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Directions (1-5): In each of the Q3

questions given below, two sentences () NFLPA has
on the financial
are given with one blank. Four to Five side of the pandemic
negotiations
options are given below each question. (11) We feel that
developers can and
Choose the.option which wvill fill both
the statement and make it grammati
should all
the best qualities
cally and contextually correct. of each platform by
embracing
multiplatform
development.
Q1
(a) refute
z
(b) espouse
The closed system accounted for a
(d) leverage
considerable revenue share of 86.4%
(c) ingratiate 9
in 2018 and will show a (e) confound
growth trend during the analysis Q4
timeframne. () He's certainly an
intelligent,
(II) India's possible role in developing thoughtful individual,
but we need
the terminal had become a a
someone little more
to
flash point within the government. lead us into the next
election.
(a) Significant (6) Encroaching (II) Her. recent acrylic
abstractions are
(c) Subordinate (d) Collateral boldly graphic with
radiant colors in
geometric
compositions.
(e) None of the above.
(a) implausible
(b)intransigent
Q2. (c) soporific
(d) dynamic
() The coronavirus pandemic will (e) admonitory
accelerate Eni SpA's pivot away
Q5.
from conventional to
investing in greener facilities. () Everything visible
was made of
wood, and the scene
seemed stiff and
(11) Though the country is short in
unnatural.
producing crude oil, which is turned
(11) The growth in exports
is a reflection
into fuel at it manufactures
of
modest growth in
surplus petroleum products.
global trade
and increasing
(a) Supplies (b) Requirements
protectionism.
(c) Refineries (d) Ambitions (a) precariously (b)
injunction
(e) None of these.
()virtually (d)
extremely
(e) cautiously
benefits UUessed foods
questions based on the given passage. of
will
may be able he programme.
lose
Paragraph 1: The Generalized System of to
A pr the
the change, bear 2-3% of
theproduce,
export of some not more.
Thels from
Preferences is the largest and oldest but
oss
United States trade preference kinds
loss tin
may even of
rice for exam
programme. The U.S. intended it exceed 10%.
to of goods from India
Thelandedpnoe
promote economic development by
it was before has
to bethe pnice
eliminating duties on some products the GSP was
samea
it not, consumers
removed.
imports from the 120 countries designated of those
products If
U.S. would
as beneficiaries. It was established gravitate to
producersin the
by the enjoy the GSP
that
Trade Act of 1974. According benefits
and
to the to offer lower prices. hence
areable
website of the U.S. Trade Representative,
Obviously,
back a
customer s
difficult to get
it
the GSP encourages
that a
sustainable competitor takes away.
development in beneficiary
The U.S.conduct
countries by periodic reviews
helping them of
the programme. The
increase and review for India, taken
up last year,
their trade focused on *whether
with the U.S. The U.S. also
it is meetingthe
believes that eligibility criterion
that requires GSP
moving GSP imports from
a
the docks to beneficiary country to
assure the U.S.that
U.S. consumers, farmers, and it will provide equitable
and reasonable
manufacturers supports tens
of thousands accessto
itsmarket." The Trade
of jobs in the U.S. The other
benefit is Representative accepted
two petitions
that "GSP boosts American asserting that India did
not meet the
competitiveness by reducing
the costs of criterion: one from the
National Milk
imported inputs used by
U.S. companies Producers Federation and
the U.S. Dairy
to manufacture goods
in the United Export Council, and the
other from the
States." The Trade Representative
Technology
says Advanced Medical
the GSP is important
to U.S. small ASsOCiation. India wants
dairy produes,
businesses, many of which
rely on the which could form part of
religrous
programmes
competitive.
duty savings to stay Worship, certified that
they
were,
have n
a
only derived from
animals that
Paragraph 2: The Indian export
may not feel industry been fed food containing
internal
nations
ors
the pinch of the GSP Other exporters such as
EU
removal for India by
producis.
the U.S. The loss for New Zealand certify
their. cond
the industry U.S. not
done so.
amounts to about $190 the has so far
onthe
million on exports
a cap
cap
of $5.6 billion falling India has recently
placed stents
under the GSP
like
category. But specific prices of medical
devices,
Sectors, such as
device
gem and jewellery, impacts U.S. exports of
such
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maximum
advantages to the United States. price of medical devices
from U.S.
Which of the following advantages
(III) Medical devices were not
exported
are presented in the passage?
to US because India put
restrictions
() The implementation of GSP results on them.
in increase in employment (a) Only I (b) Only
II
(II) Small business run out of the (c) Only III (d)
Both I and III
business because of heavy import
e) None of the given statements
duties
(III) The GSP helps spur trade among the Q9. Which of the following
statements
are true as per the
statistical data
countries and the states
given in paragraph 2?
(IV) The cost of the manufactured
(1) The Indian export industry
may face
products that are developed from
a loss of $5.6 billion
after the
imported inputs are reduced
removal of GSP.
(a) Both Ill and IV
(1) Exporters of rice will have
to face a
(b) Only III
loss of 2-3%
(c) Only II
(III) Producers of gem and
leathers may
(d) All I, III and IV have to increase the
exports of these
(e)All of the given statements products by 10%.
(a) Only I
Q7. Which of the following word/s can
fill in the blank (A) as highlighted in (b) All of the above
the passage? (c) Only III
) Variegate (ii) Relinquish (d) Both I and III
(ii) Diversify (iv) Accumulate (e) None of the above
(v) Agglomerate Q10. From the given options

which is/are
(a) Only (i) (b) Only (iv) the correct synonym of
the word
(c) Both (i) and (ii) (d) Only () gravitate as used in the
passage
and can replace the word
in the
(e) Both (i) and (v)
passage to make
grammatically
Q8. What can be inferred from the line, correct sentence?
"India has recently placed a cap on i) Ascend ii)
Dispose
the prices of medical devices, like
(iv) Retreat
(ii) Incline
stents, that impacts U.S. expots of
(v) Deviate
such devices"?
(a) Only (i)
( The prices of medical devices were
increased by India. (b) Gi).i) and (1i)
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has been
been keen
(iv)
() Both (i) and to join. (E) But six
years
into
(d) Both (i) and (ii) negotiations, its
concerns remain:
(iv) opening its markets for
cheaper goods
(e) (i,i).(ii) and
following from countries like China and
Sou
Directions (11-20): Read the
South
questions as Korea; amd ensuring that RCEP
countrie
passage and answer the
some blanks given open their markets for ndia
manpower
directed. There are
in the passage
based on which some services).
some words
questions are franmed, and (F) India has a trade (1)
agreement with
well to help you as many as 11 of the RCEP
(2)countries
are highlighted as
answer some of the questions. and it is the only one among
them that
Leaders of the 10-member
Association of isn't (3)negotiating a
bilateral or
South East Asian Nations have multilateral free trade (4)
deficit with
(A) committed to conclude China at present. (G)As a
result, although
negotiations for the Regional negotiators have agreed to
New Delhi's
Comprehensive Economic Partnership demandfor differential tarifjs
for its trade
free trade agreement by the end of
2019. with China vis-à-vis the
others, India has
(B) Some like the Malaysian Prime also made tagging the "Country
of
Minister went a step further, Origin" on all products a
sticking point
(1)suggesting that countries not ready to in RCEP negotiations. Despite
its
join the RCEP, (2) join India but also misgivings, however, the
government has
Australia and New Zealand, could (H) L that it is
committed to
(3)notably at a later date, allowing a making RCEP work, and any
attempt to
(4)truncated 13-member RCEP to go cut India out of the agreement
was
ahead. Others insist that all 16 members "extremely premature". In the
next few
must agree on the final RCEP document. months, India will be expected
to keep up
It is clear that ASEAN, which first (C) intense negotiations, and most
important,
and
impounded the RCEP idea in 2012, is give a clear indication both
internally
To
putting pressure on all stakeholders to to the world that it is joining
RCEP.
has
complete the last-mile negotiations. The that end, the Commerce Ministry
stakeholders
ASEAN summit, which ended in begun consultations with
wormiea
Bangkok on Sunday, agreed to send a from industries that are most
three-member delegation to New Delhi to
steel and
about RCEP, including
and
take forward the talks. RCEP includes copper,
textile
aluminum,
think
ASEAN's FTA partners-India,China,
pharmaceuticals, and has engaged
Japan, South Korea,
Australia and New management
institutes to
tanks and
Zealand and the FTA would
in favour of
develop a-
) (D)_ 40% of all global agreement.
Giving up
trade among economies Signing the regional
would mean
that make up a RCEP
the chance to join
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meaningful?
trade, but also lose the ability to frame the (a) 1-3 (b) 3-
4
rules as well as investment standards for (c) 1-2 (d) 2-
3
the grouping. Above all, at a time of (c) 2-4
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global uncertainties and challenges to

in bold in
(C).
multilateralism and the international Q13. A word is given
cconomic order, a negative, 1nessage on Choosc thc word which should
replacc the word given in
bold
to
RCEP ()
and
make the sentence correct
Q11. Which of the following word given mcaningful If no change Is
in the options should come at the required, choose option (e)
as your
place marked as (A) in the above answer.
passage to make it grammatically (b)
finagled
(a) riled
correct and meaningful? Also, the (d)
promoted
word should fill in the two sentences (c) gleaned
given below to make them (e) No change
following words
contextually correct and meaningful. Q14. Which, of the
in (D) to
should fill the blank
given
() Once again, the courts have
correct and
reaffirmed our efforts to make it contextually
for meaningful?
hold the President accountable
reprobate (b)
encompass
corruption, and ensure that the (a)
(d)
expound
President acts in the public interest, (c) debase
not his own interest. () ingratiated
2018, nearly 65
a sentence (E)
(11) On November 6, Q15. In the passage given,
voters-more
may or may
percent of Florida is given in Italics.
There
5 million people not be an error in one
part of the
than
has
approved Amendment sentence. Choose the
part which
restoring voting rights to over a an error in it as your
answer.
4,
citizens.
negotiations, its
million of their fellow (a) But six years into
precariously (b) eloquently concerns remain: opening
(a)
cheaper goods from

(d) continuously (b) its markets for
(c) resoundingly
countries
(e) substantially
South Korea; and
four (c) like China and
sentence given in (B) has
countries open
ensuring that RCEP
Q12. The
bold. Amongst the
manpower
words given in the (d) their markets
for
India
bold words which of
given (services).
must interchange to make
followings
sentence grammatically
and (e) No error
the
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Q16. The sentence given
Amongst the warnings to drivers to
make
words given in bold.
ure
which of the keys are stored
securely.
given bold words
followings must
interchange to (I1) In a recent FDA Consumer
Update
grammatically the agency
make the sentence
that
andcontextually correct and dental amalgams used in
dental
meaningful? restorations are not
harmful
to
(b)1-4 patients.
(a)3-2
(a) belied (6)
rankled
1-2 (d) 2-4
c)
(c) spunk (d)
reiterated
(e) 2-3
sentence (G) (e) incurTed
Q17.In the passage given, a
is given in Italics. There may or may Q19. Which of the following
words
thhe should fill the blank
given in () to
not be an error in one part of
sentence. Choose the part which has make it contextually
correct and
an error in it as your answer. meaningful?
(a) As a result, although negotiators have (a) sloppiness (b)
assiduity
agreed to New Delhi's (c) platitude (d)
unraveling
(b) demand for differential tariffs for its (e consensus
trade with
Q20. Which of the following
phrases
(c) China vis-à-vis the others, India has
should fil the blank ()
to make it
also made tagging the
contextuallyand
grammatically
(d) "Country of Origin" on all products a meaningful and
Correct
sticking point in RCEP negotiations.
respectively?
(e) No error
(a) economy is a different
matter
Q18. Which of the following word given
(b) interpreted as some
weakness in the
in the options should come at the
original conception
place marked as (H) in the above
passage to make it grammatically (c)capital is not only funds
but also ideas
(d)would undermine India's
plans for
correct and meaningful? Also,
the
Word should fill
in thetwo sentences economic growth
potential
given below to make
them (e) little doubt regarding the
contextually correct and
meaningful. ruling party of the
country
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the crime wave,
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according
Sol. Significant means sufficiently great with their expectations
or important to be worthy of attention S4. Ans. (d)
Subordinate means lower in rank or Sol. Among the given
options, the option
position. (d) dynamic' which means (of
a
Collateral means connected but less process or system)
characterized by
important constant change, activity,
or progress is
the most appropriate word to
fill the
Encroaching means intrude on (a person's
blank. Hence, the option (d)
is the correct
territory, rights, personal life, etc.).
answer.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.
Implausible: (of an argument
or
$2. Ans. (c) statement) not seeming
reasonable or
Sol. Among the given words, probable; failing to
convince
Refineries" fits aptly in the context of Intransigent: unwilling or
refusing to
the passage as it means the action of change one's views or to
agree about
improving or being improved. All the something
other words are either contextually Soporific: tending to induce
drowsiness
incoherent to the passage or they fail to fit or sleep
in either of the sentences. Hence, option
(c) becomes the-most suitable answer Admonitory: giving or
conveying a
warning or reprimand
choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Ambitions mean a strong desire to do or
achieve something. Sol. The most suitable word
to fill in the
blank is "extremely'" as the
sentence tells
$3. Ans. (d) us that are volatile and
volatile is adverb,
Sol. Among the given options, the option and an adjective will be
used. The other
(d) leverage which means use words are either
grammatically incorrect
(something) to maximum aavanage or contextually meaningful.
Hence, option
The most appropriate word to fill the (d) is the most suitable
answer choice.
blank. Hence, the option (d) is the correct Precariously means in a way
that is
answer. uncertain or dependent on
chance.
Refute: prove (a statement or theory) to Cautiously means in a way
that
be wrong or false; disprove deliberately avoids
potential problems or
Espouse: adopt or support (a cause, dangers.
belief, or way of life) Injunction means an
authoritative warning
Ingratiate: bring oneself into favour with or order.
someone by flattering or trying to please S6. Ans. (d)
them Sol. To validate the
answer, refer to the
Confound: cause surprise or confusion in
first few lines of the
passage given above,
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"the GSP helps
which state, beneficiary Sol. Refer to the third
paragraph
development in
sustainable
ofthe
helping them increase and passage given above, hich
menti
countries by The "The Indian export industry
may
their rade with the U.S.
not
diversify
believes that moving GSP the pinch of the GSP
removalfor feel
U.S. also
ndia
docks to U.S the U.S. The loss for the
industry ame by
imports from the manufacturers to about $190 million on
exports
consumers, Jarmers, and
of $5.6
tens of thousands of jobs in the billion falling under the GSP
category
Supports
benefit is that "GSP But specific sectors, uch as
gem and
U.S. The other
competitiveness by jewellery, leather and
processed food
boosts American
inputs used will lose the benefits of the
programme. A
reducing the cosis of imported
U.S. companies to manufacture
goods producer may be able to bear 2-
3% of the
by
United States." The Trade loss from the change, but not
more. The
in the
Representative says the GSP is important loss, in export of some kinds
of rice for
1o U.S. small busimesses, many f which ample, may even exceed 10%.
" As per
rely on the programmes duty savings
to these lines none of the given
statements
stay competitive. Here, we can'
" infer the are true. Hence, option (e) is
the most
quoted text from the statements given in suitable answer choice.
II and IV. Hence, option (d) is the most S10. Ans. (b)
suitable answer choice.
Sol. Ascend, dispose and
incline are the
S7. Ans. (C) words which are synonyms of
Gravitate
Sol. The-trade increases and diversifies and can be used in tie passage
to make a
because of GSP. Therefore, diversity and grammatical andcontextual
correct
variegate are correct choice. Thus, option sentence. Whereas, other two.
are the
(c) is correct option choice. antonyms of the word. Thus,
option (6) IS
Variegate exhibiting different colours, correct answer choice.
especially as irregular patches or streaks. S11. Ans. (c)
Agglomerates gather together or acquire Sol. Here, in given
blank,
the
an increasing number or
means
quantity of RESOUNDINGLY" which
answe
S8. Ans. (b) "1otally" is the most suitable
Sol. The phrase, statement
mentions tne
"placed a cap" means to0 choice as the
membes
establish a clear upper limit on unanimous decision by leading
Something. Thus, conclude
RCEP trade
as per the givein line, the of ASEAN to
maximum prices
of devices were limited. negotiations.
Hence, option
persuasivenesS
in
(b) is the correct answer Eloquently: fluency or
choice.
speaking or writing.
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value
of
Precariously: in a way that is not securely
something
in position and is likely to fall or collapse
explanation;
Expound: add details or
$12. Ans. (d) in
depth
clarify the meaning; state
Sol. In the highlighted statement,
by
Ingratiated: gain favor with
somebody
positions of words marked (1) and (4)
deliberate efforts
seem to be correct. On interchanging (2)
and (3) we will get a grammatically S15. Ans. (d)
correct and contextually meaningful Sol. Here, the error lies in
the
part of the
(d), where,
statement. The phrase "could notably at a sentence stated in option
As
later date" is grammatically incorrect "India" will be replaced with
"Indian".
qualified
therefore hints towards the interchange. manpower" is a noun, it will be
and
not a noun
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable by an adjective [Indian]
is the most
answer choice. [India]. Hence, option (d)
S13. Ans. (d) suitable answer choice.
Sol. Here, "Impounded" will be replaced S16. Ans. (b)
with "promoted" to make the statement
statement,
Sol. In the highlighted
(3)
contextually meaningful and positions of words marked (2)
and
(1)
grammatically correct. seem to be correct. On
interchanging
Impounded: seize and take legal custody and (4) we will get a
grammatically
of (something, especially a vehicle, correct and contextually
meaningful
goods, or documents) because of an statement. The phrase
"multilateral free
infringement of a law trade deficit with China" is
grammatically
Riled: make (someone) annoyed or incorrect therefore hints
towards the
iritated interchange. Hence, option
(b) is the most
Finagled: obtain by dishonest or devious suitable answer choice.
means $17. Ans. (e)
Gleaned: obtain (information) from Sol. The italicized statement
does not
various 'sources, often with difficulty contain any error and
therefore needs no
S14. Ans. (b) improvement. Hence, option
(e) is the
Sol. In the given blank, most suitable answer choice.
"ENCOMPASS", which means S18. Ans. (d)
"surround and have or hold within" fits in Sol. In the
given blank,
perfectly. Other options either form a REITERATED"which means say
grammatically or contextually incorrect something again or a number
of times,
statement. typically for emphasis or
clarity'",
Reprobate: a person without morals who perfectly fits in. Hence,
Option (d) is the
is disapproved of most suitable answer choice.
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Belied: (of an appearance) fail to givea
m
Assiduity: constant
or close
attention
true impression of (something) what one is doing
to
Rankled: gnaw into; make resentful or Platitude: a trite or obvious
angry
remark
Unraveling: investigate
and solve
Spunk: courage and determination explain (something complicated
or
Incurred: become subject to (something puzzling)
or
unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of S20. Ans. (d)

one's own behaviour or actions.
Sol. Here, phrase given in
option
S19. Ans. (e)
(e) is
completely out of context and
therefore
Sol. Here, "CONSENSUS" which means can be omitted. Apart from
the phrase
"a general agreement" perfectly fits in given in option, (d) no other
option
form
the given blank, as inferred from the a grammatically correct and
contextually
former part of the sentence. meaningful statement. Hence,
option
(d)
Sloppiness: lack of care and organization; is the most suitable answer
choice to fill
excessive casualness in the blank ().
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questions a paragraph is given with two were locked at their lower
circuit of
blanks. The paragraph is then provided 20% for the second
with five options which consist of the day even as the board of
directors of
words that can fill the given blanks. the company tried to
Choose that option as your answer investor concerns by
appointing an
which can fill the given blanks in the
and chief
interim chairman
exact order as given in the option. If
none of the given options fills the given operating officer.
blanks then choose option (e), None of (a) ambitious, browbeat
these as your answer.
(b) parsimonious, detest
Q1. For the first time ever, the Securities
and Exchange Board of India (C)sporadic,fatten
(SEBI) is actively examining the (d) successive, assuage
of allowing derivatives (e) none of these
contracts based on such as
Q4. Benchmark
shook off
weather or freight in the Indian
their recent spell of
weakness to
commodity segment.
close modestly higher on
July 31,
(a) delectation, ardour by banking
and auto
(b) craven, collateral stocks, ahead of the U.S.
Federal
() debonair, indemnification Reserve's interest rate
decision.
(d) feasibility, intangibles (a) indices, propelled
(e) none of these (b) preface, malfunctioned
Q2. The Tea Board has, in-principle, c) dispute, advisory

accepted the submitted (d) integrity, regretted
by a team of IM Bangalore (e) none of these
professorS to the
present pan India e-auction system. Q5. Economists do not expect
more than
(a) expiation, alleviate
a.25 bps cut in the August
policy
review, as
rainfall so
(b) rationale, cajole
far could lead to a
drought situation,
C) recommendations, recast which in turn will
(d) profanity, slender inflation.
(e) none of these
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enough, but
(a) prodigal, sparse
being evicted was the
worst thing
(b) contiguous, tepid ultimately.
(C) despot, probe A. Both I and II
B. Only III
(d) scanty, stoke C. Both I and III

D. Both II and II
(e) none of these E. All 1, Il and III

below
Direction(6-10): Each question Q8. under the weather
idiom is then
has an idiom. The sentences I. The president is clearly
in a
followed by three different
carrying the dilemma about how to
tackle the
which may or may not be crisis.
idiom.
same meaning as that of the
I'm feeling a bit
unwell I think I'm
You've to identify the sentence II.
-
sentences that is are correctly getting a cold.

expressing the meaning of the idiom. III I don't think l'll be
able to attend his
Q6. to twist someone's arm marriage ceremony

because I'm in
low spirits.
I. I
didn't want to go out tonight, but
A. Both I and III
B. Only II
my best friend convinced me to go
with him. C. Both I and II
D. Both II and III
II. One must not deceive others in E. All I, Il and II

buying or selling. Q9. up in the air
II. Did the author have a guilty I. The fate of our house
purchase is
conscience about tricking still to be settled.
everyone? IL. The question of
contracts is yet to be
A. Only I B. 'Only III
resolved.
C. Both II and III D. OnlyII
III. Your essay gets a bit
confusing
E. None of I, II and III
halfway through when you
introduce
Q7. the last straw too many ideas at once.
I. It had already been a difficult week,
B. Both I and II
A. Only III
so when the car broke down, it
was C. Only II
D. Only I
the last in the series of
all bad E. None of I, II and III
things that happened in that week.
II. Our trip to Goa has already
proved to Q10. to Wrap
one's head around
be amazing, so we want to
make the something
last day of this trip unforgettable. I. I would gladly refuse
to accept his
explanation of being
late as he's a
liar.
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goods
II I just
from any part of India
and
understand what just happened. (D)
III. I find it hard to succeed in making The customer iS now in a position
to
out what this politician is saying source from any supplier and the
latter is
across
A. Both II and III in a position to access markets
India.
B. Only II
Industry gains include elimination
or
C. Only I dismantling of structures created
under
D. All I, II and III the pre-GST era for tax purposes,
supply-
chain efficiencies, direct customer
access,
E. None of 1, II and III
for the
and a robust transparent trail
Directions (11-15): Read the following movement of goods. On the flip
side, the
the
passage and answer the questions industry is (E)severe unhappy with
following it. Several alphabets are massive increase in
compliance
given to help you assist in answering requirements, frequent battles with
the
in
those questions. GST portal, wastage of manhours
The historical goods and services tax dealing with technical glitches,
and facing
(GST) which was implemented across the potential loss of ITC on account
of
country from July 1, 2017 is now two supplier facing similar problems.
years old. (A) India was not new to The industry is also not happy
with
indirect tax levies, but consolidating frequent changes in law,
including
Central and State levies and achieving scenarios where the portal does
not permit
uniformity were no joke. Credit is due to what the law permits.
the Central Government as well as each
Q11. In the above passage, a
phrase (A) is
and every State Government and officials
given in italics. There
may. or may
who participated in this exercise.
not be an error in that
italicized part
The industry loves GST for harmonising
taxes, elimination of (B)_ of the sentence. Choose the
option
effect of tax, widening the scope of input which expresses the
grammatically
tax credit and for achieving a uniform tax correct structure of the
italicized
rate for a product or service across the phrase, as your answer. If
there is no
country. (C) (1)Abolition benefits error, then choose option
(e) as your
include faster (2)refunds, less (3) answer.
interaction with tax authorities, (4)
tangible of checkposts, etc. There
are (a) India was not new to
other intangible benefits on account or (b) indirect tax levies, but
GST. In the past, a manufacturer in State (c) consolidating Central and
State levies
A would lose a customer in State B if he
(d) and achieving uniformity
were no
made a CST supply.
To prevent the loss, the manufacturer joke.
would open a depot in order to effect a (e) No error
local supply in State B. The depot was not Q12. Which of the following
word given
a business requirement, but one of tax.
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following phrases
in the options should
above should fill the blank
(D) to make it
place marked as (B) in the
grammatically contextually and
grammatically
passage to make it
Also, the meaningful
and
correct and meaningful?
Correct
sentences respectively?
word should fill in the two
them (a) may
given below to make risk
alienating the rich, an
meaningful. inheritance or estate
tax that does not
pinch
(i) Several days of unseasonable melt
had boiled the river to a noisy (b) tax or input tax
credit is no longer an
torrent off water. arbitrage in
competition
(c) the majority
of honest taxpayers
i) This will create a/an
uncompetitive
effect, once energy, for instance, is
free, it will make precious metals (d) the plan of e-invoice
being worked
free. out by the tax
officers
(a) Debilitating (b) Unstinting () None of these
(c) Cascading (d) Perplexing Q15. A word is given in
bold in (E).
(e) None of the above Choose the word which
should
replace the word
given in bold to
Q13. The sentence given in (C) has four
make the sentence
correct and
words given in bold. Amongst the
given bold words which of the
meaningful. If no
change is
followings must interchange to
required, choose
option (e) as your
answer.
make the sentence grammatically
and contextually correct and (a) extremely
(6) eloquently
meaningful? (c) precariously
(d) Emanate
(a) 1-3 (b) 2-4 (e) No change required
(c) 1-4 (d) 2-3
() 3-4
SOLUTIONS
SI. Ans. (d)

or
"the state or degree of
being easily
Sol. In the given passage,
"intangibles
the mention has conveniently done" and
been made
are the
of assessing derivates which means "an intangible
thing"
contracts by SEBI.
given
Among the given
options, only "feasibility"
most suitable choice to
fill in the most
the
which means blank. Hence, option (d)
is
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blank. Also,
"assuage" which means "make (an
Delectation: pleasure and delight.
unpleasant feeling) less
intense", will
Ardour: great enthusiasm or passion follow in the second blank.
Hence, option
Craven: contemptibly lacking in courage; (d) is the most suitable answer
choice.
cowardly. Browbeat: intimidate (someone),
typically
Debonair: (of a man) confident, stylish, into doing something, with stern
or
and charming abusive words
Indemnification: compensation for harm Detest: dislike intensely.
or loss. Sporadic: OcCurring at iregular
intervals
S2. Ans. (c) or only in a few places;
scattered or
Sol. From the given statement we can isolated.
infer that the something has been Fatten: make or become fat or
fatter.
accepted by Tea Board which has been S4. Ans. (a)
suggested by professors of IIM Sol. Among the given options,
"indices"
Bangalore. Here, "recommendations" which means "a pointer on an
instrument,
which means "the action of showing a quantity, a position
on a scale,
recommending something or someone etc" and "propelled" which means
"spur or
and recast" which means "present. or drive into a particular
situation." are the
organize in a different form or style" are most suitable words to fit in
the given
the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Option (c) can be
clearly omitted as
given blanks. Hence, option (c) is the "advisory" will make the
sentencee
most suitable answer choice. grammatically incorect. Other
options also
Expiation: the act of making amends or make the statement contextually
incorrect.
reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; Integrity: Honesty
atonement.
S5. Ans. (d)
Rationale: a set of reasons or a logical
Sol. The given statement
discusses the
basis fora course of action or belief.
opinion of the economists who do
not
Cajole: persuade (someone) to do expect a sharp fall in repo
rate in August
something by sustained coaxing or meeting, given the shortfall in
rains (as
1lattery. indicated by the phrase"drought
Profanity: blasphemous or obscene situation") and the following
inflation.
language Therefore, "scanty" which
means "small
Slender: (of a person or part of the body) or insufficient in quantity or
amount" and
gracefully thin. "stoke" which means "encourage
or
$3. Ans. (d) incite are the most suitable
set of words
to fill in the given blanks.
Sol. The paragraph given above,
discusses how the shares of Coffee Day Prodigal: spending money or
using
Enterprises fell for two continuous days, resources freely and
recklessly;
therefore, successive" which means wastefully extravagant.
following one another or following Contiguous: sharing a common.
border;
others" will be the most appropriate touching.
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Tepid: only slightly warm; lukewarm Statement III

is talking about bcino
ing
Despot: a ruler or other person who holds confusing.
absolute power, typically one who S10. Ans. (a)
exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
Sol. Answer A. Both
II and III hava
S6. Ans. (a)
the correct meaning of
the idiom.
Sol. Answer A. Only I has the correct
to wrap one's head around
something-
meaning of the idiom. to find a way to
understand or
accept
to twist someone's arm convince (something) or to succced
in making
out
someone into doing something that they something.
are reluctant to do.
make out
to understand or
Statement II and statement m are comprehend.
talking about tricking or deceiving others.
Statement I is talking
about refusing to
S7. Ans. (c) accept.
Sol. Answer C. Both I and III have
Si1. Ans. (d)
the correct meaning of the idiomn.
Sol. There is an error in
the (d) part. The
the last straw the last in a series of
-
sentence is talking about
India being new
unpleasant events that finally makes you indirect taxes levies,
but the main issue
feel that you cannot continue to accept a was consolidating
and achieving
bad situation. uniformity in Central and
State levies. So
Statement II is talking about a positive were" needs to be replaced
with "was".
Thus, option (d) is
correct answer choice.
or happy situation.
S12. Ans. (c)
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the given blank,
"cascading" which
Sol. Answer D. Both II and III have means "passing (something)
on to a
the correct meaning of the idiom. succession of others", is
the most suitable
under the weather slightly unwell or in
-
answer choice. Additionally
"cascading"
low spirits. fills the two sentences
given. As, Ior
sentence "cascading" means
"(of water)
Statement I is talking about
being in a pour downwards rapidly and
in large
dilemma. quantities." Apart from
"cascading" no
dilemma
a
difficult situation in
you have to choose which
other word makes
the
grammatically and
contextually correct
Sentence
between two or more
alternatives. Hence, option (c) is the
most suitable
S9. Ans. (b) answer choice.
Sol. Answer
Unstinting: given or giving
without
B. Both I
-
and II have the restraint unsparing
correct meaning
of the idiom.
up in the
air (of a plan Perplexing: completely
baffling; very
be settled; or issue) still to
unresolved. puzzling

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making someone very weak and infirm So option (b) completes the
sentence.
S13. Ans. (c) Options (a) and (C) when used do
not
make contextually and
grammatically
Sol. The sentence following tells us that correct sentence. Option (b)
precisely fits
GST may have some intangible benefits. in the context of the passage.
Hence, it
So the sentence would tell us the tangible becomes the most suitable answer
choice.
effects of GST. Moreover, tangible"
doesn't fit with "of checkposts, etc" S15. Ans. (a)
Therefore, by interchanging the words Sol. The use of "severe" is
incorrect. The
"tangible" and abolition" in their most appropriate word that should
come
respective positions, the sentence would in the blank is "extremely'". All
other
become grammatically correct and words doesn't make sense as per
the
contextually meaningful. The other given sentence. Hence, option (a)
is the
highlighted words are accurate in their correct answer choice.
positions. Hence, option (c) is the most Eloquently: fluency or
persuasiveness in
suitable answer choice. speaking or writing.
S14. Ans. (b) Precariously: in a way that is not
securely
Sol. The line containing (D) is talking in position and is-likely to fall
or collapse
about supplier opening a depot and Emanate: issue or spread out from.
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Directions (1-4): In each
questions given below a
sentence is (e) Castigating, confusion,
succession
These
given with three blanks. five Q3. by
a growing
sentences are then followed by Taliban insurgency, peace
today
options with the combination of the
to
words that must fill all the blanks remains
make it both grammatically and with the
Taliban is
contextually correct. Choose the option increasingly projected as
the wav
which best fits these three blanks. forward.
Q1. The macroeconomic policy pursued (a) Suffering, decisive,
dialogue
in the past five years needs
(b) Agonized, palpable,
resolution
The government has
continued with fiscal (c) tormented, evasive,
appeasement
or shrinking the deficit, while (d) Wracked, elusive,
reconciliation
the Reserve Bank of (e) Setback, imperative,
annihilation
India (RBI) to exclusively target
inflation leaving aside all other Q4. A of data
collectively
considerations. and individually point
to one
worrying
economic
(a) reconditioning, imbalance, ratified
momentum across sectors is
slowing
(b) revamp, segregate, directing
in the
absence of that
(c) ramification, stabilization, meander-
key ingredient, demand.
ing
(a) welter, conclusion, widening
(d) acknowledgement, improvement,
prohibiting (b) spate, reminiscent, stiff
(e) overhauling, consolidation, mandating (c) fluster, insensate,
increasing
(d) system, outcome,
philandering
02. It is that all school
boards learn from Telangana's (e) plethora, conviction,
unerring
mistakes. The tragic consequence or
examination Directions (5-14): Read the
following
is a
of student suicides. passage and answer the questions
are
(a) indispensable, fiasco, 1ollowing it. Several alphabets
lest
answering
(b) imperative,
muddles, spate given to help you assist in
c) surmounting, rhetoric, those questions.
impasse
standard
After introducing a new
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SEBI's (1)
framework for credit rating agencies last
month, the Securities and Exchange unintended to deal with the
risks within
Board of India came up with more the financial system is
(2)commendable,
(A) (A) regulations to there could be (3) intent
consequences to
govern the management of mutual funds. the regulator's actions
which need
(B)The mutual fund industry come under (4)watching. One of the new
regulations
introduced by SEBI is to
increase the exit
it's scrutiny afier some mutual funds in
the last few months had to postpone load on short term
investments in liquid
redemption of their fixed maturity plans mutual funds to discourage
sudden
(FMPs). (C)HDFC Mutual Fund and demands for redemption.
This could
Kotak Mutual Fund came to (1) redeemn possibly (H)hinder fund
flow into the
and had to roll Over or bond market, which in India
is already
(2)proportionately reduce redemption of quite undeveloped when
compared to the
their FMPs in April after some Essel rest of the world. While
SEBI is doinga
group companies failed to (3) grief their commendable job in
disciplining the
nonconvertible debentures where the markets and
intermediaries, ) Market
funds had (4)invested. According to the investments involve risk,
and investors
new SEBI regulations, liquid mutual fund seeking high returns may in
fact be
schemes will have to invest at least 20% willing to assume the
increased risk that
their funds in liquid assets like comes with such investment.
()That said,
government securities. They will be what the regulator is
probably more
(D)precluded from investing more than concerned about are. the
ripple effect of
20% of their total assets in any one sector, defaults and rollovers on
the system.
the current cap is 25%. When it comes to Investor confidence can be
shaken by
sectors like housing finance, the limit is defaults and that will have
consequences
down to 10%. These measures are aimed for the economy. Viewed
from this
to prevent situations such as the one being perspective, the
regulator's latest nules
witnessed now. While 1the mandated should be welcomed.
investment in government securities will Q5. Which of the following
word given
ensure a (E)_ in the options should
come at the
of liquidity, the reduction in sectoral place marked as (A) in
the above
concentration will discipline funds and
passage to make it
grammatically
force them to diversify their risks. Some
mutual funds èntered into
standstill1 correct and meaningful?
Also, the
agreements with companies in whose debt word should fill in the
two sentences
instruments the funds had invested. This given below to make
them
is not a welcome practice and goes contextually correct
and meaningful.
against the interests of investors in the
mutual fund. F) () The wording of the
code includes
banning funds from entering into such some fairly
conditions.
standstill agreements. Further, SEBI has
i) He instituted a
required that assets of mutual funds be
valued on a market to market basis in litmus test on
doctrinal matters.
order to better reflect the value of their (a) Expectant (b)
Determinant
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choose option (e) as
e) as
(d) Affable
you
answer.
(e) Dangerous
(a) discerned
(6) sweltered
Q6. In the above passage, a phrase (B) is (C) fastened
(d) demented
given in italics. There may or may
not be an error in that italicized part
(c) No change required
of the sentence. Choose the option 09. Which of the following
words given
which expresses the grammatically in the options
should come at
the
correct structure of the italicized place marked as
(E) in the aboye
phrase, as your answer. If there is no paragraph to make
it grammatically
error, then choose option (e) as
your
and contextually
meaningful and
answer. correct? Also, the
word should fill
(a) The mutual fund industry came under the two sentences
given below to
it's scrutiny after some mutual funds make them
(b) The mutual fund industry came under meaningful?
its scrutiny after some mutual funds (i) I was pleased
with the overall
(c) The mutual fund industry come under response and I
think we collectively
its scrutiny after some mutual funds felt a
of relief.
(d) The mutual fund industry did came
(ii) He felt an urge to
stay and offer
under its scrutiny after some mutual1
funds
Some
of comfort
to this woman he
hardly knew.
(e) No error
a) Acerbity
(b) Injunction
Q7. The sentence given in (C) has four (c) Decadence
(d) Modicum
Words given in bold. Amongst the
(e) Strait
given bold words which of the
followings must 1nterchange to Q10. Which of the following
phrases
make the sentence grammatically should fill the blank
(F) to make it
and contextually correct and contextually and
grammatically
meaningful? meaningful and
corect,
(a) 1-3 (b) 2-4 respectively?
main
(c) 1-4 (d) 2-3 (a) The framework by SEBI is
the
(c)3-4 reason
Q8. A word is given in (b) SEBI has done the right
thing by
bold in (D).
Choose the word which (c) There is no denying the
fact that
should
replace the word given
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words given in bold. Amongst the is given in Italics. There
may or may
given bold words, which of the not be an error in one part
of the
followings must replace each other sentence. Choose the part
which has
to make the sentence contextually an error in it as your
answecr.
correct and meaningful? (a) That said, what the regulator
(a) 2-4 (b) 2-3 (b) is probably more concerned
(c) 3-4 (d) 1-4 (c) about are the ripple effect
of defaults
() 1-3 (d) and rollovers on the system
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mean/s the same as the word marked
as (H) in the given passage? Directions (15-24): Read the
following
passage and answer the questions
as
(i) castigate i) doggerel
directed. There are some blanks
given
(ii) impede (iv thwart in the passage based on which
some
(a)(ii) b)ii).ii) questions are framed, and some
words
()i),.iv) d)).(ii),(ii) are highlighted as well to help
you
(e) None of the above
answer some of the questions.
Economic relations between India
and the
Q13. Two sentences are given in italics United States are on a knife-
edge(A)
on both sides of (). Which of the after the U.S. took a series of
unilateral
following statements can come in
actions against India's exports,
that began
between the two sentences in place in 2018, followed by India's
recently
of () and maintain the continuity of announced retaliatory move of
increasing
the paragraph? tarifis on 28 products imported
from its
(a) The larger question is whether the largest trade partner. (B)As a
result of
regulator can really protect investors these target (1), India has
become the
beyond a certain point Trump administration's (2) most
(b) SEBI is the market instrument used to significant developments
(3) after
regulate the market China(4).
(C) The regulator has changed the (C) No one could have sum up
the
valuation methodology for debt and essence of the U.S. s
unhappiness over
money market India's policies as well as
U.S. Secretary
(d) At least four-times security coveris
of State Mike Pompeo in his
recent
MF statement in New Delhi. He
said, "The
mandatory for investment by
United States has been clear we
seek
schemes in debt securities
greater market access and the
removal of
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of these
towards the
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end
of
(D) only
the opening months
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of
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Narendra
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report was submitted
tone and tenor
the past few decades, the in September 2015.
of the Tump
administration has distinctly
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conveyed by
upped the ante (E).
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where the U.S. has questioned India's businesses strong
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in the second
trade policies, the conclusions of which report, which covered the
government's
have been used by the administration to first year in office, the
familiar tone of
demand changes in policies that would disagreement over India's
trade and
benefit American businesses. The latest investment policies
appeared once again.
demands stem (F) from two extensive The investigations
conducted by the U.S.
USITC investigations which were agencies raise several
issues of propriety,
conducted between 2013 and 2015 on procedures and
substance. These
India's trade, investment, and industrial dimensions need to be
understood well
policies.
for this is the only way
in which the
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prepare
out at
the request of the U.S. House
Committee appropriate responses to
the persistent ()
on Ways and Means and
the U.S. Senate questioning by the U.S.
administration of
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policies.
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industrial policies
that discriminate
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(which include
and investment
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that were.
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in the two
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unequivocal (1) to unilateralism, the
Q17. In the above passage, a
sentence (C)
response to which should be a/an is given in Italics. There
may or may
tantamount (2) "no" in this age of not be an crror in one part
of the
multilateralism, where dilferences on
sentence. Choose the part
which has
policy issues between sovereign (3)
an error in it as your
answer. If there
countrics must be resolved in the
is no crror, then choose
option (e) as
appropriate multilateral (4) forums (J).
your answer.
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using unilateral means should be (a) No one could have sum up the
eliminated. essence of
(b) the U.S.'s unhappiness over
India's
Q15. Which of the following represent
policies
the most similar meaning to the
(c) as well as U.S. Secretary of
State
phrase marked (A) as used in the
passage. (d) Mike Pompeo in his recent
statement
in New Delhi
(a) Economic relations between India
and the United States have been (e) No error
diminished Q18. Which of the following
words given
(b) Economic relations between India in the options should come
at the
and the United States are on the brink place marked as (D) in the
above
of narrow path passage to make it
grammatically
(c) Economic relations between India correct and contextually
meaningful?
and the United States are facing an Suggestion to develop
good road
uncertain future infrastructure with
adequate
(d) Economic relations between India capacity to sustain
high volume of
and the United States are about to traffic will be
from
proliferate the experts
(e) None of these. (11) Suspect in Utah college
student
murder
secret,
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words given in bold. Amongst the soundproof room in his
home
given bold words which of the (a) Aim (b)
Crave
followings must interchange to (c) Sought (d)
Solicit
make the sentence grammatically (e) None of these.
and contextually correct and
meaningful? Q19. Which of the following
represent
the most similar meaning
to the
(a) (2)-4) (b) (1)-(2)
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as trade and
similar to the word marked (F)
policies had
used in the given passage? (d) investment and that
these
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to the word
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marked () in the given
passage?
phrases
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Interminable
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given in the options should come at
(c) Sporadic (d)
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the place marked as (G) in the
above passage to makeit (e) None of these.
grammatically correct and
four
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(J) has
contextually meaningful?
the
words given in bold.
Amongst
(a) The areas that were investigated by
given bold words which
of the
the USITC during the two
to
followings must
interchange
investigations
make the sentence
grammatically
(b) U.S. is not approaching the WTO to
and contextually
correct and
challenge India's trade and meaningfiul?
investment policies
(a) (2)-(4) (b)
(1)-(2)
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(c) (3)-(4) (d)
(1)-(4)
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similar
things coming in quick
succession.
Sol. Option (e) is the correct choice for
the given question. S3. Ans. (d)
In the first blank overhauling makes Sol. The 1s blank has an
impact on the
sense as we are talking about the previous word "peace" and due to the
word
policies and in next line we are talking "insurgency" we can expect a
"setback"
about the steps taken to exclusively target therefore wracked is the
appropriate
inflations which indicates that older choice. 2 blank is the result
of 1* blank
policies need improvement and therefore we can infer that
peace is
modification. Fiscal means relating to difficult to achieve and hence
"elusive" is
government revenue, especially taxes used. As a way forward peace is
therefore if we are to overhaul the necessary and thus
reconciliation which
policies we need to strengthen the means the restoration of
friendly relations
revenue therefore consolidation fits is needed.
appropriately. To overhaul the financial Reconciliation means the
restoration of
system government has given RBI the friendly relations.
authority to target inflation exclusively Wracked means cause extreme
pain,
therefore the use of mandating is correct. anguish, or distress to.
Overhauling means take apart (a piece of Elusive means difficult to find,
catch, or
machinery or equipment) in order to achieve.
examine it and repair it if necessary.
S4. Ans. (a)
Consolidation means the action or
Sol. As welter means a large
number of
process of making something stronger or
more solid. items therefore its use before
data
solidifies. its use here which
collectively
Mandating means give (someone) mean "a large collection of
data". The
authority to act in a certain way. collective data is pointing
towards an
$2. Ans.(b) outcome which can be inferred
from the
Sol. In the 1st blank imperative is correct sentence after the blank and
therefore
because the mistakes in Telangana has led conclusion is the correct choice
for the 2d
to suicides and therefore 1" sentence blank. Widening is correct in
3Td blank as
imply that there is a need to learn from it signifies "increasing"
absence and
the mistakes. Due to the misconduct of hence gives the sentence a
proper
examinations (muddles is signifying the structure.
misconduct) there is a series (and hence Welter means a large number of
items in
spate) of suicides. no order; a confused mass.
Imperative means of vital importance; Conviction means a formal
declaration
crucial. by the verdict of a jury or the
decision of
Muddles means bring into a disordered or a judge in a court of law that
someone is
confusing state. guilty of a criminal offence.

