Directions (1-10): In each of the questions given
below a sentence is given with one blank. Below each sentence FOUR words are given
out of which two can fit the BOLD word given in the sentence. Five options
are given with various combinations of these words. You have to choose the
combination with the correct set of words which can fit in the given
sentence.
Q1. With this sort of meditation, the
effects remain for a longer time.
(A) devotional exercise
(B) attention
(C) affection
(D) contemplative discourse
(a) A-B
(b) B-D
(c) A-D
(d) B-C
(e) A-C
Q2. In these stressful times, to remain poised
amid chaos and to attain that ever-elusive inner stillness is the most pressing
need.
(A) stable
(B) balanced
(C) support
(D) patient
(a) A-D
(b) A-C
(c) A-B
(d) B-D
(e) B-C
Q3. A public reception will be organized for one
of Kerala’s senior-most cricketers, P Ravi Achan, who turned 90 recently.
(A) newly
(B) long ago
(C) formerly
(D) freshly
(a) B-C
(b) C-D
(c) A-D
(d) A-B
(e) B-D
Q4. Located in southern Brazil, Florianopolis is
a top destination for surfers, beach-goers, and nightlife-lovers.
(A) haters
(B) connoisseurs
(C) followers
(D) makers
(a) B-D
(b) C-D
(c) A-B
(d) B-C
(e) A-D
Q5. There should be a sense of certainty that
citizens would not be harmed or their services curtailed even as the
very Aadhaar scheme was under the court’s microscope.
(A) shortened
(B) abridged
(C) mutilated
(D) amputated
(a) A-B
(b) B-C
(c) A-C
(d) C-D
(e) A-D
Q6. The incident took place on the
Kistaram-Pelondi road in south Sukma, hardly a few kilometres from the Kistaram
police camp.
(A) event
(B) era
(C) happening
(D) occurrence
(a) A-C
(b) B-C
(c) C-D
(d) A-B
(e) A-D
Q7. On Saturday morning, when the group started
to trek, there was no sign of fire in the entire forest range, and by evening,
the team reached the Kolukkumalai tea estate at the top of the hill and camped
there.
(A) stopped
(B) startled
(C) began
(D) initiated
(a) A-C
(b) C-D
(c) A-B
(d) B-C
(e) A-D
Q8. Binu came in the public eye only last month
after the police swooped down on his birthday party, where 100 other criminals
had gathered.
(A) focused
(B) determined
(C) deviated
(D) centered
(a) B-D
(b) A-C
(c) A-D
(d) A-B
(e) B-C
Q9. After he entered the house, Naresh threatened
the woman with a knife and tried to sexually abuse her.
(A) confident
(B) assured
(C) endangered
(D) scandalized
(a) C-D
(b) A-D
(c) A-C
(d) B-C
(e) A-B
Q10. The manner in which they conducted
themselves — without disrupting the lives of other citizens and refraining from
aggressive sloganeering — is not how India’s myriad protesters typically
behave.
(A) multifaceted
(B) tirade
(C) detrimental
(D) innumerable
(a) C-D
(b) A-B
(c) B-D
(d) A-D
(e) A-C
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. A-D
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. A-B
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. A-D
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. B-C
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. A-B
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. A-D
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. C-D
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. A-D
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. C-D
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. A-D
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