Directions(1-15):In
each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below
each sentence, there are five options and each blank is to be filled
with the pair of words given below to make the sentence correct. Fill
up the sentences with the correct word.
Q1. (I) A
special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has issued
non-bailable warrants against .................... diamond merchants
Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, accused of defrauding the Punjab
National Bank (PNB), the country’s second largest lender, of over
Rs. 13,500 crore.
(II) The issuance of these warrants will
enable the ....................... agencies to request the Interpol
to issue Red Corner Notices against them.
(a) rescinding,
verification
(b) absconding, investigating
(c) beckoning,
intriguing
(d) eloping, enquiring
(e) evading, trespassing
S1.
Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) abscond(ing) means to act or to
flee. Here, the sentence is about the orders issued by a court
for the non-bailable warrants against the accused who have absconded
after defrauding the bank.
(II) investigat(ing) means to
inquire into the facts in order to ascertain information. Thus,
the agencies mentioned in the given statement are the investigating
agencies.
rescind(ing)- to declare null or void
beckon(ing)- to
wave or nod to somebody in order to call closer
intrigue(ing)- to
trespass
elop(ing)- to run away from home
evade(ing)- to
escape
Q2. (I)
Presumably, most of these colleges functioned with less faculty and
far less students than their .................. intake, while a few
colleges just depended on the fee reimbursement scheme.
(II)
College managements were expecting support from the government as
they ................... whole-hearted support to the Telangana
agitation, but the Government had other ideas.
(a) standardized,
contracted
(b) regularized, made
(c) developed,
provided
(d) stipulated, extended
(e) statutory, expanded
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S2.
Ans.(d)
Sol. (I) stipulated means required for
the purpose. And, the sentence is about the availability of the
faculty for the students i.e. the stipulated intake of faculty for
the students.
(II) In the given statement, managements are
expecting a support as they too have extended their whole- hearted
support to the Telangana agitation.
Q3. (I) While
he is believed to have no direct role in the murder, he has been
.................. of harbouring Salih bin Jalal, alias Ali Bhai, the
prime suspect in the case, and assisting him in his escape.
(II)
The accused was ................... after being produced at a local
court on Sunday. With this, two arrests have been recorded in the
case.
(a) accused, remanded
(b) liberated, demanded
(c)
alleged, rebuked
(d) accused, reprieved
(e) alleged, bailed
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S3.
Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) accused means the person who is
blamed. Therefore, the context of the sentence is about a
crime, which directly relates to the accusation or the
accused.
(II) remanded means the act of sending
an accused person back into the custody whilst awaiting
trial.
rebuked- a harsh criticism
reprieved-
cancelled or postponed
Q4. (I) The
bank has received ................ support from the government, other
stakeholders and employees to come out of the situation
(II) It
is learnt that security guards to be ................ by IPL
organisers may prevent ticket holders wearing black clothes for the
match as there are calls by various political leaders and actors to
stage a black badge protest on the Cauvery issue.
(a) gradual,
involved
(b) unusual, absorbed
(c) tremendous, engaged
(d)
incredible, indulged
(e) tremendous, absorbed
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S4.
Ans.(c)
Sol. (I) tremendous means extremely
large. Thus, to come out of the situation, the bank has
received a tremendous support from different parties.
(II)
engaged means employed(here). And, the context of the
sentence straightly reflects that the guards in the IPL were engaged
to prevent ticket holders from wearing black clothes.
gradual-
proceedings by steps or small degrees.
Q5. (I) The
police had advised the organisers to install surveillance cameras in
all stands and at ................. points in and around the
stadium.
(II) Further, a presidential ................ is issued
only for four months after which it lapses.
(a) advantage,
degree
(b) merit, legal
(c) demerit, law
(d) vintage,
decree
(e) vantage, decree
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S5.
Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) vantage means advantage. Thus,
it was ordered to install at the vantage points in the stadium and
all around it.
(II) decree means law. Hence,
law/decree is issued which is presidential.
Q6. (I) The
girls recalled their time in jail and ................... not going
to school. Had they been educated they would have been able to argue
their case with the police.
(II) Three boys ..................
in an abandoned stone quarry that was filled with water after the
recent spell of rain in Mannur village in Belagavi taluk on
Sunday.
(a) rebuked, sank
(b) regretted, drowned
(c)
reprieved, wetted
(d) apologized, drowned
(e) rebuked,
floated
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S6.
Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) regretted means to be felt
sorry. Thus, the accused girls regretted for the act done by
them.
(II) drowned means to die from suffocation
while immersed in water or other fluid.And,the boys drowned in an
abandoned stone quarry.
Sink- to descend or submerge
Q7. (I) Seven
railway employees, including two engine drivers and three carriage
repairing staff, have been placed under ..................
(II)
Dalit Mahasabha is planning to stage a series of protests and
.................... in the State this month.
