Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Words) |
|---|---|
| (A) Every evening, Dadaji likes to ______ about his school days in Lahore, when he walked five miles with a slate under his arm. | (I) compile |
| (B) Ananya spent the summer holidays trying to ______ all her grandmother’s recipes into a small book for the family. | (II) succumb |
| (C) No matter how hungry she felt, Kavya did not ______ to the smell of hot samosas during her fast. | (III) interject |
| (D) Whenever the two leaders shouted over each other on the TV debate, the anchor had to ______ and remind them of the time limit. | (IV) reminisce |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Every evening, Dadaji likes to reminisce about his school days in Lahore, when he walked five miles with a slate under his arm. | (IV) reminisce | Reminisce means to talk or think with pleasure about past times. Dadaji talks about his old school days. |
| (B) Ananya spent the summer holidays trying to compile all her grandmother’s recipes into a small book for the family. | (I) compile | Compile means to collect things from different places and put them together in one book or list. She gathered all the recipes into one book. |
| (C) No matter how hungry she felt, Kavya did not succumb to the smell of hot samosas during her fast. | (II) succumb | Succumb means to give in to something one has been trying to resist. Kavya did not give in to the samosas. |
| (D) Whenever the two leaders shouted over each other on the TV debate, the anchor had to interject and remind them of the time limit. | (III) interject | Interject means to say something suddenly while someone else is speaking. The anchor cut in to remind them of the time. |