Fill the following blanks choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given in the bracket. There is a rather mythical story of how Singapore (a) ……………..its name. A certain Indian king was passing by Singapore in a ship (b)………………… a great storm arose. All the efforts his sailors made to keep (c) ………………ship steady failed. They threw several precious things overboard to appease the wrath of the sea gods; (d) ……………..……they failed. At last one of them (e) ………………..the King to throw his crown overboard. Immediately after the king threw his crown overboard, there (f) ……………. Calm. He saw (g) ………. animal disappearing behind the tree. It looked like a lion. The king was excited and decided to call the place Singapore, (h) …………………..the lion city. a) [ get, gets, was got, got ] b) [ when, as, but, although ] c) [our, some, a, the ] d) [ but, and, or, yet ] e) [ requests, request, is requested, requested ] f) [ were, was, had been, has been ] g) [a, an, the, any ] h) [ meaning, means, meant, mean ]
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There is a rather mythical story of how Singapore got its name.
A certain Indian king was passing by Singapore in a ship when a great storm arose.
All the efforts his sailors made to keep the ship steady failed.
They threw several precious things overboard to appease the wrath of the sea gods; but they failed.
At last one of them requested the King to throw his crown overboard.
Immediately after the king threw his crown overboard, there was calm.
He saw an animal disappearing behind the tree.
It looked like a lion.
The king was excited and decided to call the place Singapore, meaning the lion city.
[ a ] got
[ b ] when
[ c ] the
[ d ] but
[ e ] requested
[ f ] was
[ g ] an
[ h ] meaning
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Fill the following blanks choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given in the bracket.
There is a rather mythical story of how Singapore (a)................ its name. A certain Indian king was passing by Singapore in a ship (b)………………… a great storm arose. All the efforts his sailors made to keep (c) ………………ship steady failed. They threw several precious things overboard to appease the wrath of the sea gods; (d) ……………..……they failed. At last one of them (e) ………………..the King to throw his crown overboard. Immediately after the king threw his crown overboard, there (f) ……………. Calm. He saw (g) ………. animal disappearing behind the tree. It looked like a lion. The king was excited and decided to call the place Singapore, (h) …………………..the lion city.
a) [get, gets, was got, got ]
b) [ when, as, but, although ]
c) [our, some, a, the ]
d) [ but, and, or, yet ]
e) [ requests, request, is requested, requested ]
f) [ were, was, had been, has been ]
g) [a, an, the, any ]
h) [ meaning, means, meant, mean ]
Answer :-
There is a rather mythical story of how Singapore (a) got its name. A certain Indian king was passing by Singapore in a ship (b) when a great storm arose. All the efforts his sailors made to keep (c) the ship steady failed. They threw several precious things overboard to appease the wrath of the sea gods; (d) but they failed. At last one of them (e) requested the King to throw his crown overboard. Immediately after the king threw his crown overboard, there (f) was Calm. He saw (g) an animal disappearing behind the tree. It looked like a lion. The king was excited and decided to call the place Singapore, (h) meaning the lion city.