Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.
Q1. The _____cause of the mass fish death can be ______only after the test reports are out, said Bhoi.
A) scrupulous, proven
B) factual, discovered
C) right, determined
D) exact, ascertained
E) claimed, verified
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Option D
Explanation:
scrupulous= careful; factual= true/ discovered= find unexpectedly; exact= precise/ ascertained=make sure of
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Q2. Mahanadi, whch flows through Chhatisgarh and Odisha, ____over a ____1.41 lakh sq. Km.
A) ditches, whopping
B) drains, whopping
C) curtails, whopping
D) increases, whopping
E) enriches, whopping
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Option B
Explanation:
curtails= reduce; drains= cause the water to run out/whooping=screech
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Q3. Clinical ____cannot collect exorbitant fees from poor patients or those from BPL category and should provide free treatment if_____.
A) enterprises, entitled
B) firms, entitled
C) buildings, entitled
D) institutions, entitled
E) establishments, entitled
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Option E
Explanation:
enterprise = a project undertaken; establishments= the action of establishing sth./ entitled = authorize
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Q4. Sources said this year things are going to be ____in case rainfall pattern is____.
A) worse, disturbed
B) impaired, distressed
C) bad, harmed
D) imperfect, peeved
E) deteriorated, afflicted
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Option A
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Q5. It’s official. India’s national carrier Air India is up for sale, ____of which would be charted out by a group of Ministers who would also look into details like quantum of stake to be ____and approach to be adopted.
A) conditions, discard
B) dispositions, shed
C) modalities, offload
D) properties, abandon
E) scenes, remove
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Option C
Explanation:
disposition = nature/ shed = eliminated part; modalities= a particular process in which sth exist/ offload= rid oneself off sth.
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Q6. PM Modi seems to have succeeded in breaking through the ____ ____of Donald Trump, as the president was seen shedding all defences while greeting him with genuine warmth and an uncharacteristically wholehearted smile.
A) gentle, style
B) modest, behaviour
C) lowly, attitude
D) imperious, exterior
E) despotic, outlook
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Option D
Explanation:
despotic = autocratic/ outlook= interpretation; imperious= arrogant/ exterior= self important
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Q7. The MP from Kollam constituency minister of state for information and broadcasting was ____as the railway minister ____the limelight!
A) riled, fuzzed
B) peeved, hogged
C) grated, shared
D) depressed, dispatched
E) displeased, reflected
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Option B
Explanation:
riled = make someone annoy/ fuzzed= indistinct; peeved= make someone annoy/ hogged = use sth in most selfish way
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Q8. A commitment to the ____of the laws and the due process is the ____of the Chandrachud court.
A) autonomy, dedication
B) validity, contribution
C) legitimacy, dedication
D) defensibility, impediment
E) legality, contribution
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Option E
Explanation:
legitimacy = validity; legality = obligations imposed by laws
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Q9. Though India has, over the years, maintained ____relations with Israel, Indian leaders have been hesitant to make these relations____.
A) intimate, public
B) good, popular
C) healthy, undercover
D) righteous, social
E) legitimate, widespread
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Option A
Explanation:
intimate = very close connection/ public = open
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Q10. In a crass display of a colonial-era mindset that ____to this day, the club management turned Lyngdoh out for being ____in the traditional Khadi attire.
A) survives, dressed
B) stands, dressed
C) suffers, dressed
D) brooks, dressed
E) endures, dressed
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Option E
Explanation:
endures= undergo
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