Directions (Q. 1 – 5): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
1. Healthy scepticism, a vital ___________ for any journalist, has given ______________ to credulity, or worse, naivete.
(1) factor, up
(2) role, them
(3) attribute, way
(4) thing, away
(5) task, chance
2. Kejriwal’s ________ about all kinds of people became more and more _________ and even if there was a grain of truth in any of them, there was just no evidence.
(1) statements, attacking
(2) ideas, scathing
(3) pronouncements, outdated
(4) allegations, outlandish
(5) defamations, severe
3. Every time Vidya Balan went about repeating “Entertainment, entertainment, entertanment!” audiences at awards nights went into __________ as if Voltaire had _________ from his grave.
(1) raptures, quipped
(2) dark, came
(3) silence, grown
(4) hallucination, risen
(5) enjoy, awaken
4. Whether one believes it or not, there are still some people __________ us who could have become powerful____________ in strength and in financial means.
(1) about, either
(2) surrounding, neither
(3) above, here
(4) over, there
(5) around, both
5. When politicians became _________ and the bureaucracy __________ it is to the media that people turn for some guidance.
(1) corrupt, helpful
(2) venal, unresponsive
(3) dishonest, strong
(4) careless, dictator
(5) powerful, autocrat
Directions (Q. 6 – 10): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) Knowledge has given him enough power.
(B) Man is a rational animal
(C) Due to their knowledge philosophers and religious preachers have exercised tremendous influence on the minds of gullible people.
(D) He has the power of reasoning, critical judgement and analysis.
(E) Thus, in spite of being physically weak, he has succeeded in establishing his supremacy over the animal kingdom.
(F) In fact, knowledge helps a man vanquish even a physically stronger being who is ignorant.
6. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) F
(3) E
(4) D
(5) B
7. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B
(2) A
(3) D
(4) E
(5) C
8. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(1) C
(2) B
(3) A
(4) F
(5) D
9. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) F
(3) B
(4) C
(5) E
10. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(1) E
(2) D
(3) C
(4) B
(5) A
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