Question No : 1

A sound ranking of cities and towns would naturally give the highest weightage to this dimension of _____management, replacing symbolism with an environmentally _____approach. Such rigour in policy formulation can make the Centre’s goal of eliminating single-use plastic by 2022 seem more realistic, and industry would find a _____reason to switch to alternatives.

(1) enhance, prune, rile

(2) sustainable, sound, rile

(3) sustainable, sound, compelling

(4) enhance, prune, compelling

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

As expected, the Tata Group has moved India’s _____ court against the National Companies Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ruling, which _____ Cyrus Mistry’s 2016 ouster as Tata Sons executive chairman illegal and _____its conversion from a publicly-held firm to a private one. The case pivots on complex questions of majority versus minority shareholder rights.

(1) apex, deemed, nettle

(2) mollify, placate, nettle

(3) mollify, placate, nixed

(4) apex, deemed, nixed

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Why does God or ultimate space go through the journey starting from the ____ of living systems and proceeds to ____ into a highly thinking human brain? It is because movement and “becoming” is the only way in which ____ can exist.

(1) castigate, chide, consciousness

(2) humblest, evolve, upbraid

(3) castigate, chide, upbraid

(4) humblest, evolve, consciousness

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

A community _____ enterprise in New Zealand has been _____ into the spotlight after Prince Harry put one of their beanies on Archie. But the group has been so _____ with orders they have hit the brakes on accepting any more, lest their knitters feel the pressure and stop having “fun”.

(1) laud, impervious, swamped

(2) knitting, catapulted, swamped

(3) laud, impervious, exposed

(4) knitting, catapulted, exposed

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday declined to _____in on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can return to his post now that he has been indicted, postponing any ruling on his political future until after March elections. A three-judge panel said the question of whether an indicted member of Parliament can be _____to form a government is important, but that it would be _____to decide the issue before the vote.

(1) weigh, tapped, premature

(2) vulnerable, ineffective, premature

(3) vulnerable, ineffective, capable

(4) weigh, tapped, capable

(5) None of these