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answer choice.
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sensation.
S8. Ans. (e)
S5. Ans. (C) SEBI
about SEBI
passage is Sol. The given word is context
Sol. The Mutual
framework for
formulating new grammatically correct. Hence
option
restore
confidence of
Funds that
would up is correct answer choice.
them.
Thus, SEBI came
investor in " regulations. None Demented means behaving iation
with some "stringent
"stringent" will fit in the
given due to anger, distress, or
excitement
nt
other than
Therefore, (c) is correct Precluded means prevent from
happeni
sentences as well.
answer choice. Sweltered means uncomfortably
hot
S6. Ans. (b) Discerned means recognise or
found o
italics Is
Sol. The given phrase (B) in $9. Ans. (d)
is a
grammatically incorrect. "Its"
Sol. The most suitable word to
fill n
possessive form of it, meaning belonging
to it. "It's" is a contraction of the words
it blank is "modicum" which means
a sm
is or it has. Now as per the sentence the quantity of a particular thing,
especil
mutual fund industry came under the something desirable. The other
wordsa
scrutiny of SEBI. So "Its'" should be used. either grammatically
incorrect
And the sentence is in past tense, contextually meaningful. Hence,
opt
therefore, "come" should be replaced with (d) is the most suitable answer
choice.
"came"
Injunction means an
authoritative wam
The correct sentence is "The mutual fund
or order.
industry came under its scrutiny
after Strait means difficult situation
some mutual funds". Hence option
(b) is
the most suitable answer choice.
S7. Ans. (a) Decadence means moral
or cul
Sol. The given sentence decline
describing about
of the passage is
eech
HDFC Mutual
Fund and ACerbity means bitterness of spe
Kotak Mutual Fund,
whose redemption temper
fixed maturity
plans (FMPs) of
as Essel group was reduced S10. Ans. (b)
companies
to were not able Sol. The lines before (F)
tells u
redeemtheir ()
stana
debentures. nonconvertible into
Therefore,
the words "grief by interchanging
Some mutual funds enter er
ce s
and "redeem" agreements with and such p.d
respective in their
should
positions, welcomes by SEBI. So (b) sento
become the sentence
grammatically would
the
in the blank which will make
thing
thi
meaningful. and
The other
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when used do not make contextually and S15. Ans. (c)
grammatically correct sentence. Option
Sol. The correct meaning
of the given
(b) precisely fits in the context of the
phrase 'on a knife-edge'
is 'in a difficult
passage. Hence, it becomes the most
or worrying situation of
which the result
is very uncertain'.
Hence, the correct
S11. Ans. (e)
answer choice is option
(c).
Sol. The statement (G) can be made
Proliferate: rapid
increase in the number
grammatically correct and contextually
or amount of something.
meaningful by interchanging the positions
of "intent" and "unintended" with each S16. Ans. (e)
other. The other words in the statement Sol. The current
position of the word
are accurately placed. Hence, option (e) is Development
doesn't make a
the most suitable answer choice. contextually meaningful
sentence. Also,
S12. Ans. (c) the use of the word
'target' at its current
position is
Sol. The word hinder means "make it
because it should be in
plural form which
difficult for (someone) to do something or for
can be seen from the use
of the word
(something) to happen." Thus, most similar
these. Hence,
interchanging them will
words tohinder" are "impede" and "thwart".
make the sentence both
grammatically
Castigate means reprimand (someone) and contextually
correct. Hence, the
severely. correct answer choice is
option (e).
Doggerel means comic verse composed in S17. Ans. (a)
irregular rhythm Sol. There is a
grammatical error in
S13. Ans. (a) option (a). The use of
'sum' here is
Sol. As per the line following (), SEBI incorrect because
has/have is always
needs to do something about the risk followed by V3, hence,
it should be
involved in market investments. So, as summed. So, the correct
answer choice
per (a) SEBI needs to do something to is option (a).
protect the investors form the risk. All S18. Ans. (c)
other options are irrelevant as per the Sol. Aim means have the
intention of
context of the passage. Thus, option (a) is achieving
the correct answer choice.
Crave means feel a
powerful desire for
S14. Ans. (c) (something)
Sol. Here, the error lies in the part of the Sought means attempt to
find (something)
sentence stated in option (c), where, the
Solicit means ask for or
try to obtain
correct phrase should be "about is the
(something) from someone
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options
options, last three (d) will fit the blank correctly op
From the given but only
are almost
similar to each other
sentences
contextually meaningful sentan
the given
option (c) will
make contextually
contextualy S22. Ans. (b)
grammatically and
both answer choice Sol. There is grammatic; error in
Hence, the correct
correct. (b). The use of disapprove' here
is option (c). incorrect instead it should
S19. Ans. (b)
your disapproved' ccause the given
sentenm
means 'to increase
Sol. 'up the ante' is in past tense as can be seen from
demands in order to get a greater
risks or
most closely use of the verb 'was'. Hence, option
b
advantage'. This meaning is the most appropriate answer choice.
hence the
represented in option (b),
S23. Ans. (c)
correct answer choice.
Sol. The word "Persistent" me
s20. Ans. (¢)
stalk bearing a "continuing firmly or obstinatehy
in
Sol. Peduncle means the
opinion or course of action in spite
(
flower or fruit
a difficulty or opposition." From the
gia
Cane means the hollow jointed stem of
options, only option (c) "Sporadic"
tall grass
oppoal
means "scattered or isolated" is
Emanate means originate from
w
in the meaning to the given word
From the given options, all the words are
the remaining words are synonyms of
synonym of the given word (in different is
the m
given word. Hence, option (c)
contexts), but as per the context of the
appropriate answer choice.
given passage, only (ii) is the closest
synonym of the given word. Hence, the S24. Ans. (b)
at is
cu
correct answer choice is option (c) Sol. The use of tantamount
eaning
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will
the investigation of the challenges
faced word 'unequivocal Hes
meaningfu
by US due to Indian Industrial sentence contextually
Policy.
(b
tion
Also, in the given sentence the correct answer choice is op
there is no
mention of USTIC and
WTO, so they
can't be the appropriate
answer choice.
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that life as we know it has changed. COLUMNI
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It has not only challenged norms as (A) fore (D)
rearward
we know it, and altered them, but
(B) effulgence (E)
laxity
(C) bestowing F)
remanding
also taken with it some well-
(a) (A)-(D)
entrenched practices
(b) (B)-(E)
COLUMNI COLUMN I
(A) exhilaration (D) conscientious (c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E)
(B)recuperative |(E) overwhelming (d) (B)-(E) & (C-(F)
C) entrenched (F) malfunction
(e) No error
(a) (B)-(E)
Q11.The response of the
Centre and
(6) (AD)
States to industrial
accidents is
(c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E)
usually to mandate
public outrage
(d) (A)-(D) & (C)-(F) by announcing
compensation for
(e) No error victims. Such
accidents are mostly
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preventable. and occur rarely in (A) imposition
convalescer
industrialised world. because of
impeccable attention to safety
(B)pioneering
(E)adverse SCence
(C) protection
Eparadigm
COLUMN II
COLUMNI (a) (A)-(D)
(A) mandate (D) stem
)benevolence (b) (C-F)
(B) Outrage
(C)Impeccable (F) Unfathomable (c) (B)-(E)
(a) (A)-(D) (d) (AHD) & (B)-(E),
(b) (B)-(E)
(e) No error
(c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E)
Q14.Constitutional courts must
(d) (A)-(D). (B)-(E). (C)-(F)
shedthe
institutional baggage
(e) No error
which often
leads tothem
protecting
Q12.A/an promulgated vaccine will supposedly vulnerable
moralethe
o
mean guaranteed availability for
police.
Indians, while a significant
percentage of the Oxford vaccine COLUMNI
COLUMNII
manufactured in ndia will be (A) Shed (D)
enlighten
catastrophe for local consumption. (B) Supposedly | (E)
encroaching
This is one reason why many (C) Morale (F)
bestiality
countries are frivolously attempting (a) (A)-(D)
to develop a vaccine. (b) (B)-(E)
COLUMNI COLUMNII (c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E)
(A) promulgated (D) indigenous (d) (A)-(D). (B)-(E).
(B)catastrophe (E) earmarked
(CHF)
(e) No error
(C)frivolously (F)earnestly
(a) (A)-(D) Q15. Wrong test results points
to the lack
(b) (B)-(E) of meticulous attention to
protocol
(c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E) while prOcessing samples,
some wil
(d) (A-(D), (B)-(E), and others without the
viral genes.A
(C)-(F)
(e) No eror laboratory technician's
ineptitude
Q13.The imposition integral to quality
assurance.
of Assamese
had pioneering has COLUMNI
COLUMN II
effects on tribal
languages, especially (A) meticulous (D)
frivolous
which do
on those (B)protocol (E)
adherence
not enjoy Oineptitude
proficiency
constitutional
protection.
any E)
(a) (A)-(D)
(b)
(B)-(E)
(c) (A)-(D) &
C-F
(B)-E) d)
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Q16. In coming weeks, various social suffered an overall

augmentation
discretions need to be addressed, for a third straight
month in May,
while undertaking the formidable shrinking 23.4%, as the
pandemic-
task of halting the upward induced lockdown kept
large parts
trajectory of infections and deaths. of the economy shuttered,
the
COLUMN II Commerce Ministry's
provisional
COLUMNI
(A) Discretions (D) imperatives figures show
(B) Fornmidable (E)redundant COLUMNI
COLUMN II
(C)Halting (F) bolstering (A)augmentation (D)
contraction
(a) (C)-(F) (b) (B)-(E) (B)shuttered (E)
Resuscitated
(COprovisional |(F)
refuted
(c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E) (d) (A)-(D)
(a) (A)-(D)
(e) No error
(b) (B)-(E)
Q17.The law pushes China's freest city
and one of the world's most (C) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E)
glittering financial hubs on to a (d) (A)-(D). (B)-(E), (C)-(F)
more vindictive path. China, which (e) No error
denies interfering in Hong Kong
Q19. India's border dispute with
China
has warned foreign powers not to
calls for peaceful
resolution, and
meddle in its affairs.
has no place for moral
outrage or
COLUMNI COLUMN II
military might.
(A) Glittering (D)Rattled
(B) vindictive (E) authoritarian COLUMNI COLUMN II
C)meddle (F) subdue (A) Retribution D)
resolution
(B) outrage
(E)deprivation
(a) (A)-(D) (C)might )plight
(b) (C-E) (a) (A)-(D)
(c) (B)-(E) (b) (C)-(F)
(d) (A)-(D), (B)-(E), (C)-(F)
(c) (A-(D) & (B)-(E)
(e) No error (d) (A)-(D), (B)-(E), (C)-E)
Q18.Output in the eight core industries (c) No error
DOWNLUnU
SOLUTIONS
Ingratiated: gain favor

with somebody by
S1. Ans. (b) deliberate efforts
highlighted words.
Sol. Here., among the Exonerated: pronounce not
guilty of
"comprehensive
we will replace (A) criminal charges
we wil
with () "combative". Similarly,
replace (C) "Hellenized" with (II) S4. Ans. (b)
in the third
helmed". The replacement will make the Sol. Here, the error lies
only
Here,
sentence grammatically and contextually highlighted word,
"denigrated".
meaningful. Hence, option (b) is the most denigrated" which means
"charge the
suitable answer choice. falsely or with malicious
intent; attack
which includes good name and reputation of
someone"
Comprehensive-:
will be replaced with
"slipped"
which
everything
Combative: ready or eager to fight or means "pass or change to a
lower, worse,
in a
argue or different condition,
typically
gradual or imperceptible
way." All other
Hellenized: make Greek or Hellenistic in words perfectly fit in the
paragraph and
form or character
do not require any changes.
Hence, option
Helmed: manage (an organization) (b) is the most suitable
answer choice.
$2. Ans. (d) Expounded: add details or
explanation;
Sol. Here, the error lies only in the fourth clarify the meaning; state
in depth
highlighted word, "unprepared". Here. Pacifistically: from a
pacifistic point of
"unprepared" which means "not ready View
or able to deal with something" will be
replaced with "unprecedented" which S5. Ans.(b)
means "never done or known before." All Sol. Here. the given
statement talks about
other words perfectly fit in the paragraph the lessons we have learned
from this
and do not require any changes. Hence, pandemic. By joining the
clues we can
option (b) is the most suitable answer figure out that the
statement is trying to
choice. tell that spread of disease
is quite difficult
Functor: a function; an operator. to check and even atter it
may appear to
Uniaxial: having or relating to a single
be in control it can again
control in no time.
get out o
axis.
S3. Ans. (e) *Modelling' used here is
correct as it here
means devising a
representation. The use
Sol. All the highlighted words here
perfectly fit in the given paragraph to o no suggests that
modelling ISspread. qu
make it grammatically correct and ineffective in curbing the
contextually meaningful and therefore, do Therefore, it is in
accordance with the
not require any corrections. Hence, option context of the passage.
ething
(e) is the most suitable answer choice. Aggravate' means to
make someuan
Construe: interpreted in a particular waay worse. When it comes to
diseases useof
when we are trying to curb
it the
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immensely.
increase is quite illogical, instcad we
The use of flustered which
means make
nust use forecast' which means to
predict. So in this context, it will mean (someone) agitated or
confused because
PPE shortages can't be
confused.
that it is dillicult to "predict" the nature of
the spread of disease with modeling. Alarming which means
worrying
(shortage is worrying) would
be correct
Afliction' means the state of being in contextually.
pan, therelore, we can associate it with
the disecase and hence there is no Fortified here can mean
strong and use
before patients will mean
strong patients
requirement for it to be replaced.
since we are talking about
their survival
S6. Ans.(d)
hence the word can't be
correct
Sol. The given set of statements wants to contextually.
convey that there is a network (IDSP) that
Ensuring means making
certain and in
gives us the information regarding all the
the context, it will imply
that cleaners are
mportant aspects of the disease. essential for making the
survival of the
In the given statement
the use of patients certain
Desecrating is
emergence is right. Emergence means the destroying so contextually
it is incorrect
processof coming into existence, hence instead functioning which
means
in the given context IDSP
gives us the operating in a proper way is
required asit
information about the possible deadly will convey that cleaners
are essential for
outbreaks and how it arrived. the proper functioning of
hospitals.
Pathogens means a bacterium, virus, or S8. Ans.(a)
other microorganism that can cause Sol. The given sentences
imply that there
disease. So, in a host when we talk about has been no relief yet and
our life has
the presence of these pathogens we talk in changed immensely.
numbers as it indicates the 'viral load'.
The use exhilaration which
means
Prominent means important; famous. It
a
feeling of excitement,
happiness,
is used incorrectly here as it is an
or
elation and the use of
'neither' before that
adjective while we replace it with surge it
will be correct both contextually and suggests that it is
conforming to the
theme. So, there is no need
to replace it.
grammatically. Surge means
A sudden and great increase.
Recuperative means helping
you to
become well again after
illness, its use is
Since action is a noun we need an illogical before
recognition. However,
adjective here that will modify it.
if
we use overwhelming which
means
Ameliorate is a verb. Remedial which is
very
great in the amount, it
would imply
an adjective and means giving or intended
a
correct meaning.
as a cure is both grammatically and
contextually correct.
Entrenched means firmly
established and
according to the theme by
using this, the
S7. Ans.(d)
sentences would convey that
even the
Sol. The given statements suggest that most important practices of
our daily life
more attention should be given to cleaners have taken a hit due to the
pandemic.
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(stem) due to public outrage.
$9. Ans.(e)
strong
the given Outrage means an extremely
Sol. There is no
error n reaction of anger, shock, or
indignation
statemen. and hence is used correctly.
S10. Ans.(d) Impeccable which means
laultless is used
Sol. The given sentences
imply that the correctly because it is
mentioned
that
lack
incident has brought into notice the accidents are rare due
to attention
of seriousness in the judicial system. (impeccable is showing the
kind of
Fore means to public attention or into a attention) to safety.
noticeable position,. so here it implies that S12. Ans.(d)
the incident has brought public attention
implying
to the tragility of our system. Hence, Sol. The given statements
are
will
there is no requirement to replace it. that a vaccine which is made
in India
be available to all the
Indians
with
Laxity means lack of strictness or care. vaccine from oxford
providing only an
The theme suggests that the incident has additional support. This is
the reason why
shown that there has been a mistake at the
countries are using
everything in their
end of the officials. Using laxity we can
arsenal to produce a
vaccine.
imply this. Effulgence on the other hand
means brilliance. Since we are not talking Promulgated means to make
widely
to
about the brilliance of our system so we known. therefore, it is not
contributing
should replace effulgence with laxity. the theme which is to make
vaccines in
India to make it available
not just known.
Remanding means to send someone which means
nativeis,
Indigenous
accused of committing a crime away from
therefore, the correct
choice.
court. The statements imply that strictness
was not shown in holding the accused to Catastrophe is both
grammatically
the custody and using remanding which is (catastrophic) and
contextually incorrect.
generally used for these kinds of situation Earmarked means
designating, so it
we can imply that. Bestowing means implies that the vaccine by
oxford will be
confer or present (an honour, right, or designated to local
consumption.
gift), since sending the accused to custody Frivolously means carefree
and since the
is not a matter of honor, the use of this sentences are conveying the
importance
word is incorrect. of indigenous vaccine,
therefore, a word
S11. Ans.(a) ike earnestly which means
sincerily
Sol. The statements are trying to imply (sincere efforts )should be
used.
that the response from the government S13. Ans.(c)
depends on public reaction and is limited
Sol. The given sentence
wants to imp)
to compensation when the accidents
which however do happens rarely should
not have happened at all due to
that the tribal languages
are in
which are already not
protected
au
meticulous safety measures. constitution due to the
compulsion
Here stem should be used because
Assamese language
it
means to originate. So in the
context it
Imposition which means the
ac eyed
would mean that the response
originates
establishing a rule or law
to be oDe that
here it is correctly used
as it sugges
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S17. Ans.(c)
basis of which we will proceed to further
Sol. The given statements talk
about how
argument.
China's freest cities will not
be free
Pioneering means involving new ideas or
anymore due to the law.
However, China
methods hence it is illogical in the context
does not want anyone else to
interfere in
as we want to show the threatening
its affairs.
1mpact. By using adverse which means
Vindictive means
revenge while
preventing success or development;
harmful: unfavourable we can give more authoritarian means
favouring or
ground to the argument. enforcing strict obedience to
authority at
the expense of personal
freedom,
The use of protection is correct
and therefore authoritarian is the
correct
needs no replacement.
word because it is in coherence
with the
S14. Ans.(e) theme which is the 'freest'
city faces a
Sol. There is no error in the threat to its freedom
(hence
given
statement. authoritarian)due to the law.
Si5. Ans.(d) S18. Ans.(a)
Sol. The statement conveys that Sol. The given statements
convey that
Wrong
results are the result of not following the there has been a considerable
impact on
guidelines and fault in the technician's the economy due to pandemic as
per
ability. figures.
The only word that needs to be replaced is The only word that needs to be
replaced
ineptitude which means lack of skill or in augmentation which means
the action
ability. Since the wrong results can be or process of making or
becoming greater
minimized if the technician is an expert in size or amount. Since the
economy is
hence a word like proficient which suffering a word that is in
coherence with
means competent should be used. shrinkage like contraction
should be
S16. Ans.(d) used.
Sol. Statement conveys that various S19. Ans.(a)
essential social issues must be addressed Sol. The statement conveys that
the
as carly as possible while taking peaceful path is nced of the
hour and
important steps to curb the spread of the actions based on military power
or public
disease reactions should be avoided.
Here, the word discretion which means The only word that needs to be
replaced is
the quality of behaving or speaking in retribution which means revenge
as the
such a way as to avoid causing offence is theme is a peacelul way.
Resolution
not conforming to the theme of the which mcans the action of
solving a
statement and is actually a kind of problem is the word that should
be used
behaviour. because of its use before
peaceful
Imperatives which means an essential and suggesting peaceful method of
solving the
urgent thing adds to the meaning of 'social problem.
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SET 5
Directions (1-10): In the following be offered an internship as

she is still
questions a part of the sentence is given wet behind the ears.
in bold, it is then followed by threee
sentences which has used the given (III) Celebrities are scrutinized
by the
phrase. Choose the best set of media for all their actions
so they're
alternatives from the five options given required to be wet behind
the ears.
below each question which has (a) Only ()
correctly used the given phrase without
(b) Only (1)
altering the meaning of the sentence.
Q1. WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
(C) All (D) and (I1)
() He was relieved his time in jail was
(d) Both (I) and (I)
over and regarded it as water under (e) Both (I) and (11)
the bridge.
03. WEARING MANY HATS
(I) I spoke to both artists about that (1) Both our editorial assistant
and our
incident right afte today's copywriter left the company
at the
announcement, and for them it's
same time, so I've been
wearing
been cleared up and it's just water
many hats ever since.
under the bridge.
(II) Restarting the laptop once
the
(III) Restarting the laptop once the
motherboard has crashed is
like
motherboard has crashed is like
wearing many hats.
water under the bridge.
(a) Both (1) and (III) (III) Given the current global
market
(b) Only (11)

conditions, the Indian
economy is
wearing many hats pretty
well.
(c) All () () and (III)
(a) Both (1) and (11)
(d) Both () and (11)
(b) Only (I)
(e) Only ()
() All () () and (11)
Q2. WET BEHIND THE EARS
(d) Both () and (II)
() I thought I would ask him
if he (e) Only ()
wanted me to pay him
back right
away, but then I decided Q4. SNOWBALL EFFECT
to be wet
behind the ears. () It was the prospect of snowba
(II) Instead of a full effect in pockets for 5p
coins hat
time job, she should
provoked irritation.
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extraordinary
but certainly not
(I)
I
like to get everything done before
uncommon Since
It strikes SO
the guests arrive and relax for a
moment in the snowball effect. regularly in
the project rooms and
boardrooms of
corporate America.
(I1) Once the video game hit the market,
word of mouth caused a snowball (III) I
agree with
what you say, but I'll
effect that made it the most popular play devil's
advocate so that we can
and top grossing game of all time. cover all the
possibilities that may
(a) Only () arise.
(a) Both (I) and (III)
(b) Only (II)
All () (I) and (1)
b) Only (II)
(c)
() All (D () and (11)
(d) Both (I) and (III)
(1)D
(d) Only
(e) Both (I) and (II)
(e) Both (I) and (III)
Q5. TO TAKE A NOSEDIVE
(I) After spending 10 years as a junior Q7. BURN THE MIDNIGHT
OIL
oil
partner, Karen is taking a nosedive () Chris is burning
the midnight
and starting her own law firm. trying to finish
her article on
(11) Everyone went into a panic when we Artificial
Intelligence.
started taking a nosedive, but the (1) Some might want to
burn the
skilled pilot managed to regain midnight oil, but
Health and Safety
control of the plane and landed it regulations mean
that most colleges
safely. have some
limitation on studio
(III) I'd been putting it off for years, butI hours.
finally took a nosedive and enrolled (III) We are told the
deal is all but done,
in a college course. but the Senate
is preparing to bum
(a) Both (I) and () the midnight
oil, with the media
(b) Only (l1)

reforms to be
debated well into the
night.
(c) All () (1) and (II)
(a) Only ()
(d) Only (I)
(b) Only (1)
(e) Both (11) and (III)
() Both (11) and (11)
Q6. DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
(d) All (D() and (11)
She confronted von Keller and
threatened that unless he married her
() Only (II)
as promised, she will be Devil's Q8. THROW CAUTION TO
THE
advocate WIND
(II) The devil's advocate gambit is () Once the video
game hit the market,
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Q10. A FAR CRY FROM
of the window that made it the most () The Sarajevo
Film Festival s
popular and top grossing game of all expects
international jury membe
time. and guests in
large numbers but
(11) Despite the geometrical rise in the will be a far
cry from thousands
cases of Coronavirus disease and attending in
prev10us yearS due to
fatality in the country, most the pandemic.
Nigerians seem to have thrown (I) The numbers
from the Bureau of
caution to the wind and have gone Labor
Statistics are encouraging for
back to the lives they were used to a desperately
needed recovery but
before the pandemic.
they are still
a far-cry from the
(II) It is advisable that the tourists do not unemployment
numbers of last year.
throw caution to the winds especially
(II) Although the sums
paid are by no
in this part of the city because the
means small, they are
a far cry from
crime rate here is quite high.
(a) Only () what the jet set pay
across the water.
(a) Only ()
(b) Only (11)
(b) Only (I)
(C) All
()() and (1I)
(c) All (I) (I1) and
(d) Both (11)
(III)
and (II1)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (II)
(e) Both () and (I1)
Q9. SHOT IN THE DARK
Directions (11-14): In the
following
(I) Banning smoking in bars questions a part of the
sentence
and
is given
restaurants is unprecedented, so in in bold, it is then
followed
sentences which
by three
many ways it's a shot in the dark. has used
the given
(I) It was a shot in the dark, but the phrase. Choose the
best set of
alternatives from the five
engineers had a hunch that replacing below each question
options given
the valve would make the system
which has
correctly used the given
phrase
work
without
altering the meaning of the
sentence.
(III) Having a member of the royal Q11. TOJUMP ON BANDWAGON
family
taking part in the sport has provided
() She has jumped
on the bandwagon
a massive shot in the dark.
regarding the
loss of closeness
(a) Only (III)
in
owning a car.
(6) Only (1I)
() Religious Leaders Must
Not.
(c) All (D ) and
Be
(II) Tempted to Jump on
the Reopening
(d) Both (1) and (1I1) Bandwagon
(e)Both(I) and (1I) (III) After a couple of
politicians wo
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burned the
most of the others jumped on the bridges to the burden
of Somerset's
bandwagon. misdeeds.
(a) Only () (a) Only ()
(b) Only (1) b) Only (I)
(c) All () (I1) and (Il) (c) All () (II) and (II)
(d) Both (1) and (II) (d) Both () and (II)
(e) Both () and (1) (e) Both () and (11)
Q12. HEAR THROUGH THE Q14. ON THE
STRAIGHT AND
GRAPEVINE NARROW
() Ihear through the grapevine that you () They know right from
wrong and
are getting ready to sue us. If that's they need an equally
smart owner to
true, I want to hear it from you. keep them on the
straight and
(11) She did not announce the news at the narrow.
party because her friend was getting (II) He aims to instil
virtues of trust,
married and she did not want to hear discipline and respect
designed to
through the grapevine. keep them on the
straight and
(II) We heard on the grapevine that our narrow.
company would be taken over by (II) Police and public
together are going
another one, but the official to have their work cut
out keeping
communication says otherwise. social networks on the
straight and
(a) Only () narrow.
(b) Only (1) (a) Only (1)
(b) Only ()
(c) All () (1) and (II)
(d) Both () and (III) (c) All () (1) and (I)
(e) Both () and (11) (d) Both () and (III)

(e) Both () and (1I)
Q13. BURN BRIDGES
Directions (15-18): In each
of the given
() I think you really burned your
questions, a pair of words
has been
bridges when you announced you
given which is then followed
by three
were quitting and proceeded to insult statements. Find the
statements where
your boss in front of the whole staff. both the words fit
grammatically and
(I1) The company has burned the bridges contextually in the given
statements.
with the current recession better than Q15. SOPHISTRY: EQUIVOCATION.
most. As car sales have plummeted, (A) While there can be no
argument
it's seen its share of the market about the importance of
development
actually increase.
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CONVOLUTiON
projects,
in classifying activity for (A) The
Over adjusted
exemptions. gross revenues has
shaken the once
booming sector's
foundations
(B) Like any good teacher, he does his
best to answer with clarity and (B) They are
particularly
minimal the company which
has undergone a
(C) When at a loss for good reasons, he

period of rapid
growth.
had recourse to and (C) As globalization
and the aspects of
when heated by altercation, he made global integration
associated with it
unsparing use of sarcasm and advance, questions
of culture and
invective identity have
gained renewed
(a) Only A (b) Only B and
relevance.
(c) Both B &C (d) Both B &A (a) Only A
(b) Only B
(e) All of the above (c) Both A & B
(d) Both B &C
Q16. ACQUIESCENT: SUBSERVIENT (e) All of the above

(A) These guys often have fear of Q18. BELEAGUERED:
PERTURBED
humans so deeply (A) The textile
industry employed as
that they present real problems if you many women as men
and contributed
want to make friends. a
number of female
(B) As football across the world officers.
becomes to the demands (B) The results of the
survey will make
of the richest clubs, so football depressing
reading for the
becomes something a good deal company's
shareholders.
smaller
(C) The new job
opportunities could
C) While anti-government sentiment allow thousands of
people from
remains strong, the outbreak has cut poorer backgrounds
to become more
across political lines in Hong Kong. and
join the middle
which has grappled with seven months classes.
of pushback against a government (a) Only A
(b) Only B
viewed as too to Beijing. (c) Both A &B
(d) Both B &C
(a) Only A (b) Only B
(e) All of the above
(c) Both B &C (d) Both B &A
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S1. Ans.(d) the meaning of the

sentence. Hence (e) is
the correct option.
Sol. Among the given statements, both
the sentences () and (I) express the Wearing Many Hats: to have
manyjobs
meaning which complies with the or roles
meaning of the idiom and at the same S4. Ans.(b)
time they make sure that the actual Sol.
meaning of the sentence remains intact.
Snowball effect: A
situation in which the
Statement (1II) is irrelevant
results or consequences of
an action grow
completely changes the meaning of the
at an increasingly faster
rate over time.
sentence. Hence (d) is the correct option.
Among the given
statements, only the
Water under the bridge: If you say that sentence in (l1I) expresses
the meaning
an event or incident is water under the which complies with the
meaning of the
bridge, you mean that it has happened and idiom and at the same time
makes sure
cannot now be changed, so there is no that the actual meaning of
the sentence
point in worrying about it any more. remains intact. Statements
(I) and (II) are
$2. Ans.(b) irrelevant as they
completely change the
meaning of the sentence.
Hence (b) is the
Sol. correct option.
Among the given statements, only the $5. Ans.(d)
sentence in (II) expresses the meaning Sol.
which complies with the meaning of the
idiom and at the same time makes sure Among the given statements,
only the
sentence in (11) expresses
the meaning
that the actual meaning of the sentence
which complies with the
meaning of the
remains intact. Statements () and (lII) are
irrelevant as they completely change the idiom and at the same time
makes sure
that the actual meaning of
the sentence
meaning of the sentence. Hence (b) is the
remains intact. Statements
(I) and (III) are
correct option.
irrelevant as they
completely change the
If you say that someone is still wet behind meaning of the sentence.
Hence (d) is the
the ears, you mean that they have only correct option.
recently arrived in a new place or job, and to take a nosedive: to fall
rapidly, to
are therefore still not experienced. plunge, to drop quickly
$3. Ans.(e) S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Among the given statements, only Sol. Among the given
statements, both
the sentence in (I) expresses the meaning the sentences (11) and (III)
express the
which complies with the meaning of the
idiom and at the same time makes sure
.
meaning which complies with
the
meaning of the idiom and at
the same
that the actual meaning of the sentence time they make sure that the
actual
remains intact. Statements (I) and (II) meaning of the sentence
remains intact.
are irrelevant as they completely change Statement (T) is irrelevant
as it completely

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sentence. All () (I) and (III) are using

this idiom
changes the meaning of the
correctly.
Hence (e) is the correct option.
in a S11. Ans.(d)
If you play devil's advocate
discussion or debate, you express an Sol. Among the given
statements, both
opinion which you may not agree with the sentences (1I) and (lI)
express the
but which is very different to what other meaning which complies with
the
people have been saying, in order to make meaning of the idiom and at
the same
the argument more interesting. time they make sure that the
actual
S7. Ans.(d) meaning of the sentence
remains intact.
Statement (1) is irrelevant as
it completely
Sol. Burn the midnight oil: to study or
work very late at night
changes the meaning of the
sentence.
Hence (d) is the correct
option.
All () (1) and (II) are using this idiom
correctly. Jump (or climb) on the
bandwagon: join
others in doing or supporting
something
S8. Ans.(d) fashionable or likely to be
successful.
Sol. Throw caution to the wind: to do S12. Ans.(d)
something without worrying about the
risks and danger involved Sol. Among the given
statements, both
the sentences (1) and (III)
express the
Among the given statements, both the meaning which complies
with the
sentences (II) and (II) express the meaning of the idiom and at
the same
meaning which complies with the
time they make sure that the
actual
meaning of the idiom and at the same meaning of the sentence
remains intact.
time they make sure that the actual Statement (I) is
irrelevant as it
meaning of the sentence remains intact. completely changes the
meaning of the
Statement (1) is irrelevant as it completely
sentence. Hence (d) is the
correct option.
changes the meaning of the sentence.
Hence (d) is the correct option. Hear (sth) through/on the
grapevine: to
hear news from someone who
heard the
$9. Ans.(a)
news from someone else.
Sol. Among the given statements, only
S13. Ans.a)
the sentence in (11) expresses the
meaning which complies with the Sol. Burn (one's)
bridge: To do
meaning of the idiom and at the same something that eannot be
easily undone or
time makes sure that the actual meaning reversed in the future
(often because one
of the sentence remains intact. Statements has behaved offensively or
unfavorably).
() and (11) arc irrelevant as they Among the given statements,
only
completely change the meaning of the sentence in (1) expresses
the meanig
sentence. Hence (a) is the correct option.
Shot in the dark: A wild guess
which complies with the
meaning of
idiom and at the same time
makes ure
su
n
S10. Ans.(c) that the actual meaning of
the senten
Sol. A FAR CRY FROM remains intact. Statements
(II) and
Something are irrelevant as they
completely
that is a far ery from
something clse is
very different from it. the meaning of the
sentence. Hence
the correct option.
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those of other
S14. Ans.( c)
(lI) are using this people
Sol. All ()) ()and
idiom corTectly. In (A), entrenched
should be used.
If something keeps people on the straight S17. Ans.a)
and narrow, it helps to keep them living Sol. The blank in sentence
(A) only can
an honest or healtlhy life. be filled with given
words.
SI5. Ans.(e) Imbroglio: an unwanted,
difficult, and
Sol. The given words can be used in all confusing situation, full
of trouble and
the given sentenees problems.
Sophistry: the elever use of arguments Convolution: something
that makes an
that seem true but are really false, in order explanation, story, etc.
complicated and
to deceive people difficult to understand
Equivocation: the use of ambiguous In (B), pertinent will be
used while
in (C)
language to conceal the truth or to avoid pertinence should be used
instead.
committing oneself; prevarication.
S18. Ans.(b)
S16. Ans.(c)
can
in Both Sol. The blank in sentence
(B) only
Sol. The given words can be used be filled with given
words.
B &C. Beleaguered:
struggling against
ACQUIESCENT: willing to do what difficulties or criticism
other people want Perturbed: (adjective) in
the sense of
SUBSERVIENT: willing to do what other disturbed
wishes
people want, or considering your
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is going
Directions (1-5): In the following
questions, each sentence consists of a digital, the parameters of
the
blank that can be filled with any of the transformation under way
are not
given word (s) to make the sentence understood by most of us.
most (A) Espousing
meaningful. Choose the
appropriate alternative reflecting the (B) Reliance
word (s) that can fill the given blank. (C) Embracing
Q1. The WHO recently (a) only (A) and (C) (b) only
(B)
that transmission of (c) only (B) and (C) (d) only
(C)
the virus through aerosols "eannot
(e) All of these
be ruled" out in "certain closed
settings Q4. The continued fighting
threatens to
(A) Confessed _efforts to
negotiate an
(B) Acknowledged agreement.
C) Conceded (A) Diminished
(a) only (A) and (C) (b) only (B) (B) undermine
(c) only (B) and (C) (d) only (C) (C) Bolster
(e) All of these (a) only (A) and (C) (b) only
(B)
Q2. This philosophy of universal health (c) only (B) and (C) (d) only
(C)
coverage is already practised in (e) All of these
diverse ways, including engagement
Q5. The pandemic is an
opportunity for
ofthe private sector, by of
the global
countries community
to
(A) umpteen the

consequences of its
unscientific actions on
nature
(B) Scores
and
prepare for behavioural
change.
(C) Innumerous
(A) Traversed
(a) only (A) and (C) (b) only (B)
(B) Explore
() only (B) and (C) (d) only (C)
(C) Assimilate
(e) All of these
(a) only (A) and (C) (b) only
(B)
Q3. While we are
new ways (c) only (B) and (C) (d) only
of digital interaction and more
(C)
of (e) All of these
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only (B)
questions, each sentence consists of a
blank that can be filled with any of the (c) only (B) and (C) (d)
only (A) and (B)
given word (s) to make the sentence (e) All of these
meaningful. Q9 The home team's performance
was
Choose the most
appropriate alternative reflecting the definitely with
the
word (s) that can fill the given blank. visitors looking fresher
and more
Q6. We must know that politics has a innovative.
way of getting ahead of principles (A) Torpid
and practices, and its (B) lethargic
OWn norms. (C) Indolence
(A) concerning (a) only (A) (b)
only (B)
(B) establishing ()only (B) and (C) (d) only
(A) and (B)
(C) retaliating (e) All of these
(a) only (A) (b) only (BB)
Q10. If public and political
will can be
(c) only (B) and (C) (d) only (A) and resources
will find their
,
(B) way from both public and

private
(e) All of these sources.
Q7. India has faced (A) prevented

challenges in providing quality (B) Belittle
education to children and the youth. (C) mustered
(A) unprecedented (a) only (A) and (C) (b)
only (B)
(B) Colossal (c) only (B) and (C) (d)

only (C)
(C) Intuitive (e) All of these
(a) only (A) (b) only (B) Q11. The idea of a National
Higher
(c) only (B) and (C) (d) only (A) and Education Regulatory
Council as an
(B) apex control organisation
is bound
(e) All of these tobe by States.
(A) Frenzy
Q8. Our country is still by
huge inequality and challenges (B) resented
faced by the disadvantaged and C) Refrain
disabled (a) only (A) and (C) (b) only
(B)
(A) Reserve () only (B) and (C) (d) only

