Directions (1-3): Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence
has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the
paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Q1. Doctors know that emergency room medicine
is triage followed by quick, invasive and expensive procedures. But if the
patient comes to the emergency room regularly, they need to lose weight and eat
better. Current bankruptcy changes represent triage but are complemented with
preventive measures from the RBI like capping exposures to companies and
sectors, disclosing provisioning divergence, prompt correction action
framework, a central repository of information on large credits (CRILIC),
______________________________________________.
(a)and a mandatory legal entity identifier in
CRILIC for all borrowers of more than Rs 1,000 crore by March 2018 and more
than Rs 50 crore by December 2019.
(b)can be restricted from using luxury hotels,
private schools, golf courses, and airlines.
(c)a banking system that recovers its loans is
an important part of India’s infrastructure of opportunity.
(d)but the RBI’s Asset Quality Review, without
changing rules, has already required banks to provide Rs 4.54 lakh crore extra
for bad loans.
(e)but automatic, immediate and universal
disclosure should be a goal reached through interim filters for timing (a small
lag) and materiality.
Q2. Increasingly, India is being seen as a
pioneer in digital technologies. This rapid pace of transformation has raised
larger questions around inclusion, data protection and privacy.
___________________________________________________. We need to think about the
principles we adopt — from narrowly tailored exemptions to strong independent
enforcement. Ultimately, this law will shape how secure individuals feel while
engaging in the digital world, and the kind of innovation we will see in
decades to come.
(a)The ultimate control of data must reside
with the individuals who generate it; they should be enabled to use, restrict
or monetise it as they wish.
(b)While the question of balance is an
important one, that should not be seen as a licence to be lenient to
privacy-violating data practices.
(c)The signaling value of a strong data
protection law in India would be significant and will allow the country to lead
by example.
(d)It has covered a wide range of issues
pertaining to data protection and privacy.
(e)This brings up the need for allowing a time
period for data controllers to fully comply with the new law.
Q3. Given all the modern uses of wetlands, or
the use of the wetland only for its land, looking at traditional cartography
may be one way to understand catchments of wetlands. It may also be a way of
restoring some modicum of ecological character, identity or ‘rights’ to
wetlands, as the river judgment suggested. There are challenges ahead in
identifying wetlands – multiple and competing use is just one of them.
Understanding the historic spread and ecological character will be an important
bulwark for the way forward. Setting clear governance systems would be the
next. ________________________________________________
(a)What then could be the way forward?
(b)Without either, we are looking at a complete
dilution of wetlands in the country.
(c)There are a few reasons why this is
problematic.
(d)The key to wetland conservation is not just
understanding regimes of multiple use — but conserving or managing the
integrity of the wetland ecosystem.
(e)The omission in the 2017 Rules suggests that
while saltpans do exist as wetlands, they do not require any conservation or
ecological balance.
Directions (4-5): In the question given below the parts of the sentence which are
highlighted are grammatically correct. Choose that part of the sentence which
is not highlighted and is grammatically incorrect. Ensure that the meaning of
the statement remains unchanged.
Q4. In proposing to ask the judicial and
administrative authorities to accord
legal sanction to regulated betting on sports event etc, the Law Commission has exposed the
politically-correct but morally-hypocritical stance taken by those in power but
out of touch with prevailing reality.
(a)In proposing to ask the judicial and
administrative authorities
(b)to regulated betting on sports event etc
(c)the politically-correct but
morally-hypocritical stance
(d)taken by those in power but out of touch
with prevailing reality
(e)No error
Q5. In
the aftermath of the global financial crisis, financial-sector executives
may not have been held fully to account for their actions, but the outcry
surely contributed to the “shareholder spring” that began in 2012, with investors rejecting executive pay
packages and paid more attention to corporate governance issues.
(a)financial-sector executives may not have
been held fully
(b)to account for their actions, but the outcry
surely contributed
(c)to the “shareholder spring” that began in
2012
(d)and paid more attention to corporate
governance issues
(e)No error
Directions
(6-10): In each of the questions given below four words are given which is then
followed by five options with their combinations. You must choose the
combination which is either most similar or opposite in meaning.
