Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.
Q1. The grand __of modern Indian history has come to be __by the triumvirate of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar.
A) description, reigned
B) saga, directed
C) narrative, dominated
D) record, managed
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: narrative = a spoken or written account of connected events; dominated = have power and influence over.
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Q2. Fortunately, the constant __of history is taking place, not at the __of some government agency but by common people.
A) inspection, regulation
B) appraisal, caveat
C) reappraisal, behest
D) recap, act
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: reappraisal= an assessment of something or someone again or in a different way., behest= a person’s orders or command.
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Q3. Generations that lived under British rule had had a more __and sympathetic view of the times though people __for its end.
A) poised, struggled
B) equanimous, fought
C) placid, campaigned
D) serene, conflicted
E) None of these
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Option B
Explanation: equanimous= calm and composed.
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Q4. Anchored in constitutional scholarship, history and international law, the celebrated privacy judgment attests to the __of our __ liberalism.
A) give, dignitarian
B) fortitude, dignitarian
C) resilience, dignitarian
D) bounce, dignitarian
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: resilience= the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; dignitaries= a person considered to be important because of high rank or office.
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Q5. A less noticed but __feature of the privacy ruling is a disclaimer of judicial power to introduce new constitutional rights in the exercise of the court’s judicial __jurisdiction.
A) great, review
B) significant, review
C) material, review
D) crucial, review
E) None of these
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Option B
Explanation: significant= sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; review= a formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary.
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Q6. The historic verdict which affirms that the idea of human dignity includes the right to be let alone, the equality of human beings and the freedom to will is a __oration on human dignity and a __of the nation’s liberal conscience.
A) gorgeous, amnesty
B) high, excuse
C) sublime, vindication
D) great, defense
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: sublime= of very great excellence or beauty.; vindication= the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion.
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Q7. In India, however, the current trends would indicate that state seems to take an increasingly __stand on fundamental rights issues in legal__.
A) stoic, ealuation
B) listless, ruling
C) apathetic, adjudication
D) phlegmatic, settlement
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: adjudication= a formal judgement on a disputed matter;
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Q8. It is quite __that adults are able to think freely and the state is __to protect and preserve their capacity to do so.
A) crucial, bound
B) major, vault
C) basic, skip
D) grave, jump
E) None of these
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Option A
Explanation: crucial= decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something;
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Q9. Referring to Doklam and the BRI, columnist Samir Saran has pointed out that “These events make it clear that we must __the romantic notion that ideological __is possible within BRICS.
A) drop, junction
B) fall, flux
C) shed, convergence
D) cote, conflux
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: shed= a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop; converge= the process or state of converging.
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Q10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi __to a more compassionate policy on Kashmir when he said that the war __separatism would be won “neither by abuse nor bullets but by embracing all Kashmiris”
A) indicated, from
B) gestured, against
C) flagged, despite
D) dismissed, toward
E) None of these
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Option B
Explanation: gestured= direct (someone) somewhere by means of a gesture; against= in opposition to
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