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Directions: In each of the following questions four statements with a blank in each
are given. You have to choose a word from the given option that can fill all the
blanks. Mark that option as your answer.

1. i. He was met by a __ of noisy, angry youths.

ii. The British feel no compunction about ushering the gentry into the coach and
packing the __ off to debtor’s prison.
iii. We arrived at the grounds after following a __ of butterflies.
iv. Tourists __ to the picturesque village.
A) hearth
B) gentry
C) cream
D) rabble
E) society

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Option D
Explanation: i- a disorderly crowd
ii-ordinary people
iii-a large group of butterflies
iv- present in large number

2. i. You and all the others like you are __.

ii. Some calls were vitriolic, accusing us of publishing pornography and __.
iii. Stagnant pools of __ are scattered all over this area.
iv. The windows were thick with __.
A) celibacy
B) filth
C) fastidious
D) cohorent
E) dirty

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Option B
Explanation:i- corrupted
ii- obscene and offensive language or printed material.
iii- mire
iv- dirt ingrained on the surface of something.

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3. i. The building has been lovingly __.

ii. The effort to __ him to office isn’t working.
iii. The government __ confidence in the housing market.
iv. The steering box was recently __.
A) cured
B) disrupted
C) moved
D) restored
E) desolate

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Option D
Explanation: i- repair or renovate; ii- return to a former condition; iii- bring back or re-
establish; iv- take apart

4. i. The debate has become __by conflicting ideological perspectives.

ii. None of this should __ the skill and perseverance of the workers.
iii. Grey clouds __ the sun.
iv. His origins and parentage are __.
A) obscured
B) cloaked
C) brightened
D) lambent
E) amplified

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Option A
Explanation: i- make unclear and difficult to understand; ii- keep from being known; iii-
keep from being seen; iv- uncertain

5. i. A good __walk is good for health.

ii. She adopted a __, businesslike tone.
iii. The sea was shimmering and heaving beneath the __ breeze.
iv. The archers played a ___ part in the victory.
A) animated
B) laggard
C) indolent
D) brisk
E) lethargic

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Option D
Explanation: i active and energetic; ii- showing a wish to deal with things quickly; iii-
cold but pleasantly invigorating; iv- settling an issue

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6. i. Firemen were soaking everything to __ the blaze.

ii. Hope is __ little by little.
iii. A look which would have __ any man.
iv. Rights of common pasture were __.
A) kindled
B) quench
C) extinguished
D) erected
E) made

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Option C
Explanation: I- cause to cease to burn; ii- destroy; iii- subdue or reduce (someone) to
silence; iv- render (a right or obligation) void.

7. i. Her upper lip curled in __.

ii. He __ his patients as an inferior rabble.
iii. She remained standing, pointedly __ his invitation to sit down.
iv. I asked her to be my wife, and was __ in no uncertain terms.
A) scrutinize
B) approve
C) disdain
D) ignore
E) spurn

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Option C
Explanation: contempt; ii- consider to be unworthy of one’s consideration; iii- refuse to
do (something) from feelings of pride or superiority;

8. i. They described the outbreak of violence in the area as an __.

ii. Color __ lead to misunderstanding.
iii. The experience might have been no more than a temporary __ of an exhausted mind.
iv. Shelley’s angry retort was an __from her normally quiet demeanor.
A) delusion
B) oddity
C) ordinary
D) connote
E) aberration

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Option E
Explanation: I- anamoly ; ii- disorder; iii- vagary; iv- not typical

9. i. A proposal to __temporarily the right to strike.

ii. We believe the board __ its responsibilities to its shareholders.
iii. You cannot __ anyone’s right to free speech!
iv. Our city needs to __ outdated laws.
A) void
B) ratify
C) abrogate
D) allow
E) authorize

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Option C
Explanation: i- repeal or do away with ; ii- evade (a responsibility or duty) ; iii- ; iv-

10. i. His theory __ a rotatory movement for hurricanes.

ii. The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath.
iii. Perhaps the __ of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect.
iv. The best economists in the world are working to __ an idea that will revive international
finances.
A) guess
B) obviate
C) postulate
D) calculate
E) posit

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Option C

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. It is shameful and horrifying and totally __ and completely __ that gender activists have
failed to address this gaping inequality.
A) sticky, intolerable
B) problematic, unacceptable
C) tight, adequate

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D) convenient, dandy
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: unacceptable = not satisfactory or allowable

2. We still hear about the “wage gap” almost daily, and even though it’s a myth, we
__ still marshal our resources to __ this imaginary injustice.
A) shall, adulterate
B) can, ruin
C) could, emend
D) should, rectify
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: rectify = put right; correct.

3. The burning of crop __, which has been identified as the villain-in-chief of the
current crisis, has __ a large number of northern cities.
A) chaff, loose
B) shuck, fiexed
C) stubble, impacted
D) debris, bumped
E) None of these

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Option
Explanation: stubble = the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground
after the grain is harvested; impacted = strongly affected by something.
4. Facebook has said that the initiative, which could be __ to other countries based
on the response, is really aimed at protecting users by ensuring that nude photos and
other __ images of them don’t get posted on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms
without their consent.
A) circumscribe, foe
B) extended, intimate
C) diminished, formal
D) abridged, extrinsic
E) None of these None of these

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Option B

5. While India has never __ that the Indian Ocean is “India’s Ocean” China has __
the bulk of the South China Sea is “China’s Sea” and even extended its claim to
Indonesia’s shores.
A) adopted, adopted
B) affirmed, affirmed
C) claimed, claimed
D) avowed, avowed
E) None of these

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Option C

6. While China has a legitimate interest in ensuring the security of its frontiers, what
has __ the entire maritime neighbourhood has been Beijing’s readiness to deploy its navy
coercively to enforce its __ claims across the South China Sea.
A) fair, imperialist
B) nonchalant, bossy
C) agitated, colonialist
D) shaken, expansionist
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: expansionist = relating to or characteristic of a policy of territorial or
economic expansion.

7. Since 2013, the world has had five __ years of large production of oilseeds
resulting in a __ inventory.
A) direct, gentle
B) straight, burdensome
C) candid, smooth
D) levelled, fluffy
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: burdensome = difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing.

8. Unfortunately within the Indian government there is __ global commodity market

commercial intelligence available so as to be able to take __ decisions on tariff changes.
A) troubling, naive

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B) few, oblivious
C) small, enlightened
D) little, informed
E) None of these

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Option D

9. Any __ with trade policy without taking into account international sensitivities and
trade relations can potentially lead to a __ and retaliatory action.
A) fiddling, bounce
B) tinkering, backlash
C) botching, rebuff
D) dallying, reflex
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: backlash = a strong negative reaction by a large number of people,
especially to a social or political development.

