Fill in the blanks in List I with appropriate phrasal verbs from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Phrasal verbs) |
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(A) Everyone ____ when I was in dire need of help and support. |
(I) ramped up |
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(B) The housing society ____ security in the wake of the recent spate of robberies. |
(II) railed against |
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(C) He ____ the doctors for not having given the correct diagnosis. |
(III) raked up |
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(D) It was really irritating when she ____ the unpleasant incident that happened so many years ago. |
(IV) rallied around |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
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) Everyone rallied around when I was in dire need of help and support. | (IV) rallied around | To rally around is to come together to help someone in trouble. |
| (B) The housing society ramped up security in the wake of the recent spate of robberies. | (I) ramped up | To ramp up is to increase the level or amount of something. The robberies led to more security. |
| (C) He railed against the doctors for not having given the correct diagnosis. | (II) railed against | To rail against is to complain angrily and bitterly about someone. |
| (D) It was really irritating when she raked up the unpleasant incident that happened so many years ago. | (III) raked up | To rake up is to bring back an unpleasant past matter that others would prefer to forget. |