He had Laid out a large sum in railway shares.

• destroyed
• invested
• disinvested
• took away
Correct Option: B  [ invested ]

Remark:

I have hit upon

• broke
• found
• destroyed
• dashed
Correct Option: B  [ found ]

Remark: hit upon: discover, come up with, think of, conceive of.

He generally _________ at an odd hour.

• turns over
• turns on
• turns up
• turns off
Correct Option: C  [ turns up ]

Remark: "turns up": to appear

The Information and Communication Technology has ___________ age and employees very highly paid technocrats.

• come of
• come upon
• come out of
• come through
Correct Option: A  [ come of ]

Remark: "come of": To be the result, outcome, or outgrowth of something.

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,

There was a _________ on the midnight train.

• Hold up
• Hold in
• Hold
• Hold out
Correct Option: A  [ Hold up ]

Remark: "Hold up": Delay

Ramesh was called upon to explain guilt.

• summoned
• invited
• explained
• one of these
Correct Option: A  [ summoned ]

Remark: "called upon": call on somebody to do something.

The weary traveller ________ the door of a deserted house in a forest. (Phrasal verbs)

• Knocked down
• knocked off
• knocked at
• knocked out
Correct Option: C  [ knocked at ]

Remark:

She failed to ____________ to her name.

• line up
• shine up
• keep up
• rise up
Correct Option: C  [ keep up ]

Remark: "keep up": to go or make progress at the same rate.

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)