Q6.
(A) Frill
(B) Invoke
(C) Solicit
(D) Differed
(a) B-C
(b) A-D
(c) A-B
(d) A-C
(e) C-D
Q7.
(A) IMPLAUSIBLE
(B) PROSECUTE
(C) QUINTESSENTIAL
(D) ACCUSE
(a) A-C
(b) C-D
(c) A-D
(d) B-D
(e) B-C
Q8.
(A) Acquitted
(B) Expedite
(C) Flay
(D) Sentence
(a) A-D
(b) A-C
(c) B-C
(d) B-D
(e) C-D
Q9.
(A) Prompt
(B) Emphasis
(C) Donate
(D) Disburse
(a) B-C
(b) A-B
(c) C-D
(d) B-D
(e) A-D
Q10.
(A) Indulge
(B) Entrust
(C) Phlegmatic
(D) Gratify
(a) B-C
(b) A-B
(c) C-D
(d) B-D
(e) A-D
Directions (11-13): In the question given below some sentences are given which are
grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by the word given above the
statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning.
Choose your answer accordingly from the options to form a grammatically
correct, coherent sentence.
Q11. HOWEVER
(A)The significance of intangible assets
is often poorly reflected by statisticians.
(B)The authors draw on a range of
rigorous research and include their own calculations to show that intangible
investment is on the increase.
(C)Businesses which use intangible
assets can grow more rapidly, and to greater sizes, than those using tangible
ones.
(D)American company accounts often omit
R&D from measures of their investment spending.
(a) Only B-A
(b) Only C-A
(c) Only B-D
(d) Both B-A and C-A
(e) None of these
Q12. UNLESS
(A)One may not stumble upon this
architectural gem if one doesn’t know about its location.
(B)It seems to have been built during
either Lodi era or the later part of the Tughlaq dynasty.
(C)Agrasen ki baoli is located right in
the heart of the national capital, on Hailey Road.
(D)It has been staying hidden among the
multi-storey buildings of Connaught Place for several decades now
(a) Only A-B
(b) Only C-A
(c) Only D-B
(d) Only A-D
(e) None of these
Q13. BECAUSE
(A)The federal department has twice
rejected LePage’s requests for centralization
(B)LePage has been in a tug of war with
the regional boards for control of the federal money for several years.
(C)Lepage didn’t work in collaboration
with federal department as required.
(D)The organization claims that LePage
has broken federal law by refusing to release the funds within 30 days of them
having become available in August.
(a) Only B-D
(b) Only D-A
(c) Both C-B and D-A
(d) Only A-C
(e) None of these
Directions (14-15): The following statements have two blanks which can be filled with the
options given below without altering the meaning of the sentence. Choose the
set of words which does not complete the sentence meaningfully as your answer.
Q14. In today’s India, when secularism
is being winked at by vested interests _________________
the nation’s unique ethos of “unity in diversity “, the ideals of secularism
radiated by Vivekananda and Nivedita could be truly __________________ to corner the forces of obscurantism and
intolerance.
(a)undermining, effective
(b)impeding, worthwhile
(c)hindering, lucid
(d)impairing, plausible
(e)shoring, muddling
Q15. The most important Soviet feminist,
Kollontai _______________ four broad
themes in The Social Bases of the Woman Question (1908), _______________ economic independence, marriage and family, care
for pregnant women, and women’s political rights.
