Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate phrasal verbs from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Phrasal verbs) |
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(A) It is possible to ____ any job interview by just talking about your interests. |
(I) get down |
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(B) It appears that the temperature will soon ____ to zero. |
(II) get by |
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(C) In some organisations you never ____ the position for which you were hired. |
(III) get back |
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(D) I have to ____ to London to complete my project that is now long overdue. |
(IV) get beyond |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) It is possible to get by any job interview by just talking about your interests. | (II) get by | To get by is to manage or cope with what one has. Here it means to manage an interview with nothing more than talk about one's interests. |
| (B) It appears that the temperature will soon get down to zero. | (I) get down | To get down (to) is to come down or fall to a lower level. The temperature falls to zero. |
| (C) In some organisations you never get beyond the position for which you were hired. | (IV) get beyond | To get beyond is to move past or rise above a stage or level. Some employees are never promoted above their first post. |
| (D) I have to get back to London to complete my project that is now long overdue. | (III) get back | To get back is to return to a place. The speaker must return to London to finish the work. |
Note: Pair (A) fits only by elimination. "Get by" usually means to manage with little ("We can get by on one salary"); the natural phrasal verb for passing an interview is "get through". Pairs (B), (C) and (D) fix the answer as Option (1), the only option with (B)-(I), (C)-(IV) and (D)-(III).