New RBI Grade B Notification Coming Soon... Prepare with Us!! Click here to enroll

    Register

    Question

    In the question, a highlighted phrasal verb is given, which is followed by three sentences, you have to identify that the highlighted phrasal is correctly used or not. You have to mark the option in which the phrasal is correctly used.

    Hush up

    1.    He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers

    2.    The church must also not hush up allegations of abuse, the report added

    3.    A neighbour retaliated on behalf of his fallen friend and in an instant a volcano of hush up had erupted in front of Hencke

    A Only 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All are correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Meaning of ‘hush up’ – to keep quiet The phrasal verb is correctly used in statement (1) and (2) Statement (3) – ‘hush up’ doesn’t support the context of the sentence, the context of the sentence talks about revenge, not quietness. So, this is an incorrect option

    Practice Next
    ×
    ×