Directions (1-10): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
The Indian media has never been a (1)........... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)........... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5)...........; there was some form of a social (6)........... There was an (7).......... firewall that (8)........... these two universes. However, in the last five to six years, this firewall seems to have lost its (9).......... disinformation is (10)........... into credible sections of the media because the (11)............ of disinformation happens to be our own leaders. This poses a (12).......... question about the nature of reporting. (13).......... reporting means reporting what was said. But if statements themselves are wrong, do reporters (14).......... about them or not? Wouldn’t not reporting (15).......... to censorship?
Q1.
(a) enormous
(b) monolith
(c) burden
(d) mammoth
(e) bug bear
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S1. Ans.(b) Sol. monolith- anything massive, uniform and unmovable
Q2.
(a) controversial
(b) imaginary
(c) bogus
(d) credulous
(e) credible
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S2. Ans.(e) Sol. credible- believable
Q3.
(a) alternate
(b) similarity
(c) emulated
(d) corresponding
(e) opposite
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S3. Ans.(d) Sol. corresponding- that have a similar relationship
Q4.
(a) contrary
(b) counterstroke
(c) counterpoint
(d) conundrum
(e) enigma
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S4. Ans.(c) Sol. counterpoint- an opposite point
Q5.
(a) control
(b) attention
(c) prevention
(d) pressure
(e) compulsion
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S5. Ans.(a) Sol. control- to exercise influence over
Q6.
(a) compel
(b) refrain
(c) leash
(d) abstain
(e) fasten
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S6. Ans.(c) Sol. leash- to curb or restrain
Q7.
(a) visible
(b) invisible
(c) palpable
(d) tangible
(e) restricted
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S7. Ans.(b) Sol. invisible- that which can’t be seen
Q8.
(a) annex
(b) kept away
(c) apart
(d) separated
(e) combine
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S8. Ans.(d) Sol. separated- estranged
Q9.
(a) right
(b) charge
(c) capacity
(d) caliber
(e) power
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S9. Ans.(e) Sol. power- ability to coerce, influence or control
Q10.
(a) venting
(b) flowing
(c) seeping
(d) penetrate
(e) falling
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S10. Ans.(c) Sol. seeping- leaking
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