Direction (1-10): In each question below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Each question is followed by four options with two words in each. You have to select that option as your answer which can fill both the blanks of the sentence.
- The impact of China’s economic _________ on India will be largely dependent on how the country ________ on policy reforms.
delays, ceasesretards, haltsstalls, stopsslowdown, proceedsprocess, waitsOption D
- Many of the deals that have happened this year have been _______ by an increase in sales and restructuring of stressed assets as highly________ firms tried to reduce debt.
impelled, devalueddriven, leveragedmotivated, demotedobsessed, promotedsteered, degradedOption B
- If China is going to ________ its domestic demand, it would also mean that it would be exporting less and certainly its export ________ will be slowed down.
reorganise, enlargementrejuvenate, boostreorient, growthdestroy, productionraze, failureOption C
- High street brand H&M is set to ________ the Conscious Exclusive collection in ________ with the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, located in Paris.
hold, concertfire, workingdischarge, associationkeep, collusionlaunch, collaborationOption E
- Radical innovation is the key to reducing emissions ________ the medium and long term, but it will not stop climate change from ________ worse in the meantime.
over, gettingin, gainingfor, makingfailed, doingupto, soOption A
- All manner of plans are now being devised to ___________ up our borders. Around 100 people have crossed the Channel since Christmas Day but while the government ___________ up concern about this sudden “new” development – actually something that has been occurring since 2017 – context is lacking.
support, gnawsshore, rampsbrace, eatsuphold, rotAll are CorrectOption B
- There’s an obvious irony in having to look back to find something better, but 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of a run of events that ___________ pretty much the polar opposite: optimism, faith in the future and a sense of shared humanity that could not be more different from the ___________ , rancorous mood of today.
apparition, converseexcluded, opposingembodied, polarisedincorporeal, disunitedAll are CorrectOption C
- They are sick of the whole thing. They just want it to be over. No more uncertainty. Brexiteers want ___________ . They will be disappointed. Willing something does not make it so. Aethelred wanted Viking raids to stop. The kingdoms of Wales, Scotland and Ireland wished the Norman and Plantagenet monarchs of England would cease their predatory ___________ into their territory.
hesitation, manoeuvrespreparation, slotsvacillation, slitsresolution, lungesAll are CorrectOption D
- Brats do not endear themselves. Even when insulated from children, we nevertheless encounter our fair share of adults whom we ___________ got their own way too much of the time as kids. The recent behaviour of some Conservative MPs could be a case in point. The foot-stamping of fanatical Brexiteers, unable to reconcile what they wish for with reality, is not unlike that of a child screaming their ___________ that they won’t wear a coat even though it’s 2C outside.
suspect, insistenceplaintiff, perseveranceknown, pressurecredible, assertionAll are CorrectOption A
- The show takes liberties with the historical record but gets away with it because it is a work of ___________ genius. If only the same could be said of Brexit, which tells a mutilated version of a nation’s past without the redeeming features of witty rhyme and memorable ___________ . The comparison is preposterous but also weirdly compelling.
artistic, gustcreative, melodyimitative, straincalamitous, compositionAll are CorrectOption B
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