(C)
(B) Afflicted (e) All of these
(C) Beset Q12. Serology surveys can at
best be
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larger than life
nuanced
its
progress of the pandemie and not a
perceptions
psychological palliative. from
vibrant press boxes
(A) Record (A) emanate
(B)chronicle (B) Decimate
(C) prohibited (C) Suppress
(a) only (A) and (B) (b) only (B) (a) only (A)
(6) only (B)
(c) only (B) and (C) d) only (C) (c) only (B) and (C)
(d) only (A) and (B)
(e) All of these (e) All of these
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(e)
Espousing means to adopt
Sol. All the words can be used
to make Embracing: accept (a
belief, theory, or
the sentence grammatically and change) willingly and
enthusiastically.
S4. Ans.(b)
Confessed: admit that one
has committed
a crime or done something Sol. Only (B) is correct.
wrong.
Acknowledged: Undermine: lessen the
effectiveness,
accept or admit the
existence or truth of. wer, or ability of,
especially
gradually
Conceded: admit or agree that or insidiously.
something
is true after first denying or resisting Bolster: support or
strengthen.
it.
$2. Ans.(b) S5. Ans.( c)
Sol. Only (B) is correct Sol. only (B) and (C)
If you refer to scores (quantifier) Explore: inquire into
or discuss
of things
or people, you are emphasizing Subject) in detail.
(a
that there
are very many of them.
Assimilate: take in
Umpteen: indefinitely and
understand fully
many; a lot of. (information or ideas).
Innumerous: too many
to be counted Traverse: travel
(often used hyperbolically). across or
through.
S6. Ans.(b)
$3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The given
Sol. only (A) and
sentence talks aboul
(C) can be used political parties
the to make having
its own noms
and
has a
way .."establishing its own
contextually correct. norms would
mean they
have a way o
Setting up its own
standards. All the otne
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order to do
(b) is the correct choice. something
S7. Ans.(d) Belittle: If you belittle
someone or
Sol. Both (A) and (B) can fit in the something. you say or imply
that they are
sentence unimportant or not very
good.
S11. Ans.(b)
Colossal: extremely large or great.
Sol. only (B) can be used in
the sentence
Intuitive: using or based on what one to make it contextually and
grammatically
feels to be true even without conscious
correct.
reasoning: instinctive.
Refrain: to avoid doing or
stop yourself
Unprecedented: never done or known
from doing something
before.
Resented: to feel angry
because you have
S8. Ans.(c)
been forced to accept
someone or
Sol. only (B) and (C) are correct something that you do not
like
Beset: having a lot of trouble with Frenzy: uncontrolled
and excited
something, or having to deal with a lot of behaviour or emotion that is
sometimes
something that causes problems. violent.
Afflicted: to cause pain or suffering to S12. Ans.(a)
to distress so severely as to cause Sol. only (A) and (B) can be
used to make
persistent suffering or anguish
the sentence
contextually and
S9. Ans.(d)
grammatically correet.
Sol. Both (A) and (B) can fit in the Chronicle: to record in
sentence. Prohibited is incorrect
grammatically.
Torpid: mentally or physically inactive: S13. Ans.(A)
lethargic.
Sol. only (A) can be used in
the
Lethargic: sluggish and apathetic.
sentence
to make it contextually and
grammatically
Indolence: avoidance of activity or correct.
exertion; laziness.
Emanate: (of a feeling,
S10. Ans.(d)
quality, or
sensation) issue or spread
out from (a
Sol. Only (C) can be used in the sentence source).
to make it contextually and grammatically Decimate: kill, destroy, or
remove
correct.
a large
proportion of.
Mustered: If you muster something such Suppress: Restrain
as support, strength, or energy, you
gather
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following
Directions (1-8): In the (a) CDAB (b)
DCAB
questions, four Words have been (c) DABC
highlighted. These words may or may (d)
BCDA
not be at their correct position. Following (e) No interchange required
each question four possible
arrangements are provided. Choose the Q4. Antibodies, for a
host
(A) of other
angement that will make the given viral infections, are
sentence contextually meaningful
normallyB
and expected to linger(C)
for many
grammatically correct as your answer.
months and confer(D)
protection
Q1. Isracl issued a compulsory against fresh infections
by the same
(A)
licence to Hetero for production Virus.
and
innovator (B) of the Lopinavir (a) BDCA
Ritonavir combination from (b)
CDAB
India, (c) DBCA
following which the (d)
BACD
enforce(C)
AbbVie decided not (e) No interchange required
to import (D)
its patent right. Q5. The behalf (A) of trustees
does
not
(a) BDCA (b) DBCA explain how "trust" is
extended
and
(c) ACBD (d) ADBC
fructified (B) with the
community,
and how trustees are
empowered
(e) No interchange required
(C) to act on articulation
(D) of the
Q2. There is global interests (A) community
that
data should be unlocked in public (a) DBCA (b) DCAB
interest beyond (B) the sole service
(c) CDAB (d)
BADC
(C) of commercial realisation (D)
of a few large companies.
(a) DBCA (b) DCAB Q6. Courts are thickets (A)
but keep
(c) CDAB getting pulled into
political regime
(d) DABC
(e) No interchange required (B), especially in matters
(C) o
Q3. Even under

a working (A)
mass defections
resulting
apolitical (D) change.
n
Constitution, parliamentary
and (a) BDAC b) DACB
sovereign (B) supremacy
in their (C)CDAB (d)
ADBCc
legislative (C)
of areas (D) must be
respected. (C) No interchange
required
ation
Q7. To defines (A) a robust
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contravene
(A)
stakeholders (C) for the ecosystem cnergies in
only
passing more
(D)
guidelines
constitutional courts
(a) BDCA (b) ACBD must seriously expend
(B) with the
(c) DBCA (d) BACD concrete (C) cases
that come their
(e) No interchange requirecd way and expose how
hard it is for a
common man to get
justice against
Q8. Even in routine actions (A) against police violence,
either through
notices freluctant (B) compensation
claims or
administrative petitions (C), courts prosecutions (D).
are proposed(D) to review at an
(a) CADB; D- resolutions
interim stage
(6) No rearrangement required
(a) BDCA (b) CDAB
(c) DABC; A- digress
(c) DBCA (d) BACD
(d) CDAB; B- retaliate
(e) BACD; A -
contend
Directions (9-12): In the sentences
given below, four words have been Q11. The replication (A) of
Jyotiraditya
highlighted and placed in a sentence. Scindia to the BJP and
the defection
Identify the correct sequence of the (B) of a similar seript
by Congress
words in the sentence. Also, one of the leader Sachin Pilot has
centres (C)
given words might need a change. this debate which
intensified (D)
Identify the correct sequence and the
around the leadership.
correct replacement (if needed) and
mark that option as your answer. (a) ABDC; A- implications
Q9. The diligence (A) on connectivity (b) BADC; all words are
correct
has seen the Quad challenge China (c) No rearrangement required
in another phere (B): a (d) DCBA; D- hinges
sustainable (C) effort to provide (e) CDBA; B-reluctance
financing and coordinated (D
alternatives to China's BRI, which Q12. Akin to the
flexibilities (A) in the
has led many nations to take loans TRIPS agreement which
helped in
from Beijing making antiretrovirals
affordable
during the AIDS crisis,
some
(a) ABDC; A- emphasis
countries are resorting
(B) to
(b) CDBA; B- mitigation enabling(C)
legislation and
(c) No rearrangement required procedural modifications
of existing
(d) DCBA; D- remarkable regulations to
address (D)
affordability of
anti-COVID-19
(e) DBAC; all words are correct
medicines.

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(a) BADC; A- development of Overseas Indians.

()The
(b) CDBA; B- adopting infection could be
segregated
and
(c) No rearrangement required ferried separately (2)
Iravellers who
(d) DCBA; C- mandate were suspected to have
contracted
(e) DBAC; all words are correct (3) Wanted tests to be
conducted
at
Directions (13-16): Given below are the port of origin so that
(4)
five sentences which are divided into
Q13. Which of the following is
the
several parts. Answer the following
questions based on these given correct sequence
of the
statements. rearrangement of the
sentence (B)?
A. As more relaxations kicked in (a) 1432 (b) 4123
and
with the success
stories (1) (c) 4231 (d) 3412
Inducing a degree of complacency
(e) None of these.
and false sense of safety in
people,
(2) Several chose to throw Q14. Which of the following is
caution to
the
the winds, (3) Violating correct sequence
social
of the
distancing and quarantine rearrangement of the
sentence (D)?
norms
with alacrity(4) (a) 4123
(b) 2143
B. The 'COVID-19 Jagratha' (c) 1432
portal and (d) 3412
get passes (1) When the
government (c) None of these
insisted that everyone
desirous of
entering (2) The State Q15. Which of the
mandatorily following
is the
register themselves on (3) It correet sequence
became
of the
a vexing political question rearrangement of the
(4)
sentence (C)?
C. Repatriation missions (a) 1324
from abroad, (b) 2134
(1) The pandemic had (2) (c) 4213
When the (d) 3124
Centre was contemplating
3) (e) None of these.
Straddled the continents.
(4)
D. When that did Q16. Rearrange the
not happen, (1) With given five
sentences
symptoms and shift in the proper
them to sequence to
form a
designated COVID-19 meaningful paragraph
hospitals (2)
and also
The aim of multi-layer choose the one which
sereening to
doesn't matcu
isolate people (3) the theme of the
Passenger handling passage so
formed.
policy at Kerala's (a) BDAE:C
airports was (b) CEDB
;A
revised with (4) (c) EACB; D
E. Kerala, which (d) CDBA
;E
has a large population (e) None of these
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S1. Ans.(d) The sentence with the

correct position of
words:
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted.
the correct rearrangement will be ADBC. Even under a sovereign
Constitution,
Hence. option (d) is the most suitable parliamentary and
legislative supremacy
answer choice. in their areas of working
must be
respected.
The sentence with the correct position of
words: S4. Ans.(e)
Israel issued a compulsory licence to Sol. For the given
highlighted words, all
Hetero for production and import of the of them are at their
correct positions.
Lopinavir-Ritonavir combination from Hence, option (e) is the
most suitable
India, following which the innovator answer choice.
AbbVie decided not to enforce its patent S5. Ans.(a)
right."
Sol. Among the given set of
highlighted,
S2. Ans.(a) the correct rearrangement
will be DBCA.
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted, Hence, option (a) is the
most suitable
the correct rearrangement will be DBCA. answer choice.
Hence, option (a) is the most suitable Articulation: the formation
of clear
answer choice. and distinet sounds in
speech.
The use of "interests" is grammatically Fructified: make
(something) fruitful
Wrong and must be replaced with or productive.
realisation. The sentence with the
correct position of
The sentence with the correct position of words:
words: The articulation of
trustees does not
"There is global realisation that data explain how "trust" is
extended and
should be unlocked in public interest fruetified with the
community, and how
beyond the sole service of commercial trustees are empowered to
act on behalf
interests of a few large companies." of the community.
$3. Ans.(d) S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted, Sol. Among the given set of
highlighted,
the correct rearrangement will be BCDA. the correct rearrangement
will be DACB.
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable Hence, option (b) is the
most suitable
answer choice. answer choice.
Sovereign: possessing supreme or Thickets: an area of trees
and bushes
ultimate pOwer. growing closely together
Legislative: having the power to make Apolitical: not interested
in or connected
laws. with politics, or not
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The sentence with replaced with emphasis which
means
words: special importance, value,
or prominenca
Chce
keep getting
Courts are apolitical but given to something.
especially in
pulled into political thickets,
in The sentence with the
correct position of
matters of mass defections resulting
words:
regime change.
The emphasis on connechvity
has seen
S7. Ans.(d)
the Quad chalenge China In
another
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted,
sphere: a coordinated effort
to provide
the correct rearrangement will be BACD. financing and sustainable
alternatives to
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable
China's BRI, which has led
many nations
answer choice.
to take loans from Beijing.
The use of "defines" is grammatically
wrong and must be replaced with S10. Ans.(e)
enable". Sol. Among the given
highlighted words,
The sentence with the correct position of the correct arrangement of
words will be
words: BACD.
To enable a robust regulation of NPD, the Contravene means offend
against the
report defines key stakeholders for the prohibition or order of (a
law, treaty, or
ecosystem. code of conduct). Therefore
considering the
S8. Ans.(b) theme of the sentence, it
must be replaced
with contend which means to
strive or vie
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted, in contest or rivalry or
against difficulties.
the correct rearrangement will be CDAB.
Hence, option (b) is the most suitable Expend: spend
answer choice. The sentence with the
correct position of
The sentence with the correct position of words:
words: Rather than expend
energies in
only
Even in routine petitions against notices passing more guidelines,
constitutional
of proposed administrative actions, courts must seriously
contend with
the
courts are reluctant to review at an concrete cases that come
their way
and
interim stage. expose how hard it is for
a
common man
to get justice against
$9. Ans.(a)
police
violence,
either through
compensation
Sol. Among the given highlighted
claims or
words, prosecutions.
the correct arrangement of words
will be S11. Ans.(b)
ABDC. Also, the word, 'sustainable
Sol. Among the given
must be replaced with
'coordinated'.
highlighted words,
the correct arrangement
Hence, option (a) is
the most suitable of
words will be
BADC. All the given
answer choice.
words are correct
and needs no replacement.
Diligence which
means careful and Replication: the action
persistent work or effort
is grammatically reproducing something.
of
copying o
Defection: the desertion
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"success
The sentence with the correct position of stories" and there is no
other statement to
words:
back it up.
The correct sequence
after the
The defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia to
rearrangement of all the
sentences is
the BJP and the replication of a similar
script by Congress leader Sachin Pilot has CEDB.
intensified this debate which centres C is the 1 statement
because it Is
around the leadership. introducing the scenario on
which the
S12. Ans. (c) whole discussion is
based. The
"repatriation mission" is
the base of the
Sol. All the highlighted words are at their
discussion.
correct positions. Also, they do not
E is the 2 statement because
it is then
require any improvement. Hence, option
(C) is the most suitable answer choice. introducing the implication
of this
mission with respect to
Kerala. The
S13. Ans.(c)
statements after that will
then discuss the
Sol. The correct sequence is 4231. Kerala's take.
D is
S14. Ans.(c) the 3 statement. The
hint can be
Sol. The correct sequence is 1432 drawn from "When that did
not happen",
here "that" is Kerala's
demand for
S15. Ans.(d) conducting tests at the
airport.
Sol. The correct sequence is 3124. Bis the last statement
because it is further
S16. Ans.(b) describing the steps taken
by Kerala in
Sol. containing the pandemic.
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(c) BDCA (d) DBAC

questions, four words have been (e) No interchange required
highlighted. These words may or may
not be at their correct position. Q4. Post-pandemic privileged (A)
must
Following each question four possible
arrangements are provided. Choose the
resist habitations (B) into
retreating (C) isolation that
only
a
arrangement that will make the given the closeted(D) can afford
sentence contextually meaningful and
(a) CADBB (b) BADC
grammatically correct as your answer.
Q1. Before we (c)DABC (d) BCDA
celebrate (A) this
oncoming (B) new normal, it is (e) No interchange required
important to recognise(C) what it
Q5. Social distancing has been
readily
puts at stake (D)
embraced (A) by India's caste
(a) BDCA (b) CDAB
society (B), which was always
(c) DBCA (d) BACD uncomfortable (C) with the
(e) No interchange required mingling fostered (D) by
cities.
Q2. Our focus on urban isolation (A) (a) BDCA b) CDAB
urges a/an privileged (B) of post (c) DBCA (d) BACDD
pandemic cities that resists retiring (e) No interchange required
into a closeted agglomeration (C)
Q6. The most pronounced hitherto
(A)
that only the imagination (D) can
of
afford.
India's lockdown is the
explosion into
public legacy (B) of lakhs of
inter
(a) CDAB (b) DCAB
State migrant workers,
visibility (C)
(c) ADCB (d) BCDA hidden inside the urban
machinery
(e) No interchange required (D).
Q3. The consignment (A) ot contra- (a) DCAB (6) BCAD
band (B) gold from a diplomatic (c) DABC (d) CDAB
embarrassment (C) in Thiruvanan-
thapuram has come as a major
seizure (D) for the Kerala Q7. While it is routine in
epidemiolog
government. to estimate (A) antibody tests
to
(a) DCAB deploy (B) the prevalence (C) o
b) CADB
disease, the sheer speed of
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global nature of the disease have (a) DBAC (b) BADC
complicated (D) the matter. (c) ABDC (d) BCDA
(a) BDCA (b) CDAB
(c) DBCA (d) BACDD
Directions (12-15): In the sentences
(e) No interchange required given below, four words have been
highlighted and placed in a
sentence.
Q8. Unprecedented (A) public health
Identify the correct sequence of
the
crises decisions (B) for situation-
words in the sentence. Also, one
of the
specific call (C) from given words might need a change.
pharmaceutical companies and Identify the correct sequence and
the
profit (D) maximisation should take correct replacement (if needed)
and
a back seat. mark that option as your answer.
(a) BDCA (b) ACBD Q12. The concerns (A) in sections
of the
media built around
these
(c) DBCA (d) ADBC
functioning (B) is that the
Congress
(e) No interchange required mishandled the crisis and
the
09. Kerala's comorbidities (A) to the discord (C) of these
leaders
pandemic is compounded (B) by its regarding the party's
rebellions (D)
ageing but active population, a high (a) CADB; D- retrospection
degree of vulnerability (C) in its
(b) No rearrangement required
people, and population density (D)
(C) DABC; A- dilemma
(a) DCAB (b) BCAD
(d) CDAB: C- narrative
(c) ACBD (d) CBAD
(e) BACD; B -
insurgence
Q13. The speculation (A) of
India's
Q10. A study by Tufts Centre estimated independence
and
dnugs strategic
(A) that seven out of cight
assertion (B) to joining
any alliance
that enter the clinical pipeline (B)
low comes as a timely reminder
amid
fail indicating (C)the
clinch(C) that tensions
with China
translatability (D) of the current
will push India into a
stronger
paradigm.
resistance (D) with
Washington.
(a) BDCA (b) CDAB
(a) BADC; A- assessment
(c) DBCA (d) BACD
(b) CDBA; B- disinclination
() No rearrangement required
Q11. To usher (A) in a change (B) in a
(d) DCBA; D-reliance
sensitization (C) mindset, which
(e) BDAC; all words are correct
mirrors society, a lot more must be
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fina
final
China's relevance (B) in Houston is outcome, an obvious
conclusionR
a/an deteriorating (C) escalation in
to draw from this
crisis(C) wona
the steadily unprecedented (D) ties be that the Congress
party has to put
between the world's two largest its house in order to
stop further
economies. desertions
(a) DCAB; D- paramoun (D) and breakup.
(b) BADC; B- decision (a) BADC; A- Unmindful
(c) BADC; C- speculative b) CDBA; B- introspection

(d) No rearrangement required (c) No rearrangement required
(e) ADBC; all words are correct (d) DCBA; C- chaos

(e) DBAC; all words are
correct
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(e) Hence, option (d) is the most

suitable
Sol. For the given highlighted words, all answer choice.
of them are at their correct positions. Consignment: a batch
of goods
Hence, option (e) is the most suitable destined for or delivered to
someone.
answer choice.
Contraband: goods that have
been
S2. Ans.(a) imported or exported
illegally.
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted, Seizure: the action of taking
something
the correct rearrangement will be CDAB. by force or with legal
authority
Hence, option (a) is the most suitable The sentence with the correct
position of
answer choice. words:
agglomeration: a mass or collection of The seizure of contraband gold
from a
things; an assemblage. diplomatic consignment
n
The sentence with the correct position of Thiruvananthapuram has come as
a major
words: embarrassment for the
Kerala
government.
Our focus on urban agglomeration urges
a/an imagination of post-pandemic cities S4. Ans.(d)
that resists retiring into a closeted Sol. Among the given set of
highlighted,
isolation that only the privileged can the correct rearrangement will
be BCDA
afford. Hence, option (d) is the most
suitabe
$3. Ans.(d) answer choice.
Sol. Among the given set of highlighted, The sentence with the correct
position o
the correct rearrangement will be DBAC. words:
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Post-pandemic habitations must resist correct rearrangement will

be ACBD
retreating into a closeted isolation that Hence, option (b) is the
most suitable
only the privileged can afford answer choice.
$5. Ans.(e) The sentence with the
correct position of
words:
Sol. For the given highlighted words, all
of them are at their correct positions. Unprecedented public
health crises call
Hence, option (e) is the most suitable for situation-specific
decisions from
answer choice. pharmaceutical companies
and profit
S6. Ans.(b)
maximisation should take a
back seat.
S9. Ans.(d)
the correct rearrangement will be BCAD. Sol. Among the given set
of highlighted,
Hence, option (6) is the most suitable the correct rearrangement
will be CBAD.
answer choice. Hence, option (d) is the
most suitable
answer choice.
Hitherto: until now or until the point in
time under discussion. The sentence with the
correct position of
words:
The sentence with the correct position of
words: Kerala's vulnerability to
the pandemic is
The most pronounced legacy of India's
compounded by its ageing
but active
population, a high degree
of comorbidi
lockdown is the explosion into public
ties in its people, and
population density.
visibility of lakhs of inter-State migrant
workers, hitherto hidden inside the urban S10. Ans.(e)
machinery. Sol. For the given
highlighted words, all
S7. Ans.(d) of them are at their
correct positions.
Hence, option (e) is the
most suitable
answer choice.
the correct rearrangement will be BACD.
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable S11. Ans.(c)
answer choice. Sol. Among the given set
of highlighted,
The sentence with the correct position of the correct rearrangement
will be ABDC.
words: Hence. option (c) is the
most suitable
answer choice.
While it is routine in epidemiology to
deploy antibody tests to estimate the Usher: cause or mark the
start of
prevalence of a disease, the sheer speed something new.
of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the Sensitisation: the quality
or condition of
global nature of the disease have responding to certain
stimuli in a sensitive
complicated the matter manner
S8. Ans.(b) The sentence with the
correct position of
Sol. Call for (phrasal verb) means make words:
necessary. Therefore, replace "decisions" To usher in a change in a
regressive
with "call" mindset, which mirrors
society, a lot more
Among the given set of highlighted, the must be done on gender
sensitisation.
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stron
tonge
S12. Ans.(d) clinch with Washington.
highlighted words,
Sol. Among the given words will be S14. Ans.(b)
the correct arrangement of Sol. Among the given highlighted
word
CDAB.
will De
people. the correct arrangement of words
Discord: disagreement between BADC. The use of "relevance"
Rebellions: an act of armed resistance incorrect grammatically and must
be
to an established government or leader. replaced with "decision".
The sentence with the correct position of Consulate: the building in which
a
words: consul's duties are carried out.
The narrative in sections of the media Unprecedented: never done or
known
built around these rebellions is that the before.
Congress mishandled the crisis and the The sentence with the correct
position of
concerns of these leaders regarding the words:
party's functioning.
The U.S. 's decision to close
China's
S13. Ans.(e) consulate in Houston
is an
Sol. Among the given highlighted words, unprecedented escalation in the
steadily
the correct arrangement of words will be deteriorating ties between the
world's
BDAC. All the given words are correct two largest economies.
and needs no replacement. S15. Ans. (c)
The sentence with the correct position of Sol. All the highlighted words
are at their
words: correct positions. Also, they do
not
The assertion of India's strategic require any improvement. Hence,
option
independence and resistance to joining (c) is the most suitable answer
choice.
any alliance comes as a timely reminder
amid speculation that tensions with
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Directions (1-5): Given below are five Q2. Which of the following
is the
sentences which are divided into correct sequence
of the
several parts. Answer the following rearrangement of the
sentence (D)?
questions based on these given
statements. (a) 4123 (b)
2143
A. Have not been fully established () (c) 4231 (d)
3412
This is distressing for the patient, (2) (e) None of these
Especially when the (3) Therapeutic
is the
results or clinical benefits (4)
correct sequence
of the
B. Antivirals and biologicals (1) Have rearrangement of the
sentence (C)?
been approved (2) In different
(a) 1324 (b)
2134
geographical settings (3) Clinical
(c) 4213 (d)
3124
trials with re-purposed (4)
C. Around the globe () Having crossed (e) None of these.
14.7 million, (2) However, with the Q4 Which of the
following is the
number of infections (3) There is no correct sequence
of the
easy containment of this pandemic rearrangement of the
sentence (A)?
(4) (a) 2341 (b)
3241
D. Is reportedly making good progress (1) (d)
3412
(c) 1432
A vaccine and finding a definitive
(e) None of these.
treatment (2) For COVID-19 treatment
(3) The quest for developing (4) Q5. Rearange the given five
sentences
in the proper sequence
to form a
E. To have some potential (1) In
meaningful paragraph
and also
shortening the recovery time (2) In
COVID-19 patients (3) These choose the one which
doesn't match
the theme of the
passage so formed.
medicines are believed (4)
(a) BDAE:C (b)
DCBE:;A
Q1. Which of the following is the
the (c) EACB;D (d)
CDBA ;E
correct sequence of
rearrangement of the sentence (B)? (e) None of these
(a) 1432 (b) 4123 Directions (6-15): In the
following
(d) 3412 questions, a phrase is
given in bold whose
(c) 4231
meaning can be inferred
from one of the
(e) None of these. highlighted words/phrases
of four
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sentences given below each phrase.
Choose the most appropriate meaning
of (a) He is
sympathetic but
options that
ever
the phrase among the four condescending, or
patronizing
can also be replaced by the given phrase moralizing. His
purpose is no
without altering the meaning o the admonish or deplore
bu but
sentence. If none of the sentences conveys
understand
the correct meaning, choose (e) i.e.,
None of the above'" as your answer. (b) Ten members voted for
the propogsal,
IN FITS AND START members voted
against i1, and tw
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(a) The governments cautiously took
abstained.
advantage of the national movement (c) He's a bit of an
intellectual cook
to strengthen their position. perhaps, and has a
tendency to
(b) Wind energy is intermittent and overembellish
with too many
heavily reliant on back-up power ingredients.

generation for use when it is not (d) I've tried not to
have the kind of life
blowing where l'm only
going to parties or
(c) The government appears to be in a living a very
opulent lifestyle.
quandary about what to do with so (e) None of the above
many people
Q9. HIGH AND DRY
(d) The human desire for certainty
(a) The president had
never before
collides with our love of enigma
appeared so isolated
or enfeebled.
(b) If you have not
signed a contract, you
Q7. GREASE PALMS are under no
obligation to pay them
(a) Suresh has transcended the bounds of any money.
his Executive position spurning the
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(c) The plan was
supposed to give a
authority of Congress. boost to our ailing
economy.
(b) Congressmen have been accused of (d) In 1648 one of
their ships Was
accepting bribes to pass bills stranded in Table
Bay, and the
favoring particular companies. shipwrecked crew
were lett to forage
(c) The employee in question who was for themselves on
shore for several
responsible for the error has been
months.
given a severe reprimand along with
a written warning.
(d) Her irritability had suddenly quite Q10. CHEEK BY
JOWNL
vanished, and her anxious, imploring (a) He now felt
ashamed of his speech
eyes were fixed on him with with its
constitutional tendency
greedy
and
expectation.
sought an
opportunity of eflacing it
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travel from one end of them to the (d) This new nobility
gradually became
other without seeing a single shrub. as well marked and as
exclusive as
(c) With a dangerous hurricane the old patriciate.
approaching, he hastily gathered his (e) None of the above
things and fled his home.
Q13. TO GIVE ONESELF AIR's
(d) The common wall separating the pits
(a) Another advantage of
trading through
of the two adjoining cells is pierced
a company is limited
liability status.
by strands of protoplasm.
(b) It might also turn
educational poliey
toward explorations
and displays of
Q11. RED HERRING cultural diversity
that are less
(a) With rich data, grounded theorists can politically
pretentious.
more readily discern what (c) The way you blend
personal
participants mean and how they ambitions with a sense
of caring
define their experiences. spells genuine
progress.
(b) The rainfall is very scanty, and running (d) We do not wish to
profit from a film that
waters are hardly known, excepting has demonstrably
caused great distress
among the mountains which form the (e) None of the above
scarps of the elevated country.
Q14. A BED OF ROSES
(c)These predators often make contact
(a) But gradually along
with the
with kids through chat room and/or
agonizing came a kind
of acceptance.
e-mail and often under the pretense
(b) There was animosity
between the
of being kids themselves.
people of the two
communities on
(d) As the president's chief of staff, he each side of the bay.
offended many with his brusque
(c) Many people have
to inject
manner
themselves for all
sorts of conditions
(e) None of the above and in practice find
the injections
Q12. A DIME A DOZEN relatively painless.
(a) The main floor consisted of common (d) There is magic, but a
restrained,
areas and wide halls lined with intimate kind that
does not intrude or
massive.windows. provide a false get-
out for any of the
protagonists.
b) This method is universally applicable
where there are no redundant (e) None of the above
members. Q15. AN APPLE OF DISCORDD

(c) Those in the military are often (a) Provision made
for truant,
is
rewarded for evasive and perceptive dependent, neglected
and delinquent
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things done thro.
rough
trespassers in early colonial times, attending committee
meetings.
and their land-hunger took them far (d) The universal reliance
on animal
beyond the limits fixed by Pope
lis
stimulated the study of
the
nal
Alexander VI. kingdom.
(c) His function as a Mayor affords him of the above
(e) None
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b) drawn by the use of "these

medicines
Sol. 4123 is the correct sequence. which is referring to the
medicines
S2. Ana.(c) mentioned in B.
Sol. 4231 is the correct sequence. S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. The idiom "in fits and
start" means to
$3. Ans.(d)
do it intermittently or
sporadically. Thus
Sol. 3124 is the correct sequence. among the four given
statements,
second
only the
S4. Ans.(a) sentence provides
the
meaning of the phrase
exact
Sol. 2341 is the correct sequence. and
at the samne
time it can be replaced by
$5. Ans.(b)
the given
phrase without altering the
meaning
ofthe
Sol. The correct sequence is DCBE. A is sentence.
not the part of the coherent paragraph as it Quandary: a state of not
being able
is having an argument on a different decide what to do about a
situation
to
theme which is the implications of the
in
which you are involved
costly medicines.
Enigma: something that is
mysterious
D is the lst statement because it is an and seems impossible to
understand
independent statement and is forming a completely
base (new developments in vaccines) on
which the whole discussion is based. Cautiously: in a careful and
well
considered way that avoids
risk
C is the next statement The hint can be
drawn by the use of "however' which S7. Ans. (b)
suggests a contrast in the previous Sol. The phrase "grease
palms" means
statement. So even though the progress is give someone money in
exchange
to
good (as mentioned in D), the challenge
fora
favor; also, bribe someone.
Thus, among8
of containing the pandemic remains. the four given statements,
only
the second
B is the next statement because it sentence provides the exact
meaning ol
then
elaborating what the good progress is the phrase and the
highlighted word can
as
mentioned in the previous statements. be replaced by the given
phrase without
E is the last statement. The hint can be Reprimand: to express to
someone you
strong official disapproval
them
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to
or someone because you feel that anything new
thing or
person is not worth having SI1. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(c) Sol. A red herring is
something that
misleads or distracts from a
relevant or
Sol. The idiom given in bold "Gild in
the important issue. It may be
either a logical
lily means to improve or decorate
fallacy or a literary device
that leads
something that is already perfect and
readers or audiences towards
a false
therefore spoil t. Therefore conclusion. 'Pretense' means
'an attempt
"overembellish" which means to make
to make something that is not
the case
beautiful with ornamentation excessively.
appear true'.
Opulent: ostentatiously costly and Hence, option (c) becomes the
most
luxurious.
viable answer choice.
Admonish: to give friendly earnest
Scanty: smaller in size or
amount than is
advice or encouragement to
considered necessary or is
hoped for
Abstained : to choose not to Brusque: quick and direct in
manner or
$9. Ans.(d) speech, and often not polite
Sol. The phrase "high and dry'" means Discern: to see, recognize,
or understand
without resources or help. something that is not clear
High and dry means without resources or S12. Ans. (a)
help Sol. The idiom 'a dime a
dozen' means
Enfeebled: made very weak 'something very common and
not having
Ailing: unhealthy or weak, and not much value'. The correct
meaning of the
getting any better idiom has been stated in the
statement
Stranded means left without the means to given in option (a). Hence,
option (a) is
move from somewhere. the most suitable answer
choice.
S10. Ans.(d) S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. The phrase "cheek by jowl" means Sol. The idiom 'to give
oneself airs
close together. Thus, among the four means to act pretentiously or
snobbishly'
given statements, only the fourth sentence If you say that someone or
something is
provides the exact meaning of the phrase pretentious, you mean that
they try to
and the highlighted word can be replaced seem important or
significant, but you do
by the given phrase without altering the not think that they are.
meaning of the sentence. Hence option
(d) is the correct choice.
Distress is a state of
extreme sorrow,
Adjoining: near, next to, or touching. suffering, or pain.
Hastily means with excessive speed or S14. Ans.(c)
urgency; hurriedly.
Sol. A BED OF ROSES is used
in
Incurious: not interested in knowing what reference to a situation or
activity that is
1S happening, or not wanting to discover comfortable or easy.
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So, painless is the word which conveys its are giving the correct
word of
idiom. Hen
meaning option (e) is the correct choice.
ence
Hence, answer would be option (c)
Delinquent: A delinquent is defined
as
Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike person, especially someone young,
and anger. has done something society
wh
Something that is agonizing causes
conside
you wrong or criminal
to feel great physical or mental
pain Something that is persistent
continuesto
exist or happen for a long time;
used
Si5. Ans.(e) especially about bad or undesirable
states
Sol. 'Apple of discord' is or situations.
used to refer
something that causes trouble or
unhappiness
or conflict and dispute. None
of the words
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SET 10
(Directions 1-5): In each of the question

given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in Q5. Wherever she had worked, co
bold which is then followed by five workers had asked her to pipe
down.
options which then try to decipher its (a) Languish (b) Energetic
meaning as used in the sentence. Choose
()Quieten (d)
Concentrate
the option which gives the meaning of the
phrase most appropriately in context of (e) None of these.
the given sentence. Directions (6-8): In the following
Q1. You do not mean to set at naught questions, a phrase is given in bold
whose meaning can be inferred from
the well-digested idea of centuries. one of the highlighted words/phrases
of
(a) Reinvent (b) Alter four sentences given below each
phrase.
(c) Replace Choose the most appropriate meaning
(d) Disdain
of the phrase among the four options
(e) None of these that can also be replaced by the
given
Q2. The team started the season so well. phrase without altering the meaning
of
the sentence. If none of the
sentences
but they've been on the skids for
conveys the correct meaning, choose
(e)
the last few games. i.., "None of the above" as your
(a) Pressure (b) Failing answer.
() Tweak (d) Revamp Q6. ON THE BALL
(e) None of these (a) If a person lets his mind
wander to
Q3. Ed was snowed under with fan external comforts, he becomes
quite
mail when he was doing his indisposed.
television show. (b) They were ineredibly
responsive to
(a) Occupied (b) Delinquent our needs and the quality of
their
(c) Bolster (d) Encourage work was of the highest
caliber.
(e) None of these (c) His lengthy explanations are the
more
grievous because he insists on
the
Q4. Any time that famous singer comes
same points in several of his
books
here, people can't help
themselves they just start (d) My intellect and reasoning could
not
fawning all over her. and would not accept the surreal
(a) Behaving imagery of the situation.
b) Engaging
(C) Dispel (d) Flattering (e) None of the above
(e) None of these Q7. PLAYING TRUANT
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(a) Behind a telephone he could charm, Between the world's
two
argest
lar
beguile, tease and persuade. economies (2) The U.S
s decision
(b) The manner he continued to deceive close China's
consulate (3) Houston
In
people and think he could get away is an unprecedented
escalation
(4)
with it is unbelievable. C. Keep taking ties (1)
This is a cyclica
(C) They have to be
rmeasures
trap, measures and
countermeasure
relevant and direct
attention and efforts where they (2) To new lows (3)
With no
should go. possibility of an exit
(4)
(d) Anyone unhappy with D. Of economic espionage,
VIsa fraud
the service
they are getting from their bank really and attempted theft of
scientific
should ditch it. research (1) The
consulate and other
(e) None of the above Chinese diplomatic
missions (2)
In
Q8. ON PINS AND NEEDLES the country (3)
The Trump
administration has
accused (4)
(a) Diane was not a timorous
woman,
but neither had her parents raised
her
E China made matters
worse by (1)
to be foolhardy, and this was a remote The U.S. has issued an
arrest warrant
(2) One of the Chinese
researchers
location
against whom (3)
Providing refuge
(b) The steering is agile and responsive
in its San Francisco
consulate
and it takes tight bends in its stride.
to (4)
(c) People with heart and lung problems

