Choose the word that best fills the blank:
The court ___ the case for lack of evidence.
Solution
A court dismisses a case.
24 questions in the pattern of MAH MBA CET, NMAT and SNAP. Each question is marked with the exams it suits. Answer it, then open the step-by-step solution.
Choose the word that best fills the blank:
The court ___ the case for lack of evidence.
A court dismisses a case.
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She was ___ of the risks but went ahead with the plan.
'Aware of the risks' is the natural collocation; 'but went ahead' fits knowing the risks.
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The two companies decided to ___ to form a single larger firm.
Companies merge to form one firm.
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Good leaders ___ responsibility for their team's mistakes.
The collocation is 'take responsibility'.
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I would rather walk ___ wait for the bus.
'Would rather … than' is the correct pattern.
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The film was so ___ that half the audience left at the interval.
People leaving suggests the film was boring: tedious.
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Neither the students nor the teacher ___ aware of the change.
With 'neither … nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject (the teacher).
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The new policy is likely to have a ___ effect on small traders.
Adverse means harmful; averse means unwilling.
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The old bridge is in danger of ___ during the monsoon.
After a preposition ('of'), the -ing form is used.
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Prices of vegetables ___ sharply after the floods.
Prices rose (intransitive, past tense).
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The scissors ___ on the table where you left them.
'Scissors' is a plural noun, so it takes 'are'.
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Despite repeated warnings, he ___ to wear a helmet.
'Despite repeated warnings' points to a negative action: refused.
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Each of the players ___ given a medal.
'Each' is singular, so the verb is 'was'.
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The traffic was heavy, ___ we reached the station on time.
Heavy traffic and reaching on time contrast, so 'yet' is needed.
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The speaker paused to let the audience ___ the point.
To absorb a point is to take it in fully.
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The manager asked the team to ___ the deadline at any cost.
We 'meet' a deadline.
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His explanation was so ___ that nobody could follow it.
Nobody could follow it, so it was complicated: convoluted.
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Her ___ attitude towards work made her the first choice for promotion.
Promotion follows a serious, honest attitude: sincere.
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The scientist's ___ work earned her an international award.
An award suggests outstanding, ground-breaking work: pioneering.
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The minister's speech was full of ___ promises that were never kept.
Promises never kept are empty: hollow.
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If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
Hypothetical conditions use 'were' for all subjects.
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The committee will ___ its decision only after studying all the reports.
To announce a decision is to make it public.
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He has been working here ___ 2019.
'Since' is used with a point in time; 'for' with a period.
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The bank has ___ the interest rate on fixed deposits by half a per cent.
Raise takes an object (the bank raised the rate); rise does not.
These are original practice questions written by Target Campus in the pattern and difficulty of MAH MBA CET, NMAT, SNAP and other MBA entrance tests. They are not previous-year papers.
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