Question

The minister was so vigilant that he didn’t fall out the tricky questions by the journalists.

Q: Answer-The minister was so vigilant that he didn’t fall out the tricky questions by the journalists.

The phrase fall for means to be tricked into believing something that is not true. Fall out - quarrel Fall off - decrease or drop from Fall behind - fail to keep up pace Fall apart - fall into pieces.

In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four phrases. Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct then mark ‘No correction is required’, as the answer.

A fall off

B fall behind

C fall apart

D fall for

E No correction required

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