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Fill in the Blanks Questions with Answers

Single and double blanks decided by grammar, collocation or sense. This page pools every fill in the blanks question on the site — 190 of them, from 24 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, SSC — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

3% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 37% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
190
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
71/113/6
Negative marking
None
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Fill in the Blanks questions with solutions

6 from the 190-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Fill in the blank: Despite the risks involved, she was ___ to take on the new project.

    • A. hesitant
    • B. reluctant
    • C. eager ✓
    • D. unwilling

    Solution. "Eager" fits the context of "despite the risks", showing enthusiasm rather than hesitation.

  2. 2. Choose the correct completion: Unless you hurry, you ___ the train.

    • A. missed
    • B. had missed
    • C. would miss
    • D. will miss ✓

    Solution. In this real future condition, unless takes the present tense and the result clause uses will miss.

  3. 3. Fill in the blank: "Farmers in this region have depended ___ the monsoon for irrigation."

    • A. for
    • B. at
    • C. on ✓
    • D. with

    Solution. The correct preposition idiom is "depend on" something.

  4. 4. Fill in the blank: "Had the premium been paid on time, the policy ___ lapsed."

    • A. would not have ✓
    • B. will not have
    • C. had not
    • D. does not

    Solution. This is a third conditional sentence (had + past participle, ... would have + past participle), so "would not have" is correct.

  5. 5. Fill in the blank: "The applicant was asked to provide proof ___ address."

    • A. of ✓
    • B. for
    • C. about
    • D. with

    Solution. The correct preposition idiom is "proof of" something.

  6. 6. Fill in the blank: The witness's account was largely ___ with the physical evidence found at the scene.

    • A. contradictory
    • B. unrelated
    • C. inconsistent
    • D. consistent ✓

    Solution. "Consistent" fits the context of a witness account matching the physical evidence.

Exams that set Fill in the Blanks

3 categories, led by Banking, Management, SSC.

Also set by RBI Assistant, RBI Grade B, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CHT, SSC CPO, SSC Stenographer, TANCET MBA. Browse all exams.

Fill in the Blanks: frequently asked questions

How many fill in the blanks questions are there?

190, from the 24 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 37% are graded easy and 3% hard, which makes fill in the blanks one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask fill in the blanks questions?

24 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (13), Management (6), SSC (5). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is fill in the blanks hard?

3% of these 190 questions are graded hard and 37% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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