1.
Which word best fits blank (1)?
Answer: B
Correct answer: holds
A bond holds things together; the verb is fixed by the noun bond earlier in the sentence.
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Rearrangement of Jumbled Parts Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 1 To 10 ] :
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given below it.
Belief systems are the framework upon which cultures and societies function. It is the bond that (1) civilizations together, and it I the small voice (2) each of us that urges us to be (3) to what we have been taught. We cannot (4) our spiritual teachings from our learning nor can we separate our beliefs about who and what we are (5) our values and our behaviours. We ask that educational systems (6) our right to religious freedom and our right to live in harmony. Tribal beliefs vary as does the (7) to which a tribe embraces (8) its traditional cultural beliefs. (9) tribal group has distinct and unique beliefs that are basic to that tribe’s culture. Most tribes cling to the old teachings because they know that once gone, it means the (10) of their culture.
2.
Which word best fits blank (2)?
Answer: D
Correct answer: inside
The small voice is within each of us, so inside is the preposition. Near, outside and around would place it beyond the person, which contradicts the image.
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3.
Which word best fits blank (3)?
Answer: A
Correct answer: true
Be true to what we have been taught is the idiom for staying faithful to one's teaching. Upright and accurate do not take to in this sense.
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4.
Which word best fits blank (4)?
Answer: B
Correct answer: separate
The next clause repeats the verb - nor can we separate our beliefs - which is the clearest possible clue that the blank is separate.
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5.
Which word best fits blank (5)?
Answer: C
Correct answer: from
Separate A from B is the fixed pattern, and the sentence has already used it once.
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6.
Which word best fits blank (6)?
Answer: A
Correct answer: recognise
What a school is asked to do with a right is to recognise it. Infer and reach do not take a right as object, and diminish and destroy reverse the request.
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7.
Which word best fits blank (7)?
Answer: E
Correct answer: extent
The extent to which is a fixed phrase for how far something is true, and the sentence is measuring how far a tribe embraces its beliefs. Capacity and principle do not take to which in this way.
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8.
Which word best fits blank (8)?
Answer: A
Correct answer: its
The beliefs belong to the tribe, so the possessive is needed: embraces its traditional cultural beliefs. Their would not agree with the singular tribe, and the prepositions leave the verb without an object.
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9.
Which word best fits blank (9)?
Answer: E
Correct answer: each
The sentence says something true of every tribal group taken singly, and the singular verb has confirms it. Several, all and many would all require have.
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10.
Which word best fits blank (10)?
Answer: C
Correct answer: death
Once gone, it means the death of their culture - the metaphor of a culture dying is what the sentence builds to. Regeneration reverses it, and mistake, tradition and mark do not follow means the.
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Topics
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Double Synonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Theme Detection
- Deriving Conclusions from Passages
- Sentence Completion
- Passage Completion
- Fill in the Blanks
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Passage Correction
- Choose the Correct - Incorrect Sentence
- Reconstruction of Sentence
- Sentences Rearrangement
- Reconstruction of Paragraphs
- Rearrangement of Jumbled Parts
- Word Formation
- Idioms and Phrases
- Active-Passive voice
- Direct-Indirect Speech
- Transformation of Sentences
- Spelling Test
- Phrasal Verbs
- Parts of Speech
- Tenses
- Articles and Determiners
- Prepositions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices