Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.
Q1. Such caution _____ have been the ______ course to adopt during the 1960s, with a view to advance the larger common interest.
A) affluence, intrinsic
B) surplus, liminal
C) can, impractical
D) may, pragmatic
E) should, assistant
Answer & Explanation Option D
Explanation:
pragmatic – of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations
Q2. The ____of the democratic will on the common institutional framework was in ____evidence in relation to developments in Myanmar.
A) allegation, stark
B) assertion, stark
C) confutation, brimming
D) censure, clothed
E) abnegation, bleak
Answer & Explanation Option B
Explanation:
assertion – declaration
stark – clear
Q3. A familiar ____voice among commentators is that for all the ___meneal declarations issued during ASEAN annual summits
A) refrain, lofty
B) interactive, haughty
C) indulgence, menial
D) ingestion, obtrusive
E) assistance, haughty
Answer & Explanation Option A
Explanation:
Refrain – stop oneself from doing something.
Lofty – of a noble or elevated nature.
Q4. Stalking is not a mere ______ — it is a crime that requires ______ punishment
A) satisfaction, tardy
B) consolation, effective
C) conveyance, strong
D) coziness, brisk
E) annoyance, swift
Answer & Explanation Option E
Explanation:
swift – happening quickly or promptly.
Q5. The recent incident of a woman being pursued at night by men in a car in Chandigarh is a reminder that neither law nor public ________ is a sufficient ____ to such crimes
A) aversion, catalyst
B) honor, option
C) approval, cause
D) odium, deterrent
E) repute, motivator
Answer & Explanation Option D
Explanation:
odium – general or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions.
deterrent – a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
Q6. The victim’s presence of mind to call the police in time ____ her pursuers’ designs, but not every woman may survive such an ____ in the same manner.
A) balked, ordeal
B) excelled, ordeal
C) foiled, ordeal
D) advanced, ordeal
E) succeeded, ordeal
Answer & Explanation Option D
Explanation:
ordeal – a very unpleasant and prolonged experience, nightmare, trauma
Q7. A right to free expression for an individual about her,_____ for instance, is meaningless without actual availability of security that guarantees that private force cannot be used to ____ this right.
A) exploitation, thwart
B) commercialization, facilitate
C) truthfullness, foster
D) honesty, block
E) expulsion, baffle
Answer & Explanation Option A
Explanation:
thwart – prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
Q8. A new regulatory ___ for groundwater, that provides for ___ use, is urgently needed
A) reign, equivocal
B) dynasty, unbiased
C) governance, unfair
D) regime, equitable
E) order, abrupt
Answer & Explanation Option D
Explanation:
equitable – equal, fair and impartial
Q9. The Bill also builds on the decentralisation mandate that is already ____ in general legislation but has not been implemented effectively as far as groundwater is concerned and seeks to give _____ control over groundwater to local users.
A) aggrandized, actual
B) defiled, deemed
C) sullied, genuine
D) tainted, authorised
E) enshrined, regulatory
Answer & Explanation Option E
Explanation:
enshrine – preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected.
Q10. For decades, policymakers behaved like the ____ ostrich because the ‘invisibility’ of falling groundwater tables made it ___ not to address the problem immediately.
A) proverbial, possible
B) proverbial, imaginable
C) proverbial, viable
D) proverbial, reasonable
E) proverbial, realizable
Answer Option A