Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with two blanks that indicate that some parts are missing. Identify the correct pair of words that fit in the sentence to make it grammatically and contextually correct.
Question No : 1
On Friday, Gibraltar granted a 30-day extension to allow authorities to continue _____ the tanker, which was _____ of carrying oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
(1) melancholy, suspected
(2) melancholy, epochal
(3) detaining, suspected
(4) detaining, epochal
(5) None of these
Question No : 2
He can then be seen _____ at Mr. Yam, who tries desperately to move away while _____ his stomach.
(1) ebullient, clutching
(2) lashing out, clutching
(3) egregious, caveat
(4) egregious, clutching
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
The mosque, which dates back to the 7th or 8th century, was _____ by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority as they prepared to build a new _____ in the southern Israeli Bedouin city of Rahat.
(1) discovered, neighborhood
(2) scuffled, adversary
(3) transcended, neighborhood
(4) scuffled, adversary
(5) None of these
Question No : 4
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has _____ plans for a controversial tower known as the Tulip, saying the structure would be of limited public benefit and _____ to the capital’s skyline.
(1) eminent, detrimental
(2) blocked, pertinent
(3) eminent, pertinent
(4) blocked, detrimental
(5) None of these
Question No : 5
On Friday, Piotr Muller, a spokesman for the country’s ruling Law and Justice Party, known _____ its Polish acronym PiS, issued a _____ to Mosbacher, saying her statement was “unnecessary.”
(1) in, rebuke
(2) by, evince
(3) by, impunity
(4) in, evince
(5) None of these
Question No : 6
The Supreme Court recently said that the amount of oxygen generated by a single tree in its lifetime must be ________ while evaluating whether it can be ________.
(1) afraid, active
(2) considered, felled
(3) obese, calm
(4) disposed, strict
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
As a part of The Hindu’s public ________ efforts, the Office of the Readers’ Editor has been ________ open house meetings in various cities.
(1) outreach, holding
(2) intolerant, certainly
(3) retreat, strict
(4) unify, low
(5) None of these
Question No : 8
Those technicians would ________ to provide the particular sound or lighting effects ________ by the promoter.
(1) fragrant, enjoin
(2) isolate, disguise
(3) endeavour, instructed
(4) hack, promoted
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
It is possible that there may have been more than one body that was ________ to study the ________ of the new capital city.
(1) permit, availability
(2) degrade, accountability
(3) conflicted, helpless
(4) commissioned, viability
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
It is strange that the government wants the Supreme Court to frame a rule ________ a seven-day limit on the time that ________ have to file a mercy petition after a death warrant is issued.
(1) imposing, convicts
(2) spare, imported
(3) deceit, virtue
(4) cooperate, attack
(5) None of these