Q9 Which of the following
is the
and the elderly were advised to Correct Sequence
of the
reduce strenuous outdoor exercise. rearrangement of the
sentence (B)?
(a) 1432 (b)
4123
(d) But tens of thousands of other
claimants came from countries that (c) 4231 (d)
3412
are not ravaged by war. (e) None of these
(e) None of the above Q10. Which of the following is
the
Directions (9-13): Given below are five correet Scquence
of the
sentences which are divided into rearrangement of the
sentence (D)?
several parts. Answer the following (a) 4123 b)
2143
statements. (c) 4231 (d)
3412
A. Since the tariff war that (1) Against (e) None of these
every hostile move by the U.S. (2)
Q11. Which of the following is
the
China has retaliated (3) President
correct sequence
of the
Trump launched in 2018, (4)
rearrangement of the
sentence (C)
B. In the steadily deteriorating
ties (1) (a) 1324 (b)
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sentences
() None of these. in the proper sequence
to form a
Q12. Which of the following is the 9meaningful paragraph and
also
correct sequence choose the one which
doesn't match
of the
rearrangement of the sentence (A)? the theme of the passage
so formed.
(a) 2341 (a) BDAE :C (b)
DCBA; E
(b) 3241
(c) 1432 (c) EACB ; D
(d) CDBA ;E
(d) 3412
(e) None of these. (e)BDAEC
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(d) (the mind)

Sol. "Set at naught" means to have
disregard or scorn for: disdain
Delinquent
person)
(typically
of
tending to commit
a young
crime,
Disdain means the feeling that someone particularly minor crime.
or something is unworthy of one's S4. Ans.(d)
consideration or respect.
Sol. Fawning all over means
to praise
Alter: change in character or someone too much and give
them a lot of
composition, typically in a comparatively attention that is not
sincere, in order to get
small but significant way. a positive reaction
Reinvent : change (something) so much Flattering full of
praise and
that it appears to be entirely new. compliments.
S2. Ans.(b) Dispel: make (a doubt,
feeling, or beliet)
Sol. On the skids Experiencing a disappear.
period of trouble, difficulty or decline. S5. Ans.(c)
Hence, (b) is the correct choice for the Sol. If you tell someone who
is talking a
given question. lot or talking too loudly to
pipe down,
If someone revamps something, they you are telling them to stop
talking.
make changes to it in order to try and Quieten: make or become quiet
and calm.
improve it.
Languish : (of a person,
animal, or plant)
$3. Ans.(a) lose or lack vitality; grow
weak.
Sol.
If you say that you are snowed under, S6. Ans.(b)
you are emphasizing that you have a lot Sol. When someone is 'on the
ball
of work or other things to deal with. means, they are very alert
and aware of
Occupied here means fill or preoccupy what is happening.
Moreover,

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quickly and Sol. 3412 is the correct sequence.

responsive means reacting
S10. Ans.(c)
positively.
you say that someone is indisposed, Sol. 4231 is the correct sequence.
If are not available
you mean that they S11. Ans.(b)
because they are ill, or for a reason that
Sol. 2134 is the correct sequence.
you do not want to reveal.
Grievous: (of something bad) very severe S12. Ans.(c)
or serious. Sol. 1432 is the correct sequence.
Surreal: having the qualities of S13. Ans.e)
surrealism; bizarre.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. BDAEC is the correct sequence.
A
the sentences are the part of the
coherent
Sol. 'Playing truant' is used to refer stay
away without explanation. Moreover, paragraph.
ditch' means to get rid of or give up B is the 1 sentence because it
S8. Ans.(a) introducing the premise on which is
whole argument is based. The passage
the
Sol. The idiom given in bold
"on pins and based on the implication of "The
is
needles" means weak and
cowardly.
U.S.'s
decision to close China's".
If you describe someone as
you mean that they are
timorous D is the 2 because it
then
giving
nervous of other people and
frightened and reasoning for such decision.
the
situations. A then continues
Someone who is agile can the discussion by
stating
move quickly how Chinese retaliates
and easily. since 2018
making
A strenuous activity or the situation worse.
action involves a
lot of energy or effort E is the last statement
because
it then
A town, country, or specifies how the relationship
economy that has deteriorated due to Chinese
is further
been ravaged is one
action.
that has been
damaged so much that C then concludes
by stating how
it is
completely destroyed.
it is almost
never ending
vicious cycle which
a
$9. Ans.(d) keep on worsening the
ties.
will
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SET 11
Directions (1-10): The following

questions consist of a sentence. In each Q5. Mark is always
sentence a blank is given. Following the about how little money
he makes.
sentence, four phrases verbs/ idioms are (a) As cold as stone
given. You have to choose the phrasal
(b) harping on the same
string
verb/ idiom that would fill in the sentence
contextually and grammatically (c) In High spirits
Q1. They couldn't fulfill all the (d) Letting the dust
settle
conditions by the due date, so the (C) None of these
deal
Q6. Some students seem to
(a) Fell off (b) Fell through
after they succeed in
passing the
(c) Backed off (d) Drop off entrance examination
of college.
(e) None of these
(a) Makes waves
Q2. To form governments without the (b) Burying their head in
the sand
consent of the people is to (C) get into deep water
(d) Walk on air
(a) balance the books
(e) None of these
(b) make bricks without straw.
Q7. Sara has certainly not
looked like a
(c) jump from a frying pan into fire
(d) step into a dead man's shoes in the
mathematics
lecture. since she is
taking some
(e) None of these
online classes to
improve her
Q3. We have to the total concepts
cost before we buy the house. (a) fish out of water
(a) Turn up (b) Do over (b) leaf out of one's book
c) get back into (d) Work out (c) nine days' wonder
(e) None of these (d) Nip in the bud
Q4. I might for tea sometime (e) None of these
this week.
Q8. Ramesh advised the
team to not
(a) hang in (b) get away forget to_
snakes on the
(c)getround (d) Drop in hiking trail.
(c) None of these
(a) Look down on
(b) Look up to
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chicken
(c) look out for (d) Check out
pox this weekend.
() None of these
(a) Keep from (b) came
down with
Q9. It was so hot in the church that an (d) Get
back into
(c) Hold onto
elderly lady
(b) break out (e) None of these
(a) Warmed of
Q14. I'm not sure which enjoy
more-
I
(c) Passed out (d) Think over
pottery or dancing. It's
like
(e) None of these
Q10. Things are and
(a) Chasing rainbows
we're not sure if our families can
(b) having a sweet tooth
make it on the day we wanted.
(c) Buttering someone up
(a)To pick and choose
(d) comparing apples and
oranges
(b) up in the air
(e) None of these
(C)going cold turkey
(d) On the ball Q15. The President of United
States
(e) None of these decided to
in order to
(11-18): The following

overcome the recession.
Directions
questions consist of a sentence. In each (a) Cut corners (b) broke
down
sentence a blank is given. Following the (c) lay into (d)
Run through
sentence, four phrases/idioms are (e) None of these
given. You have to choose the phrase
Q16. The president used his
speech to
that would fill in the sentence
with his
opponents.
contextually and grammatically
(a) weather a storm
Q11. The trip to the beach cost me $100, (b) settle some old scores
but I almost after
(c) kick the bucket
winning $90 in a contest.
(d) A bone of contention
(a) Looked after
(e) None of these
(b) broke even
(c)Brokedown Q17.1 don't have much time,
so stop
(d) Received a Kickback and tell
me what
actually happened.
(e) None of these
(a) add fuel to the fire
Q12. It's time to_ all of these
(b) beating around the bush
old tax records
(c) Feeling a bit under the
weather
(a) cut back on (b) break in
(d) By leaps and bounds
(C) Keep up (d) Do away with
(e) None of these
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says she does
d) with a pinch of salt
tend to exaggerate
) None of these
belt
(a) to hit below the
nosedive
(b) with a
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b) option (d) is the most suitable

answer
Sol. Among the given phrases, only, "fell choice.
through' will fit in the given blank. Hence, Turn up means appear suddenly
option (b) 1s the most suitable answer
Work out means make a
calculation
chorce
Get back into means become
interested in
Fell through: fail to happen
something again
Drop off: To deliver someone or
Do over means do again
something or to fall asleep.
S4. Ans.(c)
Back off: draw back from action or
Sol. Among the given phrases,
only, 'get
confrontation.
round' will fit in the given
blank. Hence,
Fell off: decrease option (c) is the most suitable
answer
S2. Ans.(b) choice.
Sol. Among the given idioms, only. Get round to something means
finally
in the
make bricks without straw' will fit find time to do
given blank. Hence, option (b) is the most Drop in means come without an
suitable answer choice. appointment
Make bricks without straw
means to Get away with means do without
being
proper
attempt to do something without noticed or punished
materials Hang in means stay
positivee
To step into a dead man's shoes
means to
S5. Ans.(b)
come into an inheritance
only,
means to
Jump from a frying pan into fire harping on the same string'
will fit in the
a
come out of one trouble and get into given blank. Hence, option (b)
is the most
worse suitable answer choice.
Balance the books to make certain that High spirits means very happy
more
amount of money spent is not
e
than the amount of money received
Letting the dust settle: To
allow
a
situation to become calm or
normal again
unusual has
$3. Ans.(d) after something exciting or
Sol. Among the given phrase, only, "work
happened
0ur will fit in the given blank. Hence,
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As cold as stone: Being very cold and $9. Ans.(C)

unemotional. Sol. Among the given
phrases, only,
S6. Ans.(d) passed out' will fit in
the given blank.
Hence, option (c) is the
most suitable
Sol. Among the given phrases, only, answer choice.
walk on air' will fit in the given blank.
Hence, option (d) is the most suitable Passed out means faint
answer choice. Think over means consider
Walk on air means Very excited or happy Warmed of means
increase the
Burying their head in the sand means to temperature
(try to) avoid a particular situation by Break out means escape
pretending that it doesn't exist. S10. Ans.(b)
Make waves means to cause trouble, to Sol. Among the given
phrases, only, 'up
change things in a dramatic way. in the air' will fit in
the given blank.
Get into deep water means to be in Hence, option (b) is the
most suitable
trouble. answer choice.
S7. Ans.(a) If someone tells you that
things are up in
Sol. Among the given idioms, only, "fish the air it means that
these things are
out of water' will fit in the given blank. uncertain or unsure.
Definite plans have
Hence, option (a) is the most suitable not been made yet.
answer choice. If you're on the ball it
means that you're
very quick to understand
certain things
Fish out of water means a person away very prepared for
something or react
from his or her usual environment or quickly (and correctly) to
a situation.
activities.
To go cold turkey means to
suddenly quit
A nine days' wonder: An event which or stop addictive or
dangerous behavior
relates a sensation for a time but is soon such as smoking or
drinking alcohol.
forgotten
S11. Ans.(b)
Nip in the bud: Destroy in the early stage
phrases, only,
Take a leaf out of one's book: Imitate one
S8. Ans.(c)
broke even' will fit in
the given blank.
Hence, option (b) is the
most suitable
Sol. Among the given phrases, only, 'look
out for' will fit in the given blank. Hence,.
answer ehoice.
option (c) is the most suitable answer Broke even means to
neither gain nor
choice. lose money.
Look out for means be especially vigilant
Received a kickback means
to receive
for
money illegally/to receive
bribes.
Check out means to leave the hotel
Look up to means have a lot of respect for
Broke down means divide
into smaller
parts
Look down on means think less of
Looked after means take
care of
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sweet-tasting food? If
you do, then you
only, 'do can say you have a sweet
tooth.
away with' will fit in the given
blank. Chasing rainbows means
Following
answer choice. ireams, trying to do
something that can't
be achieved.
Do away with means discard.
S15. Ans.(a)
Keep up means continue at the same rate
phrases, only,
Break in means force entry to a building
'cut
corners' will fit in the
given blank.
Cut back on means consume less Hence, option (a) is the
most suitable
S13. Ans.(b) answer choice.
Sol. Among the given phrases, Cut corners means do
something
only,
came down with' will fit in the given perfunctorily so as to
save time or money.
blank. Hence, option (b) is the Broke down means stop
functioning
most
suitable answer choice. Lay into means attack
violently with
Came down with means become sick. words or blows.
Get back into become interested in Run through: rehearse,
review
something again S16. Ans.(b)
Hold onto means hold firmly using your Sol. Among the given
idioms, only,
hands or arms settle some old scores'
will fit in the
Keep from means not tell given blank. Hence, option
(b) is the most
S14. Ans.(d) suitable answer choice.
Sol. Among the given idioms, only. Weather a storm means to

survive a
compare apples and oranges' will fit in dangerous event or
effectively deal with a
difficult situation.
the given blank. Hence, option (d) is the
most suitable answer choice. Settle some old scores means
to harm
someone because they have
harmed you
Apples are very different from oranges
in the past
both in looks and taste. It's hard to
compare two things that are so unlike To kick the bucket means to
die.
A
each other. So then, to compure apples bone of contention means a
source of
and oranges is to compare two very quarrel
different things. S17. Ans.(b)
Butter someone up means is to please or Sol. Among the given idioms,
only,
Tlatter someone in order to win his or her beating around the bush'
will fit in the
favor given blank. Hence, option
(b) is the most
Do you like eating cakes, candy and other suitable answer choice.

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of salt"
Beating around the bush means
or "pinch of salt" is an
English language
irrelevantly
aggravate idiom that means to view
something with
Add fuel to the fire means to skepticism or not to interpret
something
the situation
literally
By leaps and bounds means rapidly
Take a back seat means choose
to be less
Feeling a bit under the weather means important in a role
Feeling slightly ill
Take a nosedive means Rapid
drop or
S18. Ans.(d)
decrease in value
Sol. Ame ng the given idioms, only, 'with
To hit below the belt to act
unfairly ina
a pinch of salt' will fit in the given blank.
contest
answer choice.
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Directions (1-3): In the given following (c) Both (i) & (ii) (d)
Both (i) & (ii)
questions, a word is given in the bold
() None of these
followed by four sentences containing
the same word. Choose the sentence(s) Q3. COUNTERFEIT
in which the given word is used ) A retired railway worker
who lived a
correctly. counterfeiting life in a
council flat
and only went away on
coach trips
Q1. AVERSION
has left 1.I million to
charity.
(i) Sitting in the hot summer sun,
(ii) At least 41% of the drugs
in
unprotected by shade for more than
circulation were thought
to be
seven hours, the community
counterfeit
demonstrated its aversion to the
dredging (iii) Criminals can empty bank
accounts
by accessing consumer PIN
numbers
(ii) Thinking of others also gives us less and counterfeiting cards
time and aversion to worry about (a) Only (i) (b) Only
(ii)
ourselves. (d)
Both ( & (ii)
(c) Both (ii) & (ii)
(ii) The widespread collapse into an (e) None of these
aversion self cannot be attributed
solely to the economic and social Directions (4-8): In the
following
problems of our day. passage, some phrases have been
left
out, each of which is indicated
by a
(a) Only (ii) (b) Only ()
number. Find the suitable
phrase from
(c) Both (ii) & (ii) (d) Both (i)& (ii)
the options given against each
number
(e) None of these and fill up the blanks with
appropriate
phrases to make the paragraph
Q2. ABOMINABLE
examined, meaningfully complete.
() The rooms were carefully At a time when rising oil
prices
are
an
and results all pointed to pressure on
the
putting increasing
abominable crime.
economy, even small steps to
encourage
and actions
(i) His abominable conduct the use of biofuels are
welcome.
The
many.
touched the lives and hearts of Cabinet this month approved a
National
conditions
which
(1ii) By all accounts, the living Policy on Biofuels,
as
of the exiles were abominable. (4)
such
(a) Only () (b) Only (11) ethanol. It primarily tries to
address
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supply-side issues that have discouraged (d) ethanol supply of

around 150 crore
the production of biofuels within the litres in 2017-18
country. For one, it allows for a wider (e) encourages the
generation and use of
variety of raw materials to be used as biofuels
inputs to produce ethanol that is blended Q5.
with petrol. Until now, only ethanol (a) production
ofbiofuels from
(5) Under the new agricultural waste
policy, feedstock for biofuels includes from
sugarcane was
(b) produced
sugar beet, corn, damaged foodgrain, approved for this
purpose
potatoes, even municipal solid waste.
This will likely reduce the cost of (c) the government estimates
that ethanol
biofuels and improve supply
producing
affordability for consumers. particularly (d) supply-chain
infrastructure that was
(6) In India. industrial- required to deliver
biofuels
Scale avalability of ethanol so far has (e) 150.5 crore litres of
ethanol was
been only from sugar factories, which blended in Petrol
were free to divert it to other users such Q6.
as alcohol producers. who would pay
(a) renewable resources
and are used in
more. The oil companies have been
place of or in blend
with diesel
floating tenders for ethanol supply,
because the (b) is happening in
large parts of
(7)
price is often not attractive enough for the northern India
sugar industry. The Centre hopes the new (c) during times when oil
prices reach
policy will also benefit farmers. who will discomforting levels
be able to sell various types of (d) should also take steps
to remove
agricultural waste to industry al poliey barTiers
remunerative prices. But given the (e) decided to leapfrog
directly from
technology available, (8) BS-VI quality
the sugar sector for now. Therefore. Q7.
pricing is the key.
(a) offering other
incentives over the
Q4 next few years
(a) a need for caution in using surplus (b) cannot make a
significant difference
foodgrain
to biofuel production
(b) help curb atmospheric pollution by (c) while removing the
shackles through
giving farmers an incentive not to raw material supply
burn it
(d) but availability lags
behind thei
(c) discouraged private investment in
needs
building supply chains
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out for farmers ) Supporters of the
proposal are
Q8. currently in the
ascendancy over its
(a) biofuel potential will continue to opponents
remain largely untapped (I1) When I tried to
get my tax situation
straightened
out with the
(b) envisages investment to the tune of
75,000 crore government, I ran
into a bureaucratic
(c) a large chunk of the biofuel will have quagmire

(1II) Business people
often think that
to come from
fluency
communication take
and
(d) save foreign exchange worth over
precedence over
grammar when
4,000 crore
speaking.
(e) policy should not get ahead of
(a) Only ()
technological and financial
(b) Only ()
feasibility
(c) Both (1) and (III)
Directions (9-13): Following questions
(IIID)
(d) Both (I) and
contain a highlighted word. Following
the word are three sentences. Out of (e) All are incorrect
the sentences, you need to find the Q11. CARNAGE
sentence(s) in which the meaning of the
given word is correctly used. () The full details of
the siege and
massacre will be
found under Indian
Q9. EXACERBATE
Mutiny, and here it
will suffice to
parking in the
() Attempts to restrict refer to the local
memorials of that
city centre have further aggravated evil time.
the problem of traffic congestion.
(1) We must find ways
of reducing the
(11) He argues that soldiers'
patient rights
slaughter which
takes place on our
and yield to
are sometimes abridged roads every
year.
military necessity.
(II) The morning after
the party, the
merciless if
(II) My English teacher was house was a
complete shambles
was abstract,
what we wrote (a) Both () and (1)
sentimental, or redundant. (b) Both (I) and (II)
(a) Only ()
(c) Both (I1) and (I)
(b) Only (1)
(d) Only ()
(c) Both () and (111)
(e) Only (I)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
Q12. ABHORRENT
(e) All are incorrect
because it is
() This shows
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crime of which you know he is these", as your
answer. If all
are
innocent correct then choose
"All of these
(1) I
didn't find the prospect of a house Q14. STAUNCH
with no electricity very alluring. ) He gained a
reputation as being
(1II) Should he persist, he becomes the staunch
supporter of civil right
a
cause of scandal, and his reputation (ii) The country's
asylum laws were
soon becomes detestable amended to
staunch the tlow/tlood
(a) Only (1I) of economic
migrants.
(b) Both (I) and (II) (iii) Their only hope
now is that the
(c) Both (II) and (1) outside world
will intervene but it is
(d) Only (II) an increasingly
staunch hope.
(e) Both (I) & (11) (a) only (i)
(6) only (i)
Q13. UNSAVOURY (c) both (ii) & (ii)

(d) both (i) & (i)
) (e) none of these
It's seen as a funny quirk of celebrity
narcissism instead of something Q15. DILINEATE
morally repugnant.
i) The constitution
carefully
(II) The city council has
delineates
tried to make the duties of the
treasurer's office
property taxes more palatable
by (ii) The corollary is
giving homeowners more time
that acquiring an
to pay addiction is
delineated
them
to relieving
oneself of
personal responsibility
(II) Very few associations,
groups, or (iii) This essay first
plans specifically
endorse obliga-
delineates some of
tions to vulnerable populations. the leading
themes
in the discourse
(a) Only () about the jobber
(a) only (i)
(6) Both (1) and (11)
(b) only (i)
(c) both (i) &
(c)Both() and (I) (iii)
(d) both (ii) & (ii)
(e) none of these
(d) Only ()
(e) Both () & (11) Q16. CONTENTIOUS
Directions (14-18): (0)A rich and
contentious
A word has
growth of
given in each been the plants is
question and has a
first essential
used in the sentences been
of
given below. successful tea
Identify the statements
cultivation.
has been used in where the word (1) Settlements
a contextually of
boundaries between
grammatically and villages were
correct
word has been used manner. If the tremendously
by all accounts
incorrectly in al
contentious issues.
(11) Mark
is a
contentious
host who
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always makes everyone feel Q18. FLUSTER
welcome
) The woman's
fluster suggested that
(a) only () (6) only (i)
she was
accustomed to having her
(C)both () & (ii) (d) both (i) & (ii) wishes carried
out promptly and
() none of these without question
Q17. DISGRUNTLE (ii) The important
thing when you're
Even though Harry is disgruntled cooking for a lot
of people is not to
get in a fluster
about losing his job, he still plans to
find another one in the same field. (ii) Flustered over
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's
surprise visit to
(ii) Dismissed from the magistracy, they
eastern Ladakh,
China warned India
became easy targets for those
of a 'strategic
miscalculation
disgruntled by their judgements.
(a) both (ii) & (ii)
(b) only (ii)
ii) The congressman assured his (c) both (i) & (i)
(d) only (ii)
disgruntled constituents that he wa
(e) none of these
working to bring relief funding to the
area
(a) only i) (b) only (ii)
(c) both (i) & (ii) (d) both (i) & (ii)
(e) All of these
SOLUTIONS
S2. Ans.(d)
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Both (i) & (ii)
are correet.
Sol. Only () is correct
In (i) replace
abominable with
Aversion : (a person or thing that causes)
not exemplary.
a feeling of strong dislike or of
Exemplary: very good
and suitable to be
wishing to do something
copicd by other people
In(i) replace aversion with inclination.
Abominable: worthy of
or causing disgust
An inclination is a feeling that makes
or hatred
you want to act in a particular way
S3. Ans.(c)
In (1i) replace aversion with enervated Sol. Both (ii) & (iii)
are correct.
to deprive of
strength or
Enervate counterfeit: to make
illegal copies of
Vitality; weaken physically or
mentally;
something such as bank
notes, DVDs, or
debilitate
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official documents
In () replace counterfeiting with
frugal Sol. Here, the phrase
given in option (c) is
the grammatically
incorrect, where
which means careful when using money
through will be replaced
with in
or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small
in
amount
Therefore, this option can
be omitted,
Here, the phrase given in
option (d) which
S4. Ans. (e)
mentions that there has
been shortage of
Sol. Here, the phrase given in option (e) 1s supply, perfectly fits in
the given blank
the most viable answer choice as the
Hence, option (d) is the
most suitable
preceding statement mentions the hiking
answer choice.
O1l prices against which the govermment is
S8. Ans. (c)
promoting use of biofuels. Apart from
statement (e), other option makes the Sol. Apart from the phrase
given in option
statement contextually meaningful. (c), which mentions the
huge chunk of
Hence, option (e) is the most viable ethanol coming from sugar
industry, will
answer choice. be the most suitable
answer choice. No
S5. Ans. (b) other phrase mentions the
procurement of
ethanol, as can be
inferred to fill the blank
Sol. Here, the phrases given in option (a)
from the former part of
the given
and (c) form an incomplete statement
sentence. Hence, option
(c) is the most
whereas the phrase given in option (d)
will not fit in grammatically. Only the
phrase given in option (b), "produced $9. Ans.(a)
from sugarcane was approved for this Sol. The meaning of
exacerbate is almost
purpose" perfectly fits in the given blank same as aggravate and hence
by using
to make the statement contextually and aggravate we can derive its
meaning
Only () is correet and
similar
grammatically meaningful. Hence, option
(b) is the most suitable answer choice. Exacerbate: to make
something that is
already bad even worse
S6. Ans. (¢)
Aggravate: make (a problem,
injury, or
Sol. In the given blank, option (c) fits in offence) worse or more
serious.
perfectly. We can derive the hint from the Abridged He argues
that soldieS
former part of the sentence which patient rights are
sometimes abridged and
mentions "reduce the cost of producing yield to nmilitary
necessity.
biofuels and improve affordability" S10. Ans.(b)
where it can be further mentioned that the
Sol. Only (11) is correct.
production cost and affordability can be
improved during the times when oil prices
If you are in a
predicament, you are m a
unpleasant situation that
is difficult to get
are exceedingly high. Hence, option (c) is
out of.
Quagmire means a
difficult and
dangerous situation
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dealt with before other things or of being staunch must be replaced with
forlorn
considered more important than other
which means very unlikely.
things In (i) staunch is an adjective
and means
always loyal in supporting a
person,
Ascendancy means a position of power,
strength, or success. organization, or set of
beliefs or opinions
In (i) staunch is used as a
verb and means
S11. Ans.a)
to stop something happening,
or to stop
Sol. Both ) and (1I) are correct. liquid, especially blood, from
flowing out
Canage means the violent killing of large S15. Ans.(c)
numbers of people, especially in war
Sol. Both (i) & (iii) are
correct. In (ii)
Slaughter: the killing of many
people replace delineated with
tantamount
cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war which means equivalent in
seriousness to
Massacre: an act of killing a lot of people virtually the same as.
Shambles means a place or situation In (i) & (ii) delineates
(verb) means to
that
is in a state of confusion or disorder deseribe something completely,
including
S12. Ans.(c) details.
Sol. Both (III) and () are correct. S16. Ans.(b)
If something is abhorrent to you. you hate Sol. Only (ii) is correct.
it very much or consider it completely The word "contentious" is an
adjective
unacceptable. which means causing or likely
to cause an
Alluring means attractive or exciting argument; controversial.
Despicable In (ii) replace contentious
very unpleasant or bad.
with congenial
causing strong feelings of dislike which means pleasant
Detestable used to refer to people or In (i) replace contentious
with exuberant
things that you hate very much which means full of energy,
excitement,
S13. Ans.(d)
and cheertulness.
Sol. Only () is correct. S17. Ans.(e)
Sol. Disgruntle means
If you describe a person. place, or thing
as
unhappy and
annoyed. All the given
unsavoury, you mean that you find
them
sentences are
using this word correctly.
unpleasant or morally unacceptable.
SI8. Ans.(a)
If something is palatable. it is acceptable.
Sol. both (ii) & (ii) are
If behaviour or beliefs. etc. are
correct.
repugnant, they are very unpleasant, Fluster means an upset
and confused
causing a feeling of disgust state.
Endorse: to state publicly that you In (i) fluster will be
replaced
with
poise.
4pprove of or support someone or Poise here means a general
holding the body.
way of
something.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Both (i)
and (ii) are correct. In (i1)
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Read the external cxperts to
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answer the questions ratings agency.
passage and some blanks
given
There are evidence to
suggest that
directed.
based on which
some While there is no
passage in dilution of
rating
in the and some words this has resulted
questions are framed, help you standards, it. is
nonetheless
are highlighted as well to to note
that the
questions. (E)
answer some of the spotlight independence' of the members of the
has brought the
always come
The IL&FS saga rating committee could
back on credit
ratings agencies for all all, as
they say.
time such a under question. After
suspicion.
wrong reasons. The last Caesar's wife should be above
2015, when of
ratings (1
situation arose was in late (F) Given the large number
Amtek Auto
(2)
auto ancillary company systemically, which should be in
on the repayment of its
committee
(A)_ hundreds at any given ratings
issued
bonds.(B) The aftermath of the
Amtek meeting (one ratings agency has
October
episode (1)witnessed a series of
measures more than 120 rating releases on
31), there has to be a
(3)mechanism
the
to
from SEBI aimed at (2) process
ratings (3) strengthening and enhancing ensure that the large (4) issued
important
issues are addressed through a
separate
the (4 Jstandards of credit ratings
mechanism. Therefore, it may be
useful to
agencies. While this has helped in
have an element of independence'
in the
standardising the processes across the at
least in cases
ratings committee
agencies and C) Some
(G)_
The second
obvious loopholes like suspension of element of the 'quality of
analysis' is a
ratings (to avoid a downgrade) and lack more subjective and difficult
issue to
of timely updates, the IL&FS episode handle. t appears that the
ratings
reminds us that there are issues that still agencies are (H) replete when
credit
need to be addressed before reliance on quality is improving and
probably do not
credit ratings can increase further. want to be ahead of the curve
when things
(D)Among other things, there are two are getting better, but the lag
continues
elements that warrant a when there is trouble ahead.
close
examination, give their susceptibility to (1) The sheer increase in the
number o
impact the quality of a rating. These are aings ISstued after the
commencement o
(a) the extent of independence Bank Loan Ratings in 2007 has p
of the significant work pressure in
the rating
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complete the ratiungs exereise as quickly (c) 3-4 (d) 1-4
as possible, which means that the (c) 1-3
agencies will have to be stafted
adequately or even in excess of the 03. Which of the following words
roquirements, given that should fill the blank
given in (C) to
of work is very make it contextually
correct and
likely. A cursory look at some of the meaningful?
rating rationales published by the rating b)
plugging
(a) sweltering
agencies reveals the shallow nature of the
analysis. (c) laundering (d)
rendering
(c) skewing
in the options should come at the Q4. In the passage given, a
sentence (D)
place marked as (A) in the above is given in Italics. There
may or
passage to make it grammatically may not be an error in one
part of
correct and meaningful? Also, the the sentence. Choose the
part which
word should fill in the two has an error in it as your
answer.
sentences given below to make (a) Among other things, there
are
them contextually correct and (b) two elements that warrant a
close
meaningful. (c) examination, give their
susceptibility
() China's central bank released draft (d) to impact the quality of a
rating
rules on trading of (e) No eror
matured bonds in the interbank
market on Friday, following a record Q5. Which of the following word
given
in the options should come
at the
wave of corporate defaults last year.
on place marked as (E) in the
above
() Adrian Peterson has passage to make it
grammatically
another multimillion-dollar loan, the correct and meaningful?
Also, the
Baltimore Business Journal reported, word should fill in the two
Citing court records. sentences given below to
make
(a) squeezed (b) structured
them contextually Correct
and
(C) personalized (d) defaulted meaningtu.
(e) triggered (1) Perhaps the spirit of
resistance and
revolt were only
when
(B) has four
Amongst the it came to how America
won its
words given in bold. independence, not to
how America
the
given bold words, which of
replace each other achieved and
maintained its power
followings must
contextually -through the rod and
whip of
to make the sentence
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change is required
(I) maiden and
your answer."
Pakistan had lifted their choose option (e) as
title in 1992
only ODI showpiece (a) lout
(b) cautious
now-serving
under the leadership of
(d) strait
Imran (c) dreg
Pakistan Prime Minister,
Khan. (e) macabre
(6) precipitous
(a) forthcoming Q9. In the passage given, a
sentence (1)
(c) pertinent (d) resurgent is given in Italics.
There may or
(e) antithetical may not be an error in
one part of
the sentence. Choose
the part which
Q6. The sentence given in (F) has four
has an error in it as
your answer.
given bold words, which of the (a) The sheer increase in
the number of
followings must replace each other (b) ratings issued
after the
to make the sentence contextually commencement of Bank
(c) Loan Ratings
in 2007 has put
(a) 2-3 (b) 3-4
significant
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(d) work
in the ratings
(e) 2-4
agencies.
Q7. Which of the following phrases (e) no error
should fill the blank (G) to make it
words
should fill the blank
given in (C) to
meaningful and correct
respectively? make it contextually
correct and
(a) mechanism to ensure that the rigour meaningful?
of analysis is not lost (a) exacting
(6) reconciling
(b) maximise earnings, thanks to (c) exalting
(d) bunching
three
of them being listed (e) espousing
(c) increased in the requirements
of a Directions (11-15): Each of
the
rating rationale are laid down following questions
(d) identity in the rating
has a
paragraph
rationales from which one sentence
has been
published by an agency deleted. From the given
options, cho0S
(e) that involve systemically the one that completes
important the
paragrap"
in the most appropriate
entities way
Q8. A word is given Q11. Back in 2005-2006,
in bold in (H).
anyoneif had.
Choose the word Cxamined the path
which should
of mortgage debt
replace the word in the United
States -bloated
given in bold to
with
Subprime mortgages
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things about to happen. Thankfully,
(e) None of these
although battered and very bruised,
thanks Q13. When a competitor
launches an
largely to a host of policy supports, attack, a CEO's
first instinct may be
including some "creative" central to build or fortify
a wall around the
banking. business, pursuing
a series of
defensive moves to
protect the
(a) the value of dcbt securities to that of
company. But in the
face of a
loans among nonfinancial corporates
genuine
disruption, this approach is
(b) the country have added about US$5 doomed to failure.
No wall is strong
trillion to their overall debt
enough to
withstand the impact ot a
(c) the bout of deleveraging prompted truly disruptive
business model.
by the Great Recession And in
an environment
(d) the US economy managed to find its
in and of itself.
way through the Great Recession (a) choosing to go on
the offensive, seize
(e) None of these new competitors'
forward momentum
(b) raising the risk of
disruption across
Q12. With great power, the saying goes,
all industry sectors
comes great responsibility. As
artificial intelligence (AI) (c) teeming with
potential disruptions,
technology becomes more powerful, sheer heft is no
longer a reliable
defense
The questions that surround AI (d) offering á tailored,
convenient, and
ethics can be difficult, and the frictionless
customer experience
operational aspects of addressing AI (e) None of these
ethics are complex. Fortunately, Q14. Science advanceS by
making
these questions are already driving discoveries and
developing new
debate and action in the public and ideas. But our
scientific institutions
commercial sectors. are yet to
implement new ways of
(a) Reimagine Learning networks can developing
and transmitting
address sprawling issues in ways that ,
knowledge. The idea

that there is
no individual organization can only one scientific
way of obtaining
scientific results
a method in
(6) concerms about possible misuse of the
technology which most
scientists in academic
settings are
trained is not
(c) major technology companies have
adequate for the
new information
developed tools
age of Big Data,
crowd-sourcing
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effective not possible without
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following
me, passed on through generations questions based on the given
passage.
and associated with a specific place Non-financial corporations in
emerging
for a long period of time market countries in Asia are
faced with
(e) None of these. the prospect of stressed
balance sheets
argues the latest Quarterly
Review of the
Q15. Thereafter, as the Economic Survey Bank of International
Settlements (BIS).
of 2016-17 notes, many things Two factors seem to explain
this call for
began to go wrong. Thanks to caution. First is a huge
increase in
problems in acquiring land and corporate debt in emerging
market
getting environmental clearances, economies. Encouraged by
access to large
several projects got stalled. Their volumes of cheap
liquidity in
costs soared. At the same time, with international markets,
resulting from the
the onset of the global financial post-crisis policy of
monetary easing
crisis in 2007-08 and the adopted by deyeloped country
centra
slowdown banks, firms in emerging
markets
in growth after 2011-12,
revenues worldwide, and in Asia in
particular, have
fell well short
of forecasts. reportedly increased their
borrowings
manifold.
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of the rupee meant
higher outflows for Despite some contraction
companies that in
bank lending
had borrowed in around 2013 resulting
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the BIS on non-bank borrowers in prevalent in some
international debt
the rest markets. The urge to exploit
interest rate
of the world totalled $12.3 trillion at differentials, ignoring
currency risk, is an
the
end of June 2014. That figure was important driver of debt
growth. These
close
to its pre-crisis peak in 2008. Emerging trends point to two kinds of
vulnerability
market economies in Asia. The first is the
sheer volume of
(EMEs) were
important contributors to this increase. exposure to debt in forms
that provide
But even within the emerging markets foreign lenders not just the
right but the
possibility of quick exit.
The second, is
there were substantial divergences. the massive foreign currency
exposure
The
share of Asian emerging markets in implied. In the event of any
significant
total
emerging market issuance rose from depreciation of the domestic
currency
30.4
per cent in Q4 of 2008 to 52.5 per cent in relative to the hard
currencies in which
02 of 2014. And within emerging Asia, the original capital was
borrowed, local1
the share of China rose from 20.8 per cent
currency commitments of
corporates in
the form of interest and
amortisation can
of the total to a huge 53.4 per cent increase hugely, leading to
stressed
between those quarters. China clearly. balance sheets.
dominates emerging market borrowing in he latter possibility is
already turning
recent years, leaving behind Brazil, India real. The Financial Times
(December 9,
and Korea, who were also important 2014) reported that on
December 8, 2014
borrowers in that order. the JP Morgan Emerging
Market
Currency Index fell to its
lowest level
Parallel to these banking developments is since it first began to be
computed 14
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here is not just
from emerging markets have ramped upP the weakening of some of
these
their issuance of debt securities, resulting economies that affects the
values of their
in a total issue of such securities of $554 currencies, but the
persistent rise of the
billion between 2009 and 2013. Of that dollar driven by both
improved economic
S252 billion, or 45 per cent was mobilised performance in the US and
the expansion
by the issue of debt securities by offshore of its shale based oil
industry that has
affiliates of these corporations. This brought oil prices closer
to $60 a barrel.
points to the fact that non-financial EMEs in the Asian region
are bound to be
corporations in the EMEs were using their badly hit. The rest of the
world cannot,
foreign subsidiaries as financing vehicles. however, be indifferent to
Asia's potential
Capital mobilised in the overseas market woes. Not least because of
the country-
by these subsidiaries was being concentration of the
incidence of the debt
transferred to their parents, for local problem in the region
noted earlier.
currency investments in parent-country China's more than 50 per
cent share in
markets. Such investment could also be Asia's exposure to
international banks is
financial, involving loans to other telling. According to the
BIS, even after
corporates or deposits with banks or non- taking account of foreign
banks' claims
Dank financial entities at interest rates that booked via their
affiliates in China, BIS
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index indicating been
indicated by
Q16. Why did the
currencies fell to Q19. What has
cmerging market increased.issuance of
debt sccuritics
since 2000?
corporates?
its lowest level by non-financial
based oil rate on a
debt securityis
proliferation of US' shale (a) The interest
i)
the perceived
industry largely dctermined by
emerging market
borrower
ii) somne of the repayment ability of
the
economies had incapacitated the
opportunity to
(b) Market provides
performance in US
on specified
ii) better economic realize repo
transactions
followed by increased value of dollar
the organized
debt securities
within
(a) Only i) b) Both (i) & (i) market
(c)Both (i) & (ii) (d) Both (1) & (ii) () The
non-financial
corporates in
have
(e) All (i), (i), (ii) emerging market
economies
Q17. What has/have been the cause(s) of, used foreign
subsidiaries as financing
stressed balance sheets? vehicles.
(a) gradual writing off the initial cost of (d) Fixed income
securities are traded on
assets the outright
purchases and sales
(b) devaluation of the domestic currency
market, which is an
organized and
relative to hard currency transparent secondary
market.
(c) commitment for local currency of the (e) Debt security trades
conducted daily
corporates which is to be paid a is much larger than
that of stocks
interest
Q20. Why have the firms
in emerging
(d) both (b) & (©) market economies
gone on a
(c) All a), (b), (c) borrowing spree?
Q18. What are the vulnerabilities exposed (a) Slowing consumer
momentum in the
in Asian market which are driven by emerging market
economies has
the exploitation by differential resulted in huge
borrowings
interest rates? (b) Various global
markets have
(a) Thorough subjection to huge volume deployed their vast
foreign currency
offoreign currency. reserves to invest
in infrastructure
(b) Massive around the
exposure to debt that worldt
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Europcan Investment Bank, the
largest
provided borrowers the access to MDB, doubled its paid-in
capital and is
cheap liquidity playing a central role in
implementing the
(d) Global growth has slowed down Europcan Commission's
s0-called
which has encouraged the firms Juncker Plan, which aims to
generate
to ES00 billion (S561 billion) of
additional
borrow
investment across the European
Union by
(c) None of these the end of 2020. In addition,
the recent
Directions (21-25): Read the following establishment of two other
large MDBs -
the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank
passageand answer the following and the New Development
Bank
questions based om the given passage.
established by the BRICS
countries
Support 1or national and multilateral (Brazil, Russia, India, China,
and South
development banks has grown worldwide Africa)- will contribute
further to amore
in the decade since the global financial balanced public-private
mix in
crisis. And the continued success of deyelopment finance.
national development banks (NDBs), in
The financial crisis also
prompted some
particular, will be vital to achieve more African,
and Asian
European,
sustainable economic growth in the governments to establish new
NDBs, and
future. Development banks help to other countries to expand
theirs. As a
counteract the pro-cyclical nature of the result, the total assets of
NDBs reached
private financial system, which lends too approximately $5 trillion in
2015. Today,.
much in booms and rations credit during they are an important feature
of most
crises. The private sector also often fails developed and middle-income
countries
to provide enough financing for small and financial sectors, notably in
China,
innovative companies and infrastructure Germany, India, and South
Korea. And
projects. Nor does it support enough of large NDBs can have a big
impact,
the investments in innovative activities, specially in emerging
economies.
credit to small producers, and
Unsurprisingly, academic
researchers are
environmental projects that are urgently finally starting to pay more
attention to
needed to make economies more NDBs after a long period of
neglect. They
aynamic, inclusive, and sustainable. are looking to understand hoW
these
Although governments provide their paid- banks operate, which
instruments,
funds incentives, and governance
structures
in capital, development banks raise
on national and international capital work best, and how such
institutions
markets. Moreover, these banks' loans are interact with the private
sector and
typically co-financed by the private government policies. In a
recent book, we
sector, which is especially helpful for analyzed NDBs in seven
countries
governments facing budget constraints China, Germany, Brazil,
Mexico, Chile,
during and after economic crises.
The Colombia, and Peru- and
concluded that
World Bank and regional multilateral these banks tend to be
successful overall.
development banks (MDBs) sharply They have been broadly
efficient
instruments of national
development
increased their lending during and after
The strategies in their
respective countries,
the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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funding. (4)
they have helped to overcome Germany and especially
China have been

