Directions (1-8): In each of the given questions, a pair of words has been given which is then followed by three statements. Find the statement(s) in which both the words fit grammatically and contextually.
Q1.
Address: Tackle
(A) The concurrent labour and social movements and the issues leaders attempted to __________ describe the climate at the time.
(B) He said he had been so shaken by his first rugby __________that he could not face any more.
(C) Each house has an official name, usually based on the family name of the first housemaster, which is used mainly as a postal __________.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q2.
Impose: Foist
(A) His relationship with the players was distant and he was unable to __________discipline on the orchestra in rehearsals.
(B) No central religious authority exists to __________a particular terminological designation on all practitioners.
(C) Instead of finding solutions that are acceptable to both sides they __________a direction such that you’re either with them or against them.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q3.
Select: Choose
(A) Looking over their maps, Group level commanders could __________squadrons to attack particular targets.
(B) In many countries, depositors may __________which national money will be the denomination of their deposit account.
(C) You can __________which drives to defragment and whether to shut-down or reboot Windows once the deed is done.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q4.
Persuade: Convince
(A) Birth hormones are injected into the amniotic sac to _____________ premature birth.
(B) She managed to _____________ commissioning editor, Anna Home, to award Scotland a commission for a new programme.
(C) I continued to argue with my mother to try and _____________ her that it is too soon and that I didn’t want to leave just yet but it was no use.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q5.
Entire: Complete
(A) The first degree offered to undergraduates is the Bachelor’s degree, which usually takes three years to _______________.
(B) Recent election losses have led to open rebellion among some party members, who are calling for ____________ change of leadership.
(C) Somewhere along the line, he managed to ______________ a kind of psychic eversion, a kind of total transformation of internal affairs.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q6.
Happen: Occur
(A) He also told him that he was not the first person to have had a paranormal event ____________ to them in this building.
(B) Staying would give me the opportunity to see how to make change ____________ in difficult circumstances.
(C) I ____________ to be a supporter of nuclear power for the electrical power grids upgrade.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q7.
Maintain: Conserve
(A) Through cultural preservation some residents of Indian descent continue to __________ traditions from their ancestral homelands.
(B) Some yearly meetings belong to larger organizations to help __________ order and communication within the Society.
(C) To __________ water and energy, wait until you have a full load before running your dishwasher or washing machine.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Q8.
Hinder: Obstruct
(A) Persistant inequalities between men and women will inevitably ________ the development process.
(B) The adjustable hood fits over helmets and hats and won’t ________ your vision while you’re out and about.
(C) Employees work in teams to identify obstacles that may ________ performance and develop action plans to address issues.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Both A & B
(d) Both B & C
(e) All of the above
Directions (9-15): Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which some part of sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the option that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Q9. Until the coronavirus spread stops accelerating, markets are not going to recover. At least not in any sustainable way. Yes, while pleasant, the surprise uptick in equity markets over the last few days may not last. In fact, there is only one metric that matters to understand ______________________. It is the acceleration of spread.
(a) Acceleration is the rate of change
(b) The spread and market recovery
(c) The spread of strength per unit time
(d) If acceleration is positive
(e) Markets will seem to bounce
Q10. South Korean manufacturers of kits for testing for COVID-19 are gearing up for exports worldwide, notably to the U.S., after ___________________more than 300,000 Koreans since the first cases in the country were confirmed in January. Korean companies were eager to ship test kits to the U.S. after a telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in.
(a) Getting approval in just one week
(b) Which medical institutions were permitted
(c) Making test kits that are now in widespread
(d) Rapidly developing test kits needed
(e) Having produced them for testing
Q11. Consumer spending in India has crashed because people are either too fearful or unable to go out and spend. As a consequence, all businesses in industries that entail close contact with the public are now in jeopardy. Their revenues are drying up faster than they can cut costs, and many will go bankrupt if the situation worsens. Under these conditions, a dangerous outcome is __________________, creating a self-reinforcing feedback loop that locks revenue-starved companies and salary-starved households into a downward spiral.
(a) Different regions may demolished at different speed in the near term
(b) It is politicization as exemplified by the response of governments
(c) Mass business closures leading to rising unemployment
(d) The promised fiscal stimulus including direct cash
(e) China’s economy contracted at a drastic pace
Q12. A massive $2 trillion economic stimulus package passed in the Senate late Wednesday following six days of negotiations and two failed votes as the country continues to grapple with the fallout of coronavirus, which has infected over 69,000 Americans and ravaged markets. In addition to funding for state and local governments, __________________emergency loans for small businesses, send checks directly to Americans and support hospitals and medical workers who are short on equipment. It would also provide a big federal supplement to state unemployment insurance payments.
