Directions (Q.1 - 10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentences there are four or five pair of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentences meaningfully complete.
1. The deputy manager ________ to resign because all his proposals were ________ down by his superiors.
a) planned, thrown
b) gave, held
c) began, kept
d) willing, knocked
e) threatened, turned