Directions
(1-10): Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
1)
The court’s unanimous verdict, rendered in two concurring orders by a
three-judge Bench, means that review petitions filed against earlier orders
declining an investigation into the purchase of Rafale jets will now be taken
up on merits and that the petitioners are free to rely on these documents,
regardless of their _____________.
a) originate
b) exploration
c) existence
d) providence
e) provenance
2)
The government’s desperate attempts to prevent the court from ____________ on
these papers included a claim of privilege under the Evidence Act, a threat of
invoking the Official Secrets Act (OSA) and an accusation that the published
documents were “stolen” ones.
a) replying
b) depends
c) relying
d) trusted
e) revoking
3)
The scale and fiery _____________were clearly aimed at forcing the momentum as
western U.P. constituencies go to the polls on April 11, in the first of a
seven-phase parliamentary election in the State.
a) rhetoric
b) delivering
c) eloquent
d) persuasive
e) manifest
4)
Ms. Mayawati is an icon of Dalit empowerment, and since the 1990s has
often been deft in __________ social alliances around her core vote.
a) construct
b) building
c) demolishing
d) garner
e) collect
5)
The government’s deliberations over a withdrawal had been held ____________ by
the English nationalists among the Conservative party who demand an exit sans
an agreement.
a) banished
b) arrested
c) captivated
d) handled
e) hostage
6)
The government had opposed these moves, initiated by Conservative and Labour
MPs in recent parliamentary votes. In a bold but risky ___________, Ms. May
began talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to help break the deadlock.
a) deadlock
b) question
c) gambit
d) probability
e) future
7)
The prevailing state of chaos and confusion, almost three years after the 2016
referendum, has caused ____________ frustration among businesses and people.
a) maximum
b) possible
c) immense
d) minor
e) iota
8)
Although the court concluded that the commission’s functioning has not been
____________by bias, it has voiced apprehension about some aspects.
a) contrive
b) formulate
c) mitigate
d) vitiated
e) mollify
9)
The appointment of the commission of inquiry itself was a political move. It is
true that there was _____________ about the nature of Jayalalithaa’s illness
and some public misgivings about the adequacy of the treatment given to her.
a) speculation
b) observation
c) observing
d) discussion
e) conversation
10)
The Tamil Nadu government ordered the inquiry as part of a political compromise
under which a ____________ probe was made a pre-condition for the merger of two
factions of the ruling AIADMK.
a) judicial
b) unofficial
c) corporal
d) scientific
e) abdicate
Answers :
Direction
(1-10) :
1)
Answer: e)
Provenance
Provenance means the place of origin or earliest known history
of something. Only e) is suitable.
2)
Answer: c)
Relying
‘Relying’ means to depend on. Option b) is not correct here
since it should be ‘depending’ instead of ‘depends’.
3)
Answer: a)
Rhetoric
Eloquent would come close, but it should be the noun form of the
word- eloquence.
4)
Answer: b)
Building
Option c) cannot be suitable here with respect to the context.
Option a) is not suitable since we cannot use ‘in construct’, instead we should
use ‘to construct’.
5)
Answer: e)
Hostage
Hostage means a person seized or held as security for the
fulfilment of a condition.
6)
Answer: c)
Gambit
Gambit means an act or remark that is calculated to gain an
advantage, option c) is suitable.
7)
Answer: c)
Immense
Out of given options a) and c) , only option c) is correct here.
Iota means little bit of.
8)
Answer: d)
Vitiated
Vitiate means to spoil or to impair the quality of , both
mitigate and mollify mean to reduce or diminish.
9)
Answer: a)
Speculation
Speculation means supposition formation of a theory. With
respect to the context, only a) is suitable.
10)
Answer: a)
Judicial
Abdicate means to renounce or retire from an official post.
Option a) is most suitable here.
