Question

In this question a paragraph with many numbered blank spaces is given. in case of all the spaces, some phrases for filling up, are suggested. The candidate is to pick up the correct response.

______(1)______ evening we decided to ______(2)______ camp as the weather was not encouraging. The wind was high and ______(3)______storrn clouds ______(4)______ a wild wet night. Moreover we ______(5)______ at a spot which looked ______(6)______ for a camp. A level ______(7)______in the lee of a high hill ______(8)______ some shelter from the wind; freshwater was near ______(9)______ in a storm which flowed across the plain; a ______(10)______ of trees provided adequate supplies of fuel; and the dry grass which ______(11)______ on the hill side would enhance the comfort of our beds. Each member of the party ______(12)______ a task. Some erected the tents; others prepared a scanty meal; yet others ______(13)______ to the needs of the ponies, now exhausted after a very strenuous day. As the angry sun sank; the bustle of activity was hushed into silence and each man ______(14)______down to sleep. 

1. (a) At the (B)After the (c) In the (d) Before

2. (a) dig (b) fixed (c) plant (d) pitch

3. (a) collecting (b) gathering (c) accumulating (d) moving

4. (a) preceded (b) proceeded (c) predicted (d) proved

5. (a) arrived (b) ' have arrived (c) would arrive (d) hadarrived

6. (a) promise (b) promiseful (c) promising (d) prosperous

7. (a) expense (b) land (c) expanse (d) piece of land

8. (a) gave (b) afforded (c) supplied (d) cast

9. (a) in hand (b) on hand (c) at hand (d) of hand

10. (a) group (b) cluster (c) collection (d) grove

11. (a) abundant (b) luxuriant (c) Abounded (d) abounded in

12. (a) allotted (b) was allotted (c) had allotted (d) has allotted

13. (a) will attend (b) had attended (c) attended (d) would have attended

14. (a) settled (b) settles (c) laid (d) lay

Answer 1

1. (c) In the 
2. (c) Plant
3. (d) Moving
4. (c) predicted
5. (d) had arrived
6. (c) Promising
7. (c) expanse
8. (a) gave
9. (b) on hand
10. (d) grove
11. (c) abounded
12. (b) was allotted
13. (c) attended
14. (c) laid