10. Despite the fact that India is a __ economy and not an export-oriented one, farm
exports are not __.
A) constructing, strong
B) abstaining, concrete
C) consuming, insubstantial
D) substantial, fanciful
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: insubstantial = lacking strength and solidity.

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. __of sorts, Lord Robert Clive would __a gun in one hand, and a sword in the other.
A) certainty, blaze
B) conjectural, flash
C) empirical, spark
D) strength, flicker
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: conjectural = speculative; flash = shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or
intermittent way.
2. Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay walked into India, as if __ into a__.
A) measuring, limber
B) regulating, ambulance
C) pacing, palanquin
D) trotting, barrow
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: palanquin = a covered litter for one passenger,

3. I fully believe that a __ penal code is better than a severe penal code, the worst of
all systems was surely that of having a __ code for the Brahmins
A) strong, strong
B) mild, mild
C) moderate, moderate
D) sarcastic, sarcastic
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: mild = not severe, serious, or harsh.

4. On the US side, movement — even __— on a totalisation agreement would be a

welcome __ for temporary Indian workers and Indian companies from paying an annual
social security payment.
A) abrupt, distress
B) incremental, relief
C) decrescent, anguish
D) acute, pang
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: incremental = relating to or denoting an increase or addition, especially
one of a series on a fixed scale; relief = a feeling of reassurance and relaxation
following release from anxiety or distress.

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5. When PM Modi announced his __ for “Startup India” in early 2016, the buzz __
throughout Silicon Valley.
A) vision, dull
B) vision, reverberated
C) vision, quiet
D) vision, reflected
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: reverberated =

6. A recent report predicts __ shifts in the global economic __ by 2050 — six of the
seven largest economies will be emerging economies led by China and India.
A) exciting, ruckus
B) modest, group
C) monotonous, organize
D) dramatic, order
E) None of these

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Option D

7. In an extremely warm speech, Tillerson highlighted a number of points of __

between the two erstwhile “__ democracies”.
A) difference, allied
B) isolation, conciliated
C) convergence, estranged
D) dissent, chummy
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: convergence = the process or state of converging.;

8. While designating India and the US as “the two __ of stability”, Tillerson was quite
__ on the implications of China’s rise.
A) bookmarks, delusive
B) bookends, forthright
C) bounds, insincere
D) sets, subtle
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: bookends = be positioned at the end or on either side of
(something); forthright = (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken.

9. After __ Pakistan for harbouring terrorists in his August speech, Trump recently
praised Pakistan for the help it provided in securing the release of an American woman
and her family from the Haqqani network’s__.
A) excusing, acquittal
B) scolding, sovereignty
C) castigating, captivity
D) exonerating, license
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: castigating = reprimand (someone) severely; captivity = the condition of
being imprisoned or confined.

10. The __ aspect of US policy on South Asia has involved maintaining a balance
between India and Pakistan and this has been so even in a period of __ bilateral progress
over the last two decades.
A) unstated, significant
B) untold, weighty
C) unspoken, notable
D) tacit, critical
E) None of these

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Option A

Directions : In each of the questions given below a sentence is given with one blank.
Below each sentence FOUR words are given out of which two can fit the sentence.
Five options are given with various combinations of these words. You have to
choose the combination with the correct set of words which can fit in the given
sentence.

1. The theory of the objective correlative as it relates to literature was largely developed
__the writings of the poet and literary critic T.S. Eliot.
A. Across
B. With
C. Through
D. Among
A) Both B and D
B) Both D and A
C) Both A and B

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D) Both A and C
E) None of these

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Option D

2. Formalist followers __ translated the fabula/syuzhet to the concept of story/plot.

A. Eventually
B. Totally
C. Casually
D. Finally
A) Both B and A
B) Both A and D
C) Both C and B
D) Both D and B
E) None of these

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Option B

3. The recording machinery was kept __ screens.

A. Through
B. Along
C. Behind
D. Beyond
A) Both C and D
B) Both C and A
C) Both D and B
D) Both A and C
E) None of these

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Option A

4. History is not an __ “fact,” but a reflection of certain attitudes, preconceptions, and

injustices.
A. Aaptable
B. Immutable
C. Entrenched
D. Flexible
A) Both A and B
B) Both B and C
C) Both B and D
D) Both D and C
E) None of these

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Option B

5. Soon we were driving __ a narrow road.

A. Along
B. Across
C. Since
D. Amid
A) Both A and C
B) Both B and D
C) Both D and C
D) Both A and B
E) None of these

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Option D

6. Revolutionary and incendiary, The Second Sex is one of the earliest __ to confront
human history from a feminist perspective.
A. Efforts
B. Certainties
C. Attempts
D. Causalities
A) Both A and B
B) Both B and C
C) Both A and C
D) Both D and C
E) None of these

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Option C

7. You look __you’re angry.

A. Similar to
B. As if
C. Likely as
D. As though
A) Both A and D
B) Both C and D
C) Both B and D
D) Both A and B
E) None of these

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Option C

8. Plot refers to the sequence of events inside a story which __ other events through
the principle of cause and effect.
A. Cause
B. Affect
C. Isolate
D. Perturb
A) Both A and B
B) Both C and D
C) Both B and D
D) Both B and C
E) None of these

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Option C

9. He pointed to a spot __ the concealing trees.

A. Beyond
B. Beneath
C. Against
D. Past
A) Both A and B
B) Both B and C
C) Both C and D
D) Both A and D
E) None of these

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Option D

10. De Beauvoir hopes to __ the persistent myth of the “eternal feminine” by showing
that it arose from male discomfort with the fact of his own birth.
A. Establish
B. Conceal
C. Contradict
D. Debunk
A) Both A and C
B) Both C and D
C) Both B and C
D) Both C and B
E) None of these

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Option B

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. The habit is so __ in its working that even the government arms __ to be aware of
repetition.
A) casual, die
B) extrinsic, rise
C) ingrained, appear
D) blithe, emerge
E) None of these

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Option C

2. Marxist literary criticism is a __ term __ literary criticism based on socialist and

dialectic theories.
A) lewd, portraying
B) loose, describing
C) confined, astonishing
D) stressed, confusing
E) None of these