(a) The legislation would provide for
(b)The federal stimulus bill passed
(c) Its shares surge more than 15% today
(d) Provide a big federal supplement to state
(e) Send checks directly to Americans
Q13. America has seen some spectacular investment booms: think of the railways in the 1860s, Detroit’s car industry in the 1940s or the fracking frenzy in this century. Today the latest bonanza is in full swing, but instead of steel and sand it involves scripts, sounds, screens and celebrities. This week Disney launched a streaming service which offers “Star Wars” and other hits from its vast catalogue for $6.99 a month, less than the cost of a dvd. As the business model pioneered by Netflix is copied by dozens of rivals, over 700m subscribers are now streaming video across the planet. ______________________________________. In total the entertainment business has spent at least $650bn on acquisitions and programming in the past five years.
(a) The second question is how closely the company might end up being regulated.
(b) Roughly as much cash—over $100bn this year—is being invested in content as it is in America’s oil industry.
(c) The third discipline is that governments need to take steps to make negative emissions practicable at scale.
(d) Health care in the United States is provided by many distinct organizations.
(e) None of these.
Q14. Rural migrants in India eventually go back home. Many scrimp in the city, often sleeping four to a room, so they can buy land in their village. In “Good Economics for Hard Times”, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two of the winners of this year’s Nobel prize for economics, __________________________________________________________They value the familiar; they overestimate the risks of moving; and they do not know anyone or have anywhere to stay in the place they could go.
(a) argue that most people who would benefit from moving stay put, for three reasons.
(b) half of the world’s children still leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.
(c) many of the tigers’ problems result from economic success, not failure.
(d) more problematic will be the talks on future relations with the EU.
(e) None of these.
Q15. Silicon Valley has always featured entrepreneurs making giant leaps. Even by those standards Google jumped far, fast. From the start its search engine enjoyed a virtuous circle—the more people use it and the more data it collects, the more useful it becomes. _______________________________________ It took Google just eight years to reach $10bn in annual sales. Its peak cumulative losses were $21m. By comparison, Uber has incinerated $15bn and still loses money.
(a) The time a consumer saves by shopping for groceries online is indeed important.
(b) Education has become an arms race in which one parent’s additional outlay of time and money forces others to follow suit
(c) Microsoft has given a facelift to its iconic Windows logo, and over 100 of its application icons
(d) The business model, in which advertisers pay to get the attention of users around the world, has printed money.
(e) None of these.
Solutions
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both the words Address: Tackle grammatically and contextually fit in the Statement (A). Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. Both the words Impose: Foist grammatically and contextually fit in all the given statements. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. Both the words Select: Choose grammatically and contextually fit in all the given statements. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Both the words Persuade: Convince grammatically and contextually fit in the Statement (A) and (B). Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Both the words Entire: Complete grammatically and contextually fit in the Statement (B). Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both the words Happen: Occur grammatically and contextually fit in the Statement (A) and (B). Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both the words Maintain: Conserve grammatically and contextually fit in the Statement (A). Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. Both the words Hinder: Obstruct grammatically and contextually fit in all the given statements. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. “The spread and market recovery” completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Having produced them for testing” completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Mass business closures leading to rising unemployment” completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. “The legislation would provide for” completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. Read the paragraph carefully. It talks about the innovative area where America has shown its dominance from time to time .Now look at the options one by one. Options (c) and (d) do not fit into the blank space as both the statements fail to add meaning to the following sentence. Similarly options (a) can be easily eliminated on the basis of its meaning as they do not align with the meaning of the paragraph. Hence only option (b) fits appropriately.
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. Read the paragraph carefully. It talks about the rural migrants works so hard, scrimps a lot in the city so that they can get a land of their choice in the village .Now look at the options one by one. Options (a) tells about the issues they ignore while migrating to a different place. All the other options can be easily eliminated on the basis of their meanings as they do not align with the meaning of the paragraph. Hence only option (a) fits appropriately.
S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. Read the paragraph carefully. It talks about how the new entrepreneurs are making the giant leaps in the Silicon Valley followed by an example of Google. Now look at the options one by one. Options (a) and (b) do not fit into the blank space as both the statements fail to add meaning to the following sentence. Similarly options (c) can be easily eliminated on the basis of their meanings as they do not align with the meaning of the paragraph. Hence only option (d) fits appropriately.
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