Directions (1-5): Read the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The Supreme Court verdict holding coal block allocations made since 1993 illegal (1) a long-known, but little-acknowledged malaise (2) the administration: cronyism often overshadowing merit, and systems and processes being (3) by power and influence. The sweeping nature of the finding that allocation of coal blocks through the government (4) route as well as (5) a non-statutory ‘screening committee’ suffered from arbitrariness is a fierce indictment of successive governments, rendering it difficult to apportion blame on any particular party or regime.
Q1.
(a) backs
(b) explains
(c) buys
(d) contradicts
(e) confirms
Q2.
(a) taking out
(b) pervading
(c) diffusing
(d) imparting
(e) penetrating
Q3.
(a) assisted
(b) encouraged
(c) relieved
(d) supported
(e) undermined
Q4.
(a) dispensation
(b) appointment
(c) quota
(d) share
(e) consignment
Q5.
(a) over
(b) by
(c) through
(d) from
(e) against
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) He went into the shop of the chemist and told him, “Your window pane has been broken by my mistake.”
(B) The boy was poor. He said, “I have no money, but I’ll earn some money by working as a labourer and then I’II get the new window pane fitted.”
(C) A boy named Charley was going, tossing a ball in a city.
(D) Charley did not run away from there because he was a brave and truthful boy.
(E) The chemist said, “Get a new window pane fitted.”
(F) Then he worked as a labourer at the chemist’s shop for several days and earned the money for buying the window pane and paid it to the chemist.
(G) The ball struck the window pane of the shop of chemist and the window pane was broken.
Q6. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) A
(c) G
(d) E
(e) F
Q7. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) C
(c) A
(d) G
(e) B
Q8. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
(e) D
Q9. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) D
(d) C
(e) E
Q10. Which of the following would be the LAST (SEVENTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) D
(c) F
(d) B
(e) A
Directions (11-15): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. For each blank five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is planning to (11) rules on mutual funds investments in corporate debt papers in the wake of concerns over excessive credit risk in certain fixed-income portfolios. The market regulator is (12) to lower mutual funds’ investment limit for an individual company’s debt security. At present, a mutual fund scheme is not allowed to invest more than 15% of its net asset value in debt instruments issued by a single issuer which are rated not below investment (13) by a credit rating agency. This limit, however, can be raised to 20% with prior approval of the trustees. Now, the regulator feels this limit is quite high after it found that a few mutual funds were (14) lowly-rated papers in a big way. Sebi rules on investment restrictions were (15) when the supply of papers were less. But today, many papers are coming to the market.
Q11.
(a) release
(b) tighten
(c) allow
(d) loose
(e) create
Q12.
(a) looking
(b) neglecting
(c) staring
(d) calling
(e) eyeing
Q13.
(a) estate
(b) grade
(c) tier
(d) position
(e) regulation
Q14.
(a) grasping
(b) released
(c) retained
(d) pulling
(e) holding
Q15.
(a) framed
(b) enclosed
(c) forged
(d) effected
(e) pretended
Solutions
S1.Ans.(e)
S2.Ans.(b)
S3.Ans.(e)
S4.Ans.(a)
S5.Ans.(c)
S6.Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct sequence to form meaningful paragraph is CGDAEBF.
S7.Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct sequence to form meaningful paragraph is CGDAEBF.
S8.Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct sequence to form meaningful paragraph is CGDAEBF.
S9.Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct sequence to form meaningful paragraph is CGDAEBF.
S10.Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct sequence to form meaningful paragraph is CGDAEBF.
S11.Ans.(b)
S12.Ans.(a)
S13.Ans.(b)
S14.Ans.(e)
S15.Ans.(a)
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