TOPIC: Fillers, phrase rearrangement, spelling errors
Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, a
sentence is given with one blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Choose the correct word for the given options that could fit in the blank
correctly.
Q1. The prosecution managed to talk the court into awarding _____________
for the damages that would have been incurred if he’d succeeded.
(a) Assuage
(b) Restitution
(c) Imminent
(d) Tardiness
(e) Flout
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Assuage: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
Restitution: the
restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.
– recompense for injury or
loss.
Imminent: about to
happen.
Tardiness: the quality
or fact of being late; lateness.
Flout: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
Q2. Portugal is battling its most _____________ forest
fires for a decade, as strong wind fan the flames.
(a) Dismay
(b) Jubilation
(c) Swiftly
(d) Reinsuring
(e) Devastating
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. Dismay: cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.
Jubilation: a feeling
of great happiness and triumph.
Swiftly: at high speed;
quickly.
Reinsuring: (of an insurer) transfer (all or part of a risk)
to another insurer to provide protection against the risk of the first
insurance.
Devastating: highly destructive or damaging.
Q3. You can be aggressive when you need to _____________
business and financial affairs.
(a) Resolve
(b) Provocative
(c) Tangible
(d) Implicate
(e) Naïve
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. Resolve: settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious
matter).
Provocative: causing
anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
Tangible: perceptible by touch.
Implicate: show
(someone) to be involved in a crime.
Naïve: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience,
wisdom, or judgement.
Q4. The public has a compelling right to know about _____________
examples of nepotism and favouritism by public officials.
(a) Amenable
(b) Impaired
(c) Renege
(d) Egregious
(e) Tenacity
S4. Ans. (d) Sol.
Amenable: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded
or controlled.
Impaired: weakened or
damaged.
Renege: go back on a
promise, undertaking, or contract.
Egregious: outstandingly
bad; shocking.
Tenacity: the quality or fact of being able to grip something
firmly; grip.
Q5. If there should be any new measures, they should be
maximally effective in enhancing safety and national security and
minimally _____________.
(a) Arrogant
(b) Intrusive
(c) Deliberately
(d) Democratic
(e) Beneficial
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Arrogant: having
or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
Intrusive: causing
disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.
Deliberately: consciously
and intentionally; on purpose.
Democratic: relating to
or supporting democracy or its principles.
Beneficial: resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.
Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions, a
sentence is divided into five segments. Choose the correct sequence which
correctly assembles the segments and completes the sentence.
Q6.
(A)time to accumulate them
(B) all scattered
(C)may take some
(D) so it
(E)my pictures are
(a) EBDCA
(b) ADCBE
(c) BDEAC
(d) CDEAB
(e) DEACB
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is EBDCA. The sentence will be,
My pictures are all scattered so it may take some
time to accumulate them.
Hence,
option (a) is the right answer choice.
Q7.
(A)the avoidable suffering
(B) the administration
(C)of citizens in the South
(D)contributed substantially to
(E) the callousness of
(a) ABECD
(b) BCEAD
(c) CEBAD
(d) EBDAC
(e) DEBAC
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is EBDAC. The sentence will be,
The callousness of the administration contributed substantially
to the avoidable suffering of citizens in the South.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
Q8.
(A)he remained passionate
(B)about rugby and
(C)sport on his 42-in
(D)plasma television screen
(E)cricket and enjoyed watching
(a) DEBAC
(b) EBDAC
(c) ABECD
(d) CEDBA
(e) BCEAD
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is ABECD. The sentence will be,
He remained passionate about rugby and cricket and
enjoyed watching sport on his 42-in plasma television screen.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
Q9.
(A) modern medicine
(B) unthinkable cures for
(C)up previously
(D) has thrown
(E) a range of diseases
(a) EBDCA
(b) ADCBE
(c) BDEAC
(d) CDEAB
(e) DEACB
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADCBE. The sentence will be,
Modern medicine has thrown up previously
unthinkable cures for a range of diseases.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
Q10.
(A) on the seabed that holds the
(B) kept searching
(C) power to restore his youth
(D) for a flower
(E)the eponymous king
(a) ABECD
(b) BCEAD
(c) CEBAD
(d) EBDAC
(e) DEBAC
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is EBDAC. The sentence will be,
The eponymous king kept searching for a flower on
the seabed that holds the power to restore his youth.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions, four
words are given in bold, of which one may be grammatically incorrect or misspelt.
Find the incorrect/misspelt word.
Q11. Primary schools have traditionally focused on
teaching young students’ social skills, the alphabet and simple language,
and basic math.
(a) Traditionally
(b) Young
(c) Alphabet
(d) Language
(e) All are correct
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. All words are correct. Hence, option (e) is the right
answer choice.
Q12. The central doctrine of Tagore’s aesthetic
philosophy lie rooted in human emotions, which act as a bridge
between the individual and the world.
(a) Doctrine
(b) Lie
(c) Act
(d) Individual
(e) All are correct
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Lies’ should be used instead of ‘lie’. Hence, option (b)
is the right answer choice.
Q13. You forget that you have lost someone, though
in another part of your brain that is the only relentles thought.
(a) Forget
(b) Though
(c) That
(d) Relentles
(e) All are correct
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘Relentless’ should be used instead of ‘relentles’.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
Q14. Political intrference
in education has eroded the credibility of many institutions and affected
modes of teacher recruitment.
(a) intrference
(b) Eroded
(c) Affected
(d) Recruitment
(e) All are correct
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Interference’ should be used instead of ‘intrference’.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
Q15. Advances in information technology give rise
to new ideas, their uses and the potential business value contained
in them.
(a) Advances
(b) Rise
(c) Potential
(d) Contained
(e) All are correct
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. All words are correct. Hence, option (e) is the right
answer choice.
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