Question No : 1

The Union government launched an ___________this week as part of measures to double the number of people covered by its pension scheme from the current 3.09 crore to more than six crore.

(1) Evaluation

(2) Intention

(3) Ostracization

(4) Abstraction

(5) None of the above

Question No : 2

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an Argentinian Earth-observation satellite into space on Sunday and for the first time ____________ a first-stage booster back at its California launch site.

(1) Surprised

(2) Travelled

(3) Landed

(4) Expanded

(5) All of the above

Question No : 3

In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something _______ comes along - a new technology, business model or service design.

(1) Disruptive

(2) Careful

(3) Struggling

(4) Sparkling

(5) None of the above

Question No : 4

Food manufacturers have checks and strategies to ensure the safety of ingredients, but even the best have recalled products that were _______at their outset.

(1) Implied

(2) Contaminated

(3) Produced

(4) Packed

(5) All of the above

Question No : 5

India’s second-largest airport is under _____ stress, and air travellers are unhappy.

(1) severe

(2) abundance

(3) authenticate

(4) minor

(5) none of the above

Question No : 6

His ideas about social change do not ________ close examination.

(1) Break a leg

(2) Cutting corners

(3) Stand up to

(4) A blessing in disguise

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

The management ________ on the decision the very next day.

(1) Carry on

(2) Cart off

(3) Carve out

(4) Rowed back

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

They ________ while they were abroad.

(1) Rent out

(2) Hit the sack

(3) Bite the bullet

(4) Better late than never

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

“You had a good second part of the year, you don’t want to ________ some weed and some stupid stuff.

(1) Draconian law

(2) Par before the course

(3) Screw that up over

(4) Once in a blue moon

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

The first issue of the magazine ________ within two days.

(1) Getting out of hand

(2) Sold out

(3) Calling it a day

(4) Missed the boat

(5) None of these