Directions(1-10):In
each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the
sentences, there are five options and the blanks are to be filled
with the pair of words given below to make the sentences correct.
Fill up the sentences with the correct word.
Q1. The
"Hotspot" dispute has dragged on for several decades, and
it would be unfortunate if the ............ of a final decision
arrived at through ........... adjudication is not monitored by an
independent authority.
(a) exercise; strict
(b) execution;
vigorous
(c) implementation; rigorous
(d) compliance;
severe
(e) action; stringent
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S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Implementation- the process of moving an idea from concept
or reality
Rigorous- severe or strict
Q2. The
most welcome feature of such a mechanism is that an issue concerning
the ........... of thousands of farmers will be taken out of the
political domain and ........... to experts.
(a) liberty;
empowered
(b) livelihood; entrusted
(c) subsistence;
endowed
(d) life span; bestowed
(e) lives; acquainted
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S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Livelihood- well-being
Entrusted- to trust to
the care of
Q3. Ordinarily,
who gets the first shot at forming the government should not matter
if neither group .......... in engineering ...........: the issue is
best settled on the floor of the House in a confidence vote.
(a)
indulged; infections
(b) engages; defections
(c) involves;
defaults
(d) participates; mistakes
(e) engrossed; faults
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S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Engages- to keep busy or occupied
Defections- faults
or malfunctions
Q4. The
Chinese have made no .......... about the urgency of seeking India’s
backing to .......... these headwinds blowing across the Pacific.
(a)
actions; encounter
(b) steps; strokes
(c) plans; make
(d)
bones; counter
(e) stones; forward
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S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. "no bones about" is an idiom which means to
say something directly without having any doubts
Counter- in
opposition
Q5. There
she plays the role of conductor, ............ and teasing the MPs to
sing. Sometimes, when they literally sing a different tune, she
............, correcting their pitch and adding some lines.
(a)
harassing; intimidates
(b) beckoning; interrupts
(c)
making; intervenes
(d) calling; interferes
(e) cajoling;
interjects
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S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Cajoling- to persuade someone to do
something
Interjects- to insert something between other
things
Q6. While
the eager beavers sit in the front row, there are some who don’t
want to be ........... — Mohan Sen, for instance, sits at the back
of the room, away from Ms. Chaterjee’s line of ............
(a)
called; approach
(b) beckoned; vision
(c) reckoned;
border
(d) noticed; reach
(e) seen; power
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S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Beckoned- to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to
make the person come closer
Vision- view
Q7. She
remained away from the ............ handling the relatively
............ IT department for over a year before getting Accounts in
July last.
(a) attention; latent
(b) spotlight;
enigmatic
(c) limelight; obscure
(d) noticed; ambiguous
(e)
perception; vague
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S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Limelight- attention
Obscure- hard to understand
Q8. The
government was fed up with constant ............. generated by her
and it felt ........... at every controversy she created.
(a)
strife; hindered
(b) issues; neglected
(c) fights;
embraced
(d) protests; ashamed
(e) controversies;
embarrassed
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S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Controversies- a debate, discussion of opposing opinions;
strife
Embarrassed- having a feeling of shameful
discomfort
Q9. The
press release was issued by the I&B Ministry, which had
........... the guidelines and sought to punish journalists by
cancelling their ........... if found circulating fake news.
(a)
formed; license
(b) modified; prescription
(c) changed;
affiliation
(d) amended; accreditation
(e) rectified;
approval
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S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Amended- that has been modified from a previous
form
Accreditation- to ascribe or credit with
Q10. Twelve
people are ........... killed after a flyover under construction
collapsed in Varanasi on Tuesday. Many vehicles are buried under the
.......... bridge near the railway station in Cantonment.
(a)
hardly; demolished
(b) badly; deformed
(c) feared;
collapsed
(d) drastically; weak
(e) completely; broken
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S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Feared- pertaining to someone or thing that causes great
fear in others
Collapsed- to break apart and fall down suddenly
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