Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
Cricket fans have been 1) _________________ to “gear up and get themselves ready for the ride” after the 2) _________________ of Brendon McCullum as the new coach of England’s men’s Test team which was confirmed by the board on Thursday.
Brendon 40-year-old had gone into the 3) _________________ process as an outside bet for the white-ball role but came out from it as the 4) _________________ choice of the England & Wales Cricket Board’s four-man panel to lead the red-ball team on a 5) _________________ towards what they are anticpating as a great achievement and excitement.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3.
Option 1: culmination
Option 2: recruitment
Option 3: brunt
Option 4: edition
Correct Answer: recruitment
Solution : The correct answer is recruitment.
Brendon 40-year-old had gone into the recruitment process as an outside bet for the white-ball role
Explanation:
Recruitment is the only word that will fit the blank and make the sentence make sense. It refers to the entire method of finding, locating, screening, shortlisting, and interviewing applicants for positions within an organisation.
Meaning of the rest of the words
Culmination- the conclusion or climax.
Brunt -the worst part or chief impact of a specified action
Edition- the first in a string of repeated events.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 5.
Option 1: path
Option 2: inversion
Option 4: apex
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 4.
Option 1: remonstrate
Option 2: discourteous
Option 3: inflammatory
Option 4: unanimous
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.
Option 1: Antagonised
Option 2: assertion
Option 3: Paramount
Option 4: appointment
Brendon 40-year-old had gone into the 3) _________________ process as an outside bet for the white-ball role but came out from it as the 4) _________________ choice of the England & Wales Cricket Board’s four-man panel to lead the red-ball team on a 5) _________________ towards what they are anticpating as a greater achievement and excitement.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1.
Option 1: instructed
Option 2: outdated
Option 3: incomplete
Option 4: exiled
Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
When we gaze at the sky on a clear and dark night the stars appears to twinkle. The concept is so well 1. ______________________ that it’s the 2. ______________________ of the most famous kid's song of all time. But have you ever wondered what’s the 3. ______________________ behind this twinkling sight? What is the reason why stars twinkle? It turns out, “twinkle, twinkle, little star” is a bit of a 4. ______________________. The correct answer to reason why stars twinkle is that they actually don’t. The twinkling we that we see is not related to the stars. Rather, it’s a result of how we see them from our 5. ______________________ on Earth. In reality stars are so far away from earth that we see them as a tiny point of light in the sky.
Q. Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3
Option 2: sumptuous
Option 3: acrimonious
Option 4: science
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