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TOPIC Double fillers

 

Directions
(1-5): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below
each sentence there are five pairs of words/phrases. You have to choose a pair
of words that fits into the blanks to give a meaningful sentence.

Q1. The battle was now over it remained only to _________
the wounded and __________ the dead.

(a) fend; exhume                     (b) look after; disinter

(c) help; delve                              (d) succor; bury

(e) serve; cremate

 

Q2. The Japanese say they can ___________ Delhi’s stance on
a nuclear ___________ following Indian PM’s explanation.

(a) understand; arsenal
          (b) appreciate; moratorium

(c) negotiate; policy      (d) evalute; bomb

(e) grasp; law

Q3. That has left Petroleum Minister in the _________
position of deciding, when exactly to _________ the news to the country that
oil prices will go up.

(a) unenviable; break    (b) sound; broad cast

(c) stifling; spread         (d) brutal; disseminate

(e) buoyant; disclose

 

Q4. But of the __________ in the wake of the EFC
recommendations are any indications we must be prepared for more __________ tax
debates.

(a) quarrels; filthy                    (b) brawls; unfriendly

(c) fights; obnoxious                     (d) wrangles; acrimonious

(e) discussions;
affable

Q5. Its functioning has been __________ in secrecy and for
the first time our magazine lifts the __________.

(a) covered; secret       (b) hidden; truth

(c) screened; facts        (d) draped; falsehood

(e) cloaked; veil

 

Directions (6 to 10): There are
two gaps in each of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given,
choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately. The first word in the
pair should fill the first gap.

Q6. Early _____ of
maladjustment to college culture is _____ by the tendency to develop friendship

networks outside
college which mask signals of maladjustment.

(a) treatment,
compounded

(b) detection,
facilitated

(c) identification,
complicated

(d) prevention, helped

(e) perception,
disturbed

 

Q7. The British
retailer, M&S, today formally _____ defeat in its attempt to _____ King’s,
its US

subsidiary, since no
potential purchasers were ready to cough up the necessary cash.

(a) admitted, acquire

(b) conceded, offload

(c) announced, dispose

(d) ratified, auction

(e) denied, advance

 

Q8. Companies that try
to improve employees’ performance by _____ rewards encourage negative

kinds of behaviour
instead of _____ a genuine interest in doing the work well.

(a) giving, seeking

(b) bestowing,
discouraging

(c) conferring,
discrediting

(d) withholding,
fostering

(e) curbing, sponsoring

 

Q9. A growing number of
these expert professionals ________ having to train foreigners as the

students end up _____
the teachers who have to then unhappily contend with no jobs at all or new

jobs with drastically
reduced pay packets.

(a) resent, replacing

(b) resist, challenging

(c) welcome, assisting

(d) are, supplanting

(e) allow, abetting

 

Q10. The _____ regions
of Spain all have unique cultures, but the _____ views within each region make

the issue of an acceptable
common language of instruction an even more contentious one.

(a) different, discrete

(b) distinct, disparate

(c) divergent, distinct

(d) different,
competing

(e) definite, comparing

 

Directions
(11-15):

Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) in
the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions
given below them.

 

A.   
 The
quality of our minds is comparable to the best anywhere in the world

B.   
People are the greatest resources of any
country.

C.  
It, therefore, becomes imperative that we
harness our manpower properly.

D.  
Unfortunately, adequate attention has not been
paid to these essentials.

E.   
If the economic efficiency of our people is to
be improved, they must have the three basic necessities of life.

F.   
With their talent and genius, Indians have made
a mark in various fields throughout the world.

G.  
And so is the case with India.

H.  
However, we are handicapped by a burgeoning
population.

 

 

Q11. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a)          A

(b)          D

(c)          B

(d)          C

(e)          G

 

Q12. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a)   H

(b)    A

(c)   G

(d)    F

(e)    E

Q13. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a)    A

(b)    F

(c)    D

(d)   G

(e)   E

Q14. Which of the following should be
the FIFTH sentence after
rearrangement?

(a) E

(b) H

(c)  F

(d) C

(e)  G

 

Q15. Which of the following should be the EIGTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

(a)    G

(b)    F

(c)    E

(d)    D

(e)    B

 


SOLUTIONS:


 S1. Ans.
(d)

Sol. ‘succor; bury’ is the correct use.

Succor
to look after; help given to somebody in need or danger

Bury
put or hide
underground.

S2. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘appreciate; moratorium’ is the correct
use.

Appreciate
recognize
the full worth of.

Moratorium-
temporary stopping of an activity, especially by official agreement.  

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘unenviable; break’ is the correct use.

Unenviable
bad or unpleasant; not desirable.

S4. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘wrangles; acrimonious’ is the correct
use.

Wrangles
long and complicated argument.

Acrimonious
angry and bitter.

S5. Ans. (e)

Sol. ‘cloaked; veil’ is the correct use.

Cloaked
covered or hidden

Veil
a thing that hides or disguises something

S6. Ans (c)

Sol. ‘Identification,
complicated’ is the correct use.

If you have friends
outside college, they tend to mask adjustment problems with college colleagues.

S7. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘Conceded and
Offload’ is the correct use.

Conceded means admit or agree
that something is true after first denying or resisting it.

Offload means rid oneself of (something) by selling or
passing it on to someone else.

S8. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘withholding,
fostering’  is the correct use.

Withholding refuse to give
(something that is due to or is desired by another).

Fosteringencourage the
development of (something, especially something desirable).

Negative reinforcements
foster negative behavior.

S9. Ans. (a)

Sol.  ‘Resent and replacing’ is the correct use.

Resent- feel bitterness or indignation at (a
circumstance, action, or person).

S10. Ans. (a)

Sol.  In the first blank the confusion could be
between “different” and “distinct”. However once you know that certain regions
of Spain are unique, only then can you call them distinct, not before. Which is
why the first blank can’t be distinct. So the first blank should be different.
Now between (a) and (d) the correct answer is (a) because discrete means
distinct and so we are carrying forward the thought of difference between
regions and then in the regions themselves.

S11. Ans. (c)

Sol. The
correct sequence is BGFAHCED.

S12. Ans. (d)

Sol. The
correct sequence is BGFAHCED.

S13. Ans. (d)

Sol. The
correct sequence is BGFAHCED.

S14. Ans. (b)

Sol. The
correct sequence is BGFAHCED.

S15. Ans. (d)

Sol. The
correct sequence is BGFAHCED.

 

 

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