Question No : 1

The apex court has described corruption as a serious _____ and one impinging on the economy. In 2013, the protection given to sitting legislators from immediate _____ was removed. Further, common sense would suggest that disqualification should be more strictly applied to those _____ for corruption.

(1) malady, disqualification, repulsed

(2) infatuated, enamoured, repulsed

(3) malady, disqualification, convicted

(4) infatuated, enamoured, convicted

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

Ascetic and _____, Gandhi changed the face of civil disobedience around the world. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew on his tactics during the Civil Rights Movement, and the Dalai Lama was inspired _____ his teachings, which are still _____ by those who seek to inspire change without inciting violence.

(1) unflinching, by, akin

(2) cognizant, from, akin

(3) cognizant, from, heralded

(4) unflinching, by, heralded

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Those were _____ days as the whole nation, and Delhi in particular, was engulfed in communal riots _____ from the Partition. Today, however, the serenity of the place and its surroundings _____ the anger, the hurt, and the guilt experienced by all those who came to bid the Mahatma adieu at this place on January 30, 1948.

(1) tumultuous, emanating, betrays

(2) cluttered, kempt, shroud

(3) cluttered, emanating, betrays

(4) tumultuous, kempt, shroud

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Attitude determines the lifestyle of a person and it develops when _____ is followed by projection. Positive and negative attitudes are _____ by an individual over a period of time and according to their development, human beings fall into three categories: there are those who imagine and project difficulties _____ any undertaking even before they start work and end up doing nothing. They are like the car that will not start unless given a push.

(1) vaunt, brandish, to

(2) vaunt, acquired, in

(3) perception, brandish, to

(4) perception, acquired, in

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The most important step towards the haven of security is to _____ in the senses, which, if not kept in control, carry off even the wisest to the _____. Physical starving of the senses works but as a temporary purpose; it is only when the intellect realises its moorings in the Highest and prevents the mind from _____ that one can feel secure.

(1) rein, abyss, briskly

(2) rein, abyss, wandering

(3) palliative, recur, briskly

(4) palliative, recur, wandering

(5) None of these