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Option B

3. The Aadhaar Card, Form AS 26 and the network of taxpayers online, the email,
the __ banking transactions, have all given the I-T department weapons they can __ to
use without resort to search and seizure.
A) voluntary, fancy
B) elective, designate
C) dispensable, spurn
D) obligatory, choose
E) None of these

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Option D

4. The first task of deconstruction would be to find and __ these oppositions inside a
text or a corpus of texts; but the final objective of deconstruction is not to __ all
oppositions, because it is assumed they are structurally necessary to produce sense.
A) permit, fail
B) invert, loose
C) overturn, surpass

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D) abide, transcend
E) None of these

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Option C

5. Household investment has remained a __, rather than private corporate

investment, as is commonly__.
A) dilatory, desired
B) laggard, believed
C) flirt, supposed
D) quirk, deserted
E) None of these

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Option B

6. Marxism aims to __ the concept of work through creating a classless society built
on control and __ of the means of production.
A) revolutionize, ownership
B) alter, clientele
C) metamorphose, disclaim
D) deject, interets
E) None of these

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Option A

7. There is no __the fact that the present income tax law __radical re-adaptation.
A) foreseen, calls
B) rejecting, requests
C) disavowing, obviates
D) gainsaying, requires
E) None of these

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Option D

8. The event __a change in belief __socialist ideals in government and society.
A) terminated, roughly
B) ended, nearby
C) drove, gone
D) instigated, around

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E) None of these None of these

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Option D

9. The thought behind Marxist Criticism is that works of literature are mere products
of history that can be __by looking at the social and material conditions in which they
were__.
A) appraised, made
B) analyzed, constructed
C) neglected, fabricated
D) raw, arranged
E) None of these

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Option B

10. Every search of the residential and business __of the taxpayer involves an __of
his privacy.
A) data, foray
B) space, inroad
C) premises, invasion
D) argument, intrusion
E) None of these

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Option C

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. The __ succession from mother to son is related to the very __ of the Congress.
A) inexorable, fatuity
B) certain, inanity
C) inevitable, nature
D) fatal, exteriority
E) None of these
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Option C

2. The real challenge for Mr. Gandhi is not winning the Congress leadership, but
positioning himself as a __ in the way of the Modi__.
A) pulp, colossus
B) squishy, artic

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C) stagger, lorry
D) rock, juggernaut
E) None of these
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Option D

3. What he projected as a stand in keeping with public opinion came across as an

__act by a __ against a Prime Minister beholden to him for staying in power.
A) servile, liege
B) arrogant, dynast
C) lowly, diva
D) meekest, prince
E) None of these
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Option B

4. Although Manson was __ of first-degree murder in 1971, he escaped capital

punishment after California __ the death penalty a year later.
A) exonerated, correct
B) released, bearable
C) convicted, outlawed
D) reproachable, seemly
E) None of these
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Option C

5. Rather than the liberal counterculture movement of the 1960s, his __ philosophy
bears a disturbing resemblance in some respects with the far-right or alt-right brand of
neo-fascism that has __ in certain pockets of U.S. politics recently.
A) dogmatic, musahroomed
B) biased, declined
C) obstinate, dwindled
D) bigoted, mushroomed
E) None of these
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Option D

6. He too spoke of “race war” and __ up alt-right materials online, indulging in the
very same __ race-ramblings that Manson did.
A) wrapped, trivial
B) batted, nonchalant
C) lapped, apocalyptic
D) licked, insignificant
E) None of these
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Option C

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7. The legacy of Manson should serve, if anything, as a __ reminder to liberal

America that the pillars on which their __ democracy was built must never be taken for
granted.
A) mordant, empiricist
B) piquant, mechanist
C) acute, mixed
D) poignant, pluralist
E) None of these
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Option D

8. Our nation must confront the __ facts of its history rather than glorious versions of
an __ past.
A) desirable, grand
B) beneficial, magnificient
C) difficult, regal
D) inconvenient, imperial
E) None of these
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Option D

9. It’s an __ and uniquely British perspective, which achieves the seemingly

impossible – casting Britain’s empire as a great moral achievement, and its collapse as
an act of casual __, without any hint at the irreconcilability of the two.
A) ingenious, generosity
B) fatuous, frugality
C) idiotic, atrocity
D) dense, cupidity
E) None of these
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Option A

10. There are the centuries of state-sanctioned criminal activity: the remarkable __ by
supposed heroes such as Francis Drake, one of the most __ pirates in history, and
Robert Clive, who pillaged Bengal to great personal gain.
A) despoliation, reputed
B) looting, notorious
C) plunder, creditable
D) rifling, famous
E) None of these
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Option B

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

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1. The draft Bill has __ modified the earlier Bill and suggested various measures to fortify
the use of uncontaminated DNA samples for investigation __ and for identifying missing
persons.
A) mainly, objectives
B) significantly, targets
C) substantially, purposes
D) abstractly, motives
E) None of these

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Option C

2. The salient features of the recommendations __ the constitution of a statutory

body called the DNA __ board and a DNA data bank.
A) include, profiling
B) bar, ignore
C) keep, alineate
D) debar, propel
E) None of these

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Option A

3. The data bank will primarily store DNA profiles received from the __ laboratories
and maintain certain __ for various categories of data such as crime scene index.
A) exploded, records
B) counterfeit, catalouge
C) confidential, concord
D) accredited, indices
E) None of these

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Option D

4. The DNA profiles __ be shared with and by foreign governments or government

organisations or agencies only for the purposes __ in the Act.
A) will, general
B) shall, enumerated
C) will, specific
D) shall, broad
E) None of these

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Option B

5. With India’s economic growth __ in the last couple of years, the government has
been casting about for ways to __ the economy.
A) resolute, arouse
B) alacrity, excite
C) faltering, galvanise
D) certitude, stimulate
E) None of these

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Option C

6. The government seems to have realised that a simpler, more effective remedy is
at hand: __ public sector banks (PSBs) and __ the flow of credit.
A) recapitalising, attrition
B) recapitalising, attenuating
C) recapitalising, alarming
D) recapitalising, enhancing
E) None of these

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Option D

7. To understand the __ of bank recapitalisation, we need a little __ on bank capital.

A) significance, primer
B) moment, defuse
C) triviality, codicil
D) levity, separate
E) None of these

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Option A

8. Some observers __ the __ in credit growth to poor demand.

A) diminish, pace
B) abrogate, prompt
C) absolve, punctual
D) ascribe, deceleration
E) None of these

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Option D

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9. There have certainly been cases of __ and poor __ of credit.

