Fill in the blanks in the sentences 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) Please _____ the proposal carefully and then submit your feedback. |
(I) look up |
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(B) A probe has been set up to _____ the corruption charges against the Manager. |
(II) looks down |
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(C) You can always _____ in the dictionary for the meaning of a word |
(III) look into |
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(D) She is very arrogant and always ____ on the poor people. |
(IV) look through |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
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) Please look through the proposal carefully and then submit your feedback. | (IV) look through | To look through is to read or examine a document from start to end. |
| (B) A probe has been set up to look into the corruption charges against the Manager. | (III) look into | To look into is to investigate. A probe investigates charges. |
| (C) You can always look up in the dictionary for the meaning of a word | (I) look up | To look up is to search for information in a book or list, such as a dictionary. |
| (D) She is very arrogant and always looks down on the poor people. | (II) looks down | To look down on someone is to regard them as inferior, which fits "arrogant". The singular "looks" also agrees with "She". |