CSIRO scientist and lead author on the research, which also involved scientists from Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria.
(a) truth
(b) story
(c) hoax
(d) imagination
(e) daydreaming
Answer & Explanation
Ans. c
Exp. According to the statement their story was so weird that it appeared unbelievable to the Europeans so they assumed it is some kind of rumor or hoax therefore hoax will be the answer. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer choice.
Imagination: ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses (but they are not necessarily weird therefore it can’t be the answer).
Daydreaming: be lost in thought (but they are also not necessarily weird therefore it can’t be the answer).
(a) theory
(b) establishment
(c) material
(d) structure
(e) formulae
Answer & Explanation
Ans. d
Exp. The statement is talking about some quality in the milk which fights superbugs and when we are talking about a chemical’s property, we use ‘chemical structure’ or ‘composition’ so option (d) i.e., ‘structure’ will be the answer.
Formulae: it is the plural of formula and the statement says, “there milk has a novel___”, here ‘a’ denotes that the statement is singular.
(a) maximize
(b) encourage
(c) nurture
(d) quarrel
(e) fight
Answer & Explanation
Ans. e
Exp. The animal’s milk has a quality to fight superbugs. Thus, option (e) i.e., ‘fight’ fits aptly and makes the paragraph contextually correct.
Quarrel: an angry argument or disagreement (not a fight)
(a) agency
(b) company
(c) concern
(d) firm
(e) force
Answer & Explanation
Ans. a
Exp. Company and firm do not fit in the context of this statement besides if it would have been a company then there would have been more details about the type of company or the sector in which the firm operates like “national fodder company, national plastic company” etc. Therefore, option (a) is the most viable choice making the paragraph coherent.
(a) straight
(b) easy
(c) elementary
(d) tough
(e) weird
Answer & Explanation
Ans. e
Exp. As platypus is a weird animal, it makes sense for it to have a weird biochemistry.
Tough will not fit as platypus is a weird animal with weird characteristics but not tough characteristics. Therefore, the most suitable alternative among the given choices is option (e).
