Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice.
Q1. The buzz around ‘Mission Shakti’ should be an —————————- to review India’s defence strategy.
(a) chance
(b) awful
(c) abysmal
(d) opportunity
(e) None of the above
Q2. After ‘Mission Shakti’ — India’s anti-satellite test — there is a feeling that India needs this form of ——————- for its security.
(a) dissuaded
(b) deter
(c) deterrence
(d) guarded
(e) None of the above
Q3. To be visibly strong in order to deter any enemy from ————————– is a concern that goes back to pre-historic times for India.
(a) attacking
(b) harmed
(c) attacked
(d) fight
(e) None of the above
Q4. For more than 100 years now, scientists and writers of science fiction alike have ———————- the illusion that some day humankind will have a weapon so terrible that the fear of its impact will end war for all times.
(a) advancing
(b) fostered
(c) back
(d) redeeming
(e) None of the above
Q5. Globally, the annual expenditure on armaments is now ————————– to stand at about $1.7 trillion.
(a) vision
(b) omen
(c) estimate
(d) estimated
(e) None of the above
Q6. According to the Global Peace Index, in 2017, the economic impact of violence ———————— was estimated at about $14.76 trillion, which was 12.4% of global GDP.
(a) globally
(b) annual
(c) period
(d) revolve
(e) None of the above
Q7. Since 2012, there has been a 16% increase in the economic impact of violence largely due to the ———————— in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
(a) attacked
(b) fought
(c) conflicting
(d) conflicts
(e) None of the above
Q8. Chowkidars exist mostly in Asian countries where poor men work as ————————– of the rich.
(a) protectors
(b) protect
(c) protecting
(d) cowards
(e) None of the above
Q9. India’s ASAT test has not ————————– any norm, but it is a reminder of the need for a global regulatory regime.
(a) rejects
(b) harming
(c) violates
(d) violated
(e) None of the above
Q10. China had quietly carried out its first successful hit-to-kill intercept in January 2007 till international reports about the ———————– increase in space debris forced Beijing to acknowledge the test.
(a) cause
(b) consequents
(c) consequent
(d) decreasing
(e) None of the above
Q11. An ASAT capability is ——————— a part of a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme.
(a) gradual
(b) normal
(c) normally
(d) general
(e) None of the above
Q12. While a BMD targets an incoming ballistic missile, an ASAT interceptor ——————– a hostile satellite.
(a) focused
(b) focus
(c) target
(d) targets
(e) None of the above
Q13. Faced with Pakistan’s growing missile capability in the 1990s, India ————————– on its BMD programme in 1999.
(a) embarking
(b) embarked
(c) taken
(d) task
(e) None of the above
Q14. Since the Sputnik was launched in 1957, more than 8,000 satellites/manmade ———————- objects have been launched, of which about 5,000 remain in orbit; more than half are non-functional.
(a) orbiting
(b) orbit
(c) revolved
(d) rotate
(e) None of the above
Q15. India has two ————————- satellites, one each for the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force.
(a) man
(b) dedicating
(c) dedicated
(d) defect
(e) None of the above
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Opportunity’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Deterrence’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Attacking’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Fostered’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Estimated’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means to make an estimate.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Globally’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Conflicts’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Protectors’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Violated’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Consequent’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means following as a logical conclusion.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Normally’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Targets’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Embarked’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means to venture or invest (something) in an enterprise.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Orbiting’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Dedicated’ is the correct word here and makes the sentence contextually and grammatically correct. It means wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal.
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