Fill in the blanks in sentences in List-I with appropriate phrasal verbs in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Phrasal Verbs) |
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(A) He had realized I wouldn't _____ with his plan to drop the project before the manager. |
(I) play on |
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(B) He often tends to _____ his enhanced authority. |
(II) play along |
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(C) I often tend to _____ to his vanity. |
(III) play up |
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(D) Try to find your opponent's weaknesses and ____ them relentlessly. |
(IV) play down |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
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) He had realized I wouldn't play along with his plan to drop the project before the manager. | (II) play along | To play along with a plan is to go along with it or pretend to agree. The speaker would not support the plan. |
| (B) He often tends to play up his enhanced authority. | (III) play up | To play up something is to make it seem more important than it is. He likes to show off his new authority. |
| (C) I often tend to play down to his vanity. | (IV) play down | To play down is to make something seem less important. The usual phrase with vanity is "play up to" (flatter), so this pair is the weakest of the four. It is fixed by elimination (see the Note). |
| (D) Try to find your opponent's weaknesses and play on them relentlessly. | (I) play on | To play on a weakness is to use it to one's own advantage. |
Note: Pairs (A)-(II) and (D)-(I) are certain, and Option (1) is the only option that has both, so it is the answer. The natural phrase in (C) would be "play up to his vanity", but "play up" is needed for (B), which leaves "play down" for (C).