(a) suspension,
agitations
(b) comprehension, proceedings
(c) apprehension,
rallies
(d) skepticism, marching
(e) suspension,
proceedings
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S7.
Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) suspension means act of
suspending. Thus, the mentioned staff were placed under the
suspension.
(II) agitation means commotion. And, the
party here is panning for protest and agitation.
skepticism-
doubt
Q8. (I)
Certainly, for all the ................. calculations that guided
Opposition parties and the government at different points to have the
Houses disrupted, eventually neither benefits.
(II) A
special session before the monsoon session to finish pending business
has been ................
(a) estimated, solved
(b)
complicated, unargued
(c) expeditious, debatable
(d)
tentative, simple
(e) expedient, mooted
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S8.
Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) expedient means advisable or
desirable. Here, calculations were too expedient.
(II)
mooted means debated.
expeditious- speedy
Q9. (I) But
his supporters as well as several international observers have raised
questions about the judiciary’s ....................
(II)
The evidence against him is the testimony of an executive of the
company, which ................... got as part of a plea bargain.
(a)
stand, conspirators
(b) instance, officials
(c) stance,
prosecutors
(d) instance, workers
(e) stand, generals
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S9.
Ans.(c)
Sol. (I) stance means stand or opinion.
Thus, here we are talking about the judiciary's stance i.e.
opinion.
(II) prosecutors means the one who do
prosecution.
Q10. (I)
Lazing headlines and accounts that followed told us how many people
had been killed and injured, about .................... acts of
arson, of the blocking of trains, closure of shops and the calling in
of Central forces in some States.
(II) Affirmative action
policies centering on the politics of presence have certainly
.................... to the repair of historical wrongs.
(a)
uncountable, collected
(b) invulnerable, participated
(c)
innumerable, indulged
(d) innumerable, contributed
(e)
numerable, involved
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S10.
Ans.(d)
Sol. (I) innumerable here refers to the acts
of the arsons which caused lots of destruction in the state.
(II)
contributed here fits best because the affirmative action
policies which have been talked about in the context, have
contributed to the repair of the historical wrongs.
Q11. (I) A
vibrant literary movement denounces the .................... of an
entire community from mainstream society, and chronicles the
nerve-racking experience of being treated as an outcaste.
(II)
And it disrupts social relationships based on the reciprocal
.................. to see each other as equal and as worthy of
dignity.
(a) inevitable, desire
(b) ostracism,
obligation
(c) unavoiding, compulsion
(d) fettering,
pressurizing
(e) liberation, wish
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S11.
Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) ostracism means the process of
making someone/something out of the group.Here, the vibrant literary
movement is denouncing the ostracism(exclusion) of the mentioned
society.
(II) obligation here is for seeing each other
equally and with equal dignity.
fetter- to bound someone
(in chain)
Q12. (I)
Indians have failed to secure justice for their own fellow citizens.
It is time to express .................
(II) A
................. on what constitutes, or should constitute, the
basic rules of society is central to our collective lives.
(a)
union, discord
(b) solitary, concise
(c) solidarity,
consensus
(d) solitude, conscience
(e) disunity, agreement
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S12.
Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) solidarity means union. And,
the Indians here have failed to secure justice for their fellow
citizens. Thus, they are talking about the unity or union.
(II)
consensus means agreement.
Q13. (I)
Anyone who suffers from these multiple disadvantages will find it
impossible to ................... in social, economic and cultural
transactions as an equal.
(II) But the ideology of
discrimination continues to ..................... despite a multitude
of constitutional provisions, laws, affirmative action policies and
political mobilisation.
(a) participate, dominate
(b)
involve, condone
(c) indulge, overlook
(d) present,
dominate
(e) participate, neglect
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S13.
Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) Seeing the context of the
statement, participate is the best suited alternative
here.
(II) dominate means to exert pressure on
someone and then rule over him.
Q14. (I)
Forests also ................. stream flows and sediment, benefiting
downstream communities.
(II) Instead what was required was
................. devolution of control over forests.
(a)
adjust, objective
(b) regulate, substantive
(c) irregulate,
substantiate
(d) overcome, subjective
(e) control,
dependent
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S14.
Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) regulate means to control or
direct, which has a direct reference to the context of the
statement.
(II) substantive means essential.
Q15. (I)
It will constitute abuse only if it is accompanied by the forcible
removal of the wife from the matrimonial home, or her abandonment
......................
(II) A protection order is meant not only
to prohibit the accused from committing any act of domestic violence,
it can also stop him from entering the place of employment of the
...................... person.
(a) forsake, happy
(b)
acceptance, accused
(c) reluctance, culprit
(d) abundance,
alleged
(e) abandonment, aggrieved
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S15.
Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) abandonment means desertion. Here,
we are talking about the abuse and forcible removal of a wife from
the matrimonial home making her abandoned.
(II)
aggrieved means the person who has been suffered.
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