Directions (1-5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, some words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Q1. India has quadrupled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product, vital for _____ (1) _____ a range of devices from cellphones to electric vehicles, from 2016-2018, the Union Science Ministry said in the Lok Sabha last Friday. Responding to a query, the Ministry said 175 million _____ (2) _____ batteries were imported in 2016, 313 million in 2017, 712 million in 2018 and 450 million from January 1, 2019, till November 30 of that year. The cost of these imports rose from $383 million (₹2,600 crore approx) in 2016 to $727.24 million (₹5,000 crore approx.) in 2017, $1254.94 million (₹8,700 crore) in 2018 and $929 million (₹6,500 crore) in 2019. Indian manufacturers source Li-ion batteries from China, Japan and South Korea and the country among the largest importers in the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactures such batteries but _____ (3) _____ are limited and they are restricted for use in space applications. In June 2018, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery project. To promote _____ (4) _____ development of such batteries, the Union Cabinet in 2019 approved a programme, called a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage in the NITI Aayog to “drive clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives.” China dominates the Li-ion battery market. According to a report by BloombergNEF “… Around three-quarters of battery cell manufacturing capacity is in China, and Chinese companies have ___(5)___ control of required domestic and foreign battery raw materials and processing facilities.”
(a) Destroyable
(b) Dwindle
(c) Prosperity
(d) Powering
(e) Alleviation
Q2. India has quadrupled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product, vital for _____ (1) _____ a range of devices from cellphones to electric vehicles, from 2016-2018, the Union Science Ministry said in the Lok Sabha last Friday. Responding to a query, the Ministry said 175 million _____ (2) _____ batteries were imported in 2016, 313 million in 2017, 712 million in 2018 and 450 million from January 1, 2019, till November 30 of that year. The cost of these imports rose from $383 million (₹2,600 crore approx) in 2016 to $727.24 million (₹5,000 crore approx.) in 2017, $1254.94 million (₹8,700 crore) in 2018 and $929 million (₹6,500 crore) in 2019. Indian manufacturers source Li-ion batteries from China, Japan and South Korea and the country among the largest importers in the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactures such batteries but _____ (3) _____ are limited and they are restricted for use in space applications. In June 2018, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery project. To promote _____ (4) _____ development of such batteries, the Union Cabinet in 2019 approved a programme, called a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage in the NITI Aayog to “drive clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives.” China dominates the Li-ion battery market. According to a report by BloombergNEF “… Around three-quarters of battery cell manufacturing capacity is in China, and Chinese companies have ___(5)___ control of required domestic and foreign battery raw materials and processing facilities.”
(a) Such
(b) Solace
(c) Decrease
(d) Task
(e) Boom
Q3. India has quadrupled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product, vital for _____ (1) _____ a range of devices from cellphones to electric vehicles, from 2016-2018, the Union Science Ministry said in the Lok Sabha last Friday. Responding to a query, the Ministry said 175 million _____ (2) _____ batteries were imported in 2016, 313 million in 2017, 712 million in 2018 and 450 million from January 1, 2019, till November 30 of that year. The cost of these imports rose from $383 million (₹2,600 crore approx) in 2016 to $727.24 million (₹5,000 crore approx.) in 2017, $1254.94 million (₹8,700 crore) in 2018 and $929 million (₹6,500 crore) in 2019. Indian manufacturers source Li-ion batteries from China, Japan and South Korea and the country among the largest importers in the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactures such batteries but _____ (3) _____ are limited and they are restricted for use in space applications. In June 2018, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery project. To promote _____ (4) _____ development of such batteries, the Union Cabinet in 2019 approved a programme, called a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage in the NITI Aayog to “drive clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives.” China dominates the Li-ion battery market. According to a report by BloombergNEF “… Around three-quarters of battery cell manufacturing capacity is in China, and Chinese companies have ___(5)___ control of required domestic and foreign battery raw materials and processing facilities.”
