Directions (Qs. 1 to 10):Pick out the most effective pair of words from the given combinations to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
1. The preamble contains aims and ___ of our ___:
(1) rights ... States (2) objectives ... Constitution
(3) features ... law (4) targets ... country
(5) policies ... country
2. The health authorities ___ that the best way to check the ___ from spreading is to cut the size of the royal retinue
(1) said ... problems (2) announce ... cholera
(3) believe ...menace (4) beheld ...diarrhoea
(5) claimed ... problem
3. Many people in Chandigarh ___ New Year eve at discoes in luxurious way ___ the high prices.
(1) enjoyed ... at (2) taken ... because of (3) have ... even if
(4) had ... besides (5) celebrated ... inspite of
4. The Supreme Court judgement ___ the Constitutional ___of the POTA.
(1) upheld ... validity
(2) cancelled ... welfare
(3) considered ... problem
(4) announced ... uplift
(5) declared ... opening
5. Always remember that good ___ must be ___ by concrete actions.
(1) things ... supported (2) values ... followed
(3) actions ... taken (4) intentions ... backed
(5) initiatives ... kept
6. Population in India is on the ___ and has crossed the ___ of one billion.
(1) rise ... barrier (2) increase ... number
(3) end ... China (4) progress ... mark
(5) vane ... brink
7. There is no ___ that youth embodies ___ and adventure.
(1) denying ... action (2) fact ... personality
(3) way ... creativity (4) harm ... power
(5) problem ... vigour
8. The Indians are finding the ___ like a ___ in a haystack.
(1) opportunities ... door (2) gaps ... pin
(3) gates ... door (4) goods ... opportunity
(5) jobs ... goose
9. Buddha always lived ___ and this is what makes a man ___ and enlightened.
(1) together ... healed (2) consciously ... spiritual
(3) harmoniously ... high (4) happily ... glad
(5) alone ... saintly
10. The most ___ and acute effect of noise pollution is ___ of hearing.
(1) urgent ... problem (2) serious ... peak
(3) problematic ... loss (4) sudden ... power
(5) immediate ... impairment
Directions (Q. 11 to 20):In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested. One of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in
each case:
The idea of super natural emerged from the (11) of the prehistoric men to (12) the phenomena of nature. When they couldn’t understand the (13) of nature they (14) them with Godly manifestations and from this over a period of subsequent centuries, the institution of organised religion (15) into a (16). A religion during the course of our civilisation process is a (17) and fairly (18) system of (19), dictates and do’s and don’ts about a (20) way of life.
11. (1) desire (2) inability (3) understanding
(4) ability (5) ideas
12. (1) apply (2) argue (3) study
(4) comprehend (5) enforce
13. (1) vagaries (2) belief (3) causes
(4) applications (5) beneficiaries
14. (1) acclaimed (2) claimed (3) attributed
(4) understood (5) applied
15. (1) emerged (2) aroused (3) climbed
(4) declined (5) arose
16. (1) enmity (2) actuary (3) vitality
(4) force (5) reality
17. (1) systematic (2) detail (3) encompassing
(4) comprehensive (5) short-cut
18. (1) bold (2) rigid (3) brittle
(4) solid (5) brassy
19. (1) tenets (2) points (3) slokas
(4) verses (5) ideas
20. (1) stylish (2) particular (3) golden
(4) enlightening (5) serious
Answers :
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 7-1 | 8-2 | 9-2 | 10-5 |
| 11-2 | 12-4 | 13-1 | 14-3 | 15-1 | 16-5 | 17-4 | 18-2 | 19-1 | 20-2 |
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