1. The __________, those cellular bodies which contain the __________ particles, the genes, provide us with basic facts of genetic transmission.
(a) protoplasm, microscopic
(b) globules, fat
(c) cytoplasm, minute
(d) chromosomes, hereditary
2. The insurance claim was __________ by the relevant documents
(a) sustained
(b) backed out
(c) backed up
(d) proved
3. I should not have __________ to talk in such a __________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking.
(a) daring, commanding
(b) try, bold
(c) ventured, peremptory
(d) emboldened, reckless
4) High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods.
(a) accompaniment, dearth
(b) concomitant, scarcity
(c) cause, destitution
(d) result, glut
5. The recent disturbances in the country will __________ and peace will be restored.
(a) blow past
(b) blow over
(c) pass through
(d) come to pass
6. On dark night a Darvesh ________ passing by a dry well.
(a) wasn't
(b) happened to be
(c) discovered in
(d) found to
7. Nordisk have recently __________ a product called Glucometer.
(a) started
(b) commissioned
(c) launched
(d) begun
8. I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my _______.
(a) days were up
(b) chances were good
(c) ladyluck was happy
(d) fortune was made
9. The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to _______ the flames.
(a) smother
(b) kill
(c) burn out
(d) fizz out
10. Sam asked me to keep his secret ___________.
(a) secret
(b) in myself
(c) amongst us
(d) between us
Answers:
1. d The first blank should have a plural. Hence either b or d is the right choice. And genes are hereditary particles, making d. the right option.
2. c ‘Backed up’ a claim is the correct idiomatic usage.
3. c Only ‘ventured’ fits in the first blank properly.
4. a A scarcity of goods is often accompanied by high prices.
5. b The correct usage is - disturbances ‘blow over’.
6. b Only 'happened to' or 'wasn't' can grammatically fit here. 'Wasn't' does not give the sentence the appropriate meaning.
7. c One 'launches' a product.
8. d 'Unexpected success' goes best with 'fortune was made'.
9. a The correct idiomatic usage is 'smothering the flames'.
10.d Because there is a reference of two peoples Sam and I, therefore there is a need to use ‘Between’.
(a) protoplasm, microscopic
(b) globules, fat
(c) cytoplasm, minute
(d) chromosomes, hereditary
2. The insurance claim was __________ by the relevant documents
(a) sustained
(b) backed out
(c) backed up
(d) proved
3. I should not have __________ to talk in such a __________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking.
(a) daring, commanding
(b) try, bold
(c) ventured, peremptory
(d) emboldened, reckless
4) High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods.
(a) accompaniment, dearth
(b) concomitant, scarcity
(c) cause, destitution
(d) result, glut
5. The recent disturbances in the country will __________ and peace will be restored.
(a) blow past
(b) blow over
(c) pass through
(d) come to pass
6. On dark night a Darvesh ________ passing by a dry well.
(a) wasn't
(b) happened to be
(c) discovered in
(d) found to
7. Nordisk have recently __________ a product called Glucometer.
(a) started
(b) commissioned
(c) launched
(d) begun
8. I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my _______.
(a) days were up
(b) chances were good
(c) ladyluck was happy
(d) fortune was made
9. The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to _______ the flames.
(a) smother
(b) kill
(c) burn out
(d) fizz out
10. Sam asked me to keep his secret ___________.
(a) secret
(b) in myself
(c) amongst us
(d) between us
Answers:
1. d The first blank should have a plural. Hence either b or d is the right choice. And genes are hereditary particles, making d. the right option.
2. c ‘Backed up’ a claim is the correct idiomatic usage.
3. c Only ‘ventured’ fits in the first blank properly.
4. a A scarcity of goods is often accompanied by high prices.
5. b The correct usage is - disturbances ‘blow over’.
6. b Only 'happened to' or 'wasn't' can grammatically fit here. 'Wasn't' does not give the sentence the appropriate meaning.
7. c One 'launches' a product.
8. d 'Unexpected success' goes best with 'fortune was made'.
9. a The correct idiomatic usage is 'smothering the flames'.
10.d Because there is a reference of two peoples Sam and I, therefore there is a need to use ‘Between’.
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