PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

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PREPARATORY SET-23 (DOUBLE FILLER)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): Fill in the blanks with suitable option to make the sentences contextually correct and meaningful.

Question No : 1

An uproar _____ months after the approval when opponents realised the online gambling measure had been _____ in.

(1) brooked, gale

(2) mused, satire

(3) ensued, slipped

(4) intrigued, indication

(5) dispatched, cower

Question No : 2

His campaign even issued a press release _____ other rivals for, in Mr. Paul’s view, taking Mr. Romney’s _____ about firing people out of context.

(1) subliming, exploit

(2) assailing, quote

(3) exertion, kindle

(4) endowed, imposing

(5) humiliating, suffrage

Question No : 3

Yes, I have heard of his scheme for _____ peace, and it is very interesting but hardly _____

(1) decree, contriving

(2) perpetual, feasible

(3) derived, elaborating

(4) substantial, frontier

(5) facile, citing

Question No : 4

_____ of this sweeping order are apt to contain only _____ truth.

(1) generalisations, partial

(2) apt, esteemed

(3) credible, provoked

(4) tread, ascertained

(5) fare, ceded

Question No : 5

Attempting to use her name in a racially derogatory manner _____ a mounting litany of genocidal devices used to erase, _____ and exterminate American Indians.

(1) contends, stake

(2) toils, perish

(3) disposition, rail

(4) exacerbates, oppress

(5) cardinal, boast

Question No : 6

Professionals focus their ________ on fulfilling their responsibilities and achieving results, not on ________ a particular image.

(1) planning, devising

(2) leadership, attributing

(3) abilities, contributing

(4) energies, portraying

(5) skills, obtaining

Question No : 7

“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel,” says Johnson. In the modern world where the cunning selfish people ________ and the hardworking conscientious people ________, the quotation holds good.

(1) dominate, suppress

(2) thrive, suffer

(3) enjoy, mutilate

(4) empower, subjected

(5) harass, abdicate

Question No : 8

We must be rest assured that our sorrows, if any, are short-lived and period of joy ________ us. Such thinking will always maintain our ________ and peace of mind.

(1) begets, dream

(2) befits, body

(3) bemoans, skills

(4) merits, life

(5) awaits, equipoise

Question No : 9

Women may not have much of a role in the film but it’s interesting how they are still shown ________ their own space within the larger male mindset. It’s about ________ at conservatism from within.

(1) adjudicating , absolving

(2) arbitrating, swerving

(3) negotiating, knocking

(4) contemplating, thriving

(5) beholding, flourishing

Question No : 10

To avoid ________ there is a need for ________ planning of the project.

(1) Cancellation, broad

(2) Problem, deliberate

(3) Pitfalls, systematic

(4) Inconvenience, convenient

(5) Losses, temporary