Directions (1-15): In the questions given below
a sentence(s) is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question
two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of
words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the
sentence contextually correct and meaningful.
Q1. No matter who ——————- in May, we
will need to fight against this ———————– broad brush-stroke
politics.
(a) B-E
(b) C-D
(c) A-E
(d) A-E and A-F
(e) None of the above
Q2. The ———————– in industrial
activity and the ——————- in retail inflation pose a policy
challenge.
(a) B-D, B-E, C-D and C-E
(b) B-D and A-F
(c) A-F
(d) C-D
(e) None of the above
Q3. Jet Airways ——————— a temporary
halt of its operations from Wednesday night as funds to keep the airline going
——————— up.
(a) B-E
(b) A-D
(c) C-D
(d) A-F
(e) None of the above
Q4. The collapse of Jet has caused
———————- in the market and also raised some serious questions
over why the domestic airline industry is proving to be so ———————
for enterprises.
(a) B-F
(b) C-E
(c) A-D and C-F
(d) A-D, B-D, A-F and B-F
(e) None of the above
Q5. There
have been more than half-a-dozen private airline companies that have fallen by
the ————- in the last decade and more and it is well-known how Air
India is —————— up with government support.
(a) B-D
(b) A-D
(c) C-E
(d) A-F
(e) None of the above
Q6. While it is true that fuel costs, which
account for about half of the —————- of running an airline, have been
difficult to manage, the fact is that reckless competition is responsible for
the sorry —————- of the industry.
(a) B-F
(b) B-E and C-E
(c) A-F
(d) A-E
(e) None of the above
Q7. It is
time that airlines took ——————– of their collective plight and
stopped ——————— each other on fares.
(a) A-D
(b) A-F
(c) B-D
(d) C-E
(e) None of the above
Q8. It is ———————– that airfares
have largely stayed stable over several years, benefiting passengers but
————————- airlines.
(a) A-E and C-D
(b) C-D
(c) A-E, A-F, B-E and B-F
(d) B-F
(e) None of the above
Q9. Modernising colonial era laws is a
long-delayed project, but the draft Indian Forest Act, 2019 is ——————–
short of being a transformative ——————— of legislation.
(a) A-D and B-D
(b) C-E
(c) B-F
(d) C-F
(e) None of the above
Q10. India’s forests play a key role in
————————— the lives of not just the adivasis and other
traditional dwellers, but everyone in the subcontinent, through their
———————- on the climate and monsoons.
(a) C-F
(b) C-E
(c) A-E and A-F
(d) B-E
(e) None of the above
Q11. As the ————————— for
elections to the 17th Lok Sabha begins, the world’s largest democracy has a
——————— to re-imagine itself.
(a) C-E
(b) C-D
(c) B-E
(d) B-D
(e) None of the above
Q12. India
did make some dangerous turns and show signs of ————————-,
especially during the Emergency in the 1970s, but in the long term it expanded
the ————————– of its democracy through widening
representation, devolution of power and redistribution of resources.
(a) A-D, A-E, C-D and C-E
(b) A-D and C-E
(c) B-F
(d) B-E
(e) None of the above
Q13. The ————————– of Indian
democracy have been pronounced in the last five years and some of its long-term
gains have been —————————-.
(a) A-E
(b) A-F
(c) C-D
(d) B-D
(e) None of the above
Q14. The
ECI has announced a series of fresh ———————- to strengthen the
integrity of the electoral process and curb some rapidly ———————
hazards such as the spread of falsehoods aimed at creating social polarisation
for consolidation of votes.
(a) B-E
(b) A-D and C-F
(c) B-D,
C-D, B-F and C-F
(d) A-E
(e) None of the above
Q15. Though the promise of Indian democracy has
not been fully ————— , voters have remained ————– to it.
(a) C-D
(b) A-E
(c) C-F
(d) B-E
(e) None of the above
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘A-E and A-F’ is the correct combination
here. ‘Entrenched’ means establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly
that change is very difficult or unlikely.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘B-D, B-E, C-D and C-E’ are the correct
combinations here. ‘Downturn’ means a decline in economic, business, or other
activity. and ‘spike’ means a sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration
of something.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘C-D’ is the correct combination here.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘A-D, B-D, A-F and B-F’ are the correct
combinations here. ‘Perilous’ means full of danger or risk.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘B-D’ is the correct combination here. ‘fall
by the Wayside’ means fail to persist in an endeavour or undertaking and
‘propped’ means support or keep in position.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘C-E and B-E’ are the correct combinations
here.’Plight’ means a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘B-D’ is the correct combination here.
‘Undercutting’ means
weaken; undermine.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘A-D, A-F, B-E and B-F’ are the correct
combinations here.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘A-D and B-D’ are the correct combinations
here. ‘Woefully’ means very badly; deplorably.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘A-E and A-F’ are the correct combinations
here.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘B-D’ is the correct combination here.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘A-D, C-D, A-E and C-E’ are the correct
combinations here. ‘Frangible’ means able to be broken into fragments; brittle
or fragile.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘C-D’ is the correct combination here.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘B-D, C-D, B-F and C-F’ are the correct
combinations here.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘C-D’ is the correct combination here.
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