Directions (1-5): In the following questions two sentences is given with one blank. The sentence is then provided with five options which consist of the words that can fill the given blanks. Choose that option as your answer which can fill both the given blanks to give a contextually and grammatically correct meaning. If none of the given options fills the given blanks then choose option ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Q1.
(I) A major obstacle to good governance is the entrenched lack of ___________ within the government.
(II) We must have learned from past that transparency and ______________ are of the utmost of importance.
(a) Accountability
(b) Persistent
(c) Benign
(d) Cavelier
(e) None of these
Q2.
(I) This is a body of new work George has produced over the last twelve months to intrigue and __________ the viewer.
(II) Along with the already restored Rolls Royce, the timeless Napiers cars are set to __________ visitors.
(a) Consequential
(b) Bewitch
(c) Annul
(d) Corollary
(e) None of these
Q3.
(I) The Kerala Chief Minister dismissed as __________ the claim that Hindi was a unifying force
(II) Mo Yan, a writer who enjoyed delving into the realms of the ________, must be feeling like he stepped into one of his novels.
(a) Dissent
(b) Foregone
(c) Absurd
(d) Ironically
(e) None of these
Q4.
(I) Men may refuse the challenge of trying to steer a ship on the verge of ___________, preferring to wait for an easier test.
(II) A boat ___________ near Rajamahendravaram was caught on camera by a man standing on the shore
(a) Incentivize
(b) Incomprehensible
(c) Inhibit
(d) Capsizing
(e) None of these
Q5.
(I) The Centre has moved quickly to _________ a potentially volatile controversy over the charge of Hindi imposition.
(II) Mr. Modi should have seized the opportunity and gone to Iran in order to ____________ the crisis brewing between the U.S. and Iran.
(a) Defuse
(b) Muzzling
(c) Suffice
(d) Treacherous
(e) None of these
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The term ‘accountability’ means ‘The fact or condition of being accountable’.
Persistent- continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged period
Benign- Gentle and kind
Cavalier-Showing a lack of proper concern; Offhand, Indifferent, Casual, Dismissive, Insouciant
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. The term ‘bewitch’ means ‘Enchant and delight someone’.
Consequential-Following as a result or effect
Annul- Declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result
Corollary- Something that results from something else
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. The term ‘absurd’ means ‘Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate’.
Dissent- The holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held
Ironically-Used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol.
The term ‘capsize’ means ‘(of a boat) be overturned in the water’.
Incentivize- To make someone want to do something
Inhibit-Hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process
Incomprehensible-Not able to be understood
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. The term ‘ defuse’ means ‘Make a situation less tense or dangerous.’
Muzzling-Prevent a person or group from expressing their opinions freely
Suffice- Be enough or adequate
Treacherous-Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
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