(a)surveyed, expressly
(b)inspected, specifically
(c)resolved, mostly
(d)explored, namely
(e)examined, specially
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SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The given paragraph is about the
current bankruptcy changes and the preventive measures by the RBI in the
country. The last sentence, being incomplete, provides a clear clue that the
sentence (a) fills the blank meaningfully. It can be viewed from the mention of
“CRILIC” in the sentence. Other options are irrelevant to the meaning of the
paragraph. Hence (a) is the correct choice.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. The given paragraph is about the
excess use of digital technology in the country and the risk of privacy
concerned with the same. Among the given options, only option (c) gives a
proper substitution to the blank space. The sentences to the either side of the
space give a clear evidence that only sentence (c) provides a logical meaning to
the paragraph. Other sentences are irrelevant in the context of their meanings
to the paragraph. Hence (c) is the correct choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The given paragraph is about the
Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 and certain challenges
related to it. Read the last two sentences prior to the blank space, both the
sentences suggest that option (b) would give a better continuation to these
two. Moreover, the mention of “without either” in the option (b)
verifies the fact that it concludes the paragraph contextually. Hence among the
given options, (b) is the correct choice.
S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. There is no error in any part of
the sentence as the sentence is grammatically correct. Hence (e) is the correct
choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. There is an error in the part (d)
of the sentence. The verb “paid” in the expression “and paid more attention to corporate governance issues” is
incorrectly matched. It should follow the same form as in the highlighted part
i.e. present participle form of the verb so used “rejecting”; thus, the
correct replacement of the verb “paid” should be “paying”
to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Hence (d) is the correct choice.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option (a) is the correct choice.
Invoke and Solicit are similar in meaning.
Invoke means
cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in
support of an argument.
Solicit means
ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
Frill means an
unnecessary extra feature or embellishment.
Deferred means
put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option (d) is
the correct choice.
Prosecute and accuse are similar in meaning.
Prosecute
means institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
Implausible
means (of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing
to convince.
Quintessential
means representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Acquitted and sentence are opposite in meaning.
Acquitted
means to free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
Sentence means
the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law
for a particular offence.
Expedite
means make (an action or process) happen
sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Donate and disburse are similar in meaning
Donate means
give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity.
Disburse means
pay out (money from a fund).
Prompt means
(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol.
Gratify and indulge are similar in meaning.
Indulge means
allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
Gratify means
give (someone) pleasure or satisfaction.
Phlegmatic
means having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. The adverb ‘HOWEVER’ is used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or
seems to contradict something that has been said previously. The word can be
used to connect both the combinations of B-A and C-A.
“The
authors draw on a range of rigorous research and include their own calculations
to show that intangible investment is on the increase; however, its significance
is often poorly reflected by the statisticians.”
“Businesses
which use intangible assets can grow more rapidly, and to greater sizes, than
those using tangible ones; however, the significance of intangible assets is
often poorly reflected by statisticians.”
S12. Ans (b)
Sol. The conjunction ‘UNLESS’ means except if . It is used to
introduce the case in which a statement being made is not true or valid.
“Unless,
one knows Agrasen Baoli is located right in the heart of the national capital,
on Hailey Road, one might not stumble upon it.”
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. The conjunction ‘BECAUSE’ is used to introduce a word or
phrase that stands for a clause expressing an explanation or reason.
“The
federal department has twice rejected LePage’s requests for centralization
because he didn’t work in collaboration with federal department.”
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. The set of words “shoring, muddling” doesn’t fit into the
frame of the sentence correctly. Both these words change the true meaning of
the sentence. However, the words given in rest of the options provide a similar
and logical meaning to the sentence. Hence (e) is the correct choice.
Undermine means lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially
gradually or insidiously.
Impede means delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them;
hinder.
Worthwhile means worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or
importance.
Lucid means expressed clearly; easy to understand.
Plausible means (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or
probable.
Shore means support or hold up something with props or beams.
Muddle means bring into a disordered or confusing state.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. Among the given options, the set of
words given in option (c) gives no proper meaning to the sentence. The set of
words “resolved, mostly” doesn’t fit
into the context of the meaning of the sentence. Other combinations are almost
synonymous to one another and give a similar and contextual meaning to the
sentence. Hence (c) is the correct choice.
Resolve means settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious
matter).
Explored means examined or evaluated (an option or possibility).
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