A) delinquency, castigate
B) malfeasance, appraisal
C) misconduct, criticize
D) fault, babble
E) None of these

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Option B

10. Following the global financial crisis of 2007, sectors to which PSBs were __ came
to be __ in ways that could not have been entirely foreseen.
A) sheltered, clashed
B) compensated, crashed
C) gaurded, adverted
D) exposed, impacted
E) None of these

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Option D
Direction (1-10): In each of the following questions three statements with a blank in
each are given. You have to choose a word from the given option that can fill all the
blanks. Mark that option as your answer.

1. a) I stopped and listened, __-ing my ears for any sound.

b) __ the custard into a bowl.
c) The usual type of chair puts an enormous __ on the spine.
A) breed
B) pressure
C) stress
D) strain
E) None of these

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Option D

2. a) It is hard for logic to __ over emotion.

b) She was __-ed upon to give an account of her work.
c) Evil cannot __; we must defeat it.
A) endure
B) over-power
C) prevail
D) forfeit
E) None of these

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View Answer
Option C

3. a) She __-ed her hand as if she’d been burnt.

b) The sea otter can __ the claws on its front feet.
c) He __-ed his allegations.
A) provide
B) emphasize
C) repuidate
D) retract
E) None of these

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Option D

4. a) Success will become ever more __.

b) The __ thought he had had moments before.
c) The truth can be __, even feared.
A) subtle
B) elusive
C) obscure
D) entice
E) None of these

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Option B

5. a) The doctor recorded her blood pressure on a __.

b) Cook __-ed the coasts and waters of New Zealand.
c) The record will probably __ at about No. 74.
A) chart
B) paper
C) list
D) map
E) None of these

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Option A

6. a) The plaster started to __.

b) The easiest way to __ blue cheese.
c) Sprinkle the __ over the rhubarb.

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A) rot
B) erupt
C) break
D) crumble
E) None of these

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Option D

7. a) The __-ing of antibodies to cell surfaces.

b) Business agreements are intended to be legally __-ing.
c) Mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to __ them.
A) mature
B) solidify
C) mix
D) bind
E) None of these

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Option D

8. a) She __-ed scorn on her return to the theatre.

b) They failed to __ a full-scale invasion.
c) Stephen was eagerly __-ing the break from the routine of business.
A) assume
B) await
C) anticipate
D) abrupt
E) None of these

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Option C

9. a) A __ attempt to defuse the situation.

b) Don’t be too __ in criticizing a colleague.
c) The patient man shows much good sense, but the __man displays folly at its height.
A) blatant
B) tricky
C) quick
D) hasty
E) None of these

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Option D

10. a) The countryside was __-ed in snow.

b) A __ ban on tobacco advertising.
c) I slept on the ground covered by my __.
A) sweep
B) shadow
C) blanket
D) quilt
E) None of these

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Option C

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. There is no denying that there is a great deal of __attached to speaking __sexual

assault.
A) honour, about
B) brand, over
C) stigma, about
D) bathe, about
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: stigma = a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance,
quality, or person.

2. The risk of patients who need medical attention, such as those with dengue
haemorrhagic fever, __for this drug instead of rushing to a hospital should not be__.
A) favouring, overlook
B) opting, underestimated
C) assigning, misjudged
D) authorizing, overdated
E) None of these

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Option B

3. At a time when modern medicine is advancing towards greater transparency and

__in clinical evidence, the government’s claims on nilavembu aren’t __anyone in the

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scientific community.
A) authority, duping
B) rigidity, tricking
C) productiveness, frauding
D) replicability, fooling
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: replicability = Property of an activity, process, or test result that allows it
to be duplicated at another location or time.

4. A __of the country is __annoyed with the actions of the government.

A) ghetto, extremely
B) region, deeply
C) place, adjacently
D) line, severly
E) None of these

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Option B

5. If the government wishes to keep law and order, then it must find other, less
__ways of doing so, such as increasing security, perhaps a curfew, or even winning the
trust of the people and addressing their__.
A) frivolous, injuries
B) drastic, grievances
C) genial, beeves
D)indulgent, insults
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: drastic = likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and
extreme. grievances = a real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair
treatment.

6. The sheer __of Internet shutdowns makes it clear that it is being used as a routine
card in the ever-expanding “law and order” __of the state.
A) localized, toolkit
B) presence, toolkit
C) abyss, toolkit
D) ubiquity, toolkit
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: ubiquity = the fact of appearing everywhere or of being very common.

7. A key flaw in the Gujarat High Court’s decision, however, was its failure to
understand that the __of the CrPC cannot directly be __into the online world.
A) scarcities, inverted
B) abyss, transformed
C) provisions, transposed
D) victuals, forwarded
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: provisions = the action of providing or supplying something for use;
transposed = cause (two or more things) to exchange places.

8. There was no __or democratic debate when the rules were__.

A) ubiquity, framed
B) explicity, framed
C) transparency, framed
D) reliability, framed
E) None of these

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Option C

9. The __that the government must have the ability to control the Internet in order to
preserve law and order is an __attractive one.
A) truth, automatically
B) baloney, evenly
C) estimation, analytically
D) notion, intuitively
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: notion = a conception of or belief about something; intuitively = without
conscious reasoning; instinctively.

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10. There may very well be improvements when it comes to the first benefit. But it is
unlikely that __payments will not be__.
A) disciplinary, clarity
B) reparatory, beauty
C) compensatory, distortionary
D) correctional, compensatory
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: compensatory = (of a payment) intended to recompense someone who
has experienced loss, suffering, or injury; distortionary= any departure from the ideal of
perfect competition that therefore interferes with economic agents maximizing social
welfare when they maximize their own

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. A specialist psychiatrist could diagnose the condition early and educate the family on
what to__. Medications that slow down the speed of dementia __be tried.
A) require, can
B) expect, could
C) envisage, may
D) think, might
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: could – unfulfilled desire

2. The speech area in the brain weakens and reduces the patient’s ability to
understand words and respond. __communication problems could __in his screaming or
aggressive body language.
A) reasonable, solution
B) attendant, arise
C) Consequent, result
D) crazy, outgrowth
E) None of these

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Option C

3. Uncle Vivek suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia
__ the elderly. The population of those aged 60 and above in India has __from 5.6% in
1961 to 8.6% in 2011

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A) thrilling, rose
B) exciting, ascended
C) defending, uplifted
D) affecting, risen
E) None of these

