Directions (1-8): In each of the following questions, a statement is given with a single blank followed by five options. Choose the option that can fit in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If none of the options could fit in the blank, mark your answer as ‘None of these’; (e).
Q1. The report will do much to _______________ parents of children at the school.
(a) Continuance
(b) Probability
(c) Reassure
(d) Highlighted
(e) None of these
Q2. Media groups invest huge sums on __________________ and in political donations to defend their interests.
(a) Lobbying
(b) Pushed
(c) Throwback
(d) Sustained
(e) None of these
Q3. Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a ________________ financial position.
(a) Defer
(b) Adjourn
(c) Precarious
(d) Continues
(e) None of these
Q4. A period spent working abroad had done nothing to _________________ him.
(a) Learned
(b) Scholarly
(c) Experienced
(d) Mellow
(e) None of these
Q5. There’s a lot of _________________ about that issue – for every person firmly in favour, there’s someone fiercely against it.
(a) Disputable
(b) Contention
(c) Questioning
(d) Conflicted
(e) None of these
Q6. The _______________ coincidence that led to the tragedy was made clear by accident investigators’ measurements.
(a) Deadly
(b) Evils
(c) Malign
(d) Conspired
(e) None of these
Q7. The President is attempting to _______________ the notion that he has neglected the economy.
(a) Purged
(b) Elimination
(c) Dispel
(d) Cancelled
(e) None of these
Q8. Some of the new findings, though, support previously ____________________ folk wisdom about alcohol and caffeine.
(a) Requests
(b) Unsubstantiated
(c) Claims
(d) Appealed
(e) None of these
Directions (9-15): In the sentences given below, four words have been highlighted and placed in a sentence. Identify the correct sequence of the words in the sentence. Identify the correct sequence and mark that option of as your answer.
Q9. It is time he redeemed (A) that pledge, and worked to inflicted (B) the deep wounds policy(C) by his misguided heal (D) priorities.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q10. Several other BJP blamed (A) have continued to make functionaries (B) statements menacing (C) the NRC, even after the Prime Minister regarding (D) the Opposition.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q11. No person should discrimination (A) any form of disability or suffer (B) because of his religion but all alike (C) should be free to share to the fullest degree (D) in the common life.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q12. In the context of persecution (A), religion has to be understood (B) not from the believer’s adversaries (C) of view; rather it is about what it means to its point (D).
(a) BACD
(b) ABDC
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q13. Before one begins to interpret (A) the nature of the nature (B) of the judgment, it is worth citing (C) a few recent instances in the consequences (D) of decisions by the Supreme Court.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q14. All religious comfort (A) inhabiting a particular communities (B) must live with territory (C) ease and continuing (D) with one another.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Q15. The business (A) of government is to facilitate (B) a better everyday life for all ordinary (C) citizens, including Hindus and Muslims, not to destroy (D) it.
(a) BACD
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
(e) No arrangement required
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Reassure fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Lobbying’ fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. Precarious fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Mellow fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Contention fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. Malign fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Dispel fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Unsubstantiated fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is ADBC. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is BCDA. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is BACD. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is ABDC. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is ADCB. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the words is BCDA. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. The highlighted words in the given sentence are correctly arranged and there is no correction required. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
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