Direction (1-10):
Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should
replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence
meaningfully correct? Choose the best option among the five given
alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of
the grammatically correct sentence.
Q1. Hence,
summarizing all these pundits, every Indian who was looking for a
job was disappointed with multiple job offers.
(a) was
shocked
(b) was threatened
(c) was besieged
(d) was
helpless
(e) was exhausted
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S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. 'was besieged' means was surrounded. This alternative
suits the statement as every Indian who has been talked about in the
passage is surrounded by the jobs.
Q2. Perhaps
the only thing the government needs to do now is to set up youth
counseling centers across the country to help India’s youth decide
which of their many job offersthey should call, and match their
career aspirations.
(a) they should ignore
(b) they should
choose
(c) they should ponder upon
(d) they must
consider
(e) they need to grab
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S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. 'they should choose' as the suggestion has been made
in the context of the passage which government has to do now in
order to help people in selection of their jobs.
Q3. The
issue of jobs is a global issue that is emerging all major
economies today, including the developed ones.
(a) that
profits
(b) that should ignore
(c) that is challenged
by
(d) that was facing
(e) that is confronting
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S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. 'that is confronting' means that which is causing
distress. Hence, the issue of jobs mentioned in the context is a
global distressful one.
Q4. There
will be no wondering if, almost by a magical act, the Academy will
present before us a writer who many of us had not known, but will now
be the richer for being pushed to difficulties, as it did most
recently in 2014 when it awarded French novelist Patrick Modiano.
(a)
being motivated to excel
(b) being noticed to reveal
(c)
being ignored to condemn
(d) being nudged to read
(e) being
exasperated to exhaust
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S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. 'being nudged to read' means being pushed to notice
as the writer who was earlier not known to the others will now gain
the attention of the everyone.
Q5. He is
an improver, and counsels that the mark of a good translator, as it
is of an editor, is to be able to determine what needs fixing in
order to establish the dignity of task and help it be the
best it can be to achieve its purpose.
(a) to reduce the
pressure of the work
(b) to maintain the integrity of the
work
(c) to examine the level of the task
(d) to maintain
the status of the work done
(e) to ignore the guidelines of the
task
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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. 'to maintain the integrity of the work' as the
person's quality has been talked about whose expertise helps in
maintaining the integrity of the work.
Q6. In
between notes engraved to books she’s recommended at a
public library, presumably during her decade as a librarian in the
American Midwest, there is one addressed to a rather fancy, over
stylized personal library she stumbles upon at a party.
(a)
extracted from the books
(b) hidden to books
(c) written to
books
(d) encrypted to books
(e) erased from the books
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S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. 'written to books' as the notes have been mentioned
in the beginning part of the statement which is obviously written to
books.
Q7. In
contrast, most of us bookshelf flowers have far more self-control,
and are usually excited to purchase at and politely browse
through endless shelves, whether at a bookshop, a public library, an
acquaintance’s home and even our own more modest collections.
(a)
eager to stole
(b) content to stare
(c) excited to
explore
(d) helpless to find
(e) satisfied to search
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S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. 'content to stare' means feel satisfied to look at
something. Here, book lovers are referred as the bookshelf flowers
who are always in search of the new stuff to read.
Q8. Each
reading experience is unique to its place and time, and cannot
be copied In spite of my hopes, I know that no library can be
fully resurrected.
(a) cannot be explained
(b) cannot be
experienced again
(c) cannot be duplicated
(d) can be
ignored
(e) can't be overlooked
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S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. 'cannot be duplicated' as the uniqueness of the
experience has been discussed.
Q9. One
thing I think is fearful, though, to find a way to acknowledge
the limits of what you can know, and to be honest about what it is
you don’t know.
(a) is typical
(b) is critical
(c)
is crucial
(d) is ignorant
(e) is tactful
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S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. 'is crucial' means is very much important or
essential.
Q10. It
is especially interesting to note the difference between colonial and
free India on the question of women being explained under
their own names.
(a) being enrolled
(b) being pushed
(c)
being exploited
(d) being used
(e) being harassed
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S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. 'being enrolled' as the status of the women in the
society has been talked about.
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