PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

FILL IN THE BLANK(S)

PREPARATORY SET-55 (SINGLE FILLER)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the given sentences, a blank is given indicating that something is missing. From the given four options, choose the one that provides the correct word to be filled in the blank, thereby making the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. In case none of the options fit, choose option (5) i.e., “None of the above” as the answer.

Question No : 1

India is a ‘mobile first’ market far more than any other _____ in terms of accessing news.

(1) automatically

(2) placed

(3) region

(4) emotions

(5) None of the above

Question No : 2

Bad trading decisions caused the average U.S. investor to lose _____ twice as much as the S & P 500’s decline in 2018.

(1) general

(2) roughly

(3) exact

(4) angry

(5) None of the above

Question No : 3

The Earth has _____ many changes in its 4-5 billion-year history, with some tumultuous twists and turns along the way.

(1) endured

(2) suffer

(3) suffering

(4) protected

(5) None of the above

Question No : 4

Scientists think that ice _____ the entire planet, from the poles to the equator 700 million years ago.

(1) smothered

(2) covers

(3) covering

(4) remain

(5) None of the above

Question No : 5

Britain is stuck with a government that remains in power without _____ any power.

(1) Wielding

(2) Researching

(3) Condition

(4) Underline

(5) None of the above

Question No : 6

In the past few years, demand for office space _____ by firms who already have a presence in Dublin.

(1) has been driven

(2) is drove

(3) drives

(4) drive

(5) None of the above

Question No : 7

In 1901, Queen Victoria _____ her granddaughter, Princess Victoria, from divorcing her husband.

(1) forbid

(2) forbidden

(3) forbade

(4) Both (2) & (3)

(5) None of the above

Question No : 8

The agency _____ a large drop in unemployment over the next two years.

(1) has forecasted

(2) forecast

(3) has been forecasting

(4) had forecasted

(5) None of the above

Question No : 9

I _____ there for some time and rested before getting up.

(1) had lied

(2) had laid

(3) had lay

(4) had lain

(5) None of the above

Question No : 10

He lifted Selyn's eyelids and _____ a light to watch her pupils.

(1) shone

(2) shine

(3) shined

(4) shoned

(5) None of the above