Directions (Q.1 - 10): In each of the following sentences there are two blanks spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
1. Little do we seem to _____________ that crime cannot be ______________ with by third-degree methods.
a) realize, dealt
b) approve, driven
c) consider, wiped
d) admit, challenged
e) deliberate, forced
2. Social organizations and media should ______________ calls for _____________ strikes.
a) ban, regular
b) challenge, illegal
c) oppose, frequent
d) boycott, unusual
e) penalize, abnormal
3. Strike calls ______________ the normal life and ______________ the economy as well.
a) derail, attack
b) disturb, breach
c) deviates, dictates
d) haunts, costs
e) disrupts, affect
4. ______________ resources should be provided to ______________ safety for astronauts on space mission.
a) Required, implement
b) Adequate, ensure
c) Budgetary, avail
d) Enough, manage
e) Basic, claim
5. Though courts permit public interest litigation not all can ______________ themselves of it unless they known the ______________ of law and jurisprudence.
a) facilitate, basics
b) deserve, minutes
c) practices, factors
d) deliver, limitations
e) avail, rudiments
6. _____________ by stress and anxiety, he was the very picture of _______________.
a) Driven, melancholy
b) Forced, poverty
c) Haunted, lethargy
d) Surrounded, failure
e) Encircled, gloom
7. The issue calls for delicate ______________ and for greater _______________ between the state and the centre.
a) arrangement, support
b) debate, tolerance
c) handling, coordination
d) balance, concern
e) deliberation, relation
8. India should adopt simple tax systems _____________ to _______________ corruption.
a) suited, counter
b) designed, eliminate
c) focused, drive
d) embarked, curb
e) subjected, check
9. The govt should ______________ honest and voluntary tax _______________.
a) enforce, laws
b) adopt, return
c) practice, collection
d) ensure, compliance
e) order, adherence
10. India's foreign policy _____________ peaceful ______________ and the non-intervention among nations as its central pillars.
a) promotes, tolerance
b) advocates, atmosphere
c) justifies, culture
d) supports, adjusting
e) recognizes, coexistence
Directions (Q.11 - 15): Rearrange the following five sentences A, B, C, D, E in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below them.
A. Philosophy has not been an exception to this general characteristic of the period.
B. New nations have arisen and the map of the world has had to be redrawn in this period.
C. Around the turn of the century a revolution began in philosophy which is not yet over.
D. Even science has progressed at a rate barely conceivable to most people before this century.
E. The 20th century has been a time of rapid change in several fields.
11. Which of the following should be the first sentence in the paragraph?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
12. Which will be the second sentence in the paragraph?
a) E
b) D
c) C
d) B
e) A
13. Which will be the third sentence in the paragraph?
a) D
b) C
c) A
d) B
e) E
14. Which sentence should come at fourth place in the paragraph?
a) B
b) A
c) E
d) C
e) D
15. Which will be the last sentence in the paragraph?
a) A
b) E
c) C
d) B
e) D
Answers:
1. A
2. C
3. E
4. B
5. E
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. E
11. E
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. C
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