Fill in the Blanks - Chef and Housefly

XAT 2012 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Easy · Vocabulary

The head ___________ was annoyed to see a _________ in the soup.

The option that would best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:

  1. A.

    chief, house fly

  2. B.

    chef, housefly

  3. C.

    chief, house-fly

  4. D.

    chef, house fly

  5. E.

    chef, house-fly

Answer

B

Explanation

'Chef' is a professional cook, and 'housefly' is written as a single word insect name. Hence, option B is correct.

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