Selecting Words


Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.

  1. There is much difficulty _____ getting _____ this place and it is not possible to reach _____ without the grace of the lord. The option that best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:









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    There is difficulty “IN” doing something reaching a place is getting to a place. “It” pronoun used for place.
    The correct word is given as :-
    in, to, it

    Correct Option: A

    There is difficulty “IN” doing something reaching a place is getting to a place. “It” pronoun used for place.
    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    There is much difficulty in getting to this place and it is not possible to reach it without the grace of the lord. The option that best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:


  1. Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ___________ refuse to go away from the mind.









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    The given statement is probably mentioning a 50-year old movie that was very moving, and the speaker is saying that (s) he hasn’t forgotten those horrifying images yet. Option (b) is correct, because ‘its’ makes the sentence more clear, as the pronoun ‘its’ refers to the movie and those images are described as ‘haunting’ which means that the images in the movie were disturbing and disquieting. Option (a) is wrong, because ‘the’ instead of ‘its’ makes the sentence ambiguous by not relating to the preceding clause. Option (c) is wrong, because the images were not ‘haunted’. ‘Haunted’ is used to describe something that is troubled, not what is troubling. Option (d) is wrong, because ‘haunt’ as a noun only means a frequently visited place.
    The correct word is given as :-
    its haunting images

    Correct Option: B

    The given statement is probably mentioning a 50-year old movie that was very moving, and the speaker is saying that (s) he hasn’t forgotten those horrifying images yet. Option (b) is correct, because ‘its’ makes the sentence more clear, as the pronoun ‘its’ refers to the movie and those images are described as ‘haunting’ which means that the images in the movie were disturbing and disquieting. Option (a) is wrong, because ‘the’ instead of ‘its’ makes the sentence ambiguous by not relating to the preceding clause. Option (c) is wrong, because the images were not ‘haunted’. ‘Haunted’ is used to describe something that is troubled, not what is troubling. Option (d) is wrong, because ‘haunt’ as a noun only means a frequently visited place.
    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, its haunting images refuse to go away from the mind.



  1. ___ about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to ___ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.









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    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    Concerned - switch

    Correct Option: D

    As we can say that ,
    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    Concerned about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to switch over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.


  1. The water transport project on the west coast is ____ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and ___ a private party to operate the service.









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    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    bound , task

    Correct Option: D

    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    The water transport project on the west coast is bound to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and task a private party to operate the service.



  1. The present Constitution will see ___________ amendments but its basic structure will survive.









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    The given statement refers that there will be more amendments, but that its basic structure will still remain the same. Option (b) is correct, because ‘many more’ means ‘an increase in the number’. Option (a) is incorrect, because ‘much’ is used in cases of uncountable nouns. Option (c) is incorrect, because ‘too many more’ refers to a huge number of amendments, and we have already explained that it’s not what the statement refers to. Option (d) is incorrect, because ‘quite’ refers to the ‘degree’ or ‘intensity’, so it is saying that there will be very few more amendments, which is not what the author intends.
    The correct word is given as :-
    much more

    Correct Option: A

    The given statement refers that there will be more amendments, but that its basic structure will still remain the same. Option (b) is correct, because ‘many more’ means ‘an increase in the number’. Option (a) is incorrect, because ‘much’ is used in cases of uncountable nouns. Option (c) is incorrect, because ‘too many more’ refers to a huge number of amendments, and we have already explained that it’s not what the statement refers to. Option (d) is incorrect, because ‘quite’ refers to the ‘degree’ or ‘intensity’, so it is saying that there will be very few more amendments, which is not what the author intends.
    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    The present Constitution will see much more amendments but its basic structure will survive.