Directions (1-5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Our data is constantly being collected and harvested—a (1)……………….. of privacy most recently uncovered through political plots. One can’t Google a product or service without it showing up later, (2)………………..you through advertisements and sponsored posts. I understand why the idea of data being stored (3)………………..has become a scary, almost dystopic thought. But I’ve always felt that one sector (4)……………….. data and for the worst possible reason. There is no doubt that healthcare data saves lives. So why, in India, don’t we move past our medieval paper documents (5)……………….. in storerooms and onto a system that is designed to track and store our health details?
Q1.
Observance
Breach
Malfunction
Meaning
Goodness
Q2.
Repelling
Entanglement
Entrapment
Cunning
Baiting
Q3.
Insidiously
Publicly
Confidently
Abundant
Surreptitious
Q4.
Handles
Naturalizes
Underutilizes
Hinders
Deducing
Q5.
Rehabilitating
Rotting
Maturing
Molder
Catering
Directions (6-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The finding of the Central Pollution Control Board that the number of ………………(6)…………… polluted segments of India’s rivers has risen to 351 from 302 two years ago is a strong ………………(7)……………….. of the departments responsible for environmental protection. The data show that the ……………(8)………………. of laws enacted to regulate waste management and protect water quality are simply not working. The study also ………………(9)…………….. the failure of many national programmes run by the Centre for river conservation, preservation of wetlands, and water quality……………(10)……………….
Q6.
certainly
critically
amicably
genuinely
palpable
Q7.
praise
exonerate
indictment
absolution
Acquittal
Q8.
deploy
abundance
culmination
plethora
maxima
Q9.
design
subdued
underscores
implement
weakens
Q10.
appraisal
monitoring
fragmentation
augmenting
generating
Directions (11-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Four summers ago, I decided to drive from London to Moscow. We never did it. Fear of the old car …………(11)……… down, fake Russian police and ………(12)………….. on Russian roads. An internet advisory also said that Russians reserve their smiles for family. I had no family in Russia. But in my heart, Russia was different. My Russia of the Indian 70s was charming, mysterious and ambitious. Russia was the only ………(13)……………. to America. I remember ………(14)…………. a cousin, that if I left India, I would go to Russia, but it wasn’t glamorous like America. And we had laughed. That was Russia then: solid, dark and grey. America was all sparkle, ………(15)…………. Then Russia crumbled (we never called it USSR), and many things changed forever. Including India. Including Kashmir.
Q11.
bowing
spending
jumping
breaking
making
Q12.
potholes
cracked
jump off
damper
dimple
Q13.
corresponding
difference
alternative
perfection
resolving
Q14.
told
saying
argued
mentions
telling
Q15.
dark
calmed
simple
dazzle
witty
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.E
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.B
7.C
8.D
9.C
10.B
11.D
12.A
13.C
14.E
15.D
Our data is constantly being collected and harvested—a (1)……………….. of privacy most recently uncovered through political plots. One can’t Google a product or service without it showing up later, (2)………………..you through advertisements and sponsored posts. I understand why the idea of data being stored (3)………………..has become a scary, almost dystopic thought. But I’ve always felt that one sector (4)……………….. data and for the worst possible reason. There is no doubt that healthcare data saves lives. So why, in India, don’t we move past our medieval paper documents (5)……………….. in storerooms and onto a system that is designed to track and store our health details?
Q1.
Observance
Breach
Malfunction
Meaning
Goodness
Q2.
Repelling
Entanglement
Entrapment
Cunning
Baiting
Q3.
Insidiously
Publicly
Confidently
Abundant
Surreptitious
Q4.
Handles
Naturalizes
Underutilizes
Hinders
Deducing
Q5.
Rehabilitating
Rotting
Maturing
Molder
Catering
Directions (6-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The finding of the Central Pollution Control Board that the number of ………………(6)…………… polluted segments of India’s rivers has risen to 351 from 302 two years ago is a strong ………………(7)……………….. of the departments responsible for environmental protection. The data show that the ……………(8)………………. of laws enacted to regulate waste management and protect water quality are simply not working. The study also ………………(9)…………….. the failure of many national programmes run by the Centre for river conservation, preservation of wetlands, and water quality……………(10)……………….
Q6.
certainly
critically
amicably
genuinely
palpable
Q7.
praise
exonerate
indictment
absolution
Acquittal
Q8.
deploy
abundance
culmination
plethora
maxima
Q9.
design
subdued
underscores
implement
weakens
Q10.
appraisal
monitoring
fragmentation
augmenting
generating
Directions (11-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Four summers ago, I decided to drive from London to Moscow. We never did it. Fear of the old car …………(11)……… down, fake Russian police and ………(12)………….. on Russian roads. An internet advisory also said that Russians reserve their smiles for family. I had no family in Russia. But in my heart, Russia was different. My Russia of the Indian 70s was charming, mysterious and ambitious. Russia was the only ………(13)……………. to America. I remember ………(14)…………. a cousin, that if I left India, I would go to Russia, but it wasn’t glamorous like America. And we had laughed. That was Russia then: solid, dark and grey. America was all sparkle, ………(15)…………. Then Russia crumbled (we never called it USSR), and many things changed forever. Including India. Including Kashmir.
Q11.
bowing
spending
jumping
breaking
making
Q12.
potholes
cracked
jump off
damper
dimple
Q13.
corresponding
difference
alternative
perfection
resolving
Q14.
told
saying
argued
mentions
telling
Q15.
dark
calmed
simple
dazzle
witty
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.E
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.B
7.C
8.D
9.C
10.B
11.D
12.A
13.C
14.E
15.D
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