Directions (1-5): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
Q1. An expert committee report on __(1)__ hip prosthetics sold by a __(2)__ of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson has revealed incriminating details about its negligence in __(3)__ with Indian patients. The report, commissioned by the Union Health Ministry in 2017, was published this week. Though it restricts its criticism to J&J, the report makes it __(4)__ that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation also failed in its __(5)__ of protecting Indian patients.
(a) excellent
(b) wrongly
(c) upgraded
(d) faulty
(e) invalidity
Q2. An expert committee report on __(1)__ hip prosthetics sold by a __(2)__ of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson has revealed incriminating details about its negligence in __(3)__ with Indian patients. The report, commissioned by the Union Health Ministry in 2017, was published this week. Though it restricts its criticism to J&J, the report makes it __(4)__ that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation also failed in its __(5)__ of protecting Indian patients.
(a) subsidiary
(b) tributary
(c) subtitle
(d) partition
(e) commensurate
Q3. An expert committee report on __(1)__ hip prosthetics sold by a __(2)__ of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson has revealed incriminating details about its negligence in __(3)__ with Indian patients. The report, commissioned by the Union Health Ministry in 2017, was published this week. Though it restricts its criticism to J&J, the report makes it __(4)__ that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation also failed in its __(5)__ of protecting Indian patients.
(a) helping
(b) making
(c) trade
(d) conducting
(e) dealing
Q4. An expert committee report on __(1)__ hip prosthetics sold by a __(2)__ of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson has revealed incriminating details about its negligence in __(3)__ with Indian patients. The report, commissioned by the Union Health Ministry in 2017, was published this week. Though it restricts its criticism to J&J, the report makes it __(4)__ that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation also failed in its __(5)__ of protecting Indian patients.
(a) simple
(b) difficulty
(c) clear
(d) properly
(e) meaning
Q5. An expert committee report on __(1)__ hip prosthetics sold by a __(2)__ of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson has revealed incriminating details about its negligence in __(3)__ with Indian patients. The report, commissioned by the Union Health Ministry in 2017, was published this week. Though it restricts its criticism to J&J, the report makes it __(4)__ that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation also failed in its __(5)__ of protecting Indian patients.
(a) job
(b) habit
(c) exam
(d) oath
(e) condition
Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences given below .i.e. one of the sentences can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.
Q6. 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
Q7. 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
Q8. 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
Q9. 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
Q10. 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.(d)
Sol. ‘faulty” is contextually correct here as further part of sentence talks about the negligence of the U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson, so a negative word would fit in here.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. “subsidiary” is the correct choice. Subsidiary means a company controlled by a holding company.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. “dealing” fits in correctly here.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. “clear” is contextually correct choice here.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. “job” is correct here as protection of Indian Patients has been considered the job of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization.
S6. 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.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘hang around’ means loiter; wait around. As per the context, this is the best suited alternative.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘utilities’ means something useful.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘conducive’ means making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘evolution’ means the gradual development of something.