Fill in the blanks in the sentences given 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) An understanding person will always ____ the mood swings of a friend who is under stress. |
(I) bear down |
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(B) The armed forces will surely ____ the opposition convincingly. |
(II) bear up |
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(C) He must try to ____ against this temporary hardship. |
(III) bear out |
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(D) Your arguments do not ____ the facts. |
(IV) bear with |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (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) An understanding person will always bear with the mood swings of a friend who is under stress. | (IV) bear with | To bear with someone is to be patient with them. An understanding friend puts up with mood swings. |
| (B) The armed forces will surely bear down the opposition convincingly. | (I) bear down | To bear down (on) is to press hard on or overpower an opponent, as the forces do here. |
| (C) He must try to bear up against this temporary hardship. | (II) bear up | To bear up is to stay strong and cheerful in difficult times. "Against hardship" confirms it. |
| (D) Your arguments do not bear out the facts. | (III) bear out | To bear out is to support or confirm. The arguments and the facts do not agree with each other. |