and flexible way. Our
power,
market failures in a crucial functions major global promoters of
solar
research identifies five
competitive
in the development
process: helping to make it
increasing
NDBs
of counter-cyclical finance relatively to Jossil-fuel
energy. Countries
providing structural
should aim to
encouraging innovation and financial that already have NDBs
expand their role, while
others
enhancing
should
transformation;
supporting infrastructure
inclusion; environmental consider establishing them.
Doing so
financing; and promoting combatingg would help to create a
financial system
sustainability, in particular by
climate change.
that better serves
countries economic and
NDBs were strongly
counter-cyclical in social needs.
the wake of the global financial
crisis.
which
Q21. What is/ are the
purpose for
According to World Bank data, NDBs
development banks are
created?
increased their lending from $1.16 trillion
in 2007 to S1.58 trillion in 2009. This (a) It is not possible for
the commercial
36% increase was far greater than the banks to fulfill all
financial needs of
growth in private bank credit in the same all the customers.
countries over that period. NDBs have
been innovative, notably in supporting (b) The private financial
institutions have
new activities. China's CDB, Germany's created regional
disparities and
KfW, and Brazil's BNDES have financed development banks
help overcome
technological advances, for example,
them.
while others, including Chile's CORFO,
have supported entrepreneurship. Such (C) They thwart the pro-
cyclical nature of
banks have also introduced guarantees private
financialsystemn and
and established new equity (including overcome shortcomings
of such
venture capital) and debt funds.
institutions of not
providing enough
Furthermore, they have developed new
programs to increase financial inclusion,
investments for
innovative activities.
such as "correspondent" stores and post (d) Development bank
helps
ffices that provide financialServices entrepreneurs by
providing funds for
from one or more banks.
commencing new
business.
In addition, NDBs have been prominent
(e) None of these
supporters of important new sectors, such
as renewables and energy efficiency. For Q22. As per the information
given in tne
example, KfW was initially the sole passage, which of the
following
lender to private companies investing in statement is incorrect
in context of
solar energy in Germany; private banks NDBs?
got on board later. In China, CDB helped (a) NDEBs are an important
asset in the
to design policies to encourage financial sector of the
developed ana
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the total (6) National
development banks provide
assets of NDB reached approximately
$5 trillion in 2015. facilities like
those of correspondent
stores and post
offices
(c) AIIB and NDB by BRICS
countries
have been developed for (c) NDBs help
in developing and
better
public-private mix in development promoting
housing finance
finance. institutions.
(d) Development banks raise funds (d) NDBs help in
realizing growth
on oriented pattern
of production of
national and international
capital goods
markets.
(e) None of the above (e) None of these
Q23. A sentence has been marked as (A) Q25. What was the
conclusion drawn
in the passage given above. Read after analyzing
NDBs in several
countries?
the statement carefully and find the
grammatical error in the sentence. If (a) Although NDBs
have performed well
there is no error, mark '(e) as your in most countries
yet they might fáce
answer. risk of
impairment.
(a) As a result, Germany and (6) In most of the

countries systemic
importance that
NDBs enjoy results
(b) especially China have been major n heavy
regulation of their activities.
global
(c) NDBs can help
provide regulatory
(c) promoters of solar power, helping to framework for
banks including
make it minimumn
capital requirements,
(d) increasing competitive relative to minimum liquidity
requirements, and
fossil-fuel energy. stable funding
requirements
(e) No error (d) The productive
assets of NDBs are
Q24. How NDBs have been an predominantly
financial assets
important measure for financial (e) In most of the
countries NDBs have
inclusion? come up as
efticient instruments of
(a) National Development Banks are national
development strategies and
staffed by highly skilled individuals have helped
overcome major market
failures
who monitor the economic trends
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S1. Ans. (d) "delaulted" whiclh
Rendering: provide or
give
(a service ,
given blank, help, cle.)
Sol. In the fiultill an
obligation.
direction
means "lail to Skewing: suddenly change
or to appear ina
espccially to repay a loan in the given position
perfectly fits
law court." *defaulted", no other $4. Ans. (c)
blank, Apart trom
given blank. Hence, Sol. The error lics
in
third part of the
word tits in the
suitable answver scntence, given in option
(c), where
option (d) is the most
by "given".
choice. "give" will be replaced
suitable
Squeezed: manage to get into or
through a Hence, option (c) is the
most
narrow or restricted space answer choice.
Structured: construct or arrange nccording S5. Ans. (c)
to
to a plan; give a pattern or organization Sol. Herc, from the
latter part of
the
Personalized: designed or produccd to statement, we can infer
that the blank will
means
meet someone's individual requircments be filled with
"pertinent" which
Triggered: (of a mechanism) activated by rclevant or applicable to
a particular
the
a trigger. malter; apposite", as it
mentions
possibility of
undermining the
$2. Ans. (b)
independence of
rating agencies.
Sol. In the highlighted statement,
Similarly, "pertinent"
can fit in the other
positions of words marked () and (4)
two statcments as well.
Hence, option (c)
seem to be correct. On interchanging (2)
is the most suitable
answer choice.
and (3) we will get a grammatically
correct and contextually mcaningful Forthcoming: available
when required or
tatement. The phrase "aimed at process as promiscd
the ratings" is grammatically incorrect Precipitous: done with
very great haste
therefore hints towards the interchange. and without due
deliberation
Hence, option (b) is the most suitable
answer cho1ce. Resurgent: rising again
as to new life and
vigor
S3. Ans. (b)
Antithetical: sharply
Contrasted in
Sol. In the given blank, "plugging" which
means "block or fill in" perfectly fits in character or purpose
the given blank. Apart from "plugging", S6. Ans. (c)
no other word fits in the given blank. Sol. In the
highlighted statement
Hence, option (b) is the most suitable positions of words marked
(2) and ()
answer choice. Seem to be correct. On
interchanging (
Sweltering: uncomfortably hot and (4) we will get a
grammaticaly
Laundering conceal correct and contextually
meaningful
he origins of
(money obtained illegally), typically statement. The phrase
"large issued
transfers involving foreign by
banks or important issuesis
grammatically
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(a cause,
interchange. Hence, option (c) is the most belicf, or way of life).
suitable answer choic.
Exalting: think or speak very
highly of
S7. Ans. (c) (somcone or something)
Sol. Here, option (b) is completcly out of Reconciling: restore friendly
relations
context and therefore can be omitted. between
Also, apart from the phrase given in
Exacting: requiring and demanding
option (e), no other phrase forms a accuracy
grammatically meaningful and complete
statement. Hence, option (c) is the most SI1. Ans. (d)
suitable answer choice. Sol. The given paragraph
discusses the
recession years in US. Despite
being
S8. Ans. (b)
struck repeated by such economic
blows,
Sol. The given word, "replete" which the economy managed to stand
through
means completcly stocked or furnished the Great Recession because of
its
with something" will be replaced with creative central banking
policies. Here, no
cautious" which means "(of an action) other option except the
statement given in
characterized by the desire to avoid option (d) makes a
grammatically correct
potential problems or danger". Hence, and contextually meaningful
statement.
option (b) is the most suitable answer We will eliminate statements
given in
choice. option (b) and (c) because they
mention
Lout means an uncouth and aggressive the negative impacts, whereas
from the
man or boy latter part of the sentence, we
can infer
that the blank will be filled
with a phrase
Dreg means a small residue implying positive situation.
Hence. option
Strait means a difficult situation, (d) is the most suitable answer
choice.
especially because of financial problems S12. Ans. (d)
Macabre means suggesting the horror of Sol. The paragraph given
above,
death and decay; gruesome discusses the Al Ethics.
Here, we can
S9. Ans. (d) clearly eliminate option (b)
and (c) as
part
Sol. Here, the error lies in the fourth they form an incomplete
statemnent. Also,
is an error of
of the statement where there statement given in option (a)
does not
preposition. Here, "in" will be replaced contextually fit in the given
blank. Hence,
the most
by "on". Hence, option (d) is
option (d) is the most
suitable answer
choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
which S13. Ans. (¢)
Sol. In the given blank, "bunching"
implies
compact Sol. The paragraph given
above
means collect or fasten into a
group" perfectly fits in the
given blank. how the CEOs try and protect
their
Apart from "bunching", no
other word businesses against the
competitor's
fits in the given blank.
Hence, option (d) attacks. It further states
that a disruptive
for the
choice. business model is itself
destructive
is the most suitable answer
than the
business. Here, no option
other
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performan
perfectly. with by both
statements will not fit in the
expansion of its shale
statement, "in and of in the US and
the latter part of the
(c) is the most
that
has brought
itself." Hence, option based oil industry
barrel. EMES oil
suitable answer choice. prices closer to $60a
bound
to be badly
the
hit
Asian region are
S14. Ans.(b) can
clearly be justified
discuss about how The quoted text
Sol. The paragraph
adequate which from the
statements (1),
(11) & (1i). Henco
nce,
the old methods are not most
suitable answe
wer
line of the option (e) is the
is mentioned in the 4" (b)
passage and therefore option choice
most
concludes the paragraph in the S17. Ans. (e)
appropriate way by providing the Sol. Refer to the lat
few lines of the third

solution in which the new methods paragraph, which mention
"Tn the event

supplement (enhance) the old traditional
depreciation of the
methods. Whenever the last line is of any significant
domestic currency
relative to the hard
omitted it is important that we choose
the sentence which is most coherent and currencies in which the
original capital
was borrowed,
local Currency
gives the proper conclusion the
paragraph. commitments of corporates
in the form of
interest and amortisation
can increase
S15. Ans.(c)
hugely, leading to
stressed balance
Sol. Option (c) is adding to the "many
sheets." From the quoted
text, we an infer
things" that began to go wrong as
that the statement given
in option (e) is
mentioned in the 1*" line. It is stating thatt
the most appropriate
answer choice for
policy rates were tightened which is
supplementing the facts that were stated the given question.
in the previous line where there is a S18. Ans. (d)
mention of the fall of revenues. The next Sol. To validate the
line after the blank further solidifies
third paragraph of the
passage given
option (c) as the correct choice because
above, which states,
"The urge to exploit
the tone is continued in the next line.
Thus option (c) maintains the coherence interest rate
differentials, ignoring
and is grammatically correct too. currency risk, is an
important driver of
S16. Ans. (e) debt growth. These
trends point to two
Sol. Refer to the last paragraph
of the kinds of vulnerability
in Asia. The first is
passage given above, which states, the sheer volume of
exposure
"The
to debt i
latter possibility is already turning forms that provide
foreign
real.
The Financial Times (December
9, 2014)
lenders not just

the right but the
possibility
reported that on December 8, 2014 the
JP
of quick exit.
Morgan Emerging Market Currency The second, is the
massive foreigu
Index fell to its lowest level since currency, exposure
began to be computed 14 years
it first
implied." From tne
earlier. quoted text, we
The problem here is
can infer that the
not just the statements given
in
options (a) & b)
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question. Hence, option (d) is the most Cnvironmental projects that
are urgently
suitable answer choice. needed to make economies more
dynamic,
$19. Ans. (c) inclusive, and sustainable."
The quoted
text has been clearly
justified in statement
Sol. Referring to the first few lines of the
given in option (c). There is
no reference
third paragraph, which mentions, of the statements listed in
other options in
"Parallel to these banking developments the passage given above.
Hence, option
is the evidence that non-financial (c) is the most suitable
answer choice.
corporates from emerging markefs
$22. Ans. (e)
**** ... This points to the fact that non-
financial corporations in the EMEs were Sol. All the statements given
above are
using their foreign Subsidiaries as correct in context of the
information
provided in the passage.
Therefore, option
financing vehicles", we can infer that the
(e) is the most suitable
answer choice.
statement given in option (c) justifies the
answer. Hence, option (c) is the most S23. Ans. (d)
suitable answer choice. Sol. In 'the given sentence,
the error lies in
$20. Ans. (c) part (d) of the italicized
statement. Here,
increasingly" [adverb] will
replace
Sol. To validate the answer, refer to the increasing"[adjective], as
"competitive",
first paragraph of the passage given which is an adjective cannot
be qualified
above, which states, "Encouraged by by adjective. It will instead
be qualified
access to large volumes of cheap liquidity by an adverb. Hence, option
(d) is the
in international narkets, resulting from most suitable answer choice.
the post-crisis policy of monetary easing
s24. Ans. (b)
adopted by developed country central
Sol. To validate the
banks, firms in emerging markets
last line of 4" paragraph,
"Furthermore,
worldwide, and in Asia in particular,
increased their they have developed new
programs to
have reportedly
text increase financial
inclusion, such as
borrowings manifold." The quoted "correspondent" stores and
post offices
statement
has been clearly justified in the that provide financial
services from one
option (c) is
given in option (c). Hence, or more banks." From the
quoted text, we
the most suitable answer choice. can infer that the statement
given
in
$21. Ans. (¢) option (b) is the most
appropriate answer
refer to the
Sol. To validate the answer, choice.
passage given
first paragraph of the s25. Ans. (e)
banks help to
paragraph of
above, "Development of the Sol. Referring to the third
counteract the pro-cyclical nature the passage given above,
"In a recent
private financial system, which lends too book, we analyzed NDBs
in seven
credit during China,
Germany, Brazil,
much in booms anad rations countries
also ofien fails Mexico, Chile, Colombia,
and Peru- be
and
crises. The private sector
financing for small and conchuded that these banks
tend
to
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companies and infrastructure successfl overalI. They
have been
nnovative enough o efficient
instruments of national
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questions two columns are given Q10.
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2
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is in clear
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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
numbers
D. their analytical C. The results of F.
that managed
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assess
stricter laws to be truth to power.
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term, journalists find no loopholes COLUMN 1
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exploited to their
A. In India, a
strategic process
reflects a multi-
advantage
delivers results
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government to
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from a reactive
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guidelines within
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B. A number of E.
and reorganised
(c) Only (AF): backed
various sporting Jammu
and
(d) Only (BD): ramparts bodies representing Kashmir
(J&K)
(e) Both (CE): sentiment & (AF): various disciplines into two
Union
originated have
Territories is the
Constitution Order
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August 5, 2019
F. laws
that
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 C. The lynchpin
the government's
fundamentally alter
A. The WTO was D. to classify legal measures to the
State's policies
envisaged as an themselves as declare Article 370 and
programmes.
international trade growing
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"developing goods and services (b). Only (CE): inoperative
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seek temporary (e) Both (AF): issues & (CE):
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poor countries ease agreements ratified mechanism must for
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by the organisation be
B. Despite an E.
That carried a
(a) Only (CD): gradually improvement in lot
of weight with
(b) Only (AE): foster social indices in
conservative and
gradually& (AE): the State over its
influential
(c) Both (CD):
decade-long
Christian civil
rehabilitate
society groups in
(d) Both (AE): foster& (BF): exception the
State
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to public health
(e) Only (BF): exception
class that led
would make the
Q18. India's nation-
investment well
1 COLUMN 2 building project
worth the effort
COLUMN
specific has now
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(c) Only (AF); disposal
A. The rising war D. and the
(d) Both (BD); affluent &
(AF); disposal
talk in the region is escalating war talk
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for the region.
B. A power E. feature of the Q22.
transition in the Southern Asian COLUMN 1
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Southern Asian regional sub- A. India needs to D.
threatens to
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intelligence and
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SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(d) S2. Ans.(e)

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&{AE):
remittances are correct. posits are correct
CF: This government has been (BF) is grammatically incorect
as
unequivocal and outspoken about its reinforced should be used.
intentions to push forward with annulling Posits: put forward as fact or
as a basis
the special status that Jammu and for argument.
Kashmir is accorded in the Constitution AE: Forecasting a contraction
in real
through Articles 370 and 35A. GDP in the current fiscal
year, the RBI
AE: The effect of the projected sharp rather optimistically posits
that an early
decrease of remittances on households in containment of the pandemic
may impart
South Asia can potentially push back an upside Surprise to its
outlook
decades of progress made by the region CD: In the present climate
where
on poverty reduction conspiracy theories abound and
forced
Annulling: declare invalid (an official false equivalences reign,
readers must
know that a news ombudsman has
a
agreement, decision, or result).
sent framework to evaluate
complaints and
A remittance refers to money that is compliments.
term
or transferred to another party. The
remit, which equivalences: the condition of
being
is derived from the word
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worth,
means to send back function, etc.
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The RBI has
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AD:
citing the
its powder dry for
now,
characterisea
$3. Ans.(c) keep
that
Sol. Both (AF): contours &
BD: devising extreme unccrtainty" for
inflation and
outlook
are correcct the current
shift from economic activity.
BD: Digital businesses must
data hoarding as a key
competitive Discernible:
perceptible.
uses of
advantage to devising innovative Adduced: cite as
evidence.
widely-shared data for the bencfit of
state of inactivity or
Stasis: a period or
consumers equilibrium.
boundarics
AF: Unless there are hard
between forests and human-use arcas
the S7. Ans.(c)
compounded
extent of tiger habitats and the
contours of Sol. (CE); coalesced,
(BD):
a
& (AF): brinkmanship are
correct
their boundaries are the outcomes of
delicately negotiated process between (CE): Consensus among the
remaining
people and tigers. members of the board
clearly coalesced
Contours: an outline representing or around an understanding
of nuclear
bounding the shape or form of something. weapons not as war-
fighting armaments
Consternation: a feeling of anxiety or but as weapons of last
resort
dismay, typically at something AF: Even if neither China
nor the United
unexpected. States wants a
confrontation, increased
S4. Ans.(b) brinkmanship could lead
to a. military
Sol. Both (AD): deteriorated & (CF): accident that spins out
of control.
incipier correct BD: Pre-existent risks to
the global
Incipient : beginning to happen or economy have been
compounded by the
develop. covid pandemic and so a
lot more could
AD: While initially envisaged as a global yet go wrong
body to promote free trade, the WTO has Coalesced: come together
to form one
now deteriorated into a forum where mass or whole.
competing governments fiercely try to Brinkmanship: the art or
practice of
protect their narrow interests.
pursuing a dangerous
policy to the limits
Only (CF): A few indicators of economic of safety before
stopping, especially in
activity had looked up in. May, as India politics.
began to reopen for business
aftera Compounded: make up (a
composite
prolonged covid lockdown, but since
then, this incipient recovery appears to whole); constitute.
have lost momentum S8. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(e) Sol. Both Only (AF):
propelling & (CE);
Sol. None of the combinations is conducive are correct.
making
a grammatically correct CE: Policy makers in
and contextuallyy
a post-covid era
meaningtul sentence. have to put in place the
right architecture
S6. Ans.(a) framework and create a
conducive,
Sol. Only (AD): citing is vibrant and commercial
correct
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like a magnet attracts
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insidiously.
Conducive: making a certain situation or S12. Ans.(d)
outcome likely or possible.
Sol. Both (AF); frowned & (CD);
S9. Ans.(e) explored are correct
Sol. Option (e) is the 'correct choice BE is incorrect grammatically here
dates
because both (AE); prospects & (BF); means to establish or ascertain
the date of
imperative are making a grammatically (an object or event) and
therefore 'from
correct and meaningful sentence. must be used.
AE- A growing population of older adults Frowned upon means to disapprove
is a certainty, and it opens up prospects
CD: Philosophically, the
idea of
for employment in many new services
knowledge production has been
explored
catering to them.
in a systematic manner and the
discipline
BF- A rise in life expectancy has brought is called epistemology.
with it a policy imperative that is bound
AF: Ignorance hides in the
shadows of
to become even nmore important in
philosophy and is frowned upon
in
coming decades. sociology, but it also pops up
in a great
Meaning of some words: deal of popular rhetoric
Impending: be about to happen. S13. Ans.c)
Imperative: of vital importance; crucial. Sol. Both (BF); culmination &
(CE):
S10. Ans.(a) custodian are correct
Sol. Only (BD); restraint is correct (AD) is incorrect
grammatically and for
must be replaced with 'to'.
(BD): Revoking NFU does not
necessarily mean giving up restraint, but (CE): The judiciary,
especially the
it leaves India's nuclear doctrine mnore Supreme Court of India, is the
custodian
ambiguous of the fundamental rights of
citizens
under the Constitution
CE is grammatically incorrect and will
(BF): The Constituent
Assembly
require a preposition 'to' before repulse.
formation was the culmination
of the final
$11. Ans.(b) stage of the struggle for
freedom and
Sol. Only (BE); supplanted is correct. Independence
BE: Having removed the separatists of Culmination: the highest or
climactic
various hues from the equation on the point of something,
especially as attained
ground and supplanted. them with Delhi- after a long time.
controlled ventriloquism, the Centre S14. Ans.(b)
cannot hold.
Sol. Both (CD); retain &
(AF);
Supplanted: supersede and replace. incorporåted are correct
Supersede: take the place of (a person or CD: In the short-term,
journalists who
thing previously in authority or use)
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The Witness temporary
AF: laws to be
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more elaborate and stricter commitments under
various
for criminals find no
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loopholes that can be organisation.
advantage FOSTER: encourage the
development of
S15. Ans.(b) (something,
cspecially something
correcct
Sol. Only AD: euphoria is desirable).
CE is incorrect
grammatically duc to the S18. Ans.(d)
replacecd
use of 'generated' which must be Sol. Only (BD):
instituted
is correct
by generate'.
combination to
In A, for making any
AD: The fourth national tiger survey has
we must
make it grammatically
correct
generated much euphoria, whercas the
first one in 2006 had cast a pall of gloom.
use 'enact' in the blank
Euphoria: a fecling or state of intense CE: Incorrect
grammatically
bodies
excitement and happiness. BD: A number.of various
sporting
Defiance: open resistance; bold representing various
disciplines have
disobedience. instituted specific
concussion-related
protocols and guidelines
within the
S16. Ans.(a)
settings and rules
Sol. Both (BD): ramparts & (CE):
Instituted: introduce or
establish (a
sentiment are correct
scheme, undertaking, or
policy).
BD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
announcement from the ramparts of the S19. Ans.(b)
Red Fort reflects a multi-sectoral urgency Sol. Only (CD); embraced
is correct
within the government to initiate reform. CD: The middle class
that led India's
CE: For an economy that is downbeat in nation-building project
has now embraced
growth and in sentiment, the a nationalism that has
no place for
comprehensive package of measures diversity
announced by Finance Minister may just Embraced: accept (a
belief, theory, or
be the right boost
change) wilingly and
enthusiastically.
Ramparts: a defensive wall of a castle or
S20. Ans.(C)
walled city, having a broad top with a
walkway and typically a stone parapet. Sol. Option (e) is the
correct choice as
S17. Ans.(d)
both (AE); Contemporary
& (BD);
Deficit are correct.
Sol. Both (AE): foster & (BF: exception
are correct Contemporary: living or
occurring at the
same time,
AE: The WTO was envisaged as
an Deficit: the amount by
which somethin8
international trade body to help
foster
more trading in goods and especially a sum of
money, is too smal.
services
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another contemporary feature of the
Southern Asian regional sub-system. Sol. (CF); moorings is the correct
choice
because it is making a
grammatically
A power transition in the Southern Asian
correct and meaningful sentence.
sub-system, an extreme trust deficit and
CF: It is necessary to stay
rootedin
the escalating war talk pose ominous
India's own geographical
moorings .
signs for the region.
within Asia and within South Asia
in
$21. Ans.(a) particular
Sol. Only (BD); minimally is correct as it Moorings: the ropes or chains that
keep a
is making a 'grammatically correct and boat from moving away from a
particular
meaningful sentence. place
BD: India must recognise the iight to a S23. Ans.(a)
minimally decent life, so that no person
Sol. Only (BF); ought is
correct
falls below a certain level of existence
BF: The experts suggest that a
new law
Meaning of some words: ought to address the sector's
biggest
Minimally: to an extremely small extent; bottlenecks, including access
to credit and
negligibly. risk capital.
Convolutes: make (an argument, story, Ought means used to indicate
duty or
etc.) complex and difficult to follow. correctness, typically when
criticizing
Abdicates: fail to fulfil or undertake (a someone's actionsS.
responsibility or duty).
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along with the correct word that will the rich and middle economy
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make a grammatically meaningful classes remain endure
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Q1. C: the immense| F. as millions
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B. Unchecked E. the only non- A. it is imperative
D. pursuing a
preventive neo-liberal way of to accept the State
policy of
detention and development in govermment's
undermining the
difficulty in India
mainstream
political parties in
the State
C. The F. is an urgent
B. The Forest
E. to manage a
Opposition's move need to create a
Rights Act (FRA)
prolonged
against the Left. centre for
moderating is a piece of social
economic
aims to
downturn
legislation which
dialogue
(a) Only (AF); disputes
F. rights which in
C. Policy makers
(b) Only (CE); undermine across Asia should
some sense the
(c) Both(AF); disputes &(CE); ensure enough
forest dwellers
have been
destablise
exercising
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(a) Only (CE); ammunition structural reform
low-cost air-
conditioned travel.
(6) Only (BF; access and a/an
(c) Only (AD); position C. Studies show
F.
the needs of a
that sustaincd, zero
large economy
(BF);
(d) Both (CE); encouragement & tolerance enforce-
that is witnessing
access ment of even small
rising travel
() Only (BD); enables fines reduces viola
demand
tions, while
Q7.
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 (a) Only (BE); upgrade
A. It is extremely D. the conservation (b) Only (CD); stringent
unfortunate that the regime and affect
(c) Both Only (BE);
upgrade & (CD)
very the rights of forest
dwellers lenient
.
B. Cutting down E. with empathy (d) Only (AF);seek
:0
the Forests Right for forest dwellers (e) Only (CF); subdues
Act will only will be a decisive
step by India to
achieve Directions (9-18): In each
of the
conservation questions given below four
words are
justice. given in bold. These four
words may or
may not be in their
correct position. The
C. The FRA has F. to a variety of
sentence is then followed
by options with
tremendous resources through
to the correct combination of
words that
potential more than a dozen
should replace each other
in order to
strengthen the typesof
conservation make the sentence
grammatically and
community forest
rights. contextually correct. Find
the correct
combination of the words
that replace
(a) Only (BD); weaken each other. If the
sentence is correct as it
(b) Both (BD); access & (CE); regime is then select option No
correction
required' as your choice.
() Only (CE); regime
Q9. India was given a
sanction: (1)
(d) Only (AE); constitutionality
from U.S. waiver (2)
to continue
(e) Only (BD); access
cooperation (3) on
Chabahar as it
Q8. contributed (4) to
Afghanistan's
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 development.,
A. The amendments (a) 1-4 and 2-3
D. penalties are
to the Act voted by either not enforced (b) No correction required
Parliament or lead to more
() 1-2 and 3-4
bribery.
B. Mr. Gadkari's (d) Only 1-2
E. to subsidised
(e) 2-4 and 1-3
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conventional (1) in July 2015 by engineer (3) a
split in the Rajasthan
consensus (2) to endorse (3) Congress and the
subsequent(4)
the moves by Ashok
Gehlot and Sachin
JCPOA and contains a five-year
Pilot have shown
that there are
restriction on Iran's importing
always fresh tricks
up the sleeves of
adopted (4) weapons that ends on
Indian politicians.
October 18.
(a) No replacement
required.
(a) 1-4
(b) 1-3
(b) 2-4
(c) 3-4
(c) 2-3
(d) 1-2
(d) No correction required
(e) 2-3
(e) 1-3
Q14. India was hoping(1)
that the
Q11. What is baffling(1) is the idea (2)
extended lockdown
alone(2) might
that just one semester of help it win the
battle(3) against the
examinations will be integrity (3) novel coronavirus, but
the microbe
of the determinative (4) and value has been spreading
with renewed
of a degree for which students vigour (4).
would have worked hard for six to
(a) No replacement
required.
10 semesters.
(b) 1-3
(a) No replacement required.
(c)3-4
(b) 1-3
(d) 1-2
(c) 3-4
() 2-3 &14
(d) 1-2
Q15. Dislodge(1) of the
final outcomes of
(e) 2-3
the legal and
legislative processes
Q12. The commission's timeline (1) on (2), there is no moral
or political
online or pen-paper or a albeit (2) justification for
this' unserupulous
of. the two modes in conducting (3) attempt to
Regardless (4)a
examinations, blend (3) with a democratically elected
government.
much delayed insistence (4), has
been widely criticised.
(a) 1-3
(b) 2-4
:
(a) 1-4 and 2-3 (b) 2-4 and 1-3 (c) 2-3
(c) 1-2 and 3-4 (d) Only 2-3 (d) No correction required
(e) No correction required (e) 1-4
Q13. The evidence(1) of purported Q16. A overwhelm
(1) of events
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(c) 2-3 &
beginning (2) with a
correction
required
disease detection can cascade (3) (d) No
the health-care system to negatively. (e) 1-3
impact(4) the case fatality rate,
officials did not provide
Q18. The
which is currently very low. precise (1)
data on the number of
(a) 3-4 samples tested
at government and
determine
b) 2-4 & 1-3 private labs,
which helps
(c) 2-4 (2) whether
private labs have
contributed (3)
to the high(4) test
(d) No correction required
positivity
rate.
()1-3
(a) 1-4
Q17. In the 19th and 20th centuries,
(b) 2-4
Indian universities emerged(1) as
institutions where a privileged(2) (c) 2-3
generation of colonial ideals(3) (d) No correction
required
trained to serve the colonial regime 1-3
(e)
and further Western political
subjects (4).
(a) 1-4
(6) 3-4
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(d) BF: The state and the

rich and middle
Sol. Both (BE); problematic & (AF); classes remain
indifferent as millions slip
abandons are correct. into chronic hunger and
intense poverty
A-F: There are concerns that the policy AE: The devastating
impact of the
abandons the state's commitments unprecedented closure
of the entire
under
the RTE Act economy will endure for
a long time.
B-E: The clubbing together Meanings of some words:
of Grades 9,
10, 11 and 12 is extremely
worrying and Rendered: provide or
give (a serviee,
problematic because it says
that you will help, etc.).
be given vocational courses.
$2. Ans.(d) Indifferent: having no
particular
Sol. Both (BF); indifferent
interest or sympathy;
unconcerned.
& (AE); Manifest: clear or
obvious to the eye
closure are correct.
mind.
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S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Only (BD); unearthed is the correct
choice. Sol. Only (BE); upgrade is
correct
BD: Recent path-breaking studies in BE: Mr. Gadkari's emphasis
is on
genetics have unearthed India's past structural reform and an
upgrade to
of subsidised electric buses
for low-cost air-
being a melting pot of populations and
cultures over millennia conditioned travel.
S4. Ans.(c) Stringent: (of regulations,
require
ments, or conditions)
strict, precise,
Sol. Both (AF); disputes & (CE); and exacting.
destablise are correct
Subdues: overcome, quieten,
or bring
CE: The Opposition's move against the under control (a feeling or
person).
Left aims to destabilise the only non-neo-
S9. Ans.(d))
liberal way of development in India
Sol. Here, 1-2 i.e.
'sanctions- waiver' will
AF: Among many learnings about the
be replaced to make the
sentence
nature of public disputes is an urgent need grammatically and
to create a centre for moderating dialogue The sentence thus formed is,
S5. Ans.(c) India was given a waiver
from U.S.
Sol. Both (AE); usher & (CF); paved are sanctions to continue
cooperation on
correct. Chabahar as it
contributed to
Afghanistan's development.
AE: The government views the removal
of Article 370 as a key vehicle to usher in The use of sanctions is
grammatically
transformational development in the wrong due to the use of 'a'
before that
region which is indicating a use of
a singular
noun.
CF: The presence of Article 370 in the
$10. Ans.(a)
Constitution paved the way for various
constitutional anomalies. Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e.
'conventional-adopted
will be replaced to make the
sentence
S6. Ans.(a)
grammatically and
Sol. Only (CE); ammunition is correct The sentence thus formed is,
(CE): Policy makers across Asia should UNSC Resolution 2231 was
adopted in
ensure enough ammunition to manage a July 2015 by consensus to
endorse the
prolonged economic downturn JCPOA and contains a five-
year
restriction on
Iran's importing
S7. Ans.(a)
conventional weapons that
ends on
Sol. Only. (BD); weaken is the correct October 18.
choice. The mentioning of date and
use of 'in'
BD: Cutting down the Forests Right Act suggests that adopted which
means
Will only weaken the conservation regime choose to take up, follow,
or use is the
and affect the rights of forest dwelers, correct choice.
in
Constitutionality : the quality of being S11. Ans.(c)
constitution.
integrity-
accordance with a political Sol. Here, 3-4 i.e.
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grammatically and
the sentence
contextually correct. The sentence thus the
process of
Emergence means
being concealed
formed is, becoming visible after
just one means
appearing or stated
what is baffling is the idea that and Purported
will be not
necessarily so:
semester of examinations to be true, though
determinative of the integrity and value of
replacing 'evidence
alleged. So by
we will get is
would have
a degree for which students emergence' the meaning
worked hard for six to 10 semesters,
and is
out or visible (in
internal the alleged evidence
have also appeared for
10th public).
examinations for the sixth or
S14. Ans.(a)
semester.
required
Determinative means serving to define, Sol. No replacement is
qualify, or direct. So integrity and value is S15. Ans.(e)
being defined if we replace determinative Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e.
'dislodge-regardless
and integrity.
sentence
will be replaced to make the
S12. Ans.(a) grammatically and
Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e. 'timeline-insistence' The sentence thus formed is,
and 2-3' i.e. 'albeit- blend' will be Regardless of the final
outcomes of the
replaced to make the sentence legal and legislative
processes, there is no
grammatically and contextually correct. moral or political
justification for this
The sentence thus formed is, unscrupulous attempt to
dislodge a
The commission's insistence on online or democratically elected
government.
pen-paper or a blend of the two modes in Dislodge means knock or
force out of
conducting examinations, albeit with a position. So, the use of
dislodge conveys
much delayed timeline, has been widely an attempt to dethrone a
democratically
criticised.
elected government.
Albeit means though while blend means S16. Ans.(e)
mix (a substance) with another substance
so that they combine together. Due to the Sol. Here, 1-3 i.e.
'cascade-overwhelm'
use of 'two' we have components that can will be replaced to make
the sentenc
be blended, hence, the words are grammaticàlly and
replaced. The sentence thus formed
is,
S13. Ans.(d) A cascade of events
beginning with a
Sol. Here, 1-2 i.e. 'evidence-emergence delay in disease detection
can overwhelm
will be replaced to make the sentence the health-care systém to
negatively
grammatically and contextually correct. impact the case fatality
rate, which 1s
The sentence thus formed is, currently very low.
The emergence of purported evidence of Cascade means something
arranged or
horse-trading to engineer a split in the Occurring in a series or
in a succession or
Rajasthan Congress and the subsequent stages so that each stage
derives. from or
moves by Ashok Gehlot and deputy acts upon the product of
the preceding
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Overwhelm means to defeat someone or universities emerged as
colonial
something by using a lot of force. where a privileged generation of
colonial
subjects trained to serve the
political
s17. Ans.qD Western
regime and further
i.e. "ideals -subjects' will
Sol. Here, 3-4 ideals.
to make the sentence
be replaced S18. Ans.(d)
grammatically and contextually correct.
formed is, Sol. No correction required
The sentence thus
In the 19th and 20th centuries,
Indian
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are
questions given below four words or traditionally(4)
privileged
may
given in bold. These four words
may not be in their correct
position. community may give them a/an
followed by (2) over
those
The sentence is then advantage
of
options with the correct combination suffering3) from historical
social
words that should replace each other in disability.
order to make the sentence
grammatically and contextually (a) 1-4
correct. Find the correct combination (b) 2-4
of the words that replace each other. If
the sentence is correct as it is then c) 2-3
select option No correction required (d) No correction required
as your choice.
the
() 1-3
Q1. Prerogatives (1) about
conclusion of academic term, the Q4. The time has come for
institutions
modalities for evaluation (2) and of higher education in India
to
the conduct of the teaching-leaming recover their lost voice (1)
and
process (3) have become exclusive restore the fertile academic
space
government Decisions (4) over where ideas (2) are
discussed and
night. dismissed (3) rather
than
(a) 1-4 and 2-3 (b) 2-4 and 1-3 suppressed and debated (4)
(c) 1-4 (d) Only 2-3 (a) 1-4
(e) No correction required (b) 3-4
Q2. It would be greed (1) to conclude (c) 2-3 & 1-2
from this that the two remarkable (d) No correction required
outset (2) we possess which I
(e) 1-3
mentioned at the dispositions (3)
are no match for the human Q5. The eventual (1) resting
point or
disposition to glib (4). analysis cannot just be to
contest (2)
(a) 1-4 and 2-3 (6) 2-4 and 1-3 the record (3) between
conflicting
(c) 1-4 human dispositions, but to
explore the
(d) Only 2-3
(e) No correction required extent to which the
conflicting (4)
dispositions can be enhanced
or
undermined by institutions.
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(a) 1-4
(c) 1-4 (d) Only 2-3
(b) 2-4
(e) No correction required
(c) 2-3 & 1-4
06. Those who did not consider the (d) No correction required
need to control(1) the spread
of an (c) 1-3
insouciant(2) pandemic as one
among the other good reasons Q9. Thecombination
ofsevere
to
have a good public health care economic despotism (1)
and Mr.
system where it is missing(3) were Erdogan's
authoritarianism visibly
simply anticipated (4). (2) on downturn(3) has
had a
(a) 3-4 bordering(4) negative
impact on
b) 2-4 his popularity.
(c) 2-3& 1-2 (a) 1-4 and 2-3
(d) No correction required (b) No correction required
() 1-3 (C) 1-2 and 3-4
(d) Only 1-2
Q7. In holding that people suffering
from disability are accessing (1) to ()2-4 and 1-3
the same benefits and relaxations as Q10. The social
contract which
candidates belonging to the overreaching (1) a
centralised
Scheduled Castes, the Supreme sovereign with imbues
(2) powers
Court has recognised the regardless has clearly failed on
this occasion,
(2) of the disabled in entitled 3) and will continue to
fail every time
education or employment, travails a similar(3) challenge
is posed (4).
(4) of their social status. (a) 3-4
(a) 1-4 and23 (b) 2-4
(b) No correction required (c) 2-3 & 1-2
()1-2 and 3-4 (d) No correction required
(d) Only 1-2
(e) 1-2
(e) 2-4 and 1-3
Directions (11-20): In the
following
Q8. Academicians were passage there are
highlighted words,
each of which has been
numbered and
disenfranchised (1) of their role in
one word has been suggested
alongside
designingg (2) curricula and their
the highlighted words. These
numbers
own academic work was removed are printed below the
passage and
from the regulatory gaze(3) of peers against each, five options
are given. In
to that of the government four options, one word is
suggested in
bureaucracy (4). each option. Find out the
appropriate
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opposes all
word appropriately. If the given
highlighted word appropriately fits the forms of authoritarianism".
passage, choose option 'e Q11.
Beijing's blatant (1) aggressivencss is (a) Apprehensive (b)
Subducd
accelerating long-standing debates about (d)
Laudable
the meager (2) costs of reliance on China
(c) Virtuous
and spurring support for closer (c) No improvement
coordination between other Indo-Pacific
partners. The Indian. Japanese, 012.
(a) Relentless (b)
Modcst
Malaysian. and Australian governments
have all taken fragile (3) steps to reduce (c) Underlying (d)
Inadequate
their economic exposure to Beijing
(e) No improvement
Spanning investment, manufacturing, and
technology. India and Australia recently Q13.
revoked (4) a new military logistics
agreement in the virtual summit" (a) Despicable (b)
Heinous
between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi (c) Hysterical (d)
Concrete
and Scott. Morrison, and a similar
(e) No improvement
agreement between Delhi and Tokyo may
follow. The Quadrilateral Dialogue Q14.
between Australia, India, Japan, and the
United States is growing stronger and (a) Embargoed
(b) Repealed
even expanding. And recently as well, (c) Collaborated
(d) inked
ASEAN) Foreign Ministers issued one of (e) No improvement
their strongest statements to date on the
South China Sea, resorting (5) that Q15.
maritime disputes must be resolved in
(a) Dictate
(b) Succumbing
accordance (6) with the UN Law of the
Sea treaty. () Insisting
(d) Adopting
Other responses are bottom-up. Chinese (e) No improvement
cyberbullying of a Thai film star
remarked (7) a new "Milk Tea Q16.
Alliance, thus named after the popular (a) Defiance
beverage, to established (8) solidarity
(b) Severance
between Taiwanese, Hong Kongers, and (c) Animosity
(d) Compliant
Southeast Asians online. Overtly rejecting (e) No improvement
China's attempts to play up support
for Q17.
the "One China" principle,
online
supporters quickly propelled (9) (a) Spawned
(6) sabotaged
a
hashtag that translates as "Milk
Tea Is (c) Leverage
Thicker than Blood" to nearly one
(d) Restricted
million
tweets in a matter of days. (c) No improvement
It also
enamored (10) the praise of Hong Kong
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Q20.
(a) Creating (b) Forge
(a) Relinquished b)
Garnered
(c) Decipher (d) Annihilate
(c) Gathecr (d)
Assemble
(e) No improvement
(c) No improvement
Q19.
(a) Launch (b) Prompt
(c) Constrained (d) Inhibited
(e) No improvement
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(c) Glib (adj.) means (of words

