Question 10 - Gap Filling (with Past Year Questions) - Grammar - English Class 10

This question asked in [CBSE Delhi Set I, 2017]

Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of options that follow: 

I met a smart young person     1    . wanted a ‘Selfie’    2    . me. So we     3    . on top     4    . a  boundary wall.

1.(A) which (B) who (C) whose (D) whom 

2.(A) with (B) on (C) for (D) to

3.(A) sit (B) sits (C) sat (D) sitting 

4.(A) on (B) in (C) of (D) at

Answer

(1)  

• (a) which - not used with humans
• (b) who -  this is correct
• (c) whose - used when talking about things belonging to someone
• (d) whom - not relevant

Since the sentence is talking about a single individual and what he wanted , ‘who’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(b)-who”

(2)  

• (a) with -  this is correct
• (b) on - used to describe position of an object
• (c) for - not relevant
• (d) to - not relevant

Since the sentence is talking about what the individual wanted from the narrator , ‘with’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(a)-with”.

(3)  

• (a) sit - not used with past tense
• (b) sits - not used with past tense
• (c) sat -  this is correct
• (d) sitting - not used with past tense

Since the sentence is in simple past tense , the second form of the verb will be used. So, ‘sat’ will be used

So, the correct answer is “(c)-sat”.

(4)  

• (a) on - not the correct preposition
• (b) in - not the correct preposition
• (c) of -  this is correct
• (d) at - not used when sitting above the platform

Since the sentence is talking about the location at which they sat which was above a platform, ‘of’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is “(c)-of”.

Thus the correct paragraph is

I met a smart young person who wanted a ‘Selfie’ with me. So we sat on top of a  boundary wall.