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FILL IN THE BLANKS IN ENGLISH
Directions (Q. 1-5): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been emitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as it whole.
1). Every year, when tanks roll down Rajpath and jets ______ Raising Hill on January 26, there is a ______ of collective anxiety in the national capital over security.
a) fly over, system
b) hovers round, highest state
c) goes above, case
d) fly past, heightened state
e) flies, increased level
2). _______ of assaults on women make the news, _______ unnoticed and unreported.
a) When some cases, hardly any go
b) In spite of, many others remain
c) While a few cases, numerous others go
d) A lot of, how many go
e) Tremendous incidences, but most remains
3). The Reserve Bank of India is likely to cut the policy rate by a quarter _______ with the government ________ to fiscal prudence amid growth optimism and easing inflation.
a) percentile, giving
b) percentage point, adhering
c) percent, taking
d) mode, following
e) part, sticking
4). Benchmark indices have ________ all their losses _______ by demonetisation, but many stocks that did well during most of the 2016 are struggling to regain their momentum.
a) returned, subjected
b) worsen, administered
c) satisfied, levied
d) recovered, exposed
e) recouped, inflicted
5). For the average Indian, a stable or a strong rupee is much more ______ than a rate cut _______ the stock market, from which not even 3% of the population benefits.
a) desirable, that will boost
b) attractive, that will hamper
c) disgusting, that will damage
d) alluring, that will affect
e) advantageous, that will lift
Directions (Q. 6-10): In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence. In the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
6). We had to face a lot of ________ due to their ______ act which was avoidable.
a) problems, desirable
b) consequences, immeasurable
c) worries, kind
d) humiliation, disgraceful
e) disaster, merciful
7). Having accumulated enough _______ they are now thinking of _______ a bigger bungalow.
a) trouble, selling
b) patience, leaving
c) hardships, repairing
d) courage, buildings
e) wealth, buying
8). In case you have ______ his feelings, through unintentionally, you must ______ him now.
a) hurt, apologize
b) Tendered, pardon
c) cajoled, appease
d) Evoked, surrender
e) passioned, excuse
9). He was scarcely in his teens when he became completely _______ by German ________ and writing of Shakespeare.
a) harassed, army
b) engrossed, people
c) captivated, literature
d) seized, soldiers
e) broken, rules
10). As he was the century’s _______ man of science his _______ was universally mourned.
a) wealthiest, experiment
b) greatest, death
c) happiest, accepted
d) oldest, invention
e) saddest, grief
ANSWERS:
1).d
2).c
3).b
4).e
5).a
6).d
7).e
8).a
9).c
10).b
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