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Option D

4. It’s a terrifying disease and its __can be bewildering for family members. But the
signs are__.
A) offensiveness, cognizable
B) attack, placable
C) demise, detactable
D) onset, recognisable
E) None of these

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Option D

5. An announcement by the government that the India-Afghanistan-Iran trilateral

arrangement to __the obstacles is on__ was well-timed.
A) thwart, exceed
B) circumvent, track
C) endure, surpass
D) beat, trail
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation:

6. The commitment that the Chabahar port development project will be completed
next year should __business on both sides about a __trade route from South Asia to
Central Asia.
A) reassure, sustainable
B) inspirit, sufferable
C) soothe, tenable
D) brace, sturdy
E) None of these

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Option A

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7. The healthy opposition should __within the country and should not __weapons
against the government.
A) delay, operate
B) support, flourish
C) dwell, control
D) stay, wield
E) None of these

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Option D

8. When a person decides to buy a flat, it __his or her __about the future.
A) apes, cynicism
B) conjectures, gloom
C) reflects, optimism
D) emulates, idealism
E) None of these

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Option C

9. Not to overstate this, but there is an __of psychology that keeps the economy__.
A) substance, noising
B) element, chugging
C) item, pinging
D) component, inflating
E) None of these

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Option B

10. Despite many attempts at discrediting the __of Keynesian remedies, to this day
policy-makers continue to repose __in them.
A) competence, trust
B) efficacy, faith
C) usefulness, fidelity
D) capacity, loyalty
E) None of these

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Option B

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Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. We need to apply the __ of social business to solve __ of inequality and

unemployment.
A) factual, problems
B) strength, problems
C) potential, problems
D) existent, problems
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: potential = having or showing the capacity to develop into something in
the future;

2. As he travelled across the world, Yunus found that low-income people in the
world’s richest nations were __from the same problems the poor __in poorer nations.
A) woe, eluded
B) suffering , faced
C) torture, mugged
D) refusing, visaged
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: suffering = the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship;
faced= confront and deal with or accept.

3. For too long, we’ve __the __of poverty, unemployment, and environmental
destruction, as if these are natural calamities
A) tolerated , persistence
B) verboten, cessasion
C) vetoed, apathy
D) prohibited, termination
E) None of these

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Option A
Explanation: tolerated= allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that
one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference; persistence=the fact of continuing
in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

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4. Social business offers __that are available neither to profit-maximising companies

nor to traditional__.
A) advantages , avarice
B) advantages , malices
C) advantages , charities
D) advantages , animosities
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: advantage = a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or
superior position.

5. A social business owner who __a product or service that helps the poor or benefits
society in some other way may be able to attract a __market by using social networking
and other online tools to spread the word.
A) plans, narrow
B) devises , wide
C) fabricates, bare
D) concocts, slight
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: devises= plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by
careful thought;

6. Humankind as a whole is living in a time of __prosperity, __in part by revolutions in

knowledge.
A) thin, consolidated
B) unparalleled, fuelled
C) inferior, forwarded
D) ordinary, corroboratorted
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: unparallel= exceptional; fuelled= sustain or inflame (an intense feeling).

7. Since the June 2008 __in global food prices, prices have continued to__, reaching
another record high in 2011.
A) peak , fluctuate
B) nadir, flutter
C) tumble, vibrate
D) plunge, undulate
E) None of these

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Option A
Explanation: peak = reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified
time; fluctuate= rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

8. We need to consider how the __of the world economy and, in particular, of the
system whereby food is produced and distributed has led us to today’s__.
A) collapse, dilemma
B) abbreviation, dilemma
C) advance, dilemma
D) evolution, dilemma
E) None of these

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Option D
Explanation: evolution = the gradual development of something.; dilemma= a situation
in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially
ones that are equally undesirable.
9. India’s decision to expand security __to Kabul has a nuanced geopolitical__.
A) constipation, rumour
B) inhibition, agonized
C) assistance, message
D) liability, flout
E) None of these

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Option C

10. The decision to enhance security training comes coupled with an India-
Afghanistan trade fair __by USAID, that will __ Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah
Abdullah and other ministers to Delhi this week.

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A) mentored, obnoxious
B) opposed, dismal
C) opposed, desirable
D) sponsored , welcome
E) None of these

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Option D

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. The GST was India’s second __with destiny and introduced with the great hope that it
would help India achieve economic__.
A) date, boldness
B) division, commoness
C) tryst, greatness
D) interview, conciousnes
E) None of these
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Option C

2. The existing electronic system is __inadequate and in case of an issue with the
system it will be disastrous if every movement of goods requires __to a portal for
generation of an e-way bill.
A) blithely, egress
B) woefully, access
C) genially, exclusion
D) gladly, ejection
E) None of these
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Option B

3. One cannot wish away the large unorganised sector and it is not practical to
__them into becoming __tax-compliant by digitisation.
A) truncheon, instantly
B) bludgeon, instantly
C) coerce, instantly
D) weapon, instantly
E) None of these
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Option B

4. It is better that the states are given __jurisdiction to deal with assessees upto a
turnover of Rs 10 crore or even Rs 25 crore so that the Centre can only deal with __with
higher revenue.

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A) pooled, judges
B) partial, estimates
C) communal, values
D) exclusive, assessees
E) None of these
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Option D

5. It is dangerous to __with the hope that things will __settle down.

A) proceed, eventually
B) pause, currently
C) ache, immediately
D)abjure, instantly
E) None of these
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Option A

6. A __to hold referendums, from Kurdistan to Catalonia, highlights the importance

for __in such votes
A) crawl, accord
B) dawdle, coarseness
C) rush, nuance
D) loiter, blatancy
E) None of these
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Option C

7. A referendum is, no doubt, a powerful tool to __participation and __public opinion

in a democracy.
A) enhance, elapse
B) alleviate, estimate
C) diminish, divulge
D) deepen, reflect
E) None of these
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Option D

8. The question of legitimacy of referendums is important and it is __provided if the

Centre __this mechanism on such issues.
A) necessarily, refiutes
B) automatically, concedes
C) mechanically, bickers
D) purposely, avows
E) None of these
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Option B

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9. While the recognition of “nationalities” such as the Catalonian one in Spain has
__moved the country away from the centralised and unitary nation-state under Franco,
there have been demands for a truer federalisation and greater devolution of power,
especially in Catalonia__.
A) lastly, initially
B) consciously, archaically
C) erratically, broadly
D) decisively, lately
E) None of these
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Option D

10. In sum, the issues at __in Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia in Spain are __different.
A) stake, vastly
B) post , extremely
C) design, insignificantly
D) guard, compactly
E) None of these
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Option A

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. The Supreme Court __a very good judgment by the Delhi High Court, which had
__down Section 377.
A) upended, put
B) overturned, struck
C) capsized, threw
D) canceled, slowed
E) None of these
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Option B
Explanation: overturned= tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.;
struck= To cause to fall by a blow.

