Fill in the blanks & Idiom/Phrases || VARC || MH-CET 2021 II 30 July for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

Direction: Two sentences with one blank in each, followed by five alternatives, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences making it grammatically correct and meaningful.

a) Even in the best, most friendly and simplest relations of life, _______ and commendation are essential, just as grease is necessary to wheels that they may run smoothly.
b) Churchgoers ___________ God during the service by singing worship songs and expressing their love through prayer.

Question 2

Direction: Two sentences with one blank in each, followed by five alternatives, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences making it grammatically correct and meaningful.

a) Lammasch and his ministers shared their official premises peacefully with the new secretaries of state of the Austrian Republic, by sending out _______ with an appeal for peace and quiet.
b) Many of the ________ writers of the 19th Century were former students, the older generation of educated youth who had returned from the countryside.

Question 3

Direction:Two sentences with one blank in each, followed by five alternatives, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

a) Edmund Kennedy lost his life in 1848, being killed by the natives while attempting to __________ the peninsula of Cape York, from Rockingham Bay to Weymouth Bay.
b) According to our history teacher, it was no easy matter for the early European travellers to find their way into and _____________ Tibet.

Question 4

Direction:Two sentences with one blank in each, followed by five alternatives, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

a) Instead of facing the difficulties, the President _____________ to flood the country with demonetization resulting in an aggravated financial crisis.
b) On the 3rd of May, the Czech Catholics elected Matthias king of Bohemia, but this was contrary to the wishes of both pope and emperor, who ________ to partition Bohemia.

Question 5

Direction: Two sentences with one blank in each, followed by five alternatives, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences making it grammatically correct and meaningful.

a) A troubled student and his PhD guide ___________ a way for websites to reduce the incidence of spam which troubled internet users in the 2000s.
b) One of the biggest drawbacks of concrete is that it often develops cracks and scientists have now ____________ self-healing concrete.

Question 6