TOPIC: Double Fillers
Directions (1-15): The following sentences contain two blanks which prevent them from forming a coherent sentence. Choose the pair of words which will be used to complete the sentence and make it meaningful. If none of the pairs fit in the blanks, then choose option (e) ‘none of these’ as your answer.
Q1. The Karnataka government on Monday ________________ Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant with immediate ________________.
(a) propriety, digress
(b) transferred, effect
(c) diction, rebuke
(d) level, retain
(e) none of these
Q2. Acknowledging his ________________ with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, world number one Novak Djokovic said that 21-time Grand Slam champion Nadal is the biggest opponent of his ________________.
(a) observatory, entreating
(b) sheer, mortifying
(c) significant, repairing
(d) rivalry, career
(e) none of these
Q3. Uber on Monday said it has ________________ pilot food delivery services with autonomous ________________ in two cities in US’ California.
(a) readiness, return
(b) antipathy, decree
(c) launched, vehicles
(d) dilemma, tribulation
(e) none of these
Q4. Sri Lanka’s new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday ________________ privatising national airline Sri Lankan Airlines as part of ________________ aimed at paying off the economic crisis-hit country’s debts.
(a) proposed, reforms
(b) exertion, reconsiderations
(c) suffrage. derivations
(d) imposition, introductions
(e) none of these
Q5. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned ________________ provider and operator, Urja Global, and four individuals from ________________ in the securities market for two years.
(a) tenacity, hypothetical
(b) idiosyncrasy, pragmatic
(c) retirement, global
(d) energy, dealing
(e) none of these
Q6. India, the world’s second-largest wheat ________________, on May 13 said it was banning private exports to manage its food ________________ which is “at risk”.
(a) dodging, restrictions
(b) grower, security
(c) pleading, objectivity
(d) provoking, proceedings
(e) none of these
Q7. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ________________ his immediate intervention to solve the “serious disruptions” faced by the textile ________________ in the state.
(a) punishing, crucial
(b) uncanny, disingenuous
(c) seeking, industry
(d) disparaging, pedantic
(e) none of these
Q8. Talking about his ________________ of winning the title at upcoming French Open, Novak Djokovic said he would ________________ himself as one of the favourites following his form in the last few weeks.
(a) circumstances, utter
(b) campaigns, conduct
(c) guidelines, detect
(d) chances, rate
(e) none of these
Q9. India’s badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has ________________ that the Indian badminton team’s first-ever Thomas Cup win is a ________________ for every Indian.
(a) said, victory
(b) refuted, granting
(c) rattled, infuriating
(d) articulated, imposing
(e) none of these
Q10. Sweden’s ________________ Social Democratic Party approved the country’s NATO ________________ on Sunday.
(a) pristine, commission
(b) ruling, bid
(c) ominous, satire
(d) incidental, irony
(e) none of these
Q11. Elisabeth Borne was ________________ France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to ________________ the post in the country.
(a) devastating, feared
(b) appointed, hold
(c) fragrant, scrutinized
(d) competent, counteracted
(e) none of these
Q12. Sweden will apply for ________________ in NATO as a deterrent against Russian ________________, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Monday, reversing two centuries of military non-alignment.
(a) clip, empower
(b) elicit, pervade
(c) admonish, warrant
(d) membership, aggression
(e) none of these
Q13. Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said the island nation’s economy was in a precarious ________________ and that the cash-strapped nation was ________________ out of petrol.
(a) debacle, affectionate
(b) affords, limping
(c) condition, currently
(d) demands, mythological
(e) none of these
Q14. The ________________ heatwave in Delhi and other north Indian states will abate from Tuesday for the next four days, IMD senior ________________ RK Jenamani said.
(a) ongoing, scientist
(b) indulged, rhetoric
(c) bolstered, multitudes
(d) revoked, revelations
(e) none of these
Q15. India ________________ Germany to become the world’s fourth largest automotive ________________ in 2021, data by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA) showed.
(a) appended, flourish
(b) chastised, urge
(c) surpassed, market
(d) explicated, devise
(e) none of these
Solutions:
S1. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: transferred, effect.
S2. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are rivalry, career.
S3. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: launched, vehicles.
S4. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: proposed, reforms
S5. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: energy, dealing.
S6. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: grower, security.
S7. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: seeking, industry.
S8. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: chances, rate.
S9. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: said, victory.
S10. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: ruling, bid.
S11. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: appointed, hold.
S12. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: membership, aggression.
S13. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: condition, currently.
S14. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: ongoing, scientist.
S15. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct pair of words that will be make the sentence coherent are: surpassed, market.
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