2. In view of the __privacy judgment of the court, it is clear that what you drink and
eat and whom you __with cannot be the concern of the state.
A) concurrent, divide
B) dissonant, foe
C) jarring, avoide
D) unanimous, consort
E) None of these
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Option D
Explanation: unanimous= (of two or more people) fully in agreement.; consort=
habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others.

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3. But it is also a fact that all __ are not put behind bars. You see people __ Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister’s Office, the government.
A) dissenters, criticising
B) fenders, nipticking
C) heretics, essaying
D) humans, knocking
E) None of these
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Option A
Explanation: dissent= the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those
commonly or officially held.; criticizing= indicate the faults of (someone or something) in
a disapproving way.

4. There is __ that if they dare say anything against the government or against the
established order, they may be __ or put behind bars.
A) discharge, degage
B) serenity, complimentary
C) apprehension, incarcerated
D) assurance, broad
E) None of these
View Answer
Option C
Explanation: apprehension= anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will
happen.; incarcerated= imprison or confine.

5. We have __ criticism of the government in __, virulent terms.

A) denied, frivolous
B) participated, amorphous
C) witnessed, trenchant
D) rebelled, cute
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: witnessed= see (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen.;
trenchant= vigorous or incisive in expression or style.
6. __ are there in the abuse of law by law __, and very often, this section (sedition) is
put to action because of overcautiousness or out of ignorance.
A) perils, enforcers
B) disasters, stimulators
C) disagreements, stimulants
D) risks, charmers
E) None of these
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Option A
Explanation: perils= serious and immediate danger. ; enforcers= (in sport) a strong,

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aggressive, or intimidating player whose role is to protect teammates or dominate an

area of the field of play.

7. It is possible that Aadhaar can be misused, but the possibility of __ cannot be the
__ for arguing that the law is not required.
A) cherish, ground
B) employ, ground
C) misuse, ground
D) protect, ground
E) None of these
View Answer
Option C
Explanation: misuse= use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

8. Much will be written about the __ as far as jobs, wages and national sovereignty
that the current American __ on trade deals brings to the fore.
A) civility, enlist
B) carnage, onslaught
C) courtesy, decease
D) clemency, dribble
E) None of these
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Option B
Explanation: carnage = the killing of a large number of people.; onslaught= a fierce or
destructive attack.

9. For years now, while patent protection is getting stronger in all sectors in a large
number of countries, the conditions for its __ are becoming greatly __.
A) grant, relaxed
B) disavow, relaxed
C) demand, relaxed
D) avarice, relaxed
E) None of these
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Option A
Explanation: grant= agree to give or allow (something requested) to.; relaxed= free
from tension and anxiety.

10. A superstar firm today is not necessarily one with the greatest technological __ or
the largest research and development labs, but surely is one that has a large IP portfolio,
engages in extensive litigation on __ issues, and thrives on licensing revenues.
A) collapse, cloudy
B) glitch, subtle
C) breakthroughs, patent
D) failing, vague
E) None of these
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Option C
Explanation: breakthrough= make or force a way through (a barrier); patent = patent is
an exclusive right granted for an invention

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the
given sentences.

1. The grand __of modern Indian history has come to be __by the triumvirate of
Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar.
A) description, reigned
B) saga, directed
C) narrative, dominated
D) record, managed
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: narrative = a spoken or written account of connected events;
dominated = have power and influence over.
2. Fortunately, the constant __of history is taking place, not at the __of some
government agency but by common people.
A) inspection, regulation
B) appraisal, caveat
C) reappraisal, behest
D) recap, act
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: reappraisal= an assessment of something or someone again or in a
different way., behest= a person’s orders or command.
3. Generations that lived under British rule had had a more __and sympathetic
view of the times though people __for its end.
A) poised, struggled
B) equanimous, fought
C) placid, campaigned
D) serene, conflicted
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: equanimous= calm and composed.

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4. Anchored in constitutional scholarship, history and international law, the

celebrated privacy judgment attests to the __of our __ liberalism.
A) give, dignitarian
B) fortitude, dignitarian
C) resilience, dignitarian
D) bounce, dignitarian
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: resilience= the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties;
dignitaries= a person considered to be important because of high rank or office.
5. A less noticed but __feature of the privacy ruling is a disclaimer of judicial
power to introduce new constitutional rights in the exercise of the court’s judicial
__jurisdiction.
A) great, review
B) significant, review
C) material, review
D) crucial, review
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: significant= sufficiently great or important to be worthy of
attention; review= a formal assessment of something with the intention of
instituting change if necessary.
6. The historic verdict which affirms that the idea of human dignity includes the
right to be let alone, the equality of human beings and the freedom to will is a
__oration on human dignity and a __of the nation’s liberal conscience.
A) gorgeous, amnesty
B) high, excuse
C) sublime, vindication
D) great, defense
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: sublime= of very great excellence or beauty.; vindication= the action
of clearing someone of blame or suspicion.

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7. In India, however, the current trends would indicate that state seems to take an
increasingly __stand on fundamental rights issues in legal__.
A) stoic, ealuation
B) listless, ruling
C) apathetic, adjudication
D) phlegmatic, settlement
E) None of these

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Option C
Explanation: adjudication= a formal judgement on a disputed matter;
8. It is quite __that adults are able to think freely and the state is __to protect
and preserve their capacity to do so.
A) crucial, bound
B) major, vault
C) basic, skip
D) grave, jump
E) None of these

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Option A
Explanation: crucial= decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of
something;
9. Referring to Doklam and the BRI, columnist Samir Saran has pointed out that
“These events make it clear that we must __the romantic notion that ideological __is
possible within BRICS.
A) drop, junction
B) fall, flux
C) shed, convergence
D) cote, conflux
E) None of these

View Answer
Option C
Explanation: shed= a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter
animals, or as a workshop; converge= the process or state of converging.
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi __to a more compassionate policy on Kashmir
when he said that the war __separatism would be won “neither by abuse nor bullets
but by embracing all Kashmiris”
A) indicated, from

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B) gestured, against
C) flagged, despite
D) dismissed, toward
E) None of these