or a speaker)
Sol. Here, 1-4 1.e. 'prerogatives fluent but insincere and
shallow. Greed is
decisions' will be replaced to make the both contextually and
grammatically
sentence grammatically and contextually incorrect as greed is a noun,
if it was
correct. The sentence thus formed is, greedy' then grammatically it
would
have been correct.
Decisions about the conclusion of
academic tém, the modalities for Disposition means the
particular type of
evaluation and the conduct of the character that a person
naturally has. So,
teaching-learning process have become we can possess character but
not outset
exclusive government prerogatives hence, the words should be
replaced.
overnight. S3. Ans.(d)
By interchanging "prerogatives Sol. No correction required
decisions', "decisions are the exclusive
privilege of the government"" will be S4. Ans.(b
conveyed and will make the sentence Sol. Here, 3-4 i.e.
'dismissed -debated'
contextually correct. will be replaced to make the
sentence
grammatically and
S2. Ans.(a)
The sentence thus formed is,
Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e. 'greed -glib' and 2-3
The time has come for
institutions of
1.e. 'outset-disposition' will be replaced to
higher education in India to
recover their
make the sentence grammatically and lost voice and restore the
fertile academic
Contextually correct. The sentence thus space where ideas are
discussed and
formed is, debated rather than
suppressed and
It would be glib to conclude from this that dismissed.
the two remarkable dispositions we
The usual way to join
parallel structures
possess which I mentioned at the outset
is with the use of
coordinating
are no match for the human disposition to
conjunctions such as "and"
or "or. Hence,
greed.
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core
considering the theme it is important to formed
is,
The sentence thus
interchange the words. people
suffering froe rom
In holding that
same benefits
S5. Ans.(d) disability are entitled to
the
Sol. Here, 2-3 i.c. 'contest-record' will be relaxations as
candidates belonging to
and
replaced to makc the sentence the Scheduled Castes,
the Supreme Court

grammatically and contextually cortect. has recognised the
travails
of
The sentence thus formed is. disabled in accessing
education or
The eventual resting point of analysis employment, regardless of
their social
cannot just be to record the contest status.
between conflicting human dispositions, Use of to' after accessing
wil1 be
but to cxplore the extent to which the grammatically incorrect.
Travails means
conflicting dispositions can be enhanced
engage in painful or
laborious effort
or undermined by institutions. Therefore contextually it
will means that
Contest means engage in competition to "supreme court has
recognized the painfu
attain (a position of power). Here, the efforts of disabled"
competition is between conflicting human
dispositions. Record which means an S8. Ans.(d)
account kept in writing or some other Sol. No correction
required
permanent form will convey accounting $9. Ans.(e)
of this contest.
Sol. Here, 1-3 i.e.
"despotism-downturn"
S6. Ans.(b)
and 2-4 i.e. "visibly-
bordering" will be
Sol. Here, 2-4 1.e. insouciant- replaced to make
the sentence
anticipated will be replaced to make the grammatically and
sentence grammatically and contextually The sentence thus formed
is,
correct. The sentence thus formed is,
The combination of severe
economic
Those who did not consider the need to
downturn and Mr. Erdogan's
authori
control the spread of an anticipated tarianism bordering on
despotism has
pandemic as one among the other good had a visibly negative
impact on his
reasons to have a good public health care
popularity.
system where it is missing were simply
insouciant. Economic downturn means
decline in
Insouciant means showing a casual
economy. "Authoritarianism
bordering on
lack despotism means almost to
the extent o
of concern. Pandemics can't be
concem', therefore it is
lack of excursing absolute power
in a cruel and
contextually
incorect. Anticipated means oppressive manner.
therefore expected pandemics expected, S10. Ans.(e)
(in context-
no steps even
after pandemic was Sol. Here 1-2, i.e.
"overreaching-imbues
expected) makes sense.
will be replaced to make
S7. Ans.(e)
the senten
grammatically and
Sol. Here 1-3 i.e. "accessing-entitled" The sentence thus formed
2-4 i.c. "regardless-travails" and
is,
will be The social. contract
replaced to make
which imbues
the sentencee centralised sovereign
powers has clearly
with overreachi
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a
quantity required;
insufficient for
similar challenge is posed. purpose
Imbues which means inspire (inspiring a
S13. Ans.(d)
centralized sovereign) and overreaching
which means reach out too far Sol. Concrete is the correct
choice
(centralized sovereign with unlimited Concrete means clear and
certain, or real
powers) and existing in a form that
can be seen or
felt. The sentences after and
before this
S11. Ans.(e)
word suggest that author is
calling for
Sol. There is no requirement for replacing action to reduce the reliance
and by citing
the word as it used correctly. the examples the author wants
to convey
Blatant means completely lacking in that major step has already
been taken.
subtlety; very obvious. It is the correct Therefore a word like
'concrete, will
word because before 'aggressiveness' we means some major steps as a
response to
need an adjective that will show the bold Chinese aggression.
nature of Chinese aggression as it would Hysterical means affected by
or deriving
indicate the severity of the steps which is from wildly uncontrolled
emotion.
a big concern.
Fragile means (of an object)
easily
Apprehensive means anxious or fearful broken or damaged.
that something bad or. unpleasant will Despicable means deserving
hatred and
happen. contempt.
Virtuous means having or showing high Heinous means (of a person
or wrongful
moral standards. act, especially a crime)
utterly odious or
LAUDABLE means (of an action, idea, wicked.
or aim) deserving praise and S14. Ans.(d)
commendation. Sol. Inked is the correct
choice for the
Subdued means overcome, quieten, or given question.
bring under control (a feeling or person) Inked means sign (a
contract). Therefore
S12. Ans.c) by using this word it is
conveyed that an
agreement is signed, hence,
it is the
Sol. Underlying is the correct choice.
not correct choice.
Underlying means, real but
immediately obvious. The author wants to Revoked means officially
cancel (a
put an emphasis on the perils of decree, decision, or
promise).
overreliance on China. Hence by using f a government repeals a
law, it causes
underlying the author wants to bring out that law no longer to have
any legal force
ne disadvantages (costs) that are related Embargo means an official
ban on trade
with reliance on China. or other commercial activity
with a
severe particular country.
Relentless means continuing in a
or extreme way. S15. Ans.(c)
or Sol. Insisting is the
correct choice.
Meager means (of something provided
available) lacking in quantity or quality. Insisting means demand
something
nadequate means lacking the quality
or forcefully, not accepting
refusal. Before
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or obstruct
damage, political
or military
the word 'a strong statement' is given especially for
therefore demanding something forcefully advantage.
(insisting) conveys a strong message
order S18. Ans.(b)
Dictateme state or
create (somethino
authoritatively.(incorrect gramnmatically) Sol. Forge means
successful. Th
strong, enduring, or
Resorting means turn to and adopt (a signifying that the action
was meant to
Course of action, especially an extreme
or
strengthen the bond
between different
undesirable one) so as to resolve a
communities.
difficult situation.
Succumbing means fail to resist pressure,
Annihilate means destroy
utterly,
temptation, or some other negative force. obliterate.
S16. Ans.(e) Decipher means to destroy
Sol. There is no need for any change as S19. Ans.(e)
the given word is used correctly. Sol. Propelled is the
correct choice.
Accordance means in a manner Propelled means drive or
push something
conforming With. forwards. Here they
propelled the hash
Severance means the action of ending a tags to show their dissent
towards the
connection or relationship. Chinese Regime.
Animosity means strong hostility. Inhibited means unable to
act in a
Compliant meaning a statement that relaxed and natural way
because of self.
something 1S unsatisfactory or consciousness or mental
restraint.
unacceptable. Constrained means
appearing forced or
Defiance means open resistance; bold overly controlled.
disobedience. Prompt means (of an event
or fact) cause
S17. Ans.(a) or bring about (an action
or feeling).
Sol..Spawned is the correct choice. S20. Ans.(b)
Spawned means to cause something new, Sol. Garnered is the
correct choice.
or many new things, to grow or start
Garnered means gather
or collect
suddenly. By using this word
author (something, especially
information or
suggests that the cyber bullying
gave rise approval).
to new movement.
Leverage means the exertion Enamored means be filled
with love for
of force by Relinquished means
voluntarily cease to
means ofa lever.
Sabotage means deliberately keep or claim; give up.
destroy,
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Directions (1-5): Read the passage However, it must be noted here that
Mr.
given below and answer the questions Trump is as much a non-
interventionist as
based on the paragraph. his predecessor Barack Obama
and
Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump this despitc the massive difference
in their
announced that his country's warship had respective rhetorical positions.
Mr. Trump
destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of has pulled out a substantial number
of
Hormuz. The USS Boxer, an amphibious American troops from Afghanistan
and
assault ship, brought down the drone has shied away from direct military
reportedly after the latter came within its intervention in Syria.
proximity despite multiple warnings. The Ironically, this approach of 'no
new
U.S. has since called for other countries interventions' has been possible
despite
to condemn this as an act of gross the presence of policy hawks such
as John
escalation in the region, an act that Bolton and Mike Pompeo in the
Washington sees as Tehran's way of administration. Perhaps what the
global
disrupting oil trading routes. security architecture is struggling
to
comprehend is that Trumpian
politics'
Earlier, in June, Iran had shot down a
has a distinct style when it comes
to
U.S. drone that allegedly entered its
foreign policy: escalate and then
de-
airspace, an exchange that led to a major escalate with the aim of securing a
deal,
escalation between the two adversaries, so an approach consistent with Mr.
Trump's
much so that the American security projected image of being the
"ultimate
establishment was on the verge of taking dealmaker."
retaliatory military action against three
However, with the 2020 U.S.
elections
Iranian targets. The crisis appeared ready
to around the corner, Mr. Trump is
unlikely
to explode until Mr. Trump stepped in
to let go of the Iranian issue
because it is
call off the attack.
as it was in 2016 -a source
of much
Iran has been Mr. Trump's pet peeve for election campaign material. Back
then, it
some time now. His remarks, ever since was the JCPOA; this time, it will
be
regularly
the campaign days, have Tehran's alleged belligerence and
featured Iran and its alleged insidious sabotage on the high seas.
Invariably, Mr.
tactics across the West Asian region.
This
a
Trump's election campaign team
will be
preoccupation with Iran has been hoping to portray that it is only
Mr.
constant featurethroughout his Trump, with his strongman image,
who
presidency and resulted in a U.S pullout can effectively bring Iran to heel
and thus
Plan of
from the Joint Comprehensive secure the U.S.'s vital security
concerns
despite
Action (JCPOA). in 2018, in the region.
International
certifications from the On its part, the Iranian
government
that
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) appears to be waiting out the
tensions,
deal.
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(i) The escalation is
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strategy of securing a
hoping that it can mend
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next administration. But approval deal.
with the fact that Mr. Trump's
insidious tactics
ratings have been
somewlhat on the (it) Iran is culpable of
ascendant? Iranian Foreign
Minister across the West
Asian region.
interaction
Mohammad Javad Zarif, in his
diffusing the
hinted at (iii) Tehran's proposal
of
with the press at the UN,
engaging diplomatically with the
U.S. to tension is
appreciated by the west.
to offer
defuse tensions. He even went on (a) Only (1)
an additional protocol agreement,
which
would grant the IAEA further inspection (5) Both () and (ii)
rights that would not only be (c) Only (ii)
comprehensive but also even more (ii)
(d) Both (i) and
intrusive than before.
Perhaps Tehran has come to grips with (e) All are correct
the reality that 'waiting out' and 'strategic
Q3. What is the meaning
of "pat peeve"
sabotage' on the high seas alone will not
work in the long term. However, its offer which is given in
bold in the 3rd
to defuse tensions has been met with paragraph of the
passage?
scepticism in Washington, and this (a) Something that
provides a steady
portends a continuation of hostilities as
income or profit.
the search for a common ground goes on.
(b) Complaining about
something that
Q1. What according to the author could
cannot be rectified
be the reason for the U.S pullout
(c) The major adversary
from the Joint Comprehensive Plan
(d) Something that
especially annoys
of Action (JCPOA) in 2018?
(a) Tehran's alleged belligerence and you.
Sabotage on the high seas. (e) None of these
(b) The certificationsfrom thee Q4. What makes Mr. Trump

as much a
International Atomic Energy Agency non-interventionist
as his
(IAEA). predecessor Barack
Obama?
(c) The hostility between the two coun- (a) Trump's ability of
securing
the deal.
tries because of Iran's provocation. 6) Trump's position when
it comes to
(d) As America want to capitalize on Iraq.
the
issue in order to gain advantage in (c) Trump's
the
respective rhetorical
elections.
position.
(e) None of these
(d) His stance in
Afghanistan
as well as
Q2. Which of the following statement(s) in Syria.
is/are correct in context (e).None of these.
of the
passage?
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illegally.This
attempts made by Iran in diffusing sustained influx of illegal aliens
has
the tension? profound consequences on every
aspect
are willing to allow IAEA to of our national life-overwhelming
our
(a) They
schools, overcrowding our
hospitals,
have a more comprehensive draining our welfare system, and
causing
inspection. untold amounts of crime."
Actually, the
(b) They are willing to engage rate of violent crime in the
United States
diplomatically with IAEA. is historically low and tends to
be lower
in communities with lárge
immigrant
(c) They are willing to comply .with the populations than. those with
fewer
IAEA. immigrants. Economic growth tends
to be
(d) They have agreed on a deal on the higher in communities with large
high seas. immigrant populations. In any
event, the
US.decision led to a very sharp
drop in
() None of these. the value of the peso. US equity
prices
fell sharply as well. Also, the
yield on the
Directions (6-10): Read the following
10-year US Treasury bond fell
below 2.2
passage and answer the following
exacerbating the
questions based on the given passage. percent, further
inversion of the yield curve.
There was
THE trade war is expanding and is being strong criticism of the
decision from
mixed with the immigration policy. In a many US business groups as well
as from
surprise move, the US administration members of the US Congress from
both
announced that it will impose a 5 percent parties.
tariff on all imports from Mexico starting This new policy, if fully
implemented,
June 10 to pressurize Mexico to do will have profound implications
for both
something about migration. The tariffs
Last
will rise each month until they reach 25
the US and Mexican economies.
year, the United States
imported USS346
percent in October. The White House said billion in goods from Mexico,
including
after that, they are meant to stay at
25
over US$85 billion in
automobiles and
percent unless and until Mexico automotive parts.: There is a
highly
substantially stops the illegal inflow of integrated supply chain in
North America
aliens coming through its territory."
The manufactured
products,
forlarge
administration justified the tariffs on the especially
automobiles. Many
basis of having declared a national components crosS the border
several
emergency regarding immigration. A law times as part of the process
of producing
passed in 1977 gives the president finished goods. These tariffs
would
an
authority to impose tariffs due to substantially disrupt such
supply chains
Cmergency, but it has never before been for large manufacturers
based in the
administration United States. Either
companies would
used to impose tariffs. The
until
said that the tariffs will be retained have to pass their cost
increases onto their
the illegal immigration stops, adding
that customers in the form of
higher prices or
The United States of America
has been they might try to shift more
value added
back to the United States-
but clearly at
ot
a
nvaded by hundreds of thousands and
people coming through Mexico
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impose tariffs on
times, threatencd
higher cost. Either Way, American
investors are likel.
other countries. Now
next. Not just that
consumcrs and businesses could quickly will be
to wonder who
face much higher prices on a widc range
has threatened t
the United States
of products. The US Chamber of impose tariffs on all
automotive imports
Commerce has estimated that about six
this? In
million jobs in the United States are Why is the United States
doing
migrants
related to tradc with Mexico. Added to 2018, the number of
illegal tho
the new tariffs on China, the end result ot caught crossing the
border was
the tariffs on Mexico will be the highest highest in six years. In
other words, six
average tariff rates in the United States years ago, there was a
similar level of
since the Great Depression. Tarifs are illegal immigration, but
the general
taxes-these taxes will likely overwhelm concern was less at that
time. Meanwhile.
the impact of the tax cut of 2017. The the tariffs will have a
large and
trade war could. therefore, turn out to potentially onerous
impact on the
make the difference between whether the economy especially
on the business
United States has a slowdown or a community. A policy of
trade restrictions
recession. combined with being
tougher on
At the time that the administration made immigration is
precisely what President
this decision, US Vice President Pence Trump talked about
during the campaign
was in Canada to discuss ratification of in 2016. The yield on
the 10-year US
the new US-Canada-Mexico Agreement Treasury bond continues
to fall, reaching
(USMCA), the planned successor to the lowest level since
September 2017.
NAFTA, with Prime Minister Trudeau. The 10-year yield, below
2.2 percent,
Yet this new policy will likely mean that remains less than the
yield on the 3-
the USMCA will be put on hold. It is not month Treasury bill,
which is currently
clear what Mexico will do in response, 2.35 percent. This
persistent inversion of
but it is hard to see how it can satisfy US the yield curve could be
a warning sign ot
demands with respect to migration. The trouble to come. With
one exception,
Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico said every such inversion in
the post-war era
that the US move will be "disastrous" and
was soon followed by a
recession,
that Mexico will consider retaliation.
and
every inversion in the
last 50
Moreover, the Mexican administration
years was
followed by a recession.
The
will not want to be seen as buckling
size of the
under inversion, at 16 basis
US pressure. Meanwhile, Mexico
points, is the
has greatest since August
2007,
lately been a beneficiary of the
just months
US-China before the last
recession
trade dispute in that a
began. The
number of decline in bond yields
is
companies have chosen to
widely seen as
shift assembly
from China to Mexico in order partly due to fears
about
to produce
the potential
goods for the US market. negative impact of the
trade
Now, such
war between
decisions are likely to be the United States and
put on hold.
China and the
Moreover, the surprising
nature of the US
burgeoning trade war
between thhe
decision creates a
Uniteu
new level States and Mexico.
Investors
uncertainty about of
evidentuy
the global trading Worry that the trade
war might push the

system. The United States United States into
has, at various
recession.
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budding tech
what have becn the repercussions of
scctor.
illcgal immigrants from Mexic0?
(d) Many companies who were
earlier
(a) Economists warn of an eventual
manufacturing in China had
now
slowdown in global trade due to the
shifted their
manufacturing units to
illegal immigrants influx in USA who
Mcxico to supply to US
markets
are putting pressure on resources of
(c) None of these
the country.
Q8. What have been the
immediate
(b) The illegal immigrants entering USA
through Mexico have burdened the effects of stringent
tariff policy
resources and provisions available adopted by US against
Mexico?
within the country and there are a ) the yield on 10 year US
Treasury
significant number among them who bond fell by 2.2 percent
are involved in crime. (i) immediate drop in the
prices of US
(c) While American dairy companies Equity
were upset at Mexican import (ii) sharp fall in value of
peso
restrictions, its medical devices (a) Only (i)
industry had opposed Mexican price (6) Only (Gi)
ceilings on stents and knee caps.
()Both (i) & (i)
(d) Immigrants affect native workers (d) All (), (ii), (ii)
opportunities in the labor market,
(e) None of these
their productivity, and their
specialization. Q9. What might be the possible
steps to be
taken by US manufacturing
companies
(e) None of these
to nullify the losses
suffered due to
Q7. How has Mexico benefited from the sinking trade with Mexico?
US-China trade dispute? (a) Us manufacturing
companies will
(a) Exporters in Mexico are reaping the realize the need
to protect
benefits of the trade war between the homegrown intellectual
property.
world's two biggest economies as (b) US manufacturing
companies might
business with both countries jumps increase the prices of
the goods, thus
(b) While China has opened its doors shifting the burden onto
the
wider to a range of agricultural customers
products from Mexico, exports to the (c) Companies might shift
more value
United States have increased in areas added back to US but at
higher costs
pharmaceuticals,
such as chemicals, (d) Both (b) & (c)
Jewelry, auto components and apparel
foreign firms () Both (a) & (b)
(C) Mexico would benefit if
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Q10. Which of the
following of the paying above the
private secto
the information (such as
below the
is not true as per low-skilled jobs
and paying
available in the given
passage? for
senior management
private sector for
US Chamber of positions, having
to respond to
(a) According to jobs in
strategy
government diktats on
or
Commerce. Around 6 million
of
with Mexico.
under the threat
US are related to trade mandates, or operating
perform
tariff policy CVC/CBI scrutiny), they
might
(b) The ncwly introduced However,
such freedom
will put USMCA agreement
on hold. far better.
from the
any hints
typically requires
distance
(C) President Trump didn't give government. so long as
tney are majority-
regarding his immigrant and trade owned by the government,
they
may not
policies during his 2016 election get that distance.
no guarantee
campaign. At the same time, there is
panacea. Some
(d) Owing to the escalating US- China that privatisation will be
a
and US-Mexico trade war, the prices private banks have been
poorly governed.
of bond yields have fallen. Instead, we need to
recognise that
ownership is just one
contributor to
(e) All are correct
governance, and look at
pragmatic ways
Directions (11): Choose the word most to improve governance
across the board.
similar to the words given below, as
There certainly is a case
to experiment by
highlighted in the passage given above.
privatising one or two
mid-sized public
Q11. PRESSURIZE
sector banks and reducing
the government
(a) extrapolate (b) chortle stake below 50% for a
couple of others
(c) pillory (d) dragoon while working on
governance reforms for
(e) culminate the rest. Rather than
continuing a never-
Directions (12-16): Read the following ending theoretical debate,
we will then
passage and answer the following actually have some
evidence to go on.
questions based on the given passage. Some political compromises
will be
The banking system is overburdened with needed to allow the
process to go through,
non-performing loans. Much of the but so long as the newly
privatised banks
problem lies in public sector banks, but
are not totally hamstrung
private sector banks like ICICI and Axis
in their
Bank have not been immune. Some operational flexibility as
a result of these
of the
malaise comes from a general compromises, this will be
an experiment
need to
improve governance, transparency worth undertaking.
and
An alternative
incentives in the system.
proposal to improve
governance 1s to
Is privatisation of public sector merge poorly, managed
banks the
answer? Much of the discussion
banks with good
on banks. It is uncertain
privatisation seems to make assumptions
whether this wll
based on ideological positions. Certainly, improve collective
performance- after
all, mergers. are
difficult in the ,best or

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culture. When combined with differences to cxpose sensitive
information that
may not be in the
commercial
in management capabilities, much will
depend on whether the good interest
bank's
management is strong enough to ()without alienating the
employces of
impose
its will (A) the poorly managed bank.
We now
have two experiments under way: State (III) by exposing problems
brewing
Bank has taken over its regional affiliates, within banks
and Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank (IV) to disclose to the public
the names of
and
Dena Bank have been merged. The wilful defaulters
performance of the latter merger will be (a) Only I
more
nore informative. Thus far, market (b) Only II
responses suggest scepticism that it
will (c) Both III and IV
play out well. Time will tell.
(d) All of the given
statements
012. What are the several constraints under (e) None of the given
statements
which public sector banks work?
Q14. What can be inferred from
the given
1) Improper merger of banks which
passage?
leads to decrease in collective
performance. Government's plans
to cease
banking consolidation
might throw
(II) They have the liability of lending too
up several challenges
much to the mighty corporatesat a
(II) Privatisation offers a
solution to the
time when they were already over-
rising debt as they
focus on
borrowed.
improving the ownership.
(III) Unreasonable disparity in
(III) With the rising non-
performing
remunerations paid in comparison to assets in public
sector banks,
private banks.
economists weigh in the
option of
(V) To operate as per several decrees privatisation
mandated by the government (a) Only I (6)
Only II
(a) Both III and IV
(c) Only II (d)
Both I and III
(6) Only II (e) None of the given
statements
(c) Only III
Q15. What tentative
procedure(s) is/are
(d) All I, III and IV
given in passage to
overcome the
(e) All of the given statements issue of non-performing
loans?
Q13. Which of the following phrase/s can () finding the ways to
improve the
fill in the blank (A) as highlighted governance of the board.
in the passage?
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Sol. Option (d) is the correct choice for especially annoys you.
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the given question. S4. Ans.(d)
Refer to the 6" paragraph of the passage. Sol. Option (d) is the
correct choice for
Here the author has explained how the the given question.
Trump's election campaign team wants to Noninterventionist means
favoring the
use this opportunity to project a principle of not becoming
involved in the
strongman image. affairs of other
countries.
S2. Ans.(a)
Trump has pulled out the.
troops from
Sol. Option (a) is the correct choice for AFGHANISTAN and showed
reluctance
the given question. in intervening in SYRIA.
1) is correct as author has described S5. Ans.(a)
him as a non-interventionist leader Sol. Option (a) is the
correct choice for
and explained his politics as the given question. Refer
to the last few
Trumpian politics' where he is an lines of the 7" paragraph
ultimate deal maker.
of the passage
He even went on to offer
an additional
(ii) is incorrect as it is only an
accusation protocol agreement, which
would gran
by Trump. the IAEA further
inspection
rights tna
(ii) is incorrect because it is said in would not only be
comprehensive
the
but als
last paragraph that there is even more intrusive
still some than
before.
skepticism. S6. Ans. (b)
$3. Ans.(d)
Sol. To validate
Sol. Option (d) is the correct the
choice. first paragraph
1
of the
passage gv
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Said that the tarifis will be retained until can be inferred. from all the
three
the illegal immigration stops, adding that statements given above, (i), (1i)
and (iii).
The United States of America has been Hence, option (d) is the most
suitable
invaded by hundreds of thousands of answer choice.
people coming through Mexico and $9. Ans. (d)
entering our country illegally. This Sol. To validate the answer,
refer to
the
sustained influx o illegal aliens has
second paragraph of the
passage given
profound consequences on every aspect above, which
mentions, Either
of our national life-overwhelming our companies would have to pass
their cost
schools, overcrowding our hospitals, increases onto their
customers in the form
draining our welfare system, and causing
to shift
of higher prices or they
might try United
untold amounts of crime." Here, from the more value added back to the
quoted text we can infer that the illegal States-but clearly at a
higher cost."
immigrants have put a pressure over the Here, the quoted text can be
inferred from
resources, welfare system and crime rates
(b) and
the statements given in
options
within the country, which has been
suitable
(c). Hence, option (d) is
the most
justified in the statement given in option answer choice.
(b). Hence, option (6) is the most suitable
S10. Ans. (¢)
answer choice.
refer to
Sol. Here, to validate the
answer,
S7. Ans. (d) the 4 paragraph of the
passage given
Sol. Refer tothe third paragraph of the above, which mentions, "A
policy of trade
passage given above, which mentions, restrictions combined with
being tougher
what
"Meamwhile, Mexico has lately been a on immigration is precisely
beneficiary of the US-China trade dispute President Trump talked about
during the
text
in that a number of
companies have campaign in 2016." From the
quoted
we can infer that the
statement given
China to
in
chosen to shifi assembly from
Mexico in order to produce goods for
the option (C) is incorrect as
per the
US market." Here, the quoted
text can be information provided in the
passage given
inferred from the statement given
in above. Hence, option (c) is
thè most
is the most suitable answer choice.
option (d). Hence, option (d)
suitable answer choice. S11. Ans. (d)
"attempt to
S8. Ans. (d) Sol. "PRESSURIZE" means
doing
Sol. Refer to the last few
lines of the first persuade or coerce (someone)
into means
event, the something" and "DRAGOON"
paragraph, which state, "In any
drop in coerce (someone) into doing
something.
US decision led to a very sharp
synonymous with each
equity prices fell Since, they are
the value of the peso. US
suitable
on the 10- other, option (d) is the
most
Sharply as well. Also, the yield
below 2.2 answer choice.
year US Treasury bond felI
gleeful way
further exacerbating
the Chortle: laugh in a noisy,
percent,
of
There was Culminate: reach a climax
or point
nversion of the yield curve.
from many highest development
Strong criticism of the.decision as. Jrom
Ubusiness groupsCongress as well
from both
members of the US
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is about
privatisati
clear that passage
of
Pillory: attack or ridicule publicly can be done.
banks and how it
Extrapolate: estimate conclude
S15. Ans. (¢)
(something) by extrapolating
Sol. Refer to the third
paragraph of he
S12. Ans. (a) passage given above, which
mentio
Sol. To validate the answer, refer to the "There certainly is a case to
experim
by privatising one or fwo mid-
sized lic
puh
first few lines of the passage given above,
which state, "public scctor banks are Sector banks and
reducing the
freed from some of the restrictions they government stake below 50% for
a couple
operate under (such as paying above thec
of others, while working on
governanco
reforms for the rest. An
alternative
private sector for low-skilled jobs and
proposal to improve governance
is to
paying below the private sector for senior
merge poorly managed banks
with good
management positions, having to respond banks." Here, we can 1nfer
all the
to government diktats on strategy or statements given. Hence,
option (e) is the
mandates, or operating under the threat of most suitable answer choice.
CVC/CBI scrutiny)" Here, we can infer S16. Ans. (c)
the quoted text from the statements given
Sol.
in IlI and IV. Hence, option (a) is the
Despondency means low spirits
from loss
most suitable answer choice.
of hope or courage; dejection.
S13. Ans. (b)
Melancholy means a feeling of
pensive
Sol. From the given phrases I and IV sadness, typically with no
obvious cause
cannot be used as in the passage nothing
is discussed about the information of the
Delectation means pleasure and
delight
bank or about wilful defaulters. And Decrepitude means the state of
being
phrase is telling about exposing the decrepit
problem which would bring no good. But, Nonchalance means (of a person
or
phrase II is clearly informing us that good manner) feeling or appearing
casually
bank should not discard the employees of calm and relaxed; not
displaying anxiely,
poorly managed bank, which is as per the interest, or enthusiasm.
theme of the passage. Hence, option (b) is
$14. Ans. (¢).
Sol. From the given statements
III is the
only one which can be inferred
as it is
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paragrap consisting of blanks against. poverty lines and unavailability of
data on
consumption cxpcnditure from
National
each numbe Identify the correct
Sample Surveys in recent ycars have
option among the five alternative pairs added to the
that perfectly fits into the given blank (10)_around
poverty
estimation in India.
against the respective number to make
the paragraph contextually, meaningful Q1.
and grammatically correct. (a) Austecre (b) Firm
For most regions across the country, the (c) Stringently (d) Lenient
long lockdown has just got over. As the
unlocking" begins, it is becoming (c) Magnanimously
increasingly apparent how the Indian Q2.
state had chosen its sides and revealed
(a) Plight (6)
Insignificant
its elitist bias during one of the most
1)_ enforced1 lockdowns .(c) Vehemence (d)
Rendered
worldwide. Several news reports and (e) Enchantment
surveys on the_(2)of India's less-
privileged workforce during the Q3.
lockdown have (3) the massive (a) Overwhelmed (b)
Augmented
scale of falling incomes and loss of () Reciprocate (d)
Highlighted
means of livelihood. Many have been
(e)Maligned
pushed into various depths of poverty
depending on how _(4) their Q4.
Occupations were. (5)_the likely
(a) Diligent (b) Chaotic
Scale of the poverty impacts of the
lockdown, we use most recent (c) Ingenious (d) Robust
workforce survey data on India, to (e) Vulnerable
(6) what the lockdown-induced
1
livelihood shock might have meant Q5.
economically for different categories of (a) Flouting (b)
Quantifying
Workers. We suggest some (c) Disregarding (d)
Denoting
policy measures to prevent the shocks
from snowballing into (e) Attempting
further.
(8)_poverty. Q6.
ndia' s poverty line has been a matter of (a) Stagnate (b)
Established
for long for its unrealisticauy 1 (c) Deliberated (d)
Estimate
thresholds 1leading to conservative poverty
numbers. Irregular updating of official (c) Obliterate
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number of early
Q7.
deaths from dirty air
quality in recent
(a) Diabolical (b) Adanmant months in China is
estimated to have
(c) Potential (d) Dubious exceedcd the numbcr of
those who have
(c) Improbable died from COVID-19. In
Europe, 11,000
air-pollution related
deaths were
Q8. estimated to have been
(15)since
(a) Astute (b) Chronic the start of lockdowns.
There is a/an
(16)- between
pollution levels in
(c) Redundant (d) Liablec citics (despite the
improvements during
(c) Gradual the pandemic) and COVID-19
infections
and death rates, a link
observed in New
Q9.
York City and the northern
provinces of
(a) Contention (b) Mandate Italy. Delhi, Maharashtra,
Gujarat, and
(e) Reliability (d) Sustenance Tamil Nadu, in the top tier
of pollution
concentration, have also
seen high deaths
(c) Consensus
and infections per thousand
people.
Q10.
Of course, other factors
too decide
(a) Salvation (b) Prominence morbidity and mortality.
COVID-19's toll
(c) Curtailing has
(d) Lucidity
(e) Ambiguity (17)
considerably across States
Kerala and Tamil Nadu,
for example,
Direction (11-20): Given below is a have a lower COVID-19
ortality rate.
paragraph consisting of blanks against These States stand out with
good
each number. Identify the correct healthcare systems.
option among the five alternative pairs
that perfectly fits into the given blank Globally some 9 million
premature deaths
a year are associated with
against the respective number to make
air pollutants,
the paragraph contextually meaningful such as fine particulate
matter, known as
and grammatically correct. PM 2.5. _(18)_, 14 of
the world's
20 most polluted cities are
Stalking the efforts of the government and
in India. The
air in Ghaziabad, Delhi,
the private sector to _(11)
and Noida is
the (19)_ hazardous. Last
year, a public
economy in the time of COVID-19 are
health emergency was
declared
two dangers to people's health
as post
air Diwali New Delhi's air
pollution and greenhouse gases and a
quality index
weak public health system. The approached 500, the "severe
_(12)
plus
from the air pollution that blankets Indian emergency" category.
cities is transitory. India must heed Despite the
(20)
during the
scientists warnings (13) health lockdown, atmospheric
carbon emissions
disasters to air pollution as well as are a record high
because of past
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions causing accumulation.
global warming.
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Q19.
(a) Fluster (b) Revive
(a) Fervently (b)
Particularly
(c) Diminish (d) Thriving
(c) Consciously (d)
Vivid
(e) Choke
(e) Peculiar
Q12.
Q20.
(a) Distress (b) Leverage
(a) Plunge (b)
Plummeting
(c) Frugality (d) Resonance
(C) Amplification (d)
Intensification
(e) Respite
(e) Rehabilitation
Q13.
Directions (21-30): In
the following
(a) Severing (b) Tying passage, some of the
words have been
c) About (d) Regarding given in bold, each of
which is indicated
(e) Lamenting by a number: Find the
suitable word
from the options that can
be used in
Q14. place of the given
number. If the word
(a) Strikingly that is already given is
correct and
(b) Elegantly
requires no correction,
then mark (e)
(c) Reluctantly (d) Remarkable as your choice..
e) Consequently The Lok Sabha marked the
75th
anniversary of the Quit
India movement
Q15. on Wednesday with a
special sitting (21)
(a) Proliferating (b) Intensifying at which Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
called for special
initiatives to end
(c) Averted (d) Precluding
poverty, illiteracy and
graft and Congress
(e) Impede president Sonia Gandhi
lamented (22) a
warning over "secular,
democratic, liberal
Q16. values being declined
(23)."
(a) Similarity (b) Dissociate Terming (24) poverty,
lack of education
(c) Emancipation (d) Association and malnutrition the
greatest challenges,
(e) Alacrity
Mr. Modi called for their
exoneration
(25) in the next five
years with the
Q17. inauguration (26) of
Karenge aur kar ke
rahenge (We will do and
surely do). He
(a) Emerged (b) Renounced
said the period between
1942-47 was
c) Escalated (d) Differed exceptional in India's
freedom strúggle as
it created the mood that
independence
(e) Contradict
was just a matter of
time, an impugn (27)
Q18. rather than something
uncertain. "Just as
(a) Eventually (b) Despicably that period was of a
quantum jump of
resolution and
indictments (28), a time
(c) Reprehensible (d) Prudently when Mahatma Gandhi,
with his belief in
(e) Regrettably
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or die', a final battle for freedom, so (a) Inception (b)
Declaring
should we pledge to make the period
befween Indian (c) Pledge (d)
Warranting
2017-22, when
Independence turns 75, to be one wherea (c) No correction
similar spirit is created," the Prime
Minister said. Q27.
(a) Undertaking (b)
Eventuality
"In 1942, the clarion call was Karenge ya
marenge' (Do or die) today it is (c) Event (d)
Uprising
Karenge aur kar ke rahenge' (We will do (e) No correction
and accomplish). These five years are
about Sankalp se siddhi (commitment to Q28.
fulfilment)," he said. In the years
(a) Conviction (b)
Skepticism
following Independence, he regretted , a
sense of entitlement had surpassed (30) (c) Fortitude (d)
Gallantry
the sense of duty to the country.
(e) No correction
Q21
Q29.
(a) undertaking (b) commission
(a) Forced (b)
Mesmerized
(c) announcement (d) committee
(c) entice (d) exhorted
(e) No correction
(e) No correction
Q22.
Q30
(a) sounded (6) announced (a) overthrown (b)
abbreviate
(c) effected (d) granted (c) mitigated (d)
Overtaken
(e) No correctionn (e) No correction
Q23.
Directions (31-40): A
paragraph is
(a) endangered (b) rebuffed given with séveral blanks.
You
(c) Jeopardizing
have to
(d) Imperiling choose the most suitable
combination
(e) No correction. of words (both of them must
fit) among
the alternative options
Q24. that
will fill the
blank coherently, forming a
grammati-
(a) Implicit (b) Enticing cally correct and
contextually
meaning-
(c) Disclaiming ful paragraph. If none of
(d) Refuting
the given
combination is appropriate
to fill the
(e) No correction blank, mark option (e) i.e.
none of
Q25. these" as your answer
choice.
(a) Revival (b) Uplift Digital markets often
become highly
concentrated, with one
(101)
(c) eradication (d) absolution firm, because
larger playcrs enjoy
(e) No correction signifiçant returns to
scale. For example,
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large upfront development costs, dates back at least to Joseph
Schumpeter,
but the standard
benefit from low marginal costs once the (110)
is still
to look at competition among
similar
software is Witten. They gain from
network fects, whereby the more users a companies producing similar
goods at a
platform has, the more all users benefit. point in time.
And data generation plays a self- Q31.
reinforcing role: more data (103) (a) cynical/capricious
the service, which brings in more
users, which generates more (b) prominent/trivial
data. To put
it (104) a digital platform
pldtrorm (c) principle/central
is either large or dead.
(d) dominant/preponderant
As several recent reports have pointed (e) None of these
out, the digital economy poses a problem
for competition policy. Competition is Q32.
vital for (105) (a) writhe/avoid
productivity and long-term growth,
(b) count/disown
because it drives out inefficient producers
and (106) innovation. Yet (c)incur/acquire
how can this happen when there are such (d) sustain/avow
dominant players?
(e) None of these
Today's digital behemoths provide
Q33.
services that people want: one recent
study estimated that consumers value (a) ameliorates /supplement
online search alone at a level (b) revamps/abatement
(107) to about half of USneed median
to (c) portends/ Sunders
income. Economists therefore
update their toolkit. Rather than assessing (d) promotes/deters
ikely short-term trends in specific digital (e) None of these
markets, they need to be able to estimate
the potential long-term costs implied by Q34
the inability of a new rival with a better (a) cautiously/agilely
technology or service to unseat the.
platform. (b) bluntly/tersely
(108) .
() abrupt/baldly
This is no easy task, because there is no
standard methodology for estimating (d) amicably/ Baroquely
uncertain, non-linear futures. Economists (e) None of these
even disagree on how to measure
(109) consumer valuations of free Q35.
search and
digital goods such as online (a) staggering/hindering
SOCial media. And although the
idea that
through (b) invigorating/amplifying
Competition operates dynamically
irms entering and exiting
the market () boosting/stagnation
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(b)
(d) quiescence/nurturing imperative/mandatory
(c)
(e) None of these
proprietor/dispensable
(d)
Q36. (c) None of these
(a) stimulates/ galvanizes
Q39.
(b) fosters/disheartens
(a) standard/commcmorate
(C) agitates/abject
(b) uniform/modular
(d) foments/ Resuscitates
(c) static/unbudging
(e) None of these
(d) constant/motile
Q37.
(c) None of these
(a) correlative/unlike
(6) precipitous/prodigious
Q40.
(C) humungous/ synonymous (a) approach/ expedient

