Dear Aspirants,
Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the words is a correct fit for the blank, mark (e) as your answer choice.
Q1. Today’s policymakers fail to understand Nehru’s ------------------------ sensible approach.
Q2. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently said that India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the “original sinner” who ------------------------------ China over India for permanent membership in the UN Security Council.
Q3. Nehru’s approach to China was --------------------- by realpolitik and not wishful thinking.
Q4. Nehru understood that peace could not be assured in Asia without -------------------------------- a potential great power like China and providing it with its proper place in the international system.
Q5. Nehru refused to consider the American feeler not because he was a wide-eyed Sinophile but because he was well aware that all Washington was -------------------------- in using India for its own ends.
Q6. Had India accepted the American bait, it would have meant ---------------------- enmity with China without the achievement of a permanent seat in the UNSC.
Q7. There is -------------------------- over both the existence of a job crisis and the diagnosis of it.
Q8. It is well established that India is staring at a ---------------------- job crisis.
Q9. India’s job crisis is an --------------------- issue, not a political one.
Q10. India is not unique in ----------------------------- rising joblessness and consequently, income inequality.
Q11. While agrarian distress has slipped into the pre-election discourse as an important political subject, it is -------------------- to ask why the urban question is no less political.
Q12. India’s cities are grappling with acute urban --------------------------- issues relating to jobs, housing, migration, living conditions, mobility, sanitation, climate change and sustainability.
Q13. It is appalling that despite occupying only about 5% of urban land, slum dwellers in cities are labelled as -------------------------------.
Q14. I find it difficult to abide by the narrow-minded attitude of a ---------------------------- person.
Q15. The man was arrested because he refused to ---------------------- with the airline’s no smoking policy.
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Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the words is a correct fit for the blank, mark (e) as your answer choice.
Q1. Today’s policymakers fail to understand Nehru’s ------------------------ sensible approach.
great
extreme
eminently
surpassed
None of the above
Solution:
'Eminently' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means to a notable degree; very.
Q2. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently said that India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the “original sinner” who ------------------------------ China over India for permanent membership in the UN Security Council.
favoured
initiate
localized
partial
None of the above
Solution:
'Favoured' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q3. Nehru’s approach to China was --------------------- by realpolitik and not wishful thinking.
articulate
warranty
timid
dictated
None of the above
Solution:
'Dictated' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means control or decisively affect; determine.
Q4. Nehru understood that peace could not be assured in Asia without -------------------------------- a potential great power like China and providing it with its proper place in the international system.
accommodating
allocated
residential
promotional
None of the above
Solution:
'Accommodating' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q5. Nehru refused to consider the American feeler not because he was a wide-eyed Sinophile but because he was well aware that all Washington was -------------------------- in using India for its own ends.
prompts
use
interested
stimulus
None of the above
Solution:
'Interested' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q6. Had India accepted the American bait, it would have meant ---------------------- enmity with China without the achievement of a permanent seat in the UNSC.
endured
enduring
calamity
astonish
None of the above
Solution:
'Enduring' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means to suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
Q7. There is -------------------------- over both the existence of a job crisis and the diagnosis of it.
puzzled
baffle
bewilder
obfuscation
None of the above
Solution:
'Obfuscation' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means the action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Q8. It is well established that India is staring at a ---------------------- job crisis.
hugely
less
massive
agriculture
None of the above
Solution:
'Massive' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q9. India’s job crisis is an --------------------- issue, not a political one.
economy
economic
socials
seem
None of the above
Solution:
'Economic' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q10. India is not unique in ----------------------------- rising joblessness and consequently, income inequality.
experiencing
experience
witnessed
witness
None of the above
Solution:
'Experiencing' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q11. While agrarian distress has slipped into the pre-election discourse as an important political subject, it is -------------------- to ask why the urban question is no less political.
dissuade
imperative
practicality
essentials
None of the above
Solution:
'Imperative' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means of vital importance; crucial.
Q12. India’s cities are grappling with acute urban --------------------------- issues relating to jobs, housing, migration, living conditions, mobility, sanitation, climate change and sustainability.
residue
reside
lives
livelihood
None of the above
Solution:
'Livelihood' is the correct fit for the blank here.
Q13. It is appalling that despite occupying only about 5% of urban land, slum dwellers in cities are labelled as -------------------------------.
encroachers
impinge
infringe
trespass
None of the above
Solution:
'Encroachers' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means intruders.
Q14. I find it difficult to abide by the narrow-minded attitude of a ---------------------------- person.
warned
prescription
prejudiced
horror
None of the above
Solution:
'Prejudiced' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted.
Q15. The man was arrested because he refused to ---------------------- with the airline’s no smoking policy.
abiding
comply
agreed
manipulate
None of the above
Solution:
'Comply' is the correct fit for the blank here and it means to act in accordance with a wish or command.
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