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Option B
Explanation: gestured= direct (someone) somewhere by means of a gesture;
against= in opposition to
Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. With heavy rains causing __ in Chennai, HDFC has decided to __ off any penalty on its
home loan customers impacted by the rains for any delay in EMI payments for last
month.
A) catastrophe, see
B) calamity, lay
C) flood, put
D) havoc, waive
E) disorder, take

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Option D

2. The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a __ of petitions filed against
setting up of mobile towers on health grounds saying there is no __ to suggest that
emissions from mobile towers constitute.
A) group, significance
B) clutch, evidence
C) set, witness
D) bunch, contradiction
E) number, mark

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Option B

3. California was one of the first states to __ such a system in the 1980s after the first
alarms were __ about deteriorating air quality in Los Angeles.
A) implement, raised
B) apply, rang
C) launch, constructed
D) start, sounded

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E) begin, tuned

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Option A

4. The debate on whether India should __ bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan has
gathered __ again.
A) continue, discussion
B) abrogate, significance
C) resume, steam
D) vitiate, energy
E) schedule, potency

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Option C

5. Technological developments are taking place in two opposite directions: the user
end is becoming increasingly simpler , __ the skills and equipment making that __ are
becoming complex.
A) while, possible
B) albiet, hypothetical
C) when, available
D) as, unlikely
E) despite, advisable

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Option A

6. Whether it is urban transport, where __ time information and control are critical to
success or high-speed train systems, where sensitive control and equiipment __ is a
fundamental need.
A) in, counselling
B) certain, scanning
C) actual, negligence
D) no, ignorance
E) real, monitoring

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Option E

7. The mineral-rich economy has done __ well over the past few decades in __ coal
and mineral ores to China and India.
A) immensly, selling

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B) truly, giving
C) extremely, exporting
D) actually, demanding
E) drastically, taking

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Option C

8. __ modernisation means access to new ideas and influences as well as social and
economic __.
A) Cascading, freedom
B) Immense, freedom
C) Enduring, freedom
D) Persisted, freedom
E) continued, freedom

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Option E

9. The city govt. Was of the view that some schools were __ and that closing these
would save money, which could be __.
A) small, reinstate
B) besiged, restore
C) undersized , reinvested
D) enclosed, revamp
E) None of these

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Option C

10. Although people usually come with a clear idea __the basic features in a car within
a __their decision prior to purchase.
A) about, stipulated
B) on, stipulated
C) over, stipulated
D) for, stipulated
E) of, stipulated

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Option A

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

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1. To shore up a bad argument, it is always a good idea to threaten ___but

___consequences for traditional institutions.
A) nebulous, nasty
B) indeterminate, terrible
C) dim, severe
D) vague, dire
E) faint, awful
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Option D

2. From the time of John Stuart Mill, Western democracies have ___with the question
of women’s sexual___, without which equality is an empty shell.
A) embraced, sovereignty
B) grappled, autonomy
C) completed, autocracy
D) grabbed, democracy
E) wrestled, liberty
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Option B

3. The J.S. Verma committee had recommended the ___registration of all marriages
before a magistrate, irrespective of the personal laws under which they were___.
A) essential, fulfiled
B) inevitable, completed
C) mandatory ,solemnised
D) needed, dearth
E) involuntary, swayed
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Option C

4. But where the Government is going ___slow is in recapitalising public sector

banks whose net worth is severely___.
A) obviously, lowered
B) conspicuously ,eroded
C) clearly, shrunk
D) distinctly, curtailed
E) markedly, dropped
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Option B

5. Mergers are being___ as the way to have only big strong banks which will then
have enough depth in their balance sheets to take care of future provisioning needs and
also keep lending ___to achieve rapid economic growth.
A) allured, huge
B) puffed, massive
C) blustered, large

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D) touted, big
E) amplified, great
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Option D

6. Once the top managers chosen by the Banks Board Bureau settle down and start
___the managerial culture, professionalism can emerge in an ___of improved
governance.
A) developing, medium
B) modifying, status
C) adhering, condition
D) emasculating, setting
E) changing, ambience
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Option E

7. ___the Nepal connection by completing its projects there and ___carefully on the
Madhesi issue
A) strenthening, lumbering
B) Cement, treading
C) fasten, hiking
D) jain, ambling
E) stick, marching
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Option B

8. With China ___around in its backyard, India ___out the red carpet for Nepalese
prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during his recent five-day state visit to the country.
A) marauding, rolled
B) prowling, rolled
C) creeping, rolled
D) roaming, rolled
E) loitering, rolled
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Option B

9. As New Delhi tries to gently ‘___’ Kathmandu into accommodating the aspirations
of the Madhesis, who __one-third of Nepal’s population.
A) thrust, consist
B) punch, comprise
C) nudge, comprise
D) goad, consist
E) nag, comprise
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Option C

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10. Seeking to have greater economic integration with Nepal, India will also need to
deliver on its ___ of ___ completion of two on-going cross-border rail connectivity
projects.
A) reliance, prompt
B) trust, expeditious
C) security, fast
D) pledge, nimble
E) assurance, swift
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Option E

Directions(1-5): Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. Life had come to a standstill in the Ganga-Brahmaputra floodplains where large ___of
land were ___under floods.
A) domains, staggering
B) districts, lurching
C) tracts, reeling
D) lots, rolling
E) fields, swaying

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Option C

2. Many have___ that we should return to a___ way of living and consume less
electricity.
A) ciphered, canning
B) assumed, tight
C) approximated, abstemious
D) thought, spare
E) opined, frugal

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Option E

3. Aspirational India has a desire to work and live in air-conditioned spaces, reduce
the ___of home work by using electrical appliances, entertain itself by ___the best theatre
system, commute in comfort in non-polluting transport and so on.
A) adjust, developing
B) drudgery, deploying
C) cruelity, mastering

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D) burly, overcoming
E) complicated, employing

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Option B

4. The share of electricity generated by nuclear power must be ___up as soon as

possible and large investments must be made in research and development in electricity
storage technologies to ___full benefit from VRE sources.
A) clambered, gain
B) bearded, extract
C) crawled, procure
D) ramped, derive
E) graded, glean

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Option D

5. To put Koushal in the same frame as this decision is to acknowledge the ___of
what it meant to ___the criminalisation of millions of LGBT persons in India.
A) frivolity, uphold
B) strength, uphold
C) gravity ,uphold
D) gaiety,uphold
E) levity, uphold