(d) equivalent/analogous (6) strategy/boulevard
(e) None of these (c) verge/recede
Q38. (d) obsolete/bungle

(e) None of these
(a) incumbent/ contemporary
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.() tolerant than

expected. (Incorrect
Sol. Option (c) is the correct choice for grammatically)
given question. Magnanimously (adv.) means
generous
The use of blank before enforced or forgiving, especially
towards a rival or
(adjective) suggests that an adverb should less powerful
person.(incorrect
be used in the blank. contextually)
Stringently which is an adverb and Austere (adj.) means severe or
strict in
means in a way that is strict, severe, or manner or attitude.
limiting is the correct choice for the given
(Incorrect
grammatically)
question. All the other options are either
grammatically or contextually incorrect. Firm (adj.) means having a
solid, almost
unyielding surface
structurt.
(correct both grammatically and
or
contextually) (Incorreet grammatically)
Lenient (adj.)- (of. a punishment or $2. Ans.(a)
person in authority) more merciful Sol. Option (a) is the
or correet
choice since
the entire passage
talks
about the
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unfortunate impact on the lives
of Robust means strong
and healthy;
unprivileged workfor Other options are
VIgorous.
grammatically and contextually incorrect.
ngenious means (of a person)
clever,
Plight means a dangerous, difficult, or original, and inventive.
otherwise unfortunate situation. Diligent means having or
showing care
Veliemence meansthe forceful and conscientiousness in one's
work or
expression of strong feelings. duties.
Insignificant means too small or S5. Ans.(b)
unimportant to be worth consideration. Sol. Option (b) is the correct
choice.
Rendered means provide or give. Quantifying means express or
measure
Enchantment means a feeling of great the quantity of.By
using this
pleasure, delight. quantifying', the author tries
to measure
S3. Ans.(d) the impact of lockdown.
Sol. Option (d) is the correct choice for Flouting means openly
disregard (a rule,
the given question since highlight here law, or convention).
means draw special attention to. This is Denoting means be a sign of,
indicate.
correct and in coherence with the theme S6. Ans.(d)
of the passage as the passage talks about Sol. Option (d) is the
correct choice for
the severe impact of lockdown on the the given question. From the
previous
livelihood of unprivileged workforce and sentences we can figure out
that in the
therefore their plight is drawing attention passage the author is trying
to scale the
to the people who are overlooked. impact of lockdown, hence,
estimate
Overwhelmed means to defeat someone which means "roughly
calculate or judge
or something by using a lot of force. the value, number, quantity,
or extent of
is not only correct
contextually but also
Augmented means having been made grammatically.
greater in size or value.
Stagnate means cease
developing:
Maligned means speak about (someone) become inactive or dull.
in a spitefully critical manner.
Deliberated means engage in
long and
Reciprocate means respond to (a gesture careful consideration.
(Incorrect
or action) by making a corresponding grammatically)
one.
Obliterate means to destroy
S4. Ans.(e)
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option (e) is the correct choice since
Sol. Option (c) is the
correct choice
vulnerable suggests that the people
because the author after
describing the
having an occupation plight and the unfortunate
events is now
Which are fragile in nature are more suggesting the measures that
must be
prone to falling in the clutches of poverty. taken to prove the situation.
Since the
Vulnerable means exposed to the
POSsibility of being attacked or harmed,
e blank is before "measures"
which is used
as a noun, we will need an
adjective.
Cither physically or emotionally. Therefore, Potential which
means having
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Sustenance means food
and
drink
develop into
or showing the capacity to correct
regarded as a sOurce
off strength
engh,
something in the future is the nourishment.
word.
Consensus means a general
agreement
ent,
Adamant means refusing to be persuaded
S10. Ans.(e)
or to change one's mind.
Sol. Option (e) is the correct
choice for
Improbable means not likely to be true
for
the given question.
or to happcn.
Dubious means hesitating or doubting.
Ambiguity means (an example
of) tho
one
fact of something having more
than
Diaboliecal means disgracefully bad or possible meaning and therefore
possibly
unpleasant. causing confusion. It is
mentioned before
S8. Ans.(b) the blank that there is an
unavailability of
Sol. Option(b) is the correct choice for the the data, and therefore by
using ambiguity
given question. we can suggest that
unavailability has
Chronic means continuing or Occurring added to confusion.
again and again for a long time. As per Lucidity means clarity of
expression;
the passage the author suggests that if the intelligibility.
right measures are not taken timely then Salvation means
preservation Or
the issue of poverty will become more deliverance from harm, ruin,
or loss.
severe and the timespan will increase
uch further. Hence "chronic" 1s both
Curtailing means reduce in
extent or
grammatically and contextually correct. quantity; impose a restriction
on.
Redundant means not or no longer Prominence means the state of

being
needed or useful; superfluous. important, famous, or
noticeable.
S11. Ans.(b)
Astute means having or showing an
ability to accurately assess situations or Sol. Option (b) is the correct
choice for
people and turn this to one's advantage. the given question. It is
correct both
$9. Ans.(a) grammatically and contextually
Revive means restore to life
or
Sol. Option (a) is the correct choice.
consciousness. Thus suggests
restoring
Contention means the disagreement that the economy and hence is
contextuay
results irom opposing arguments. It is the correct.
correct word that will fit the blank both Fluster means make (someone)
agita
grammatically and contextually. As or confused.
author suggests that our poverty line
thresholds is a matter for arguments. Diminish means make or become
lesS
Mandate means an official order or Thriving means prosperous and
growing
commission to do something. lourishing. (Incorrect
grammaticauiy
Reliability means the quality of being
Choke mcans fill (a space) so
as to make
movement difficult or
impossible.
trustworthy or of performing consistently
well. S12. Ans.()
Sol. Option (e) is the correct
choice for
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the given question. Respite means a short
neriod. of rest or relief from S15. Ans.(c)
something
difficult or unpleasant. Here it is Sol. Option (c) is the
correct choice.
relevant
as due to lockdown the pollution level has Averted means to turn away.
If we look
reduced greatly and thus there has at the previous few lines
they are also
becn a
"respite". following the same trend
which is the
Resonance means the quality in a sound avoiding of deaths from air
pollution due
to lockdown. Hence,
"averted" is correct
of being deep, full, and reverberating.
both grammatically and
contextually.
Leverage means use (something) to
maximum advantage. Proliferating means increase
rapidly in
number; multiply.
Frugality means the quality of being
economical with money or food, Intensifying means become or
make
more intense.
thriftiness.
Impede means delay or
prevent (someone
Distress means extreme anxiety, sorrow, or something) by
obstructing them;
or pain.
hinder.(grammatically
incorrect)
S13. Ans.(b)
Precluding means
prevent tro m
Sol. "Tying" means attaching. In the happening make
impossible.
context by using "tying" we. are (grammatically incorrect)
conveying that scientists are trying to S16. Ans.(d)
warn the government that health disasters
Sol. "Association" is the
most appropriate
and air pollution are attached.
word as it is both
grammatically and
Severing means divide by cutting or contextually correct. The
use of word
slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly. "link" in the sentence
proceeding
Lamenting means express passionate "association" makes it more
evident.
grief about. Further, considering the
theme of the
passage, "Association" is
the word which
S14. Ans.(a)
is most suitable for the
given blank.
Sol. Option (a) is the correct choice. Emancipation means the fact
or process
Strikingly means in a way that is very of being set free from
legal, social, or
unusual or eàsily noticed, and therefore political restrictions;
liberation.
attracts a lot of attention. The reason for Alacrity means brisk and
cheerful
drawing such attention is the figures readiness.
which show that deaths related to S17. Ans.(d)
COVID-19 infections are lesser than the Sol. Option (d) is the
correct choice. In
people who have avoided death due to the sentence containing the
blank, there is
deaths from dirty air quality a comparison between states
in terms of
death rate (the use of
'toll') along with the
Consequently means as a result. indication that the states
having better
Elegantly means in a graceful manner health care facilities are
doing better.
Hence, we can assume that the
numbers
eluctantly means in an unwilling and are not same and therefore,
"differed" is
hesitant way
the correct choice for the
given question.
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"despite"
before the blnk
The use of
Renounced means formally declare one's suggests that there must
be.a contrast. Th
abandonment of (a claim, right, or
a whin
record high'" suggests that
word
be
there. Hence
possession). shows low should
Contradict means deny the truth of (a means
to fall suddenl.
plunge which here
ly
statement) by asserting the opposite. is the correct word.
(Grammatically incorrect) Plummeting means fall or
drop straight
S18. Ans.(e) down at high spced.
Sol. Option (e) is the correct choice. Amplification means the
process of
Regrettably which means unfortunately increasing the volume of
sound,
is correct since the sentence after this especially using an
amplifier.
suggests that 14 of the 20 most polluted
cities are in India which is an unfortunate $21. Ans.(¢)
event. Sol. There is no correction
required as
Eventually means in the end, especiallyy sitting means a continuous
period of
after a long delay, dispute, or series of being seated, especially
when engaged in
problems. a particular activity and the
use of the
Despicable means deserving hatred and word Lok sabha is indicating
towards a
contempt. gathering hence option (e) is
correct.
Reprehensible means deserving censure $22. Ans.(a)
or condemnation. Sol. Sounded means to express
or convey
Prudently means in a way that shows (a warning) is the correct
word and since
care and thought for the future. there is a mention of warning
later in the
$19. Ans.(b) sentence it cements its
position as the
Sol. Option (b) is the correct choice for correct choice.
the given question. S23. Ans.(a)
Particularly means especially. Since Sol.
Sentence betore "particularly" talks about
14 cities
What is conveyed is that
values are at the
but then narrowing it down to 3 risk of
indicates that a special attention extinction and
therefore
(and endangered which means (of a
species)
hence the use of particularly) is
given to seriously at risk of
extinction is the
these cities.
correct choice.
Fervently means very enthusiastically
or $24. Ans.(e)
passionately.
Consciously means in a deliberate Sol. There is no need for
correction as the
intentional way. and use of terming? which means
give a
Vivid means producing powerful descriptive name to; call by a
specified
or strong, clear images in feelings term is the correct choice
the mind.
for the given
question.
Peculiar means strange
S25. Ans.()
S20. Ans.(a)
Sol.
Sol. Option (a) is the correct
choice. Eradication is the
correct
choice as
means the complete
destruction o
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eratives wil be destroyed as per the
Prime Minister. Sol.
S26. Ans.(c) Overtaken which means catch up

with
and pass is the correct choice
as the useof
Sol. Option (c) is absolutely correct the word "regretted" indicates
the sense
choice for the given question as Modi is of duty has been overtaken by
the sense
promising something and there is also a of entitlement.
mention of a phrase after that which
$31. Ans. (d)
makes it clear that the word 'pledge'
which means a solemn promise or Sol. Cynical(adj) means
believing that
undertaking is the correct choice. people are only interested in
themselves
$27. Ans.(b) Capricious (adj) means given to
sudden
and unaccountable changes of
mood or
Sol.
behavior.
Eventuality which means a possible
Prominent (adj) means very
well-known
event or outcome is the correct choice as
and important
the use of the word rather makes it
necessary that there is word contradictory Trivial(adj) means having
little value or
importance
to the word uncertain and hence
eventuality is the correct choice for the Principle(N) means a basic idea
or rule
given question. that explains or controls how
something
happens or works
S28. Ans.(a)
Dominant(adj) means more
important
Sol. strong, or noticeable than
anything else of
Conviction is the correct choice for the the same type
given question as it means a firm belief Preponderant(adj) means
important or
which is the requirement in the given large
Sentence. The word associated with it is $32. Ans. ()
resolution which means the quality o Sol. incur(v) means to
experience
being determined or resolute and along
something, usually something
unpleasant,
with the tone of the passage; we can
as a result of actions you
have taken
safely assume that conviction is the
right choice. Avow (v) means assert or
confess openly.
S29. Ans.(d) Writhe(v) means to experience
a very
difficult or unpleasant
situation or
Sol.
emotion, such as extreme
embarrassment
Exhorted which means to urge is the $33. Ans. (a)
CoTect choice as it is the most appropriate
Sol. Abatement(noun) means
the
word which fits the sentence.
reduction or removal of a
nuisance.
Since people were motivated by him
therefore, forced can't be used. Similarly, Ameliorates(v) means make
(something
all the other words are contextually bad or unsatistactory) better.
incorrect. Portend (v) means indicate by
signs
Sunder (v) means to break
apart
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extremely great in
$34. Ans. (b)
ability, amount, or
strength.
Sol. Bluntly(adv) means in an
$38. Ans. (a)
uncompromisingly forthright way
Tersely(adv) means using few words, Sol. Proprietor(N) means
current holder
sometimes in a way that seems rude or Incumbent(N) means present
holder
unfriendly Dispensable(N) means
capable of being
Bald(noun) means basic and with no dividable
unnecessary words or detail Mandatory(N) means
necessary.
Agilely (adj) means quick and well- Obligatory(N) and
imperative(N) are
coordinated in movement synonymous and mean
compulsory.
Baroquely(adv) definition is of, relating
-
$39. Ans. (c)
to, or having the characteristics of a style
of artistic expression Sol. Commemorate(V) means
to recall
and show respect for
(someone or
Amicably(adv) means friendly
something).
S35. Ans. (b)
Modular(adj) means
employing or
Sol. Invigorating(v) means strengthening involving a module or
modules as the
quiescence(adv) means something that is basis of design or
construction..
inactive Unbudging(adj) means
resisting
Staggering (adj) means deeply shocking; movement or change
astonishing Motile(adj) means relating
to or
$36. Ans. (a) characterized by responses
that involve
Sol. Agitate(v) means to make
(someone)
muscularratherthan
audiovisual
troubled or nervous. sensations.
S40. Ans. (a)
Exhilarate(v) means to make
feel very happy, animated,
(someone)
Sol. Expedient(N)
or elated means a
means of
Abject(v) means showing attaining an end,
lack of self-
especially one that 1s
respect convenient but
possibly
improper or
Resuscitate(v) means immoral.
from unconsciousness
revive, (someone) Boulevard(N) means
or apparent death.
Foment(v) means instigate landscaped thoroughfare a
broad often
or stir up Recede(V) means
$37. Ans. (d) to move
back or away
Sol. humungous(adj) Verge(N), means
means extremely something
that borders,
large: limits, or bounds
precipitous(adj) means Bungle (V) means
fast or great clumsily and to
act or work
awkwardly
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following questions a short passage is investment in specificd
assets like
given with one of the lines in the house, bonds etc., is not
required to
passage is missing and represented furnish a return of income.
bya
blank. Seleet tne best out of the five (d) This is because the
definition of
answer choices given, to make the
consideration' has been
expanded to
passage complete and coherent.
include club membership fee,
car
Q1. The Budget has done its bit to parking fee, electricity and
water
improve the "ease of living' for facility fees among
others.,
assessees by bringing in pre-filled maintenance fee or any other
similar
returns as well as faceless charges incidental to
transfer of the
assessments. At the same time, to immovable property.
keep track of high-value spends, the (e) None of these
government, in the Budget, has
brought assessees who enter into Q2. The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)
high value transâctions and whose lowered the repo rate to
5.75% in
the Monetary Policy Review
in
income is otherwise not taxable,
June. This was a level last
seen nine
under the return filing net. Return
years ago. Despite three rate
cuts
filing has got a bit quicker with the
aggregating to 75 basis points
in
Budget introducing pre-filled tax
this cycle. beginning
February,
return forms.
economic growth has failed to
pick
(a Several measures have been taken to up and, in fact, has been
slowing
widen the tax base which puts the down even more. There is
clamor
individual taxpayer under the relief. for another big cut from the
RBI in
(6) While the personal information is the upcoming monetary policy
usually auto filled in most e-returns, announcement this.
week.
pre-filled tax returns with details of
salary income, capital gains from (a) However, the difference peaked
in
Securities,bank interests, and January 2017 and as on May
2019,
dividends and tax deductions will the difference is about 0.55%
-fresh
also be available from now on. rupee loans are charged at
9.86% and
C) Besides, outstanding loans were at
10.41%.
as per the current laws, a
person claiming enefit of (b) This may be on account of
higher
exemption from capital gains tax on portion of fixed loans (where
the
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Brazilian soy for
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concern that wrote in a statcment
accompanying
deforestation in the Amazon the decision.
rainforest in Brazil is increasing (c) None of these
rapidly since January, when
Jair
attack on
Afghan vice
Bolsonaro took oflicc as President. Q4. The
presidential
candidatc Amrullah
Salcllite images show that about
4,200 sq km of forests have been Salch's office in
Kabul on Sunday
and
destroyed up to July 24 under the that killed at least
20 people
new governmcnt. While most injured 50,
including Mr. Saleh, is a
nations tend to view their land and grave reminder of
the crisis the war-
1orests through the narrow prism o torn country is
going through even
short-term economic gain, cljmatc amid attcmpts to
find peace. Mr.
science data show that they play a Salch, a former
intelligence chiet
Taliban
larger cnvironmental role. and a strong critic
of the
Ashrat
and Pakistan, is
President
thec
(a) The Amazon basin, sprcad across Ghani's running-mate
for
millions of hectares in multiple September 28
election.
countries, hosts massive sinks of
sequestered carbon, and the forests (a)"The Afghan nation has
not and wI
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foreign power
monsoon systems.
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had said an
Afghan official statement. rom Latin America to
Asia, emerging
economies are witnessing
capital outflows
)The assault on 12 tribal people
come as many investors eye
interest rates hikes in
amid a series of peace talks the United States. This has
contributed to
between
Washington and the Taliban weakening currencies and
financial
that markets, with deteriorating
domestic
both sides say are making progress,
but which so tar have yielded no economic conditions in some
countries
adding to the volatility.
Rising oil prices
reduction in violence in the gruelling
have likely not helped
either and nor have
Afghan conflict. potential trade-restrictive
policy headwinds
(c) And the irony is that
the assault against global trade. No
wonder then, that,
occurreda few hours after President there are potential fears
about a contagion
in emerging economies. The
truth,
Ghani officially launched his however, is likely a bit
more nuanced.
campaign in which he promised that Although some emerging
economies appear
peace is coming". to be under pressure,
concerns about a
(d) In the case of Afghanistan, there is contagion and comparisons to
previous
crisis such as the Asian
financial crisis are
not even a ceasefire between the likely overblown.
government and the Taliban even as
For some, rising concerns
about emerging
the U.S. is preparing to make an exit. economies may seem
surprising. It
(e None of these shouldn't. be. With the
United States
Federal Reserve (Fed) on a
rate hike
Directions (5-12): Read the following path-it has raised rates by
150 basis
passage and answer the following points (bps) in the last two
years- and the
questions based on the given passage. European Central Bank (ECB)
also
IN May, Argentina reached out to the talking about a move away
from loose
International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a monetary policy, global
liquidity is
line of credit to tide over a period of sharp suddenly turning away from
emerging
fall in the peso and rising inflation. "The economies. For example, in
May alone,
move provoked strong reaction from the foreign investors pulled out
(net) US$12.3
billion worth of funds from
emerging
Argentine public, wary about the
markets, the largest
outflowsince
dificulties surrounding the crisis of 2001-
2002 and the IMF's unpopular intervention November 2016. This, in turn,
has hit
many emerging market
currencies.
then. Of more concern was the suddén
Adding potential fuel to the
fire is higher
reversal in fortunes of a country which only
oil prices, especially for
oil importers
less than a year back was winning
such as India, as this can
pose risks for
accolades for reforms-in June 2017, the
inflation and their external
balances.
COuntry had sold US$2.75 billion of 100-
Brent crude, for example, is
up by. 16.1
year bonds amid strong demand from
percent this year (as of
early. July) after
investors. Argentina, however, is not the rising by 17.4 percent in
2017.
only country to be caught up in a sudden Consequently, from 1.5
percent year over
Swell of economic and fináncial opinion year in January, petrol
prices growth in.
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Recession. The truth
India climbed to 10.3 percent in May. worse, the Great
And if rising oil prices and volatility n a
bit more nuanced
however, is likely
global liquidity were not enough, the risSK
and comparisons
with fears of a contagion
of a trade war between the United States previous crises
potentially overblown
to
and others seems much higher compared is no currency
peg now for most
There
to 2017. Tit-for-tat tariffs not only can
than for Hone
emerging economies, othcr
pose the risk of higher prices for Kong (Spccial Administrave
sudden
Kegion),
cause
Consumers and businesses, but also thereby removing the
threat of
disruptions in supply chains. depreciation or
devaluation as happencd
Unfortunately, the Current bout of during the Asian financial
crisIS.
Back in
currencies had
elevated risk for many emerging markets those days, key East Asian
US dollar. Sudden
also comes at a time of political a de-facto peg to the
uncertainty in some economies and outflow of capital during
the crisis and, in
more
domestic risks in others. Asia also has its some cases, abrupt
adoption of a
flexible currency
thereafter
contributed to
own share of challenges. High household
sharp drop in currencies
in the region. For
debt and an unexpected election win for
example, the Indonesian
rupiah fell by
the opposition in Malaysia have raised
more than 75 percent
against the US
(A) such as the goods and
dollar and the South Korean
won and
services tax (GST). In China, the Malaysian ringgit by more
than 50
government is keen to bring down debt percent during 1997-1998.
Things have
levels-credit to the nonfinancial sector changed since then. Many
economies
in the world's second largest economy have moved to a more
flexible currency
has surged from 143.5 percent of GDP in regime-akin to a managed
float-which,
in turn, has helped prevent
any sharp and
2008 to about 270.0 percent in 2017. In
sudden depreciation. The
current bout of
neighboring India, the road map to fiscal
urrency depreciation, for
example, is far
prudence may be balked if oil prices lower than what happened
during the
keep rising in .the year until federal Asian financial crisis.
government elections in 2019; the
Q5.. Why was the present
situation
government may then be tempted to keep
prevailing in
Argentina a cause of
a lid on fuel prices, thereby, raising the
concern?
subsidy bill-a strategy that Indonesia
(a) The 'Argentine
central bank
has resorted to at the cost of fiscal health.
India also appears to be struggling with attempted to stem the
pressure on the
deteriorating asset quality in commercial peso by raising
interest rates
banking-nonperforming loans made up (b) Currency
convertibility went
11.8 percent of total loans in Q1 2018 disastrously awry in
Argentina
which, in turn, has dented credit creation (C) The hasty adoption
of
fiscal austerity
and raised risks to the banking sector. to tamp down the
economy
In such a scenario, questions are naturally (d) The periods of economic
growth
emerging about a return to a crisis akin to Argentina led to trade
deficits
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(e) The a (a) Trade through informal
channels will
sharp fall in its value despite stro
ong take place on porous
borders
demands for its bonds during mid
(6) The large and
expanding economies
2017.
of developing
countries dictate their
are the exiSting economic and
06. What policymakers to expand
their
financial conditions within most of bilateral trade
relationships
the emerging economies?
(c) The escalation of the
conflict wil1
(a) They have been witnessing mean diversionof
budgetary
depreciating currency and weak resources
financial situation (d) It will lead to
increased inflation and
b) Emerging economies are seen as also disrupt the supply
chain.
undergoing a left-wing transfor- (e) None of these
mation, with governments of varying
left-wing ideologies, identities and
statements
is incorrect in
context of the
programs coming to power.
information given in
the above
(c) Capital outflows within these
passage?
economies have increased as
(a) The Indonesian rupiah
fell by more
investors are attracted towards
than 75 percent against
the US dollar
higher interest rates in US markets
during late 1990s.
(d) Both (a) & (b)
(b) The Federal Reserve
raised rates by
e) Both (a) & (c) 150 basis points (bps)
in the last two
Q7. How can rising oil prices affect the years.
emerging market currencies? (c) The asset quality of
Indian
commercial banks is
diminishing.
(a) Trade always becomes a first
casualty in a hostile environment (d) Most of the emerging
economies
except that of Hong
Kong do not
(6) Traders will resort to informal
face the threat
of sudden
trading because of high tariff barriers
depreciation or
devaluation anymore.
Rising oil prices can pose risks of
(e) All are correct
inflation and the external balances.
The net forex reserves will decline to Q10. Which of the following
phrases can
an unprecedented level. fill in the blank (A)
as highlighted
in the passage?
e) None of these
(a) have remained
discordant and
8, What are the possible repercussions contentious over a long
period of
OI the trade
war between USA and time
other countries? cost of.
conflict is
(b) economic
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2008-2009,
when major
the
origins in
central banks
enormously high or both
advanced cconomics
countries embarked on ultra-low
interest rates
prop
and
to
(C) enhanced economic interdependencc rapid balance shect
cxpansion p
economics in the
face of a glohal
and for chances of grcater intcraction their
up in theese
among masses downturn. Liquidity
shot
feli
economics as a result
and bond yiclds
(duncertainty for many over the fate of Naturally, many global
investors turned
higher
reforms their atention
clsewhere for
(e) countries will help sustain the pcace returns and soon an
unprecedented
process volume of funds found
its way into
cmerging cconomies
bond markets.
Q11. Choose the word which is opposite While this fund flow
was initially
to "PRUDENCE" as highlighted in welcome, the surge in
liquidity also made
the passage given above. many of the receiving
economies
(a) shrewdness (b) discreetness vulnerable to sudden
capital outflows
while raising
nonfinancial sectors debt
(c) recklessness (d) abrasiveness and banking sector
risks. And this
(e) friskiness vulnerability has only
increased in recent
days. With the United
States Federal
Q12. Which of the following words is
Reserve (Fed) now
charting a journey
most similar to "BALKED" as away from the days of
large balance
highlighted in the passage given sheets and ultra-low
interest rates, the
above? Bank of England (BoE)
raising rates for
(a) culminated (b) thwarted the first time in 1l
years in November
2017, and the European
Central Bank
()eschewed (d) mitigated (ECB) also hinting at
joining the
(e) engendered bandwagon, the potential
impact on
Directions (13-21): Read the following global liquidity,
especially in
emerging
and answer the following economies, is
worrying investors
questions based on the given passage. worldwide.
IF you have your ears on the chatter Economic fundamentals
within
about the water crisis in Cape
advanced
Town, economies further
complicate
South Africa, you could
the issue.
indeed be For example, the pace
worried about a similar scenario
at which their
in your economies are recovering
and
home town. The potential
their labor
crisis has markets are
manifold implications, bringing
strengthening seems
sleepless unsustainable as growth
nights to policymakers,
in the workforce
many of who are and in productivity
already struggling with
a liquidity
in many of these
of another kind. As many major crisis economies remain weak.
central impact O on inflationand
The likely
banks in advanced
inflation
economies turn their expectations could
backs on years
result in a mucn
of ultra-loose monetary tighter monetary
policy, global liquidity
about to be turned off.
taps are likely economies, thereby
policy in these
The issue has its
pushing up. their
Sovereign bond yields.
If that happens
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global
advanced economies. Given the
a
back to liquidity to new pcaks.
Initiated with
utstanding volume of capital that has View to prop up asset prices
and kecp
netrated the world around, a reverse
penetr their respective economic and
financial
outflow of even a small raction of it can systems well-oilcd, thesc
policies had two
meaningful impact on some immediatc impacts. First, it
expanded
have a
emerging markets. What emerging these four central banks'
balance shects to
conomies would hate to see, especially a mammoth $16 trillion (or
close to 20
when global growth and trade are on an percent of world GDP). Second,
this
upswing, 1S a surge in capital outflows unprecedented volume of funds
soon
jeopardi their growth prospects. Will made its way into the bond
markets of
due to a
such capital outflows, if they happen, emerging economies
result in a situation similar to (say) the combination of factors, such
as their
rising
Asian financial crisis of the 1990s for improving growth prospects,
emerging economies? Not likely. interest rate differentials,
and low-risk
Emerging economies today are in much premium for debt securities.
better shape than they were during the Issuance of debt. securities
by the
1990s. Their economic fundamentals are residence of issuer increased
in double
relatively stronger and their currency digits in emerging economies
(at
pre-
reserve positions are much improved. crisis levels) between 2010
and
2014;
Their banking systems are more prudent after a brief interruption
amid fears over
and vigilant, thereby providing stability to Fed tapering and asset
bubbles, the pace
the financial system. In short, most of of issuances again picked up
post
2016. In
these emerging economies are much contrast, debt issuances
grew only
better placed to handle financial marginally in advanced
economies.
turbulence than in the past. Strong capital flows
triggered rapid credit
Since the turn of the century, one of the growth within many emerging
economies
even as credit growth
stalled in developed
dominant drivers for capital flows across
the world has been high global liquidity
ones. In fact, by the end of
2017, the
market value of total credit
to emerging
spilled over due to the monetary policy
economies-often economies outpaced that to
developed
from advanced ones. Most of the credit
flowed into the
to
referred to as. the push" factors. Prior corporate sector, while the
household
the 2008 crisis, looser financial conditions
sector also witnessed a
strong growth in
in advanced countries through the
credit in emerging
economies. For those
acceleration of banking sector capital
skeptical about any impact
of the
Tlows led to higher liquidity. Post the
shrinking balance sheets of
advanced
crisis, the composition of liquidity
economies' central banks on
emerging
changed as cross-border bank loans
economies, a quick recap of
events in
dropped and the monetary authorities of
2013 can serve as a good
reminder. That
United States, Euro Area, the United year, as the then chairman
Ben Bernanke
adopted
Kingdom, and Japan announced a possible cut to
the. Fed's
unconventional" monetary policy. These asset purchases, yields in
the United
poncies, which included credit easing, States shot up. The
resulting lessening of
quantitative easing(QE), forward
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(c) There was sudden
burst of liquidity
interest rate differcntials with the Unitcd
and fall in levels
of bond yiclds
States caused sharp capital outflows and
Currency depreciation in many cmerging (d) Both (a) & (b)
cconomies. The same fcars, albcit in (C) All (a), (6),
(©)
different degrecs, are apt to be sti
relcvant today. 015. Why did the
liquidity composition
changed after the
crisis of 20082
Q13. Why won't the huge capital
outflows result in Asian financial (a) The banking
systems of most major
crisis in the emerging cconomies?
cmerging
cconomies were more
robust as they
are today.
(a) Rising debt servicing cost in thesc
countries impacted input costs and (b) Emerging
cconomies today, hold
prices, impairinginvestment nearly five to
ten times more foreign
prospects and business sentiments. cxchange
reserves, giving them
(b) Higher debt servicing cost could be substantial
resources to protect their
harmful for countries desperate to currencies
get their public finances in order (c) There was
further hike in borrowing
(c) Along with a sagacious banking costs which
affected the sovereign
system, Asian economies are bond ratings.
comparatively stronger as they were (d) The amount of loans
by cross-border
during 1990s and have an improved banks had
deteriorated and advanced
currency reserve positions. economies had
adopted distinctive
(d) Pressure on the fiscal side, in the monetary policy.
absence of counterbalancing (c) None of these
measures, meant impacts on Q16. What were the
impacts of policies
sovereign ratings. by advanced
countries to push
() None of these global liquidity
to new levels?
Q14. What was/ were the result(s) when the () The ratio of
liabilities of the
advanced economies turned to ultra- nonfinancial
corporate sector to
low interest rates during 2008-09? nominal GDP went
up.
(a) Most of the emerging (ii) It expanded the
balance
economies
sheets of the
became vulnerable to sudden central banks of
US, UK,
capital
Euro Area
outflows simultaneously raising and Japan to
unprecedented levels
their
non-financial sector (ii) The increased
volume
debt and
of funds were
banking sector risks shifted to
emerging economies as
b) Investors shifted their focus they offered
better growth prospecs
towards
investing in bond markets of higher interest
rate differentials and
emerging economies low risk premiums
for debt
securities.
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(a) Only () in these
economies appears to be
(c)Both (i) & (ii) (d) Both (i) & (ii) fecble.
(e) All i), Gi), (ii) (d) The link
between foreign capital, low
would be the possible result interest
rates, household debt, and
17. What
real estate,
which poses risks for key
of stringent monetary policy within Asian
economies, has been identified
emerging economies?
) None of the
above
(a) The emerging economies witnessed
lower levels of external debt and Q19. Choose the
word most similar to
external debt servicing
INTERRUPTION" as highlighted
in the
passage given above.
b) Long-term prospects for emerging
economies remain attractive (a) mollify
(b) ameliorate
seemn to garner () abstain
(d) hiatus
(c) It didn't much
confidence among investors about the (e) vilify
sustainability of the recovery Q20. Choose the
word opposite to
(d) The investors might shift their "DOMINANT"
as highlighted in
investments back to advanced the passage
given above.
economies (a) diffident
(b) dogmatic
(e) It exposed the vulnerabilities in (c) subservient
(d) reticent
emerging economies (e) decorous
Q18. Why do the economic fundamentals Q21. Which of
the following words is
within the advanced economies most
similar to "JEOPARDIZ-
complicate the issue of potential ING", as
highlighted in the passage
impact on global liquidity? given
above?
(a) Volatility in emerging economies is (a) incisive
(b) exacerbating
expected to be short-lived as (c) lambasting
(d) imperiling
advanced economies close the (e) recuperate
liquidity tap
Directions (22-
31): Read the following
(6) The emerging economies might passage and
answer the questions
witness a shift in thecapital following it.
Several alphabets are
composition, thereby improving the given to help
you assist in answering
quality of capital that flows in. those questions.
CThe speed at which the emerging (A)As the new
Cabinet of ministers takes
Cconomies are recovering and ther oath and gets
down to work, the burden of
expectations (1)
on it might be pinned
labor
markets. are strengthening
Ppears to be unsustainable as the (2) than last
time. Extraordinary hopes
growth in workforce and productivity will be heavier
(3) on the next finance
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understandably
minister when he rises (4) to prescnt this India will
be cxpecti Ce
econo
to
provide an b
year's Union Budgct. the government
stimulus. Rashesh
Shah,
chairman a
(B)The expectation8 ()
Jrom a cross-section of society: nural, CEO of Edelweiss
Group, said: e
ur'ban and corporate. Reacting to the re government can be
more jiscal (1) in
election of the Bharatiya Janala Party Irying to fire up the
economy (2), throueh
(BJP), N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of ambitious (3)
stimulus, with possibl
Tata So1s, said: "l1 is an/a support on the
monetury(4) side too."
() the reforms and hugge Two things top. the
priority list: liquidit
f
changes underway that will bring growth, and the rural
economy. The other urgent
jobs anda better quality of life for all
arcas are fuelling
investment demand and
citizens."Uday Kotak, managing director reinvigorating
investment in infrastruc
(MD) and chicf cxecutive officer (CEO)
ture projects. Pawan
Goenka, MD of
of Kotak Bank, remarked: "Time for the
transformation of India. Time for deep M&M, said: "The
inclusiveness of the
reform." growth, the rural
reform agenda, the
The economy is showing the same signs of
infrastructure
development agenda clearly
have to remain at the
front, (G). The
that were in cvidence
when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first immediate job for the
government has to
Cabinet was sworn in on 26 May 2014. be to get the
consumption cycle going
While the electoral verdict doesn't which has been on a
pause mode for the
necessarily indicate the last severalmonths."
electorate's
satisfaction with the economy, it does The immediate
concern, though, 1s
afford the government an opportunity for liquidity tightness
which has gummed up
policy continuity. (D)Unanchored the entire financial
sector, imperiling
expectations of a slowdown, or future credit growth, and
threatening the
stasis, is like to be self-fulfilling prophecies. survival of numerous
players in the
The United Nations World Economic segment. Even HUL
chairman Sanjiv
Situation and Prospects has marked down Mehta has cited
liquidity tightness
India's gross domestic product (GDP) explain the slowing
growth. (H)The
growth for calendar 2019 to 7% and liquidity tightness
was
7.1%
a consequent() of
for 2020, lower than projections
the Intermational Monetary
made by various actors
converging around the
Fund's-7.3% Same time: the
ill-effects of
and 7.5%, respectively. demonetization,
slower
The economy is in an unmistakable
credit(2) growth
funk due to non-performing
with the twin engines
assets (NPAS)
of growth stalling: ballooning(3) on bank
consumption has slowed
balance sheets,
down and Reserve Bank
investment is in the grip of
India (RBI) shifting its
of (E) monetary policy from
Re-starting these engines
a neutral(4)
will require a liguidity stance to
deficit
concerted effort from a
stance past()
ministers once they October 2018,
settle down into their
assigned roles. The
and a slowdown in
government spending.
deceleration is most
manifest in the rural The ensuing liquidity
economy.
tightness also
highlighted the
flawed asset-liability
mismatches within
non-banking
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borrowing short to inance long-term given alternative
options that will
fill the blank
coherently, forming
assets but were able to refinance their
debt once tightened. grammatically correct
and contextu-
Currently, rating agencies have ally meaningful
sentence.
downgraded or put on watch papers of (a) exceeded, acerbity
many NBFCs, making it further
difficult (6) stem, complicity
for them to borrc or refinance existing
debt. ()emanate, endorsement
There is near unanimity that one way to
(d) abject, dichotomy
start unclogging the liquidity pipeline is (e) None of the above.
for the government to re-start spending,
even as the RBI works to bring systemic Q24. Which of the following
words given
liquidity back to neutral. This way, some in the options should
come at the
of the government's cash parked with the place. marked as (C)
in the above
RBI can start circulating and spur some passage to make it
grammatically
economic activity. A word of caution correct and
meaningful? Also, the
might be necessary: it will take at least a word should fill in
the two
couple of months before the sentences given below
to make
government's spending moves through
them contextually
Correct and
the system and starts makingan impact.
Government spending though has another meaningful.
benefit: it begins to (Jrekindle (i) One of the imperatives
for breaking
consumption demand, which then feeds out of the
trap of exports
into a virtuous cycle of economic would be to diversify
into high-
regeneration. technology products,
while enhancing
Q22. The sentence given in (A) has four the competitiveness of
our existing
words given in bold. Amongst the export basket.
given bold words which of. the (i) The case for the
following must interchange to make story gets even weaker
when you
the sentence grammatically and scrutinize the choice
of price index.
contextually correct and (a) Impenitent (6)
Doggerel
meaningful? (c) Decadence (d)
Stagnation
a) 1-4 (b) 2-3 (e) None of these.
c) 2-4 (d) 3-4 Q25. In the above passage,
a sentence (D)
(e) None of these. is given in
Italics. There may or
'may not be an
error in one part of
23. In the sentence B) two blanks (1) the sentence.
Choose the part which
and (2) are given, you have to
suitable has an error in
it as your answer. If
choose the most there is no
error, then choose option
Combination of words among the (e) as your
answer
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sion
(b) the cabinet had
(a) Unanchored expectations of
give below 10
acres of land for ca

(b) a slowdown, or future stasis, is and above 10
acres for lease alone
(c)like to be self
to the supplier
(c) goes a little
bit wIde bf
(d) fulfilling prophecies
infrastructure
creation like apital
(e) No error
goods supplier,
cement companies,
Q26. Which of the following word should steel companies
fill the blank (E) to make it
(d) but this in
itself will not be enough to
give us the
double-digit GDP growth
meaningful and correct
respectively? (e) None of the above
(a) inertias (b) Sweltering Q29. In the passage

given, a sentence (H)
(c) referendum (d) strait is given in
Italics. There are five
(c) No replacement required highlighted, one
of them is
incorrectly
spelt or used incorectly.
Q27. The sentence given in (F) has four
Choose that word
as your answer.
given bold. words which of the (a) Consequent
(6) Credit
followings must interchange to (c) Ballooning
(d) Neutral
make the sentence grammatically (e) Past
Q30. Which of the
following words
meaningful?
should fill the
blank given in () to
(a) 1-3 (6) 2-3
make it
c) 2-4 (d) 3-4 meaningful?
(e) None of these. (a) Fluidness
(6) Fawning
Q28. Which of the following phrases (c) Liquidity
(d) Dregs
should fill the blank (G) to make it (e) None of the above.
meaningful Q31. Which of the
following
and correct
word 1s
respectively? similar to the
word given in (O) as
(a) but would used in the
passage?
also proactively
implemented (a) Inkling
the polices that
(b) Resuscitate
advocate accessibility for their (c) Lout
own
(d) Nettle
benefit
(C) None of the
above.
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S1. Ans. (b)

S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. The paragraph discusses about the
improve mention in the budget Sol. To validatc thc answer,
rcfer to the
first few lines of the
passage given above,
about the filling of the income tax rcturns
which states, "IN May,
Argentina
made casy by auto filling. We can
conclu that sentence (b) is going reached out to the
nternational Monetary
correctly with the theme of th paragraph.
Fund (IMF) for a line of
credit to tidee
Over a period of shurp fall
in the peso and
Other options are not as per thc
rising inflation. The move
provoked
mentioned theme. Hence option (b) is thec
sirong reaction from the
Argentine public,
corTect choice.
wary about the difficulties
surrounding
S2. Ans. (d) the crisis of 2001-2002 and
the IMF's
Sol. The Paragraph mentioned is unpopular intervention then.
of more
discussing about the RBI cutting the Repo concern was the sudden
reversal in
rate. From the options mentioned, option fortunes ofa country which
only less than
(d) is going with the paragraph. Others a year hack was winning
accolades for
option are either contradicting the theme reforms-in June 2017, the
country had
of the paragraph or are irrelevant. Hence, sold US$2.75 billion of 100-
year bonds
option (d) is correct answer choice. amid strong demand from
investors."
Here, we can infer the quoted
text from
$3. Ans. (a) the 'statement given in
option (e). Hence,
Sol. The Paragraph is talking about the option (e) is the most
suitable answer
deforestation happening in the Amazon choice.
rain forest. From the options mentioned, S6. Ans. (e)
option (b) is talking about Brazil Space Sol. Refer to the first
paragraph of the
Rescarch Institute which is not going with passage given above, "From
Latin
paragraph mentioned. Similarly (0) and America to Asia, emerging
economies are
(d) also don't go with the paragraph. Only witnessing capital outflows
as many
option (a) is going with the paragraph investors eye interest rates
hikes in the
which mentions about Amazon basin. United States. This has
contributed to
Hence, option (a) is correct answer weakening currencies and
financial
choice. markets, with deteriorating
domestic
economic conditions in some
countries
S4. Ans. (c)
adding to the volatility."
Here, we can
Sol. Theattack on Afghan vice nfer the quoted text trom
the statements
presidential candidate is discussed in the
given in options (a) and (c).
Hence,
paragraph mentioned. And the last line
scusses about Mr. Ashraf Ghani, And option () is the most
suitable answer
on (c) also discusses about Mr. Ghani.

