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[WpProQuiz 6428]
Directions (1-10): Fill the blanks and complete the sentences properly.
1) Â They do not drink ________ do they smoke.
a) And
b) Or
c) Yet
d) Nor
e) None of these
2) I cannot by_______ means allow you to go
a) Any
b) The
c) No
d) Those
e) None of these
3) July sat __________ in the restaurant.
a) Behind
b) Before
c) In front of
d) Opposite
e) None of these
4) My dog always hides _______the sofa when I have visitors.
a) Beneath
b) into
c) Up
d) upon
e) None of these
5)Â The teacher quickly saw through the boy’s________ to avoid completing his assignment
a) Obvious
b) Contrivance
c) tolerance
d) Clearance
e) None of these
6)Â ______ of substances to the control and experimental group was the first step.
a) Starvation
b) Assumption
c) Allocation
d) Transformation
e) None of these
7) Using a _______counterattack the writer hoped to impress his readers.
a) Incomparable
b) Conceive
c) Rhetorical
d) Disincentive
e) None of these
8) The _______ in the crowded classroom drowned out the principal’s announcement.
a) Song
b) Melody
c) Cacophony
d) Violence
e) None of these
9) The restaurant is right _______ the airport.
a) Below
b) Before
c) Under
d) Beneath
e) None of these
10) When I was pregnant I was ______ and ate constantly.
a) Voracious
b) Fancied
c) Greedy
d) Ravenous
e) None of these
Answers:
1) Answer: d)
Nor
Option ‘a’ is inappropriate here  And from among options ‘b’ ‘c’‘d’ is a the best connecting word.
2) Answer: a)
Any
Option ‘a’ suits the sentence grammatically. It is the correct option here
3) Answer: d)
Opposite
Option ‘d’ is the only word that fits the sentence)  Hence, it is the correct option here.
4) Answer: a)
Beneath
Option‘d’ only refers a lower position. Others are not correct here.
5) Answer: b)
Contrivance
Contrivance refers to a clever plan. Thus option b is the correct choice.
6) Answer: c)
Allocation
Allocation refers to something that was shared. Â Thus it is the correct option here.
7) Answer: c)
Rhetorical
This is the only option that matches the sentence. Â Hence option c) is the correct option here.
8) Answer: c)
Cacophony
It means ‘an unpleasant mixture of loud noise’ Hence it is the right choice.
9) Answer: d)
Beneath
Beneath is referred as a lower level in case of preposition.
10) Answer: a)
Voracious.
According to the statement, Voracious refers to large appetite
