Selecting Words

Selecting Words

Easy Questions
Moderate Questions
Difficult Questions

Verbal Ability

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)
COMMON ERRORS
An Introduction To English Grammar And Languages
Numerical Ability
Spotting Errors
Sentence Improvement
Selecting Words
Ordering of Words
Completing Statements
Closet Test
Idioms and Phrases
Verbal Analogies
Synonyms
Spellings
Sentence Correction
Ordering of Sentences
Comprehension
Change of Voice
Antonyms
Sentence Formation
Paragraph Formation
One Word Substitutes
Change of Speech

Direction: In the following questions, the sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative.

  1. The swimmer __________ his clothes and jumped into the river.








  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    (1) take off : to remove something especially a piece of clothing from body.
    Here, took off is the right option.

    Correct Option: A

    (1) take off : to remove something especially a piece of clothing from body.
    Here, took off is the right option.

  1. What good fortune! I found the very thing I was ________!








  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    (1) look for : to hope for something
    Here, looking for is the right option.

    Correct Option: D

    (1) look for : to hope for something
    Here, looking for is the right option.

Direction: The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative.

  1. They abandoned their comrades ______ the wolves.








  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    For more than two things, among should be used.
    Hence, among is the right usage.

    Correct Option: D

    For more than two things, among should be used.
    Hence, among is the right usage.

  1. Few people know that flowers use textures to _______ different kinds of insects.








  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    (1) attract (V.) : to interest something.
    Here, attract is the right option.

    Correct Option: C

    (1) attract (V.) : to interest something.
    Here, attract is the right option.

  1. The clock has ______ for want of winding.








  1. View Hint View Answer Discuss in Forum

    (1) run down (Phr. V.) : to lose power or stop working; to gradually stop functioning.
    run short (Id.) : to become scanty/insufficient in supply
    run past (Phr. V.) : to run near/ alongside someone/something from one side to the other
    run up (Phr. V.) : accumulate
    Here, run down is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    (1) run down (Phr. V.) : to lose power or stop working; to gradually stop functioning.
    run short (Id.) : to become scanty/insufficient in supply
    run past (Phr. V.) : to run near/ alongside someone/something from one side to the other
    run up (Phr. V.) : accumulate
    Here, run down is the right usage.