Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.
Answer: A
Endeavor means an earnest attempt. And triumph means achieve success. So the sentence here means" those who give an earnest attempt to achieve success can win over the oddness in life". option A is correct.
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In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be ...... money by fair means or foul.
Answer: C
The answer should be 'acquiring' because of the word 'be' preceding it. 'be' gives the sentence a present continuous tense. The word 'be' would not have been there if the answer would have to be 'acquire'.option C is correct.
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What is the ...... for an air letter?
Answer: C
Fare is the money that you pay for a journey (bus, train).Value refers to quality or importance of something.Stamp is a small piece of paper which you lick and stick on an envelope before you post.So right answer is postage.
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He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Of
Enamoured takes of in standard usage: enamoured of her grace.
With is occasionally heard but is not the form tested here, and by and in do not follow this adjective.
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Rama was so badly injured that he needed ...... care in the hospital.
Answer: D
Correct answer: Intensive
Intensive care is the fixed term for concentrated medical attention, and it is what a badly injured patient needs.
Extensive means wide-ranging rather than concentrated; deep and little do not describe hospital care.
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You cannot devise a method which ...... all possibility of errors.
Answer: A
This sentence completely means that device means to come up with so you cannot device a method which exclude all possibility of errors - avoid and ignore can't be the option because there is still some error in your method. option A is correct.
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Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Plunged
Plunge into darkness is the idiom for a sudden and complete loss of light.
Merged needs two things to combine, spread takes no into in this sense, and deep is an adjective, not a verb.
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Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons.
Answer: C
Caption is a brief word or sentence on a photo or poster. Titles are the main lines of the movies or books. Headings is the short summary about a paragraph or news and topic is a piece of content. option C is correct.
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I don't really know how to ...... the problem
Answer: A
Correct answer: Tackle
Tackle a problem is the standard collocation for taking one on.
Cope requires with, and draw and erase do not combine with problem at all.
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The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Against
Play off one against the other is a fixed idiom for setting two parties in conflict for one's own advantage - precisely the policy described.
No other preposition completes play off in this sense.
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