Question No : 1

In an “extraordinary and unusual hearing” presided over by him and called at a moment’s notice on Saturday, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi took on the ____ of sexual harassment published against him ____ some online news portals, saying “things have gone too far” and “the judiciary cannot be made a scapegoat.”

(1) allegation, by

(2) allegedly, by

(3) alleged, through

(4) blamed, at

(5) accusations, along

Question No : 2

The day saw a sudden rush of events with news websites ____ the report about a former Court employee ____ the CJI of making sexual advances towards her while she was working as a junior court assistant last year.

(1) commemorating, alleged

(2) coronation, blamed

(3) publishing, accusing

(4) published, blaming

(5) publishing, praising

Question No : 3

Mr. Mehta ____ the allegation “rubbish”. Mr. Venugopal said not only the judges but lawyers were also under attack for ____ their clients.

(1) termed, representing

(2) has termed, representing

(3) had termed, presentation

(4) has been termed, regarding

(5) terms, hosting

Question No : 4

A break-up of the donations made to two major national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, and ____ in their audited annual statements for the last two fiscals shows that the implementation of the electoral bonds scheme has substantially ____ the cash component of donations.

(1) have revealed, reduced

(2) have revealed, reduces

(3) reveals, reducing

(4) revealed, reduced

(5) revealing, had reduced

Question No : 5

A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, an Army official said Saturday. The encounter ____ at Watergam town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Some weapons and war-like stores ____ from the site of the operation, the official said

(1) has been taking place, has recovered

(2) took place, was recovered

(3) took place, were recovered

(4) takes place, has been recovered

(5) will take place, was being recovered

Question No : 6

Every day we _____ such people who keep doing things that are harmful to themselves and to others. Our challenge is to act _____ even in the face of people who sting us like scorpions.

(1) abominate, ignorantly

(2) encounter, virtuously

(3) concatenate, obtuse

(4) disrelish, gullible

(5) trash, recession

Question No : 7

With a _____ intellect, the memory of pleasant things is lost. Spiritual _____ help bring back pleasant memories more and more, and reduce unpleasant memories to almost an insignificant amount.

(1) farcical, etiquette

(2) ludicrous, juncture

(3) riotous, patch

(4) clouded, practices

(5) none of the above

Question No : 8

It is expected that use of solar energy will be able to minimize the _____ of rural households on firewood and dung cakes, which in turn will contribute to environmental conversation and adequate _____ of manure in agriculture.

(1) reliance, deliver

(2) dependence, supply

(3) advantage, take

(4) hope, recall

(5) connection, provision

Question No : 9

The Chicago department of aviation said in a statement that one of the officers did not follow _____ and added that he had been placed on leave, _____ a review for actions not condoned by the department.

(1) custom, certain

(2) request, waiting

(3) desire, during

(4) protocol, pending

(5) form, incomplete

Question No : 10

A solution is a homogeneous _____ of two or more substances, the major component of a solution is called the solvent, the _____, the solute.

(1) alloy, substance

(2) mixture, minor

(3) mix, unimportant

(4) element, absolve

(5) effigy, significance