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Directions (1-3):
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select “No improvement”.
Q1. (The town shrouded) by a white haze which increased towards the outskirts where stubble burning was not a rare sight.
(a) The town was shrouded
(b) The town has shrouded
(c) The town will be shrouded
(d) No improvement
Q2. The proposed framework (to determine) wage will continue pushing ‘starvation wages’ in India.
(a) To be determined
(b) Determines
(c) To determining
(d) No improvement
Q3. He has achieved success (by dint on) sheer hard work.
(a) By dint with
(b) By dint of
(c) By dinting on
(d) No improvement
Directions (4-5):
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the antonym to the given word.
Q4. Fuddle
(a) Upset
(b) Explicate
(c) Nonplus
(d) Rattle
Q5. Astringe
(a) Liberate
(b) Constringe
(c) Circumscribe
(d) Tauten
Directions (6-8): Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Q6.
(P) Reports suggest that an attempt is under way to shift
(Q) over Assam Rifles in the sensitive Northeast region to serve vested interests.
(R) This is not the first time that such an attempt is being made to ride roughshod
(S) the operational control of Assam Rifles from the Army to the Home Ministry.
(a) PQRS
(b) PSRQ
(c) RQSP
(d) RSPQ
Q7.
(P) Created in 1835 to protect British interests in the Northeast,
(Q) Of understanding the terrain and the people.
(R) Continues to operate in that region with the advantage.
(S) A peep into the history of Assam Rifles shows that the force,
(a) SPRQ
(b) PSRQ
(c) QRPS
(d) RSQP
Q8.
(P) Calls for full democracy, posing the biggest popular challenge to.
(Q) The protests started over a now-withdrawn extradition Bill that.
(R) Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012.
(S) Would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial but rapidly evolved into.
(a) RPSQ
(b) PSRQ
(c) PQRS
(d) QSPR
Directions (9-10):
In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase given in bold.
Q9. Down to the wire(a) removing the bondage that is keeping one down
(b) the last second before the bomb explodes
(c) to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute
(d) finishing all of one’s resources to the last penny
Q10. To buy a lemon
(a) to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems
(b) buying only half the recipe will not help you prepare the full dish
(c) to purchase an insignificant thing which eventually becomes very useful
(d) to buy stuff which you don’t need
Solutions
S1. Ans(a)
Sol. Since the given sentence is in passive voice (was/were + V3) hence option (a) is the correct choice. Option(c) isn’t apt as the given sentence is in past tense.
S2. Ans(d)
Sol. No improvement
S3. Ans(b)
Sol. “By dint of” is a phrasal preposition which means by means of.
Hence, option (b) is the correct choice.
S4. Ans(b)
Sol. Fuddle: a state of confusion or intoxication.
Explicate: something which Is explicit or clear.
S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Astringe means to contract or become contracted and liberate means set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.
S6. Ans(b)
S7. Ans(a)
S8. Ans(d)
S9. Ans(c)
Sol. The idiom “down to the wire” means waiting until the last minute to do something.
S10. Ans(a)
Sol. To buy a lemon: to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it away.