Q.1-10. 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 up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q.1. A security guard at JNU _____ and a policeman, said to be eyewitnesses in the _____ case, have been seen saying Kanhaiya Kumar did not raise any slogan.
(1) school, sedition (2) campus, sedition (3) campus, disloyalty (4) college, sedition (5) campus, loyalty
Q.2. At least 16 more IEDs were today _____ from villages in Meghalaya''s East Garo Hills district, a day after _____ 50 IEDs were recovered from nearby villages, the police said.
(1) found, near (2) recovered, close (3) found, close (4) recovered, nearly (5) recovered, closely
Q.3. About 70 per cent of malaria cases reported _____ the South East Asia Region (SEAR) are from India, where the _____ of cases and deaths due to the vector-borne disease in 2014 saw an increase as compared to 2012, the government said today.
(1) of, number (2) for, many (3) from, number (4) from, many (5) from, numbers
Q.4. Congress today held a protest here _____ scrapping of Public Distribution System (PDS) by the _____ during which at least five party workers were injured after police used water cannon to disperse them.
(1) seeking, centre (2) seeking, center (3) seek, centre (4) seeking, central (5) seek, central
Q5. To commemorate the 475th _____ anniversary of Maharana Pratap, Ministry of Culture will organise a day-long special lecture and conference next month to explore _____ and cultural context of the warrior.
(1) boon, historical (2) berth, historical (3) birth, historical (4) birth, history (5) bane, historical
Q.6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s mother, Hiraba, was _____ to hospital after she complained of chest pain, but was sent back home after her test _____ were normal, hospital officials said today.
(1) take, results (2) taken, result (3) took, results (4) taken, results (5) taken, resulting
Q.7. There has been a _____ decrease in cultivation area as well as overall production of food crops and non-food crops in Gujarat in 2015-16 vis-a-vis the previous year, as per the latest _____ presented in the Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat.
(1) considering, estimates (2) considerable, estimates (3) considerable, estimate (4) consideration, estimates (5) considerable, estimation
Q.8. Home Minister Rajnath Singh today _____ charge that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited _____ with "trunkful of currency notes".
(1) dismiss, states (2) dismissed, state (3) dismissing, states (4) dismissed, states (5) dismissed, places
Q.9. The BJP''s National Executive is set to _____ next month ahead of assembly elections in five states and at a time when the Modi government is facing flak from the opposition _____ issues like "crushing" dissent and its "poor" handling of economy.
(1) met, over (2) meet, of (3) meet, against (4) meeting, over (5) meet, over
Q.10. President Pranab Mukherjee will (launch) five key projects, including declaration of Kerala as the (first) digital state and dedication of the UL CyberPark to the nation, here tomorrow.
(1) launch, sole (2) launched, first (3) launch, first (4) launching, first (5) launch, one
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Q.7.(2)
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Q.9.(5)
Q.10.(3)
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