Directions: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. Each blank is followed by three options and you have to determine which option can be used in place of blank to make it a meaningful sentence and mark it as your answer.
- The recently-concluded 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was a/an _______political theatre which showcased President Xi Jinping’s primacy, his vision and his status as the helmsman of the party and the nation.
i. evidently improvised
ii. intricately choreographed
iii. labyrinthinely mimed
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C) Only i & ii
D) Only ii & iii
E) All are correct
- Mr. Xi has become the only leader after Mao to have his ___ ideological contribution written into the party charter while in office.
i. anonymous
ii. unidentified
iii. eponymous
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C) Only iii
D) Only ii & iii
E) All are correct
- In his speech, Mr. Xi spoke of China as a “strong country” or “great power” as many as 30 times, ____ about the country’s great power ambitions.
i. jettisoning the earlier coyness
ii. disposing the subsequent assurance
iii. chucking the previous modesty
A) Only i
B) Only i and ii
C) Only ii and iii
D) Only i and iii
E) All are correct
- By broadening banking services to unbanked and/or underbanked people, bank managers can not only take early advantage of _____potential of customers and create a ‘lock-in’ effect but also aid an inclusive development agenda while allocating resources into more productive areas.
i. endeavoring the untouched
ii. exploiting the untapped
iii. maneuvering the pristine
A) Only i
B) Only i and ii
C) Only ii and iii
D) Only i and iii
E) All are correct
- The government ___ the criticism made in Parliament when the law was being debated.
i. haughtily rejected
ii. proudly incorporated
iii. uppishly disclaimed
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C) Only ii and iii
D) Only i a nd iii
E) All are correct
- Now, students at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) are ______in the wake of Apple’s campus placement drive, as per a report in TOI.
i. awfully jubilant
ii. extremely elated
iii. highly blissful
A) only i
B) Only i and iii
C) Only ii and iii
D) Only i and iii
E) All are correct
- Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani _____after government assigns commando for protection.
i. unleashes taunt
ii. fetters taunt
iii. confines commendation
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C) Only i and ii
D) Only ii and iii
E) All are correct
- Since the launch of the programme by the prime minister in October 2014, there has been an ______ in the construction of toilets, with five crore built in three years.
i. stggerring spurt
ii. overwhelming spurt
iii. astonishing acceleration
A) Only i
B) Only ii and iii
C) Only ii
D) Only i and iii
E) All are correct
- A video clip of the public reception given to Mr. Ravi drew some___.
i. stingy remarks
ii. uncharitable comments
iii. altruism silences
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C) Only i and ii
D) Only i and iii
E) All are correct
- In recent years, Supreme Court has grappled with the disturbing phenomenon of criminals________.
i. getting into the optional ruckus
ii. entering the electoral fray
iii. entering the voting brawl
A) Only i
B) Only ii
C)Only i and ii
D) only ii nad iii
E) All are correct
hmm difficult:(
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