(a) Destitutions
(b) Complex
(c) Volumes
(d) Abstract
(e) Complicated
Q4. India has quadrupled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product, vital for _____ (1) _____ a range of devices from cellphones to electric vehicles, from 2016-2018, the Union Science Ministry said in the Lok Sabha last Friday. Responding to a query, the Ministry said 175 million _____ (2) _____ batteries were imported in 2016, 313 million in 2017, 712 million in 2018 and 450 million from January 1, 2019, till November 30 of that year. The cost of these imports rose from $383 million (₹2,600 crore approx) in 2016 to $727.24 million (₹5,000 crore approx.) in 2017, $1254.94 million (₹8,700 crore) in 2018 and $929 million (₹6,500 crore) in 2019. Indian manufacturers source Li-ion batteries from China, Japan and South Korea and the country among the largest importers in the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactures such batteries but _____ (3) _____ are limited and they are restricted for use in space applications. In June 2018, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery project. To promote _____ (4) _____ development of such batteries, the Union Cabinet in 2019 approved a programme, called a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage in the NITI Aayog to “drive clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives.” China dominates the Li-ion battery market. According to a report by BloombergNEF “… Around three-quarters of battery cell manufacturing capacity is in China, and Chinese companies have ___(5)___ control of required domestic and foreign battery raw materials and processing facilities.”
(a) Effortless
(b) Ambiguous
(c) Vulnerable
(d) Definitive
(e) Indigenous
Q5. India has quadrupled its imports of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product, vital for _____ (1) _____ a range of devices from cellphones to electric vehicles, from 2016-2018, the Union Science Ministry said in the Lok Sabha last Friday. Responding to a query, the Ministry said 175 million _____ (2) _____ batteries were imported in 2016, 313 million in 2017, 712 million in 2018 and 450 million from January 1, 2019, till November 30 of that year. The cost of these imports rose from $383 million (₹2,600 crore approx) in 2016 to $727.24 million (₹5,000 crore approx.) in 2017, $1254.94 million (₹8,700 crore) in 2018 and $929 million (₹6,500 crore) in 2019. Indian manufacturers source Li-ion batteries from China, Japan and South Korea and the country among the largest importers in the world. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactures such batteries but _____ (3) _____ are limited and they are restricted for use in space applications. In June 2018, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) in Tamil Nadu’s Karaikudi, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery project. To promote _____ (4) _____ development of such batteries, the Union Cabinet in 2019 approved a programme, called a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage in the NITI Aayog to “drive clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives.” China dominates the Li-ion battery market. According to a report by BloombergNEF “… Around three-quarters of battery cell manufacturing capacity is in China, and Chinese companies have ___(5)___ control of required domestic and foreign battery raw materials and processing facilities.”
(a) Implied
(b) Unparalleled
(c) Expressed
(d) Specified
(e) Fragile
Directions (6-10): In the given passage several blanks are given and for each blank four alternatives are provided with two words each. Choose the option from which both words can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If none of the given options can fit the blank then choose option (e) ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Q6. For approximately half the U.S. electorate, a nightmare that began with the unlikely election of Donald Trump to the presidency, is beginning to look as if it may _____ (6) _____ into a second term. The U.S. President’s current approval rating (at 49%, in one poll) is the highest it has been since the day he took office. Initial hopes that his evident _____ (7) _____ and incompetence may lead to an early termination of his presidency have gradually given way to a shocked realisation that no matter what he does, says, or tweets, there is no _____ (8) _____ in his support among those who voted for him in the 2016 election or in the Republican party. Indeed, as the abortive attempt to impeach him underlined, his command over the party is stronger than ever today. The eruption of each _____ (9) _____ scandal followed by Mr. Trump’s brazen strategy of a scorched-earth counterattack has led the U.S. to a point where it is now impossible to conceive of any scenario that could lead his supporters to rethink their _____ (10) _____. A seemingly hyperbolic comment made by Mr. Trump way back in January 2016, when he was a complete outsider among the aspirants for the Republican nomination (“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”) is reality today.
(a)Frugal, Goodly
(b) Continue, Stay
(c) Nominal, Wasteful
(d) Abolish, Annihilate
(e) None of these
Q7. For approximately half the U.S. electorate, a nightmare that began with the unlikely election of Donald Trump to the presidency, is beginning to look as if it may _____ (6) _____ into a second term. The U.S. President’s current approval rating (at 49%, in one poll) is the highest it has been since the day he took office. Initial hopes that his evident _____ (7) _____ and incompetence may lead to an early termination of his presidency have gradually given way to a shocked realisation that no matter what he does, says, or tweets, there is no _____ (8) _____ in his support among those who voted for him in the 2016 election or in the Republican party. Indeed, as the abortive attempt to impeach him underlined, his command over the party is stronger than ever today. The eruption of each _____ (9) _____ scandal followed by Mr. Trump’s brazen strategy of a scorched-earth counterattack has led the U.S. to a point where it is now impossible to conceive of any scenario that could lead his supporters to rethink their _____ (10) _____. A seemingly hyperbolic comment made by Mr. Trump way back in January 2016, when he was a complete outsider among the aspirants for the Republican nomination (“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”) is reality today.
