Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate Phrasal Verbs from List-II:

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Phrasal Verbs)
(A) I hope the inquiry will _________the truth.	(I) get on
(B) We could never _______ on my salary alone.	(II) get at
(C) However will we _______ without you!	(III) get through
(D) The way he spends he can _______his month's salary in just one weekend.	(IV) get by

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Explanation:

(A) get at → means to discover or uncover (the truth).

“I hope the inquiry will get at the truth.”

(B) get by → means to manage or survive with limited resources.

“We could never get by on my salary alone.”

(C) get on → means to manage or cope in a situation.

“However will we get on without you!”

(D) get through → means to use up or consume completely (money/resources).

“He can get through his month’s salary in just one weekend.”

Based on standard meanings and contextual usage, the correct matching is:

(A)–(II), (B)–(IV), (C)–(I), (D)–(III)

This corresponds to Option 3, which is grammatically and semantically correct.

Important note:

NTA’s official answer key has marked Option 2 as correct. Hence, we will follow NTA's answer-key (so that you can suffer the same trauma as your seniors).