Q1-5 In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled in the blanks inorder to make a meaningful sentence.
Q1 After ————the huge ———the luxury car makers have in the city, the manufacturers opened their showrooms.
01. Maintaining, probable
02. Diverting, implement
03. Stabilizing, available
04. Gauging, potential
05. Focusing, inherent
Q2 A submarine’s chambers are always oxygen —————— and there should have been a proper test before the workers——————.
01. Deficient, entered
02. Deficient, drafted
03. Deficient, volunteered
04. Deficient, recorded
05. Deficient, installed
Q3 With winter set to———, fruit juice corners are ———in business, welcoming a number of consumers.
01. Refuge, back
02. Retreat, back
03. Overcome, back
04. Achieve, back
05. Dwindle, back
Q4 Residents complain that ———-operations using hand-held devices are not ————to control mosquitoes.
01. Fogging, energetic
02. Fogging, forcible
03. Fogging, validity
04. Fogging, effective
05. Fogging, convinced
Q5 Officials refused to ———-details but hinted that some people ———with the tournament wanted high-level hacking done.
01. Admit, identified
02. Discover, blended
03. Divulge, associated
04. Disclose, correlated
05. Impart, divided
Q6-10 Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. choosing a policy of ambiguity or suggesting through the media that they possessed a nuclear deterrent.
B. Eighteen years after India and Pakistan tested nuclear devices in Pokhran and Chagai in ‘98, there remains a yawning gap in perception on what this nuclear deterrent spells for the other country.
C. Though nuclear devices were clearly available to Pakistan for some time, the country’s permanent establishment lay low.
D. If a Kargil-type scenario happens in reverse and the conflict escalates to new fronts, India and the world would not want to test the rationality of Pakistan’s nuclear decision-makers.
E. It must be remembered that while India’s decision to test was a proactive one, the Pakistani call to test was a reaction, a response.Had India not gone first, it would have been nearly impossible for Islamabad to test.
F. It’s evident that as we approach the two-decade mark after the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, both countries, especially Pakistan, have indulged in acts of conventional military provocation, reflected in the mini Kargil war.
Q6 Which of the following should be the ‘ LAST’ statement?
01. D
02. E
03. A
04. B
05. C
Q7 Which of the following should be the ‘ FOURTH’ statement?
01. A
02. B
03. C
04. D
05. F
Q8 Which of the following should be the ‘ FIRST’ statement?
01. F
02. A
03. B
04. C
05. E
Q9 Which of the following should be the ‘ FIFTH’ statement?
01. C
02. D
03. A
04. F
05. B
Q10 Which of the following should be the ‘ SECOND’ statement?
01. C
02. F
03. B
04. D
05. E
Answers :-
Q.1 (4)
Q.2 (1)
Q.3 (2)
Q.4 (4)
Q.5 (3)
Q.6 (1)
Q.7 (1)
Q.8 (3)
Q.9 (4)
Q.10 (5)
