Reading Comprehension for SBI PO Prelims (Week-05)
Directions (1-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
The Indian media has never been a (1)……….. For every (2)………… news outlet, there has been a (3)……….. sensationalist tabloid as a (4)………. But the sensationalists were kept under (5)………..; there was some form of a social (6)……….. There was an (7)………. firewall that (8)……….. these two universes. However, in the last five to six years, this firewall seems to have lost its (9)………. disinformation is (10)……….. into credible sections of the media because the (11)………… of disinformation happens to be our own leaders. This poses a (12)………. question about the nature of reporting. (13)………. reporting means reporting what was said. But if statements themselves are wrong, do reporters (14)………. about them or not? Wouldn’t not reporting (15)………. to censorship?
Q1.
(a) enormous
(b) monolith
(c) burden
(d) mammoth
(e) bug bear
Sol. monolith- anything massive, uniform and unmovable
Q2.
(a) controversial
(b) imaginary
(c) bogus
(d) credulous
(e) credible
Sol. credible- believable
Q3.
(a) alternate
(b) similarity
(c) emulated
(d) corresponding
(e) opposite
Sol. corresponding- that have a similar relationship
Q4.
(a) contrary
(b) counterstroke
(c) counterpoint
(d) conundrum
(e) enigma
Sol. counterpoint– an opposite point
Q5.
(a) control
(b) attention
(c) prevention
(d) pressure
(e) compulsion
Sol. control- to exercise influence over
Q6.
(a) compel
(b) refrain
(c) leash
(d) abstain
(e) fasten
Sol. leash- to curb or restrain
Q7.
(a) visible
(b) invisible
(c) palpable
(d) tangible
(e) restricted
Sol. invisible- that which can’t be seen
Q8.
(a) annex
(b) kept away
(c) apart
(d) separated
(e) combine
Sol. separated– estranged
Q9.
(a) right
(b) charge
(c) capacity
(d) caliber
(e) power
Sol. power– ability to coerce, influence or control
Q10.
(a) venting
(b) flowing
(c) seeping
(d) penetrate
(e) falling
Sol. seeping– leaking
Q11.
(a) resource
(b) source
(c) area
(d) section
(e) way
Sol. source– the person, place or thing from which something comes or is acquired
Q12.
(a) difficult
(b) chaotic
(c) roaring
(d) complexity
(e) conundrum
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Sol. difficult– hard; not easy
Q13.
(a) Bogus
(b) Bona fide
(c) Truthful
(d) Faithful
(e) Counterfeit
Sol. faithful– having faith
Q14.
(a) display
(b) paint
(c) print
(d) encrypt
(e) write
Sol. write– to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
Q15.
(a) quantify
(b) amount
(c) qualify
(d) accumulate
(e) collect
Sol. amount– the quantity or volume
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