Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Assured
Assure means to tell someone something confidently so as to remove doubt, and it takes a person as its direct object.
Promised would commit the captain to a future act; advised and counselled offer guidance rather than reassurance.
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The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday
Answer: C
Correct answer: Occasion
On the occasion of is the fixed phrase for marking an event.
Time, event and celebration do not take on the… of in this way.
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The park ...... as far as the river.
Answer: A
Correct answer: extends
A park stretching to the river extends as far as it; the verb describes reaching over a distance.
Advances and emerges imply movement, which a park does not make, and enlarges means growing bigger rather than reaching a limit.
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Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood
Answer: B
Correct answer: Threshold
On the threshold of means at the very beginning of, which is what young people just entering adulthood are.
Boundary and horizon do not take on the… of in this sense, and peak would mean the height of adulthood, not its start.
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Arti pulled a long ...... when she was told that she could not go to Agra.
Answer: C
Correct answer: face
Pull a long face is the idiom for looking disappointed, which is what being refused the trip would produce.
None of the other nouns forms an idiom with pull a long.
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Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......
Answer: B
Correct answer: out
Fall out means to quarrel, which is what brothers living in harmony must avoid.
Fall off is to decline, fall apart is to disintegrate, and fall away is to desert or dwindle.
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Writing too many things on the ________ while teaching could make the students get _________.
GATE ME - 2022, GATE AE - 2022,
Answer: B
The pair is board / bored: writing too many things on the board could make the students get bored.
The first blank needs a noun for the surface a teacher writes on, which is board. The second follows "get", which here takes an adjective describing a state (get tired, get bored); bored means weary from lack of interest.
The two words are homophones, which is the trap. "Bored / board" swaps them, "board / board" makes the students turn into planks, and "bored / bored" puts an adjective where the noun for the writing surface is needed.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
As soon as the conflict ______ in Sudan, the Ministry of External Affairs set up a control room in its building. That control room continues to run 24/7 and will continue ______ so, till we have overcome the current situation and resolved it fully, said the Foreign Secretary.
DSSSB - 2023,
Answer: B
The right pair is 'broke out' and 'to do'. A conflict or war is said to break out when it begins suddenly, which suits 'As soon as the conflict broke out in Sudan'. The second blank needs an infinitive that stands in for the earlier action, 'will continue to do so', meaning go on running the control room. 'Broke down' describes a failure of a machine or talks, 'broke up' means an ending or separation, and 'broke away' means separating from a group, so none of them fits a conflict that begins. 'Continue be doing', 'continue doing so' without 'to' and 'continue do so' are also ungrammatical or awkward in the remaining options.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Peasants and workers had participated in revolts ______ increasing taxes and food scarcity. But they lacked the means and programmes ______ full-scale measures that would bring about a change in the social and economic order.
DSSSB - 2023,
Answer: C
The correct pair is 'against' and 'to carry out'. People take part in revolts against something such as increasing taxes and food scarcity, so the first blank needs 'against'. The second blank follows 'means and programmes', which take an infinitive of purpose, 'to carry out full-scale measures'. 'Across', 'beside' and 'through' do not express opposition to taxes, so they are wrong for the first blank. 'Carry out' without 'to' and 'carried out' do not give a correct structure after 'programmes', and 'carrying out' would not fit the sense of aims and capacity.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
After the preparation of soil, seeds are ______ in the field and this is called sowing. Sowing can be done manually, by hand or by ______ seed drilling machines.
DSSSB - 2023,
Answer: D
The correct option is 'dispersed' and 'using'. Seeds in sowing are scattered or dispersed in the field. The second sentence says sowing can be done by hand or by using seed drilling machines, and the word 'using' completes 'by ... seed drilling machines'. 'Assimilated' means absorbed, and 'working' does not take a machine as its object in this way. 'Spread' with 'holding' does not describe operating machines, and 'circulated' is used for liquids, air or news, not seeds, which also makes 'extending' unsuitable here.
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