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Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) One video of the captain shouting at the umpire was enough to ______ the good name he had built over fifteen years.	(I) goad
(B) The older boys tried to ______ Kunal into jumping off the high wall, calling him a coward each time he refused.	(II) tarnish
(C) My grandmother cannot ______ loud music after ten at night, so the neighbours keep their parties short.	(III) propagate
(D) The gardener used cuttings from one old bush to ______ the rose plants, and soon the whole hedge was in bloom.	(IV) tolerate

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)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) One video of the captain shouting at the umpire was enough to tarnish the good name he had built over fifteen years.	(II) tarnish	Tarnish means to spoil the good name of someone or something. One video hurt fifteen years of good name.
(B) The older boys tried to goad Kunal into jumping off the high wall, calling him a coward each time he refused.	(I) goad	Goad means to push someone into doing something by teasing or annoying them. The boys called him a coward to push him.
(C) My grandmother cannot tolerate loud music after ten at night, so the neighbours keep their parties short.	(IV) tolerate	Tolerate means to accept or put up with something unpleasant. She cannot put up with the noise late at night.
(D) The gardener used cuttings from one old bush to propagate the rose plants, and soon the whole hedge was in bloom.	(III) propagate	Propagate means to grow new plants from a parent plant (it also means to spread ideas). The cuttings grew into new rose plants.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) One video of the captain shouting at the umpire was enough to ______ the good name he had built over fifteen years.	(I) goad
(B) The older boys tried to ______ Kunal into jumping off the high wall, calling him a coward each time he refused.	(II) tarnish
(C) My grandmother cannot ______ loud music after ten at night, so the neighbours keep their parties short.	(III) propagate
(D) The gardener used cuttings from one old bush to ______ the rose plants, and soon the whole hedge was in bloom.	(IV) tolerate

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)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) One video of the captain shouting at the umpire was enough to tarnish the good name he had built over fifteen years.	(II) tarnish	Tarnish means to spoil the good name of someone or something. One video hurt fifteen years of good name.
(B) The older boys tried to goad Kunal into jumping off the high wall, calling him a coward each time he refused.	(I) goad	Goad means to push someone into doing something by teasing or annoying them. The boys called him a coward to push him.
(C) My grandmother cannot tolerate loud music after ten at night, so the neighbours keep their parties short.	(IV) tolerate	Tolerate means to accept or put up with something unpleasant. She cannot put up with the noise late at night.
(D) The gardener used cuttings from one old bush to propagate the rose plants, and soon the whole hedge was in bloom.	(III) propagate	Propagate means to grow new plants from a parent plant (it also means to spread ideas). The cuttings grew into new rose plants.