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Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

 

Pity Britain’s press officers, April 4th was the deadline for employers in Britain with 250 workers or more to publish details of the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees, under a new annual reporting requirement (We recorded a median gap of 29.5%). The overall figures are eye-opening: eight out of ten employers pay men more than women. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, has promised to …(1)… this “burning injustice”. Some take the numbers to mean that women are paid less than men for the same job. In fact the exercise …(2)… compares employees’ pay without accounting for their differing roles—so Premier League football clubs have vast but meaningless pay gaps, as the men on the …(3)… are compared with the women on the turnstiles. This may even create …(4)… incentives, as firms could appear better by outsourcing low-paid jobs done by women. Yet the exercise could also lead to deeper questioning of what causes differences in pay. To that extent, the mad …(5)… among firms—not just for data, but also for justifications—is encouraging.

Question No : 1

(1) jingle                   

(2) pickle                   

(3) tackle                   

(4) fickle                   

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

(1) bypassing            

(2) bluntly                 

(3) straight                

(4) truthfully             

(5) None of these

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(1) pitch                    

(2) stitch                   

(3) snitch                   

(4) brick                    

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

(1) heck                     

(2) omnivores           

(3) perverse              

(4) steer

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

(1) monger                

(2) stop                     

(3) scramble              

(4) die                       

(5) None of these