(a) Establishment, Significance
(b) Forecast, Augur
(c) Blistering, Breathless
(d) Venality, Corruptibility
(e) None of these
Q8. For approximately half the U.S. electorate, a nightmare that began with the unlikely election of Donald Trump to the presidency, is beginning to look as if it may _____ (6) _____ into a second term. The U.S. President’s current approval rating (at 49%, in one poll) is the highest it has been since the day he took office. Initial hopes that his evident _____ (7) _____ and incompetence may lead to an early termination of his presidency have gradually given way to a shocked realisation that no matter what he does, says, or tweets, there is no _____ (8) _____ in his support among those who voted for him in the 2016 election or in the Republican party. Indeed, as the abortive attempt to impeach him underlined, his command over the party is stronger than ever today. The eruption of each _____ (9) _____ scandal followed by Mr. Trump’s brazen strategy of a scorched-earth counterattack has led the U.S. to a point where it is now impossible to conceive of any scenario that could lead his supporters to rethink their _____ (10) _____. A seemingly hyperbolic comment made by Mr. Trump way back in January 2016, when he was a complete outsider among the aspirants for the Republican nomination (“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”) is reality today.
(a) Diminution, Attenuation
(b) Magnitude, Appreciate
(c) Brisk, Dizzy
(d) Depression, Devaluation
(e) None of these
Q9. For approximately half the U.S. electorate, a nightmare that began with the unlikely election of Donald Trump to the presidency, is beginning to look as if it may _____ (6) _____ into a second term. The U.S. President’s current approval rating (at 49%, in one poll) is the highest it has been since the day he took office. Initial hopes that his evident _____ (7) _____ and incompetence may lead to an early termination of his presidency have gradually given way to a shocked realisation that no matter what he does, says, or tweets, there is no _____ (8) _____ in his support among those who voted for him in the 2016 election or in the Republican party. Indeed, as the abortive attempt to impeach him underlined, his command over the party is stronger than ever today. The eruption of each _____ (9) _____ scandal followed by Mr. Trump’s brazen strategy of a scorched-earth counterattack has led the U.S. to a point where it is now impossible to conceive of any scenario that could lead his supporters to rethink their _____ (10) _____. A seemingly hyperbolic comment made by Mr. Trump way back in January 2016, when he was a complete outsider among the aspirants for the Republican nomination (“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”) is reality today.
(a) Chaos, Muddle
(b) Conjuration, Charm
(c) Outrageous, Shocking
(d) Calm, Quiet
(e) None of these
Q10. For approximately half the U.S. electorate, a nightmare that began with the unlikely election of Donald Trump to the presidency, is beginning to look as if it may _____ (6) _____ into a second term. The U.S. President’s current approval rating (at 49%, in one poll) is the highest it has been since the day he took office. Initial hopes that his evident _____ (7) _____ and incompetence may lead to an early termination of his presidency have gradually given way to a shocked realisation that no matter what he does, says, or tweets, there is no _____ (8) _____ in his support among those who voted for him in the 2016 election or in the Republican party. Indeed, as the abortive attempt to impeach him underlined, his command over the party is stronger than ever today. The eruption of each _____ (9) _____ scandal followed by Mr. Trump’s brazen strategy of a scorched-earth counterattack has led the U.S. to a point where it is now impossible to conceive of any scenario that could lead his supporters to rethink their _____ (10) _____. A seemingly hyperbolic comment made by Mr. Trump way back in January 2016, when he was a complete outsider among the aspirants for the Republican nomination (“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”) is reality today.
(a) Defy, Scorn
(b) Allegiance, Adherence
(c) Annex, Arrogate
(d) Distress, Anguish
(e) None of these
Solutions
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Powering fits the blank appropriately. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Such fits the blank appropriately. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. Volumes fits the blank appropriately. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. Indigenous fits the blank appropriately. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Unparalleled fits the blank appropriately. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. Both the words in option (b) can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. Both the words in option (d) can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both the words in option (a) can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both the words in option (c) can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Both the words in option (b) can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence.
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