EnglishHomonyms

Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate words given in List…

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) The magician’s coin trick was pure ______ of hand; the coin was up his sleeve all along.	(I) martial
(B) Not being invited to her cousin’s engagement was a ______ that Meera never forgot.	(II) slight
(C) Kalaripayattu, a ______ art from Kerala, is now taught in many city schools.	(III) marshal
(D) NCC cadets were asked to ______ the crowd at the gates during the Republic Day parade.	(IV) sleight

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) The magician’s coin trick was pure sleight of hand; the coin was up his sleeve all along.	(IV) sleight	Sleight means clever and quick skill used to trick people. It is mostly used in “sleight of hand”.
(B) Not being invited to her cousin’s engagement was a slight that Meera never forgot.	(II) slight	As a noun, a slight is an act that insults someone by showing that they are not important.
(C) Kalaripayattu, a martial art from Kerala, is now taught in many city schools.	(I) martial	Martial means connected with fighting or war. It is an adjective.
(D) NCC cadets were asked to marshal the crowd at the gates during the Republic Day parade.	(III) marshal	To marshal means to arrange or control a group of people in an orderly way. It is a verb.

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) The magician’s coin trick was pure ______ of hand; the coin was up his sleeve all along.	(I) martial
(B) Not being invited to her cousin’s engagement was a ______ that Meera never forgot.	(II) slight
(C) Kalaripayattu, a ______ art from Kerala, is now taught in many city schools.	(III) marshal
(D) NCC cadets were asked to ______ the crowd at the gates during the Republic Day parade.	(IV) sleight

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) The magician’s coin trick was pure sleight of hand; the coin was up his sleeve all along.	(IV) sleight	Sleight means clever and quick skill used to trick people. It is mostly used in “sleight of hand”.
(B) Not being invited to her cousin’s engagement was a slight that Meera never forgot.	(II) slight	As a noun, a slight is an act that insults someone by showing that they are not important.
(C) Kalaripayattu, a martial art from Kerala, is now taught in many city schools.	(I) martial	Martial means connected with fighting or war. It is an adjective.
(D) NCC cadets were asked to marshal the crowd at the gates during the Republic Day parade.	(III) marshal	To marshal means to arrange or control a group of people in an orderly way. It is a verb.