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) I hope the inquiry will ____ the truth. |
(I) get on |
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(B) We could never ____ on my salary alone. |
(II) get at |
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(C) However will we ____ without you! |
(III) get through |
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(D) The way he spends he can ____ his month's salary in just one weekend. |
(IV) get by |
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)-(II), (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.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, there appears to be a discrepancy in the key: the correct answer should be Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III), as explained below.
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) I hope the inquiry will get at the truth. | (II) get at | To get at the truth is to discover or reach it. |
| (B) We could never get by on my salary alone. | (IV) get by | To get by (on money) is to manage to live with just enough. |
| (C) However will we get on without you! | (I) get on | To get on without someone is to manage or cope in that person's absence. |
| (D) The way he spends he can get through his month's salary in just one weekend. | (III) get through | To get through money is to use it all up. |
Option 2: (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I) — Should be Incorrect. (But this is the correct answer in the NTA Answer Key.) None of its four sentences makes sense:
| List-I (with Option 2) | List-II | Why it does not fit |
|---|---|---|
| (A) I hope the inquiry will get by the truth. | (IV) get by | To get by is to manage with just enough. An inquiry cannot "manage" the truth. It has to get at (discover) it. |
| (B) We could never get through on my salary alone. | (III) get through | To get through money is to use it all up. "Get through on my salary" says nothing. Living on a small salary is getting by on it. |
| (C) However will we get at without you! | (II) get at | To get at is to reach or discover something, so it needs an object. "Get at without you" is incomplete. Coping without someone is getting on without them. |
| (D) The way he spends he can get on his month's salary in just one weekend. | (I) get on | To get on is to manage or to make progress. It does not mean spending money. Spending a whole salary is getting through it. |
Advice for the exam: In the real exam, mark the answer that is grammatically or factually correct. If NTA’s provisional answer key marks a different option, challenge it during the answer-key challenge window and give the reason in one or two lines.