You should ________ your bad habit of smoking.

• get down
• give in
• give up
• go up
Correct Option: C  [ give up ]

Remark: "give up": to stop doing, quit,

She found the perfect title for her new novel.

• break upon
• hit upon
• turned up
• none of these
Correct Option: B  [ hit upon ]

Remark: "hit upon": to come upon unexpectedly or by chance

Can you please __________ my website just before I publish it?

• find out
• go through
• set out
• look up
Correct Option: B  [ go through ]

Remark:

Our monthly expenditure ___________ by five hundred rupees when we decided to buy milk from the milkman.

• grew up
• shot up
• got up
• lifted up
Correct Option: A  [ shot up ]

Remark: "shot up": increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

He _________ gardening in spite of the rain. (Phrasal verbs)

• carried out
• carried down
• carried on
• carried over
Correct Option: C  [ carried on ]

Remark: "Carried on" means to continue or persist in a particular activity, tradition, or action.

His folly has brought about his ruin.

• frustrated
• caused
• disappointment
• confirmed
Correct Option: B  [ caused ]

Remark: brought about: to cause something to happen.

As she was turning out papers she came across the letter she had been looking for.

• saw from a distance
• found unexpectedly
• touched
• read quickly
Correct Option: B  [ found unexpectedly ]

Remark: "came across": to meet or find someone or something by chance.

They decided to _________ his number in the yellow pages.

• look into
• look at
• look up
• look onto
Correct Option: C  [ look up ]

Remark: "look up": search for information in a reference book or on a computer:

When the boy was put into a boarding school, he quickly fell into line without his usual indiscipline behaviors.

• stood in a line
• turned straight
• became orderly
• none of these
Correct Option: C  [ became orderly ]

Remark: "fell into line": starts to follow the rules, behave according to expected standards of behaviour.

Ramesh takes after his father.

• follows
• imitates
• obeys
• resembles
Correct Option: D  [ resembles ]

Remark: "takes after" means resemble a parent or ancestor.