Directions (1-5): In
each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath
each sentence, five different ways of completing the sentence are indicated.
Choose the best alternative among the given options.
Q1. Money isn’t everything, of course, and people may also
______ elites who appear to have some kind of special ______ or privilege.
(a)resent, status
(b)endorse, state
(c)grudge, class
(d)welcome, control
(e)offended, bonus
Q2. It is a truism to say that balance sheet _____of public
sector banks today represent one of the most ______ dimensions of the Indian
economy.
(a) history, wide
(b) situation, clear
(c) problems, fragile
(d) theory, advised
(e) failure, grim
Q3.Many multinational companies are ________ for a period of
low business and unpredictability over the next few weeks, given that a _______
number of their sales happen through digital mode.
(a)investing, ample
(b)pervading, lot
(c)expecting, enormous
(d)bracing, significant
(e)struggling, larger
Q4.With the diversity of India, it is easy to _______
thousands or perhaps even millions of entrepreneurial _______ playing out over
the next few years over the internet.
(a)laziness, discriminates
(b)certainty, discerns
(c)know, differentiate
(d)imagine , experiments
(e)forecast, startups
Q5. Biological clocks are of such ____ adaptive value to
living organisms, that we would expect most organisms to ____ them.
(a)meager – evolve
(b)important- arise
(c)significant – eschew
(d)obvious – possess
(e) prominent, adhere
Directions (6-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five
words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate word in each case.
It’s really that ___ (6)
___ major political parties have___ (7)
___ advertisements which attack prominent political personalities. This is___ (8) ___ these politicians are so-called
___ (9) ___ of democracy and are___
(10) ___ to be role models for the
citizens of this country. Therefore it’s high time they understood the___ (11) ___ of a___ (12) ___ election___ (13)
___ and showed a little bit of maturity, so that___ (14) ___ of their winning or losing, people can look up to them with
respect, for the kind of ideologies they___ (15) ___ .
Q6.
(a) surprising
(b) usual
(c) challenging
(d) discernible
(e) striking
Q7.
(a) favoured
(b) created
(c) issued
(d) raised
(e) directed
Q8.
(a) childish
(b) secular
(c) ashamed
(d) disgraceful
(e) bias
Q9.
(a) future
(b) upholders
(c) stars
(d) performers
(e) builders
Q10.
(a) tasked
(b) authorised
(c) paid
(d) represented
(e) expected
Q11.
(a) merit
(b) core
(c) result
(d) value
(e) response
Q12.
(a) dignified
(b) drastic
(c) participatory
(d) friendly
(e) subjective
Q13.
(a) trial
(b) battle
(c) campaign
(d) mandate
(e) operation
Q14.
(a) beyond
(b) irrespective
(c) unless
(d) ahead
(e) away
Q15.
(a) preach
(b) believe
(c) adhere
(d) impart
(e) pursue
S1.Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘resent, status’
is the correct use.
Resent means feel
bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person).
Grudge means a
persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or
injury.
Endorse means a
sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone
other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.
S2.Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘problems,
fragile’ is the correct use.
Fragile means (of
an object) easily broken or damaged.
S3.Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘bracing,
significant’ fits the sentence appropriately.
Ample means
enough or more than enough; plentiful.
Pervading means
(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.
S4.Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘imagine,
experiments’ fits the sentence appropriately.
Discerns means
distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other
senses.
Forecast means
predict or estimate (a future event or trend).
S5.Ans.(d)
Sol.
Option(d) is correct
The sentence structure suggests that if biological clocks
are a great advantage, then most organisms would possess them. [Or, if they are
not an advantage, then organisms will not have them.]
Therefore, the obvious value, leads us to expect that
organisms possess them.
(meager = small, slight; eschew = shun, avoid; ambivalent =
ambiguous)
S6. Ans.(a)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(e)
S11. Ans.(d)
S12. Ans.(a)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(b)
S15. Ans.(e)
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