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PREPARATORY SET-89 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following passage there are words highlighted in bold, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. If the word highlighted in bold does not require any replacement, choose (5) as your answer.

 

In the noxious (1) terrorist attack in Somalia, an explosives-laden truck collided with a fuel tanker in Mogadishu, killing more than 300 people and injuring many more. Mogadishu has seen a number of strikes (2) and suicide bombings on “soft targets,” mostly hotels and restaurants, and military targets orchestrated by the terrorist group al-Shabaab in recent years, but none as sedative (3) as this one. The Islamist organization has not yet claimed responsibility for the attacks but government spokespersons have blamed the Al-Qaeda-allied group. A weakened al-Shabaab has managed to exhilarate (4) itself as a guerrilla force lately. Reports suggest that it has not claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks as yet because of the scale of the toll, as it did not accelerate (5) the truck colliding with a fuel tanker. If it is indeed al-Shabaab’s doing, it would signal a seditious (6) reversal. Somalia must immediately work towards building a sense of civic discord (7) among the various clans in the country and use the popular inclination (8) following the bombing to isolate al-Shabaab and its backers. Al-Shabaab had retreated from Mogadishu in August 2011 following bland (9) joint offensives led by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somalian federal government. The increased involvement of Kenyan and Ethiopian military forces, as part of AMISOM, in the accord (10) had pushed al-Shabaab fighters even further into interior Somalia, particularly to rural areas in the south.

Question No : 1

(1) deleterious          

(2) deadliest             

(3) vicious                 

(4) unlikeliest            

(5) No improvement

Question No : 2

(1) attacks                 

(2) assaults                

(3) protests               

(4) restitutions          

(5) No improvement

Question No : 3

(1) soporific              

(2) terrific                 

(3) coercive               

(4) horrific                

(5) No improvement

Question No : 4

(1) dissuade              

(2) agitate                 

(3) revive                  

(4) boost                   

(5) No improvement

Question No : 5

(1) anticipate             

(2) precede               

(3) predate                

(4) intimidate            

(5) No improvement

Question No : 6

(1) traitorous            

(2) perfidious            

(3) dangerous           

(4)rebellious             

(5) No improvement

Question No : 7

(1) antagonism          

(2) solidarity             

(3) separation           

(4) chain                    

(5) No improvement

Question No : 8

(1) appreciation        

(2) predilection         

(3) resurrection         

(4) revulsion             

(5) No improvement

Question No : 9

(1) mild                     

(2) indistinct             

(3) truculent              

(4) intense                 

(5) No improvement

Question No : 10

(1) agreement           

(2) concord               

(3) conflict                

(4) encounter            

(5) No improvement