Direction (Qs.1-5): A sentence is given below with three/two words highlighted in bold. Select the option that gives the correct set of words as a replacement to the bold words. In case the sentence is correct, select ‘No improvement required’.
Question No : 1
Any kind of accounting intrigue that makes the books look rosy will come at the cost of inaccuracy with which banks reflect their financial condition.
(1) techniques, precision, state
(2) subterfuge, consistency, position
(3) chicanery, accuracy, health
(4) shenanigan, correction, sound
(5) No improvement required
Question No : 2
The actual reason that led to the breakthrough of the current conflict could be the controversial Prasad Education Trust case, in which the petitioners alleged that some individuals were envisaging to influence the Supreme Court.
(1) emission, disputed, conspiring
(2) outbreak, contentious, plotting
(3) eruption, combative, conceiving
(4) breakout, contradictory, castigating
(5) No improvement required
Question No : 3
Following public protests and political pressure, and on the strength of hurriedly drafted legislation, jallikattu is now back on the Pongal calendar.
(1) Coming, gains, prepared
(2) Succeeding, movement, ordered
(3) After, push, designed
(4) Violent, conflicts, made
(5) No improvement required
Question No : 4
Civil society groups are afraid that the measure is objective to grant immunity to the police and the military, as well as to fine critics.
(1) apprehensive, intended, penalize
(2) concerned, objection, punish
(3) thinking, aimed, support
(4) happy, made, impoverish
(5) No improvement required
Question No : 5
The cycle comes each passing year, with the lag among price and production enriching a huge mismatch between supply and demand.
(1) follows, from, leading
(2) stop, of, generating
(3) runs, in, reasoning
(4) repeats, between, causing
(5) No improvement required