Directions (1-10): In the following sentences each contains two blanks, indicating that something has been left out of the sentence. Each answer choice contains one word or a set of words. Select the word or set of words, that, when inserted in the blank(s), best fits the context of the sentence.
Q1. India needs to continue to do what it does best: innovate. India has a rich _______ of entrepreneurship and charting its own ______ .
(a) idea, path
(b) history, course
(c) talent, path
(d) workforce, talent
(e) story, path
(a) lumination, grounds
(b) lighting, houses
(c) lights , streets
(d) culture, oversea
(e) customs, sea
Q3. When we think seriously about the _________ that our food practices have on our body, on the environment and on the animals themselves, it is clear that logic supports abstaining from __________ meat.
(a) impact, eating
(b) result, issue
(c) outcome, progressing
(d) consequence, shifting
(e) effect, reviewing
Q4. The rich buy their way out of any _____ and the poor are so inured to danger and risk that it is second nature for them to ________ with uncertainty.
(a) shop, rely
(b) mess, live
(c) restaurant, depend
(d) problem, wander
(e) critics, ponder
Q5. By forging ahead with a shift to a greener and _______ economy, India will be stronger and wealthier _____ a result.
(a) cleaner, as
(b) swifter, for
(c) clam, leave
(d) new, give
(e) progressive, to
Q6. The company also _______ and encourages employees and their families to participate in various social ________ of the company.
(a) negotiates, departmental
(b) draw , gathering
(c) cause, party
(d) involves, initiatives
(e) promote, decision
Q7. Giving is an expression of not just your material _______ but of you being rich inwardly in love and ________ .
(a) thing, friendships
(b) storage, disregard
(c) abundance, neglect
(d) richness, care
(e) possession, custody
Q8. Law enforcement agencies struggle to ______ terrorism, Naxalism, urban mafiosi, drug pushers and armed rural gangsters even _______ .
(a) control, predominant
(b) manage, today
(c) curb, guide
(d) rule, control
(e) keep, safe
Q9. As the Deepavali night begins to descend, homes are magically _____ with tiny _________ oil lamps placed in special locations.
(a) bright, decoration
(b) brighten, decorum
(c) enlighten, castor
(d) decorated, magical
(e) Illuminated, earthen
Q10. Money is very important in our ______ but it’s not ________ .
(a) life, everything
(b) thinking, house
(c) job, everything
(d) way, alone
(e) aspect, important
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