PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

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PREPARATORY SET-08 (DOUBLE FILLER)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following questions a sentence is given with two blanks. The paragraph is then provided with five options which consist of the words that can fill the given blanks. Choose that option as your answer which can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. If none of the given options fills the given blanks then choose option (5), ‘None of these’ as your answer.

Question No : 1

It took just six seconds to ________to the ground two high-rise residential buildings in kerela on 11th January while two more were ________on 12th January.

(1) jolly, insincere

(2) raze, demolished

(3) curse, despise

(4) mix, bold

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

A ________in the rule of law stems, at least partly, from a juridical culture that holds the state responsible when it ________on its constitutional limits.

(1) doubt, little

(2) fresh, important

(3) belief, trenches

(4) hatred, dull

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Kaziranga ________96 species of wetland birds — one of the highest for wildlife reserves in India, according to the second wetland bird count ________on January 9-10.

(1) narrows, sound

(2) delicate, decent

(3) humane, sparse

(4) recorded, conducted

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

All companies with a ________of Rs.50 crore or more shall be ________by DoR to provide the facility of payment through RuPay Debit card and UPI QR code to their customers.

(1) turnover, mandated

(2) proficient, covert

(3) avoid, debility

(4) tase, gentle

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The idea that unlimited physical ________and sensuous enjoyment can be ________and realised, developed into a new theory and ideology known as ‘developmentalism’.

(1) Complete, stimulus

(2) destroy, revolt

(3) comforts, chased

(4) neglect, loyal

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

Another area that needs _____ attention is the financial system, which must be _____ to lend more.

(1) hassles, removal

(2) arrangement, profitability

(3) lost, simplify

(4) immediate, activated

(5) mixed, average

Question No : 7

Policymakers were clearly under _____ to do something to allay the fears of foreign investors, so the _____ of SEBI’s move is no surprise.

(1) sober, sorority

(2) synchronization, timid

(3) options, prioritize

(4) demonetization, luckily

(5) pressure, timing

Question No : 8

India had been _____ to adopt nationalism as a creed but is now tilting towards _____ nationalism.

(1) slow, majoritarian

(2) betrayal, malfunctioned

(3) basic, international

(4) approximation, interface

(5) percentile, distant

Question No : 9

The post of CDS can _____ either to a transformation of the defence forces or it could sink with a _____ mandate

(1) expansion, component

(2) lead, middling

(3) small, products

(4) multiplier, empirical

(5) output, respective

Question No : 10

Vivekananda was a _____ of a multicultural nation rooted in religious _____ and modernity

(1) provide, purview

(2) adversely, impacted

(3) proponent, tolerance

(4) notional, offset

(5) increased, capital