PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

FILL IN THE BLANK(S)

PREPARATORY SET-54 (THREE FILLER)

Directions (Qs.1 to 5): In each questions below, a paragraph is given, containing three blanks. Six words are given after the paragraph. Choose correct combination of words from the options, which can fit in the blanks both grammatically and meaningfully.

Question No : 1

The Lord _____ the world through the laws of material nature - gross such as the law of gravitation and subtle such as the law of karma. But when _____ of materialism over spirituality disturbs the universal order, the Lord _____ “to deliver the pious, annihilate the miscreants and re-establish divine principles, says the Bhagwad Gita.

(A) obdurate   (B) administers   (C) docile   (D) predominance  (E) recalcitrant   (F) descends

(1) (A), (C) & (E)

(2) (B), (D) & (F)

(3) (A), (C) & (F)

(4) (B), (C) & (E)

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

It is widely _____ that once individuals become old, it is time to spend their remaining years in withdrawal or retirement, as their overall capabilities _____ and they are no longer capable of _____ their former responsibilities.

(A) held   (B) ingrained   (C) estrange   (D) diminish   (E) obsequious   (F) discharging

(1) (A), (C) & (E)

(2) (B), (D) & (F)

(3) (A), (D) & (F)

(4) (B), (C) & (E)

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

My mind _____ to the cows we spot huddled together on central _____ or at traffic intersections. These are cows, which are wither past their milk-giving age, or are _____.

(A) wandered   (B) exorbitant   (C) verges  (D) jibe   (E) ailing   (F) unconvincing

(1) (A), (C) & (E)

(2) (B), (D) & (F)

(3) (A), (D) & (F)

(4) (B), (C) & (F)

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Commitment also involves _____ _____. We do not see the world as it is; we see it projected through our _____ minds.

(A) argumentative   (B) dropping   (C) illusions   (D) approbation   (E) verbose   (F) improbable

(1) (A), (C) & (E)

(2) (B), (D) & (F)

(3) (A), (D) & (F)

(4) (B), (C) & (E)

(5) None of these

                         

 

Question No : 5

The _____ we find ourselves in are the perfect launching pad for us to be able to choose a different kind of life. Firstly, _____ it. Then to work _____ towards it.

(A) circumstances   (B) pandemonium   (C) lent   (D) envision   (E) enmity   (F) diligently

(1) (A), (C) & (E)

(2) (B), (D) & (F)

(3) (A), (D) & (F)

(4) (B), (C) & (E)

(5) None of these