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Option C

Directions (6-10): Which of the phrases A, B, C, and D given below each statement
should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically
correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given, mark E as the answer

6. Justice Chandrachud then takes on one of the more casually dismissive

statements made for Koushal , where Justice G.S. Singhvi referred to the “so-called
rights” of LGBT persons.
A) made about
B) made to
C) made in
D) made over
E) No Correction required

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Option C

7. Even as the court does not make a holding on the constitutional validity of the
section, it does find that sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy.
A) Even if
B) Even
C) Despite
D) However
E) No Correction Required

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Option E

8. Finally, a recognition that privacy is linked with autonomy and the navigation of
space should allow us to think about the ways in which public spaces can be made safer
for people who bear physical markers of gender nonconformity
A) linking with
B) linked for
C) linking to
D) linked to
E) No Correction required

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Option D

9. The missile coupled with the worrying shift in missile testing patterns under Kim
Jong-un — launches which are conducted all over the country and not just at the
conventional test site in Wonsan — indicates that North Korea is possibly preparing all its
missile units for nuclear war.
A) that were
B) that are
C) are being
D) are now being
E) No Correction required

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Option D

10. The maiden run of the Lucknow Metro has been flagged-off by Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh and U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath on September 5.
A) set off
B) inaugrated
C) flagged up
D) flagged
E) No Correction required

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View Answer
Option E

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. We’re late. The film ___ have already started by the time we ___ the cinema hall.
A) shall, arrive
B) would, reach
C) will, get to
D) should, approach
E) may, go

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Option B

2. The fire spread through the building ___ but everybody was ___ escape.
A) fast, enable to
B) instant, managed to
C) quick, able
D) immediately, safe
E) quickly, able to

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Option E

3. I am thinking ___ a house; ___ you think that’s a good idea?

A) buying , what
B) of buying, do
C) taking, what
D) for, will
E) of, do

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Option B

4. I am tired. I’d rather ___ out this evening , if you don’t ___.
A) go, feel
B) not, accompany
C) not be, worry
D) never go, annoy
E) not go, mind

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Option E

5. I must ___ now. I promised not __ late.

A) leave, being
B) reach, of being
C) go, to be
D) do it, for being
E) get in, of been

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Option C

6. Cellular phone service has ___ in a new ___ of communication.

A) resulted, area
B) ushered, phase
C) grown, field
D) developed, type
E) started, sector

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Option B

7. The recent naxal attacks could not ___ the Railway Minister ___ announcing new
superfast trains.
A) prevent, from
B) keep, away
C) stop, by
D) restrict, to
E) discourage, for

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Option A

8. Retirement can either be a ___ to age or an ___ for an adventure.

A) defeat, alternative
B) surrender, opportunity
C) setback, option
D) agreement, start
E) loss, beginning

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View Answer
Option B

9. I am sorry that I have been ___ to find a suitable ___ for you.
A) able, job
B) fail, work
C) unable, vacancy
D) successful, place
E) not able, employment

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Option C

10. ____ my knowledge Mr Awas has a prejudice ___ foreigners.

A) in, for
B) as to, words
C) for, at
D) within, against
E) with, against

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Option A

Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given
sentences.

1. Noteworthy is the___ in the demand for industrial robots, at an annual rate of 9% since
2011, making the upgradation of human skills ___upon corporations and governments
alike.
A) dispatch, beseeching
B) expedition, beg
C) acceleration, imperative
D) deferral, conjure
E) Hinderance, mendicant

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Option C
Explanation:
acceleration= increase in speed/rate; imperative = of vital importance
Expedition = promptness; dispatch = deal quickly

2. The growth in international migration by as much as 50% since 1990 and the rise
of xenophobia in many parts of the world ___the dangers from the lopsided ___of the
current phase of globalisation.
A) cloud, lam

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B) obscure, orbited
C) dupe, voyage
D) illustrate, trajectory
E) rebut, trach

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Option D
Explanation:
illustrate = explains with example; trajectory = path followed by an object

3. On Tuesday, the constitutional vision, under siege for much of India’s journey as a
democratic republic, came within a ___of ___at the hands of the Supreme Court.
A) barber, destruction
B) whisker, destruction
C) editor, destruction
D) floffer, destruction
E) fisker, destruction

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Option B
Explanation:
whisker = very small amount; destruction = breaking up

4. Had the Chief Justice managed to ___one other judge to sign on to his judgment,
we would have found ourselves living under a Constitution that sanctions the complete
___of the individual to the claims of her religious community.
A) arouse, plunge
B) manage, inundation
C) prohibit, dive
D) stifle, settling
E) persuade, submergence

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Option E
Explanation:
persuade = induce to do something through reasoning or argument; submergence = to
sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.

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5. By holding that the 1937 Act ___all Muslim personal law, Justice Nariman ___the
need for reconsidering this longstanding position, even as he doubted its correctness in a
brief, illuminating paragraph.
A) enciphered, precluded
B) redacted, demanded
C) codified, obviated
D) systemized, asked
E) scripted, involved

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Option C
Explanation:
codified = arrange into a systematic order; obviate = remove a need or difficulty

6. Not only did the ___opinion privilege community claims over individual
constitutional rights, it also ___the freedom of religion with personal law, thereby
advancing a position where religion could become the arbiter of individuals’ civil status
and civil rights.
A) protesting, related
B) according, unionized
C) acceding, combined
D) accommodative, fluxed
E) dissenting, conflated

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Option E
Explanation:
dissenting = hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly held;
conflated = combine into one

7. I believe it is important to try to ___the logic of the minute from other perspectives
as well, without thereby excusing its ___power claims and the cunning of British imperial
politics.
A) fasten, egregious
B) contract, egregious
C) snarl, egregious
D) unravel, egregious
E) puzzle, egregious

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Option D
Explanation:
unravel = investigate and explain; egregious = outstandingly bad

8. Nepal-India relations have been ___for decades, but the two Modi visits did not
help ___them.
A) glassy, fix
B) propionate, correct
C) justified, mend
D) adhered, restore
E) uneven, repair
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Option E

9. The government must cease to be a ___litigant, and ___power should be made

use to reduce the grievance of the future litigant.
A) necessary, immense
B) compulsive, executive
C) important, terrific
D) logical,terrible
E) ideal, amazing

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Option B

10. NLP had a lot of laudable ___ and there was nothing to disagree___.
A) commitments, to
B) comments, for
C) assertions, off
D) statements, with
E) declarations, of

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Option D
Explanation:
statements = clear expression of sth;

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