Directions (1-10): In the following questions a paragraph is given with three blanks. The paragraph 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 the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. If none of the given options fills the given blanks then choose option (e), ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Q1. ____________ societies respect ____________because they subject the present to ____________informed investigation, interpretation, critique and prescription.
(a) Admiring, Abrupt, Loathe
(b) Apparently, Enigmatic, Isolation
(c) Sophisticated, Intellectuals, Historically
(d) Whirlwind, Lightning, Weird
(e) None of these
Q2. The purpose of _________and recognizing patent rights is for the ___________public good, i.e., innovation should be made public in exchange for a limited_____________.
(a) Creating, Common, Monopoly
(b) Horrifying, Compliance, Dangle
(c) Prohibition, Miniature, Perfectionist
(d) Inherent, Masked, Fraught
(e) None of these
Q3. India has now a ____________of experts by the IT Ministry which is talking about the value of ________, including non-personal data and how its ___________value should be distributed and so on.
(a) Fraud, Genuine, Fungible
(b) Wrought, Despicable, Impulsive
(c) Committee, Data, Economic
(d) Cognitive, Intention, Extends
(e) None of these
Q4. We need to make a political___________ about whether there is broad public support for the idea that ___________professional journalism is in public interest and is a public good, and needs to benefit from public ____________.
(a) Showed, Portrayal, Benefitting
(b) Rationalize, Knowing, Strategic
(c) Considerable, Sizing, Merciful
(d) Decision, Independent, Funding
(e) None of these
Q5. Scientific research in ___________is the only means to overcome __________and complex diseases such as COVID-19 and that too ________on the same spirit of debate and criticism.
(a) Forgiving, Retaliation, Acceptance
(b) Medicine, Novel, Thrives
(c) Beholding, Sensitive, Obvious
(d) Continuance, Probability, Reassure
(e) None of these
Q6. _________ plasma therapy is being studied by the Indian Council of Medical Research, through open label, randomized controlled trial to ___________it for both safety and _________.
(a) Highlighted, Lobbying, Pushed
(b) Throwback, Sustained, Defer
(c) Convalescent, Evaluate, Efficacy
(d) Adjourn, Precarious, Continues
(e) None of these
Q7. ___________from the company’s core businesses of refining, petrochemicals, oil and gas fell while retail and telecommunications ________some of the losses from other___________.
(a) Mellow, Disputable, Contention
(b) Profitability, Offset, Segments
(c) Learned, Scholarly, Experienced
(d) Questioning, Conflicted, Deadly
(e) None of these
Q8. The rupee extended its gaining __________for the fourth consecutive session as it ended the day with an ___________of 57 paise against the dollar, backed by steady _______and weakening of the dollar.
(a) Streak, Appreciation, Inflows
(b) Evils, Malign, Conspired
(c) Purged, Elimination, Dispel
(d) Cancelled, Requests, Unsubstantiated
(e) None of these
Q9. Investor optimism witnessed renewed _________after reports surfaced about U.S. pharmaceutical major Gilead achieving a possible ___________in testing for a medicine to ________COVID-19.
(a) Claims, Appealed, Palpable
(b)Biased, Influenced, Neutrality
(c) Vigour, Breakthrough, Treat
(d)Doctrine, Undeniable, Calamity
(e) None of these
Q10. While it is good to be_________, the fact remains there are no real silver bullets in medicine and health __________are a result of not just a few pills or therapies but a _________set of factors.
(a)Unquestionable, Insignificance, Condemn
(b) Priority, Disastrous, Advantages
(c) Confronting, Eminence, Dubious
(d) Hopeful, Outcomes, Complex
(e) None of these
Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(B)Public intellectuals should be respected because they speak in an eloquent and dignified manner.
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Q11. Which of the following statements will not form a coherent part of the rearranged paragraph?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
(e) A
Q12. Among the following pairs which one of them is formed with two consecutive statements after the rearrangement?
(a) D – F
(b) E – B
(c) F – A
(d) E – D
(e) A – C
Q13. Which of the following statements will be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) B
(d) F
(e) A
Q14. Which of the following statements can conclude the passage given above?
(a) Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(b) Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(c) He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(d) Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(e) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Q15. Which of the sequences given below will be the correct sequence after the logical rearrangement of the statements given above?(a) DEFAGC
(b) DEABCF
(c) FADECG
(d) CEGFAD
(e) EABCDG
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Sophisticated, Intellectuals, Historically” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Creating, Common, Monopoly” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Committee, Data, Economic” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Decision, Independent, Funding” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Medicine, Novel, Thrives” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Convalescent, Evaluate, Efficacy” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Profitability, Offset, Segments” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Streak, Appreciation, Inflows” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Vigour, Breakthrough, Treat” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Hopeful, Outcomes, Complex” can fill the given blanks in the exact order as given in the option. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is FADECG.
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is FADECG.
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is FADECG.
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence is FADECG.
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is FADECG.
(F)In Sophocles’ powerful play, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus defies the edict of King Creon of Thebes that her brother’s corpse should be left on the road for birds and vultures to feast on.
(A)Creon charges her with disobedience of the law — “And thou didst indeed dare to transgress that law?”
(D)Antigone replies: “Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict: not such are the laws set among me by the Justice who dwells with the gods below;”
(E)He further said, “Nor deemed I that the decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven.”
(C)Here, Antigone articulates the fundamentals of a just law.
(G) Therefore, Law is not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
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