Direction (Qs.1 to 10): Each question below contains a statement with three blanks followed by four options. Choose the option that can fill the three blanks and mark it as your answer.
Question No : 1
However, the cynical calculations and the _____ of the ruling party leave little scope for _____ for this suffering. In fact, the very logic of an idea like the NRC— particularly in the times of generalized political _____ of exclusionary-divisive rhetoric-recludes such humanitarian considerations and, therefore, has grave implications for polity and society going beyond Assam.
(1) denude, virulent, quaver
(2) agenda, virulent, quaver
(3) agenda, empathy, ascendancy
(4) denude, empathy, ascendancy
(5) None of these
Question No : 2
Given that 1,50,000 people die in road accidents in the country-10 per cent of all such _____ worldwide — the necessity of a road safety law cannot be overstated. The Motor Vehicles Act _____ a 10-fold increase in fines for road safety traffic violations, driving under the influence of alcohol, not using seat belts and driving _____ seat belts.
(1) obviate, adage, without
(2) fatalities, stipulates, maxim
(3) obviate, adage, maxim
(4) fatalities, stipulates, without
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
Every moment there is a flower _____, a bird tweeting, a bee humming, a raindrop falling, a snowflake _____ along the clear evening air. There is magic everywhere. If you learn how to live it, life is nothing short of a daily _____.
(1) blossoming, wafting, miracle
(2) preclude, wafting, miracle
(3) blossoming, recalcitrant, castigate
(4) preclude, recalcitrant, castigate
(5) None of these
Question No : 4
On the other hand, all is not dark and depressing, there is a brighter alternative, the path of disciplined _____ for less. And this is what I choose to follow. I am a neurosurgeon, and as a super specialist, I am _____ as a person who knows more and more about less and less. And then, this less paradoxically becomes more than the more. I realise it each time I operate. The more I go into the details, the more I realise the depths of my _____.
(1) pursuit, defined, unassailable
(2) ephemeral, compulsion, unassailable
(3) ephemeral, compulsion, ignorance
(4) pursuit, defined, ignorance
(5) None of these
Question No : 5
Book readers are special people, and they will always turn _______books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the _______ones. There’s nothing wrong with them; but they are missing out on one of life’s _______and rewards.
(1) for, annexation, sway
(2) to, unfortunate, compensations
(3) for, annexation, compensations
(4) to, unfortunate, sway
(5) None of these
Question No : 6
Moderate Republicans in the Senate are under pressure from Democrats to _____ witnesses to appear at the impeachment trial, with Bolton top of their list. Meanwhile, McConnell is under pressure to round up his caucus and move to vote by the end of the week first to block _____ and then to _____Trump on the impeachment charges altogether.
(1) strenuous, lethargic, falter
(2) compel, witnesses, falte
(3) strenuous, lethargic, acquit
(4) compel, witnesses, acquit
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
But new research suggests that this figure could be _____ the extent of the global slowdown. In a new study, Jacob Assa of the United Nations Development Programme raises questions about the _____ of real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the common _____ of economic progress in countries around the world.
(1) underestimating, veracity, measure
(2) constrained, depredation, measure
(3) constrained, depredation, renovate
(4) underestimating, veracity, renovate
(5) None of these
Question No : 8
According to sources, Andrew is “committed to the legal process”. One reportedly said: “He is angry about the way this is being _____ and _____ as to why this was said in New York.” Andrew stepped down from royal duties in November after his _____ interview on BBC’s News night over his relationship with Epstein.
(1) portrayed, bewildered, deferral
(2) generalize, infer, deferral
(3) generalize, infer, disastrous
(4) portrayed, bewildered, disastrous
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
Some hunters pay more to bag unusual trophies, but now the South African government is under fire for _____ further gene manipulation ventures that scientists say could have a damaging effect on the continent’s wildlife. Writing in the latest issue of the South African Journal of Science, a group of 10 senior wildlife scientists and researchers have criticised the government for quietly _____ the country’s Animal Improvement Act last year to allow for the domestication and “genetic improvement” of at least 24 indigenous wildlife species-including rare and _____ animals such as rhino, cheetah, lion, buffalo and several antelope species.
(1) permitting, amending, certainty
(2) bleak, dismal, certainty
(3) permitting, amending, endangered
(4) bleak, dismal, endangered
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
Now an assistant professor of sociology at McMaster University in Ontario, Chong researches how fiction book reviews come to _____, trying to solve the puzzle of why some books get reviewed and why so many more are _____. Her new book, Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times makes the case for the _____ of old-guard professional criticism even in the Internet age.
(1) unprecedented, cease, persistence
(2) fruition, ignored, persistence
(3) unprecedented, cease, eternal
(4) fruition, ignored, eternal
(5) None of these
