Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the options given below .i.e. one of the options can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.
Q1. Portion control was something I was not even ___________. My world began and ended with food.
(a) aware off
(b) aware of
(c) aware in
(d) aware to
(e) aware by
Q2. My friends from that time still remember that after dinner we’d all _____________ in some one person’s room and my deal was that they were welcome to eat it as long as they opened that nail-fracturing tin, swept up the crumbs and ensured not a drop of oil fell anywhere.
(a) hang off
(b) hang in
(c) hang up
(d) hang down
(e) hang around
Q3. It is in times of plenty that water must be stocked up for times of shortage. Every building, especially those not connected to the city ___________, can become their own water suppliers and waste-water managers.
(a) commodities
(b) utilities
(c) community
(d) societal
(e) area
Q4. Fortunately, one had the opportunity to witness this at another venue that was more ___________ to a production that seeks to understand a well-known and course-changing incident from the Mahabharata.
(a) conducive
(b) conduction
(c) productive
(d) relation
(e) inductive
Q5. Examining development information for 26 additional species of clownfish, researchers observed that at least nine species have more stripes as juveniles than they do as adults, which prompted researchers to investigate the development of stripes across the ___________ of clownfish.
(a) origin
(b) inception
(c) revolution
(d) evolution
(e) extension
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘aware of’ because as per the context, ‘aware’ will be followed by the preposition ‘of’ which means having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘hang around’ means loiter; wait around. As per the context, this is the best suited alternative.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘utilities’ means something useful.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘conducive’ means making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘evolution’ means the gradual development of something.
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