English Questions: Fill in the Blanks Set – 60

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in FILL IN THE BLANK, which is BASED ON IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

1. Noting that “an issue like this has arisen never before”, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear arguments for _______to a Constitution Bench a plea challenging the restriction on women aged between 10 and 50 years to enter the ________Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
   1) causing, obscure
   2) blocking, noted
   3) referring, famed
   4) accusing, famous
   5) alluding, unknown
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : referring, famed
   
   
2. The water level in the Godavari _________near the danger mark at Bhadrachalam town with all its tributaries in spate in the upper reaches of the river posing flood threat to around 19 villages comprising several riverside _________in Bhadrachalam division.
   1) hovered, habitations
   2) slumped, holes
   3) descended, domiciles
   4) followed, dwellings
   5) lifted, cavities
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : hovered, habitations
   
   
3. Tense moments_______at the Government Observation Home for Boys in Kellys on Monday afternoon after over 35 _____escaped from the home reportedly following a clash between two groups of boys.
   1) failed, tenants
   2) prevailed, inmates
   3) collapsed, residents
   4) busted, occupants
   5) triumphed, outpatients
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : prevailed, inmates
   
   
4. The Dowleswaram Barrage started receiving heavy _______from Monday evening and irrigation officials announced the first warning around 7 p.m. and said the second warning could be expected tonight if the water level crossed 11.75 ft. at the_______.
   1) outflows, cannonade
   2) effluences, storm
   3) confluents, twaddle
   4) floods, vacate
   5) inflows, barrage
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation : inflows, barrage
   Cannonade –Intense and continuous artillery fire.
   
   
5. By using computer ________and data collected by the NASA’s Cassini and Huygens mission, researchers have revealed that under Titan-like cold environmental conditions, polyimine is ________and can absorb the sun’s energy and become a possible catalyst for life.
   1)models, flexible
   2) modals, tractable
   3) inferiors, malleable
   4) forms, brittle
   5) patterns, inflexible
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : models, flexible
   
   
6. Entry of mediocre students into Australia is likely to be ¬¬-_________with new norms making educational institutions responsible for the genuineness of their admissions which will be ________in their ratings.
   1) unlimited, mirrored
   2) limited, unreflect
   3) unrestricted, selected
   4) restricted, reflected
   5) allowed, ignored
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : restricted, reflected
   
   
7. Malappuram’s experience of adults and young adults being ________to diphtheria infection has prompted doctors and health workers to undertake an_________vaccination campaign.
   1) guarded, exhaustive
   2) invulnerable, complete
   3) vulnerable, intensive
   4) invincible, incomplete
   5) unguarded, extensive
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : vulnerable, intensive
   
   
8. Commerce and Industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman held talks with her Russian ________Denis Manturov on measures to boost _________trade and investment ties including in sectors such as high-end engineering.
   1) agreement, mutual
   2) collaborator, biased
   3) partner, multilateral
   4) mate, unilateral
   5) counterpart, bilateral
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation : counterpart, bilateral
   
   
9. Google launched a program on Monday to train two million ___________in India on Android, its mobile operating system, in the next three-year period and this is aimed at _________them to make innovative mobile applications on the platform.
   1) contractors, crippling
   2) developers, enabling
   3) creators, disabling
   4) maintainers, disallowing
   5) outliners, allowing
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : developers, enabling
   
   
10. The court accepted the writ petition filed on behalf of five associated banks of the SBI and ___________the unions (SSBEA and AIBEA) and its members from going _______with the strike, said State Bank of Travancore in a statement.
    1) unrestrained, before
    2) uncontrolled, next
    3) controlled, aback
    4) restrained, ahead
    5) unchecked, after
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : restrained, ahead
    Restrained – Keep under control; keep in check.