The minister assured the agitating employees that he would look into their demands sympathetically.

• discuss
• watch
• grant
• examine
Correct Option: D  [ examine ]

Remark: "look into": examine, investigate, study.

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,

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.

There was a _________ on the midnight train.

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

Remark: "Hold up": Delay

I cannot __________ the meaning of this verse. (Phrasal verbs)

• make of
• make out
• make for
• make up
Correct Option: B  [ make out ]

Remark: "make out": understand, comprehend.

On account of overwork, he is __________.

• run down
• runs down
• ran out
• run up
Correct Option: A  [ run down ]

Remark:

I saw through the trick.

• understood
• denied
• detected
• decided
Correct Option: C  [ detected ]

Remark: saw through: to understand the truth about someone or something and not allow yourself to be deceived:

We should ____________ for a rainy day. (find appropriate Phrasal verb)

• Put down
• Put into
• Put something by
• Put things off
Correct Option: C  [ Put something by ]

Remark: "Put something by": to preserve and store something.

We must always lookout for friends.

• seeing
• waiting
• thinking
• searching
Correct Option: D  [ searching ]

Remark:

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.