Selecting Words
Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
- The head ____ was annoyed to see a ____ in the soup. The option that would best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
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Sentence is about seeing a fly in a soup. This is major concern to a chef. Hence, options (a) and (c) are rejected. The word housefly is not hyphenated and a space in between house and fly changes the meanings of the sentence.
Correct Option: B
Sentence is about seeing a fly in a soup. This is major concern to a chef. Hence, options (a) and (c) are rejected. The word housefly is not hyphenated and a space in between house and fly changes the meanings of the sentence.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
The head chef was annoyed to see a housefly in the soup. The option that would best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
Direction: The following questions consist of a single sentence with one blank only. You are given six words denoted by A, B, C, D, E & F as answer choices and from the 6 choices you have to pick 2 correct answers, either of which will make the sentence meaningfully complete.
- The States should take steps _________ to the process of teachers” appointments as the Center has already sanctioned six lakh posts.
(A) fasten
(B) move
(C) hasten
(D) speed
(E) early
(F) quicken
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The correct word is given as :-
fasten /hastenCorrect Option: B
As we can say that ,
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
The States should take steps fasten /hasten to the process of teachers” appointments as the Centre has already sanctioned six lakh posts.
- A senior citizen’s son _________ threatened her every day and physically harmed her, forcing her to transfer her properly to him.
(A) superficially
(B) mistakenly
(C) allegedly
(D) miserably
(E) doubtfully
(F) purportedly
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The correct word is given as :-
allegedly /doubtfullyCorrect Option: C
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
A senior citizen’s son allegedly /doubtfully threatened her every day and physically harmed her, forcing her to transfer her properly to him.
- The parents had approached the high court to ________________ the government order after their children, who passed UKG, were denied admission by a school.
(A) void
(B) quash
(C) annual
(D) stay
(E) lift
(F) post
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The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
annual /liftCorrect Option: C
As we can say that ,
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
The parents had approached the high court to annual /lift the government order after their children, who passed UKG, were denied admission by a school.
- Medical teachers said that the management had continued to remain ________________ to their cause leading to the stretching of their strike.
(A) unmoved
(B) lethargic
(C) unconcerned
(D) apathetic
(E) indifferent
(F) bored
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As we can say that ,
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
unconcerned /boredCorrect Option: B
As we can say that ,
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Medical teachers said that the management had continued to remain unconcerned /bored to their cause leading to the stretching of their strike.