Directions (Q.1-8): 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/phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case:
The recent series of (1) attacks, from Pakistan to Australia to Europe to North Africa, confirm that “mindless” violence (2) the staple of most groups. In November 2014, a suicide bomber (3) to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed 60 Pakistanis on the Wagah border. In December, TTP was behind the killing of over 140 people which (4) 132 children at an army school in Peshawar. Three persons were killed in a terrorist attack in Sydney in mid-December 2014. And in January 2015, a (5) of terrorists in Paris massacred 12 people at the office of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo; in this case, each of the targets was identified by name.
Africa too has not been spared and is (6) a resurgence in jihadi-linked violence. In September 2013, the Somali-based Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the killing of 67 people in a shopping mall in Nairobi. In January this year, the Boko Haram carried out the “deadliest massacre” in its (7), reportedly killing over 2,000 people in attacks on Baga and surrounding towns, in Nigeria. In April, in Kenya, al-Shabaab gunmen killed 147 students (mainly Christians) following a (8) at the Garisa University College campus.
1.
(1)Barbaric
(2) benevolent
(3) slake
(4) acumen
(5) divulge
2.
(1) continues
(2) stimulate
(3) astonish
(4) presages
(5) remains
3.
(1)following
(2)reporting
(3)Belonging
(4)responsible
(5)got
4.
(1)excluded
(2)precluded
(3)Included
(4)impeded
(5)interdicted
5.
(1)genesis
(2)Group
(3)Repugnance
(4)Head
(5)Myriad
6.
(1)Witnessing
(2)happening
(3)occurring
(4)feeling
(5)demanding
7.
(1)remembrance
(2)History
(3)revival
(4)country
(5)Trumpery
8.
(1)celebration
(2)Myriad
(3)trumpery
(4)Siege
(5)Nascent
Directions (Q.9-10): In each one of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks .n the sentence in the same sequence to make it, meaningfully complete.
Q.9.In order to tie the rope at the………., you would have to move slightly………….
1) bottom, below
2) top, down
3) bottom, up
4) pole, away
5) pole, near
Q.10.The chairman informed the board members about his decision to……..1,000 equity shares owned by him in the ………market.
1)sell, closed
2)buy, troubled
3)sell, stock
4)stock, share
5)sell, black
Answer
1.(1)
2.(5)
3.(3)
4.(3)
5.(2)
6.(1)
7.(2)
8.(4)
9.(1)
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