Hence, option (c) is correct answer
choice.
choice.
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$7. Ans. (C) "PRUDENCE" means
1s the
quality
to the
Sol. cautiousness"
Sol. To validate the answer, refer pruden7;
given of being
"RECKLESSNESSmcans
and
"lack of
second paragraph of the passage
above, which mentions, "This, im turn or
consequences of
currencies. regardfor the danger
Since, they are
has hit many emerging market higher one's actions; rashness.
option (c) is the
Adding potential fuel to the fire is opposite to each ther,
importers
oil prices, especiallh for oil most suitable answer
choice.
risks for
such as India, as this can pose Abrasiveness: showing little
concern
inflation and their external balances."
harsh.
Here, we can infer the quoted text from the feelings of others;
the statement given in option (c), which
is Discreetness: careful and
prudent in one's
why it is the most suitable answer choice. speech or actions, especially
in order to
S8. Ans. (d) keep something confidential
or to avoid
embarrassment
Sol. Refer to the last two lines of the
second paragraph of the passage given Friskiness: playful and full
of energy.
above, which mentions, "And f rising o Shrewdness: the quality of
having or
prices and volatility in global liquidity showing good powers of
judgement.
were not enough, the risk of a trade war
S12. Ans. (b)
between the United States and others
seems much higher compared to 2017. Sol. "BALKED"
means"thwartthwart or or
Tit-for-tat tariffs not only can pose the hinder (a plan or person)'
and
risk of higher prices for consumers and "THWARTED" means
"prevent
businesses, but also cause disruptions in (someone from
accomplishing
supply chains." Here, we can infer from something" Since, they are
synonymous
the statement given in option (d) that with each other, option (b)
is the most
trade war will lead to higher prices in suitable answer choice.
these countries and also disturb the supply Culminated: reach the
highest or most
chains. Hence, option (d) is the most decisive point
Eschewed: avoid and stay
away from
$9. Ans. (e) deliberately; stay clear of
Sol. All the statements given above are
Mitigated: make less severe
or harsh
correct as per the information provided in
the above passage. Hence, option (e) is Engendered: give rise to
the most suitable answer choice. S13. Ans. (c)
S10. Ans. (d) Sol. To validate the answer,
refer to ine
Sol. Here, we can take the hint from the second paragraph of the
passage give
latter part of the statement, which states above, which
mentions,"Emergg
such as the goods and services tax economies today are in much
better shape
(GST). We can here connect "reforms"
"
than they were during the
1990s. Theu
with goods and service tax". Therefore, economic Jundamentals are
relatively
option (d) is the most suitable answer stronger and their currency
reserve
choice positions are much improved.
Their
banking systems are more
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S7. Ans. (c)
Sol."PRUDENCE" means
Sol. To validate the answer, refer to ne
thee quality
of being prudent;
cautiousne
Second paragraph of the passage grven "RECKLESSNESS"
mear
ns
above, which mentions, "This, n ur regardJor the danger or
cons lack
has hit many emerging market currences.
equencesof
one's actions; rashmess".
Since
Adding potential fuel to the fire is higher
of
pposite to each other,
option heyare
ol prices, especiall for oil importers
most suitable answer
choice. c) isthe
Such as India, as this can pose risks Jor
Abrasiveness: showing
little
inflation and their external balances.
concem
Here, we can infer the quoted text from the feclings of others;
harsh. for
the statement given in option (¢), which is Discreetness: carelul and
prudent in
why it is the most suitable answer choice. speech or aclions,
especially c
in order
S8. Ans. (d) ceep something
contidential to
or to avoid
Sol. Refer to the last two lines of the embarrassment
second paragraph of the passage given Friskiness: playful and
full
of energy,
above, which mentions, "And if rising oil Shrewdness: the quality
of having
prices and volatility in global liquidity showing good powers
judgement.
of
were not enough, the risk of a trade war
S12. Ans. (b)
between he United States and others
Sol. "BALKED" means
"thwart
Sseems much higher compared to 2017.
Tit-for-tat tarifs not only can pose the hinder (a plan or person)"
and
"THWARTED"
means prevent
risk of higher prices for consumers and
(someone) Jrom
accomplishing
businesses, hut also cause disruptionsin
something." Sincc, they
are synonymous
supply chains." Here, we can infer from
the statement given in option (d) that with each other, option
(6) is the most
trade war will lead to higher prices in
these countries and also disturb the supply Culminated: reach the
highest or most
chains. Hence, option (d) is the most decisive point

suitable answer choice. Eschewed: avoid and stay
away
from
S9. Ans. (e) deliberately; stay clear of

Sol. All the statements given above are Mitigated: make less
severe or harsh
correct as per the information provided in Engendered: give rise to
the above passage. Hence, option (e) is
S13. Ans. ()
refer to ne
Sol. To validate the
answer,
S10. Ans. (d)
the passage Be
Second paragraph of
"Emerging
Sol. Here, we can take the hint from the above, which mentions,
latter part of the statement, which states
better shape
Cconomies today are in much
Their
19905.
"such as the goods and services tax than they were durin, the
ely
(GST). " We can here connect "reforms" economic fundamentals are
relae
with 'goods and service tax". Therefore, Stronger and their
currency
mproved.
option (d) is the most suitable answer positions are much
prudent and
choice banking systems are more
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financial system." Sol. To validate the answer, refer
to the
S14. Ans. (c) last few lines of the third
paragraph of the
Sol. Refer to the first paragraph of the passage given above, which
mentions,
passage given above, which "Initiated with a view to prop up
asset
states,"Liquidity shot up in thesec prices and keep their respective
economic
and finuncial systems well-oiled,
these
économics as a result and bond yiclds fell. policies had two immediale
impacis.
Naturally, many global investors turned First, it expanded these four
central
SI16
their attention clsewhere for higher banks balance sheets to a mammoth
rcturns and soon an unprecedented trillion (or close to 20 percent
of world
GDP). Second, this
unprecedented
volume of funds found its way into
volume of funds soon made its
way into
cmerging cconomics' bond markets.
the bond markets of emerging
economies
While this fund flow was initially due to a combination of factors,
such as
welcome, the surge in liquidity also made their improving growth
prospecis, rising
many of the receiving economies interest rate differentials, und
low-risk
vulnerable to sudden capital outflows premium for debt securities."
Here, we
while raising nonfinancial sectors debt can infer that the statements
(i) and (ii)
are the impacts of policy
changes by
and banking sector risks." The quoted text
advanced economies. Hence,
option (c) is
can be clearly inferred from the
the most suitable answer
choice.
statements given'in options (a), (b) and
S17. Ans. (d)
(c). Hence, option (¢) is the most suitable
Sol. Refer to the second
paragraph of the
answer choice.
passage given above, which
mentions,
Si5. Ans. (d) "The likely impact on
inflation and
Sol. To validate the answer, refer to the inflation expectations could
result in a
third paragraph of the passage given much tighter monetary policy
in these
above, which mentions, "Post the crisis, economies, thereby pushing
up their
the composition of liquidity changed as sovereign bond yields. If
that happens,
cross-border bank loans dropped and the investors might shift their
investments
monetary authorities of the United States, back to advanced
economies." Here, we
Euro Area, the United Kingdom, and can infer the quoted text
from the
Japan adopted "unconventional" statement given in option
(d). Hence,
monetary policy. These policies, which option (d) is the most
suitable answer
included credit easing, quantitative choice.
easing (QE), forward guidance, and S18. Ans.(c)
signaling pushed global liquidity to new Sol. To validate the
peaks." Here, we can infer the quoted text first two lines of the
second paragraph' of
from the statement given in option (d) the passage given above,
which states,
which clearly states the reason for change "Economic fundamentals
within advanced
in liquidity composition post 2008-09 economies fjurther
complicate the issue.
financial crisis. Hence, option (d) is the For example, the pace at
which their
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put at risk of
being harmed ajured,
economies are recovering and tner t or destroyed." Since,
they are synonymous
markets are strengthening seems with each other,
option (e)
or
sustainable as growth in the woršjorce suitable answer
choice. the most
and in productivity in many'
E
economies remain weak." The quoted text
Lambasting:
criticize severely
or angrily
Can be justified from the statement given Exacerbating: make
worse
in option (c). Hence, option (¢) is the Incisive: having
or lemonstratin
most suitable answer choice. to recognize or draw
fine distinctio
abikity
S19. Ans. (d) S22. Ans. (b)
Sol. "INTERRUPTION" means he Sol. The use of word.
action of interrupting or being grammatically
incorrect
Pinned'
at given positioS
interrupted" and "HIATUS" means "a which can be seen from
the fall.
pause or break in contimuity in a
sentence, "than last
time
Seguence are
or activiny", Since, they
which
showing that the word
should
synonymous with each other; option (d) is
comparative form. So,
replacing be in
with it
heavier will make
the
Vilify: spread negatjve information about
sentence
grammatically and
contextually
Abstain: choose not to consume or take Hence, option (6) is
rect
the correct option.

part in (particularly something enjoyable)
$23. Ans. (c)
Ameliorate: make something bad better
Sol. Acerbity means
bitterness
Mollify: to make someone angry less
of speech
and temper
angry; placate
Stem means originate in
or be caused by
$20. Ans. ()
Emanate means issue or
spread out from
Sol. "DOMINANT" means "having
Endorsement means
declare one's public
power and influence over others" and
approval or support of
SUBSERVIENT" means "prepared to
obey others unquestioningly". Since, they Abject means showing
lack of self
are opposite to each other; option (c) is respect
the most suitable answer choice. Dichotomy means
branching into two
Reticent: disinclined to talk, not revealing parts
one's thoughts Hence, from the given
options, "only
Decorous: characterized by good taste in option (c) makes the
sentence both
manners and conduct grammatically and
contextually corect
Dogmatic: highly opinionated, not S24. Ans. (d)
accepting that one's own beliefs may not SO1. Impenitent means not
feeling shame
be correct or regret about one's
actions or attitudes.
S21. Ans. (e) DOggerel means comic
verse composea
Sol. JEOPARDIZING" means "put irregular rhythm
(someone or something) into a situation Decadence
or. culnu
means
moral
in.which there is a danger of loss, harm, decline
or failure and "IMPERILING" means
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formulating
or moving. about the top priorities while
option (b)
Hence, option (d)
Is the correct answer. new economic policy whereas
which
is talking about the land
allotment
s25. Ans. (b)
contextually
error in part doesn't make the sentence
Sol. There is grammatical
a
discussing
b) of the highighted
sentence, 'subject coTect. So option (d) which is
the
(Unanchored expecialions) of the given about the double digit growth of
economy makes the sentence
both
sentence is in plural, so as per the subject
verb agreement the verb should be in grammatically and contextually
correct.
plural. So 'is' should be replaced with Hence, option (d) is the correct
answer.
are. Hence, option (b) is the correct
answer. $29. Ans. (a)
S26. Ans. (d) Sol. Consequent and consequence
both
Sol. Sweltering means uncomfortably hot are similar in meaning but but
most
Referendum means a general vote by the commonly we use "consequence".
electorate on a single political question Consequence is used as a noun
while
Strait means a difficult situation, consequent is used as an
adjective. Hence,
especially because of financial problems option (a) is the correct
answer.
Hence, the correct answer to the given s30. Ans. (c)
question is option (d)
Sol. Dreg means a small
residue
$27. Ans. (a)
Fawning means praise someone
too much
Sol. Fiscal(adj) means relating to Hence, the correct choice is
option (c)
government revenue.
$31. Ans. (b)
So the use of 'Fiscal' in the sentence is
Rekindle means to revive
contextually incorrect, this can be
Inkling means a slight
knowledge or hint
corrected by replacing it with 'ambitious".
Hence, option (a) is the most appropriate Resuscitate means revive
(someone) from
unconsciousness or apparent
death.
interchange to make the sentence
grammatically and contextually corect. Lout means an uncouth and
aggressive
man or boy
S28. Ans. (d)
Nettle means irritate or
annoyy
Sol. There is grammatical error in option
Hence, the corect answer is
option (b)
(c)and (a) whereas option (b) doesn't
match the context of the sentence because
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fought victory that
would (n) bring
Q. In terms of evolutionary biology,
in the series and (o)
come by one of
adapting ourselves to global
the most memorable
phases in the
warming would be a very long
history of Indian
cricket.
process but in terms of lifestyle
changes, it is more doable and could A. o mn B. m on
(m) pick up relief, even if C. n o m D. n
mo
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things. It is useful to (n) hold up
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contagiousness and
and (o) contend with how other
potential to (m) keep
down re
species learm to (p) put up when
infections and (n)
bring about
they (q) watch over life-threatening
antibodies produced by
vaccinations
challenges.
is a cause to (o)
carry on. It
A. p m n o B. o m n pq signifies that social
distancing
C. p m no q D. q mnop measures like masking
should (p)
E. No replacement required stir up to be followed
strictly.
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n p
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publishers (n) take on together and has been numbered. These
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In what was a
are printed
against each, five options are given, visible departure from
standard protocol,
has two words written Chidambaram publicly
expressed his
ach of which
a0ainst it. Find out the appropriate set 4) by
stating that the
which fits the blank mandate must be understood
as part of a
of words
appropriately. 3oth the words given in larger mandate of promoting
growth' and
the option must fit in the blank to make not in isolation.
grammatically and contextually However, Central Banks
world over,
a
correct sentence including the RBI
interprets the mandate
bank will
When all else fails, the central exactly as Chidambaram
intended with
stretch its arms to save the financial one minor alteration i.e.
the mandate is
institution of the country. This little understood as part of a
larger mandate of
nugget _(1)- what the promoting "long-term
growth. This
central bank does rather succinctly. It is requires taking a long-term
view even if
after all the lender of las resort and a the path to price stability
might entail
fundamental pillar that keeps the significant short-term
pains. The ruling
economy afloat. But to this day, it still party, whose füture rests
on more short-
remains a largely (2) term accomplishments might
show little
institution despite everybody having an sympathy for such
considerations but this
opinion on what it should or should not only strengthens the case
for an impartial
do. So today our story will focus on the assessment of the economic
scenario by
quintessential anti-hero of our time- an autonomous body (RBI)
and so to play
The Reserve Bank of India and cheerleader to the
government's .whims
hopefully try and put up a spirited and fancies would be
(5)_
defence for the institution. But before the growth cause of the
Indian Economy.
that, a note on what it is that the
Q5.
Reserve Bank of India actually does.
Perhaps the least understood aspect of the (a) attenuates/ imbibes
Reserve Bank of India is its mandate. (6) precipitates/
equivocates
While responsibilities
of the RBI are (c)encapsulates/summarizes
more
(3) than other
central banks, all of them
centre around galvanizes/ accelerates
one large
theme-Price Stability. It (e) lubricates/ undermines
Implies avoiding both prolonged
inflation Q6.
and deflation which
in turn spurs high
levels of economnic (a) opaque/ obscure
activity and
employment. The interpretation
mandate, however,
of this (b) supercilious/ saturnine
can vary depending on
your political (c) contentious/
overweening
inclinations. Back in 2013,
the then finance (d) phenomenal/ prodigious
minister of the country,
Mr Chidambaram
was probed about his (e) untoward/ artless
irustration with
the Reserve Bank and its
stance.on interest
bank uses rates-a tool that the
to achieve its objective of
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(6) expansivef comprehensive Q9
C)subdued stymied (a) opportune/ disdainful
(d) coaxed/ emboldened (6) deleterious/ dutiful
(e) dispirited/ morphed ()Swamping/detrimental
Q8. (d) overwhelming/ deluging
(a) reprobate/ roguish (e) inimical/ pernicious
(6) gaiety/ depraved
(c) gleel exhilaration
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.
Sol. In terms of evolutionary biology, Answer C. n o m
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adapting ourselves to global warming

Sol. Over the next five days,
India
would be a very long process but in terms
continued to earn(bring in) a
hard fought
of lifestyle changes, it is more doable and victory that would seal(come
by) the
could yield(put up) relief, even if
series and begin(set about)
one of the
temporary, in the larger scheme of things.
most memorable phases in the
history of
It is useful to observe(watch over) and
Indian cricket.
learn(pick up) how other species learn to
S4. Ans. (a) n m Po
survive(hold up) when they
face(contend with) life-threatening Sol. Their high
contagiousness and
challenges.) potential to cause(bring
about) re
infections and beat(keep
down)
$2. Ans. (b) p n m
antibodies produced by
vaccinations is a
Sol. As the Covid pandemic has shown,
Cause to worry(stir up). It
signifies that
accurate news is critical to fighting
social distancing measures
like masking
misinformation and rumours. And that
should continue(carry on) to
be followe
can only happen(come about) if internet
strictly
platforms and news publishers work(take
S5. Ans. (c)
on) together and support(back up) each
other. India must follow Australia and Sol. Refering to the passage
given above,
We can infer that the passage
mentions tn
France, and mandate(sign of) on
or
central bank's role of being
the lender
revenue sharing between digital platforms last resort. Here,
"encapsulates" whic
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"summarizes" both fit in perfectly in the showing
excessive
overweening:
from this pair no other
given blank. Apart confidence or pride.
the blank to make it
option fits in untoward: unexpected and
inappropriate
contextually meaningful and grammati.
options either have or inconvenient.
cally correct. Other
for the given' blank artless: without effort or
pretentiousness
only word suitable
the sentence natural and simple.
and another word makes
incoherent or have both the options which S7. Ans. (b)
are incorrect. Sol. The writer in the further
paragraph
Attenuates: reduce the force, effect, or has compared the
responsibilities of RBI
value of with other central
banks. Here,
Precipitates: cause (an event or situation, "expansive" which means
"covering a
wide area in terms of space or
scope;
typically one that is undesirable) to
extensive" and "comprehensive"
which
happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or
prematurely means "including or dealing
with all or
nearly all. elements or aspects
of
Equivocates: use ambiguous language so
something", both perfectly fit
in the given
as to conceal the truth or avoid blank. Apart from this pair no
other
committing oneself.
option fits in the blank to
make it
Galvanizes: shock or excite (someone) contextually meaningful and
grammati-
into taking action cally corect. Other options
either have
Accelerates: increase in rate, amount, or only word suitable for the
given blank
extent and another word makes the
sentence
S6. Ans. (a) incoherent or have both the
options which
are incorrect.
Sol. Further, the passage mentions how
Stymied: prevent or hinder the
progress of
RBI has largely not been transparent
despite people having several opinions subdued: (of a person or their
manner)
quiet and rather reflective or
depressed
regarding its working. Here, "opaque"
Coaxed: gently and
persistently persuade
which means not able to be seen
(someone) to do something
through; not transparent" and *obscure"
Emboldened: give (someone) the
courage
which means "not clearly expressed or
or confidence to do something
easily understood", perfectly fit in the
Dispirited: having lost
enthusiasm and
given blank. Hence, option (a) is the most
hope; disheartened
Morphed: undergo or cause to
undergo a
Supercilious: behaving or looking as gradual process of
transformation.
though one thinks one is superior to
S8. Ans. (d)
others.
Sol. Citing hint from the
former part of
Saturnine: (of a person or their manner)
gloomy.
the sentence, which
mentions
"Chidambaram was probed about
his
Contentious: causing or likely to cause an frustration... " we can infer
that
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being annoyed, frustrated, of
or worried
of a dish
shone
and "exasperation" unprincipled person
which means a
or
feeling $9. Ans. (e)
of intense irritation
or
annoyance", perfectly fii Sol. In the last blank,
blank. Apart in the given "inimicap
from this pair no other means "tending to
struct
hidh
option fits in the blank "pernicious which means or
harm
contextually
to make it
harmful effect,
n and
"havin
meaningful and especiall in
aving
grammatically correct.
Other options
subtle way perfecty a
gradual a
either have only word suitable blank, supporting the fit in
the al or
given blank and another word
for the former
given
statement. Hence,
part
makes the option
of
sentence incoherent
or have both the suitable answer choice. (e) is the
t m
most
options which are incorrect. Deluged: inundate
Hence, with a great
option (d) is the
quantity
most suitable answer something
ntity oof
choice.
Swamping:
Glee: great delight, especially overwhelm or
from one's water.
flood wit
own good fortune or
with
another's misfortune Deleterious: causing
Exhilaration: a feeling harm or
damage
happiness, or elation of excitement, Opportune: (of
a time)
especialy
convenient or appropriate
Gaiety: the state or quality for a
particular
of being light action or event
hearted or cheerful
Disdainful: showing
Depraved: morally cormupt; contempt or
lack
wicked. respect
of
Reprobate: unprincipled.
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at
the reror
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overseas,
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(b) commercial environment and the
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(c) resolution infrastructure and
(d) devised exit
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experts suggest that a new
(e) All are correct.
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bottlenecks
and
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passage against each number four (4)A substantial part
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Words are suggested in bold which may justifiably devoted to
reimagining is
or may not fit into the sentence solutions to improve
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Small
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the most inappropriate option (5)In its expanded role, it is
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reflecting the word which must be that the SIDBI could not only
deepen
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under.
to the paragraph. If no such error is served regions by being a
provider
of
there mark (e) i.e. "All are correct" as comfort to lenders including
NBFCs and
your answer choice. micro-finance institutions, but
also
The micro, small and medium enterprises become a market-maker for SME
debt.
(MSME) sector in India is not only a key With technology, especially
digital
engine of growth, contributing more than platforms, having become so
restive, the
28% of the GDP and about 45% to panel has made a case for
greater
manufacturing output. It is also a true adoption of technology-
facilitated
reflection of economics where people solutions to a plethora of
problems
really, matter. Providing employment to encountered by the sector.
about 111 million people, the sector's Q6.
health is crucial to the economy's vitality
(a) constituted (b)
prodigal
and society's well-being. (1) An expert
committee constituted by the Reserve (c) bedeviling (d)
exhaustive
Bank of India- has in this context (e) All are correct
submitted a substantially prodigal study
on the issues bedeviling MSMEs and 07.
made a fairly exhaustive set of (a) emphatic (b)
refocused
recommendations to redress them. (2)The
panel is emphatic that the policy
(c) imperative (d)
facilitation
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(a)
c) reimagining (d) repurposing
(e) All are correct
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answer choice
would be option (e)
Sol. Here excursus' which means 'a
S5. Ans. (a)
detailed discussion of a particular point in
a book' will be replaced with 'variant' Sol. In the given statement,
the use of the
which means 'a form or version of word further' instead it
should be
something that differs in some respect farther' because "Farther"
refers to a
from other forms of the same thing' physical distance, while
"further" refers
Hence, the correct answer choice is to a figurative distance.
Since there is
option (a) mention of exact distance (15
km) so we
will use 'Farther'.
Hence, the correct
$2. Ans. (b)
answer choice would be
option (a)
Sol. Here the use of the word 'repress' is
incorrect as per the context of the S6. Ans. (b)
passage, instead it should be 'unfold'. Sol. Here, "prodigal"
which means
Hence, the correct answer choice is "rashly or wastefully
extravagant" will be
option (b). replaced by "germane"
which means
S3. Ans. (a) relevant to a
subject under
consideration".
Sol. Here, the use of the. word Bedeviling: (of something
bad) cause
expatriate' which means 'a person who great and continual
trouble to
lives outside their native country' is Exhaustive: including or
considering all
incorrect, instead it should be elements or aspects,
fully comprehensive
indigenous' which means 'native' $7. Ans. (e)
Hence, the correct answer choice is Sol. All the highlighted
words are
option (a) correctly placed and do
not require any
S4. Ans. (e) improvement. Hence,
option (e) is the
most suitable answer
choice.
Sol. In the given statement, all the words
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considerable
Sol. Here, "impertinent" size, or worth.
importance
impo
which means
being disrespectfui; impropery forward Justifiably: with good
or bold" will be replaced by "conducive reason.
S10. Ans. (b)
which means "making a certain situation
or outcome likely or Sol. Here, "restive" which
possible. Hence, meane
ans
option (c) is the most suitable answer person) umable to remain
(of
submissive, still,
silent, a
choice. especially because
boredom or dissatisfaction
'or
Forefront: the leading or most împortant
position or place replaced by "ubiquitous"
will o
which
means be
present, appearing.
$9. Ans. )
everwhere Hence, optior or found
Sol. All the highlighted words are most suitable answer choice. (6) is
the
coTectly placed and do not require any Envisaged: contemplate
improvement. Hence, option (e) is thee or
conceive
a possibility or a desirable
of as
most suitable answer choice. future
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which is created through self-doubt followings must interchange
to
and lack of self-worth. make the sentence
grammatically
(a) juxtapose (b) panache and contextually correct
and
meaningful1?
(c) apathy (d) turmoil
(a) 3-4 (b) 1-
3
(e) temperance
c) 14 (d) 2-
3
Q2. Which of the following words
(e) 2-4
should fill the blank given in (B) to
sentence r
make it contextually correct and Q6. In the passage given, a
or ma
meaningful? given in Italics. There may
part of nc
(a) electrocuted 6) impounded not be an error in one
which ha
Sentence. Choose the part
(C) ratcheted d) supplanted
an error in it as your
answer,
(e) substantiated
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(a) The
slowdown in growth has (1) If the European
Central Bank in the
impacted new round of
spending-+growth in retail coming weeks-
Draghi will have
(b) consumer
who
sales tied the hands of
his successor,
volume) and nominal will take over in
November.
(c) (value and
household (a) screed
6) reprobate
2018 compared to (c) brazen
(d) myriad
(d) spending fall in
previous years. (e) stimulus
italics
(e) No error Q9. Two sentences are
given in
on both sides of I.
Which of the
Q7. Which of the following phrases
should fill the blank (G) to make it following statements
can come in
contextually and grammatically between the two
sentences in place
meaningful and correct of I and maintain
the continuity of
respectively? the paragraph?
(a) to get your business up and running (a) In India, for

example, the rise in
nonperforming
assets in the banking
(b) to worries about consumer demand
system has
weighed on credit
(c) to make up nearly 66 percent of the
growth.
global middle-class population
(d) to lead India's largest Watch b) Global growth
has slowed, thereby
likely weighing
on consumer
company
confidence.
(e) to form about 13% of the company's
revenues (c) Forecasts by
Oxford Economics, for
example, point
to strong growth in
Q8. Which of the following word given personal
incomes.
(d) And in China,
effots to curb shadow
place marked as (H) in the above
banking will
continue to weigh on
passage to make it grammatically
any recent
moves to prop up credit.
correct and meaningful? Also, the
word should fill in the two (e) None of these
sentences given below to make Q10. Which of the
following words
them contextually correct and hould fill
the blank given in () to
meaningful. make it
) ECB President Mario Draghi said meaningful?
Tuesday, with a defiantly dovish (a) brawling
(b) fawning
tone, that if the economic situation (c) emanating
(d) gleaning
deteriorates in the coming months
(e) reiterating
the bank would announce new

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passage and answer the questions
packs
sizes. Some of the more
adventurous
On
1ollowing it. Several alphabets are had begun to sell Parachute
foks
given to help you assist in answering packs, more consumer
friendlyin smaller
those questions. receiving considerable
ly and
were
interest
Mr. Mariwala came from a rich family buyers as well. When Harsh
st from
Mariwala
that had built an empire dealing with whiff of this, he
immediatelygot
go
agriculture commodities for over a 100 (E) a plan
to introduce
years. The company was called Bombay Parachute in cheaper and
more consur
Oil Industries but their expertise however friendly plastic bottles as
well.
was in the (A)_ pepper However retailers were wary
trade which coincidentally also earned
of stockin
king
parachute in plastic
bottles.
them the name "Mariwala" (mari means
They were
worried about the rats
because rats liked

pepper in Gujarati). But after working for nothing more than a good
dose of coconut
the family run empire for a couple oil and the soft plastic
bottles
decades, Harsh could clearly see that his
were ro
match for the rats as they
could easily
ambitions were largely (B) (F) on them
and.break into
by the bureaucracy within the family the bottles. Harsh and his
team had find
to
which by now was overseen by multiple a solution and it was at
this
scions of the Mariwala family. (C) It was
time
(G)_
perhaps (1)disheartening to see that the The earlier variants of
plastic bottles
(2)consumer business he headed was by came in box shaped
containers and rats
far the most lucrative division and yet, for could easily latch on to them
and bite into
all its potential, he could do very little to the bottles. (H) The
management's simple
it without the (3) subsidiaries and the (1) instant was to make.
rounded
funds needed to grow the business and so, (2)containers with harder
variants of
when Bombay Oil was finally carved into plastic, and this small
(3)innovation was
multiple (4) consensus Harsh had with an (4) solution hit with
retailers and
him for the first time the autonomy to consumers alike.
finally realize his vision. With reserves of
Today, Parachute Coconut oil
forms
about a couple Crores and two legacy
roughly 40% of the company's
sales
brands, in Saffola and Parachute, Marico
portfolio in India and its
performance Is
was born on April 2, 1991.
vital to Marico's share
price. Tnc
Parachute as we've already noted was company commands a ()
experimenting
originally conceived in the family run
o
60% market share in the
coconut
business of the Mariwala's at Bombay Oil
s
market and any impact on
Parachute
Industries.(D) Bui during the late 70's
o
sales could have a
detrimental impact
traders in Bombay were already the overall financial
performance. This
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belied
where copra enters the
material used to produce (d)
curtailed
key raw (c) Squander
arachute coconut oil. When copra prices
para (e) rankled
increase disproportionately, the
four
(C) has
company's input costs rise (J) in tandem.
the
more words given in bold.
Amongst
becomes expensive to
the
It given bold words which
of
manufacture coconut oil and in turn
followings must
interchange to
affects the company's profit
margins.
make the sentence
grammatically
Although the company does hike prices, a
and
and contextually
correct
sustained increase could mean losing
takes great meaningful?
market share and the company
(a) 1-2 (b)
2-4
care to avoid such a scenario.
(c)14 (d)
2-3
(e) 3-4
Q14. Two sentences are given
in
italics
place marked as (A) in the above
passage to make it grammatically on both sides of D.
Which of the
correct and meaningful? Also, the following statements
can come in
word should fill in the two between the two
sentences in place
sentences given below to make of D and maintain the
continuity of
them contextually correct and the paragraph?
meaningful. (a) Mariwala's two children
do not play
(1) Thousands of. Russians are now a role in the day to day
working of
studying in America and Europe, and the company.
have acquired marketable skills, (b) But an over reliance on
one channel
enabling them to land poses its own set of
risks.
jobs. (c) They were sold in huge
tin cans of
(1I) The transfer of surveillance 15 liters each, mostly
through
technology from first to third world wholesalers.
IS now a sideline for the
(d) Almost 7% of Marico's
India
arms industry.
business could be
directly attributed
(a) ingenuous (b) lucrative
to purchases from the
CSD
)gregarious (d) innocuous
(e) But CSD also happens
to be
(e) prodigal Marico's biggest
customer.
Q12. Which of the following words Q15. Which of the following
words
should fill the blank given in (B) to should fill the blank
given in (E) to
make it contextually correct and make it contextually
correct and
meaningful? meaningful?
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(a) charted (b)
perpetuated
to
copra
hamstrung prices to
actual improvemen
(c)augmented (d)
profit
margins in
()assailed (c) not a lot
has been said about how
following word given in
Q16. Which of the place parachute
is sold and marketed
options should come at the
the to
above passage Q18. The
sentence given in (H)has four
marked as (F) in the
correct and words
given in bold. Amongst
make it grammatically should
the
meaningful? Also, the word given
bold words which of
the
sentences given
below
followings must interchangeo
fill in the two
contextually corect make the
sentence grammaticall
to make them
and meaningful. and
. on just two
meaningful?
(1)Though you
time, the night
(b) 3-4
or three cookies at a (a) 24
empty as
always ends with a box as (c) 1-4
(d) 1-3
the 1,440 cookie calories you.
e) 2-3
consumed.
Q19. A word is
given in bold in I. Chose
(11) Rats and guinea pigs
the word
which should replace
the
without well-
and graze continuously
word given
in bold to make
the
defined meal times.
(b) nibble sentence
correct and meaningful. f
(a) galvanize
choose
(d) vindicate no change
is required,
(c) qualify
option
(e) as your answer.
(e) none of these
(6) grooming
(a) vending
phrases
(d) heartening
(c) staggering
should fill the blank (G) to make it
contextually and grammatically (e) innovating
meaningfiul and Correct
Q20. What does
the
phrase, "in tandem
implies?
respectively?
highlighted alongside J
enough for
(a) falling prices were good (a) without fault
or error
investors to push the share price to
insincerely
emotional
(6) effusively or
record highs
refinemen
(C)showing a high
degree of
(b) copra prices and Marico's share
unpredictabk
price performance is nof perfectly ( liable to
sudden affections
correlated change, esp.
in
attachments
(c) that the iconic rigid pack came into
being ()alongside each
other
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S1. Ans. (d)

statement. The phrase "have
turned
Sol. Among the given options, the option
jinancial yet again'" is
grammatically
d) 'turmoil' which means 'a state
disturbance, of incorrect therefore hints towards
the
great confusion, or
ncertainty Is the most appropriate word interchange. Hence, option (a) is
the most
to fill the blank. Hence, the option (d) is suitable answer choice.
the corrcct answer. S4. Ans. (e)
Temperance: the trait of avoiding Sol. The word "pitch"
perfectly fits in the
excesses statement and does not require
any
Apathy: an absence of emotion or coTection. Hence, option (e)
is the most
enthusiasm suitable answer choice.
Panache: distinctive and showy elegance S5. Ans. (c)
Juxtapose: place side by side for contrast Sol. In the highlighted
statement,
$2. Ans. (c) positions of words marked (2)
and (3)
seem to be correct. On
interchanging (1)
and (4) we will get a
grammatically
(c) ratcheted' which means cause
correct and contextually
meaningful
something to rise (or fall) asa step in
statement The phrase "largest
auto
what is perceived as an irreversible
economic" is grammatically
incorrect
process is the most appropriate word to
therefore hints towards the
interchange.
fill the blank. Hence, the option (c) is the
Hence, option (c) is the most
suitable
correct answer.
answer choice.
Supplanted: take the place or move into
S6. Ans. (d)
the position of
Sol. Here, the error lies in
the phrase
Impounded: seize and take legal custody
given in option (d), where
"fall" will be
of (something, especially a vehicle, replaced with "fell" as the
given
goods, or documents) because of an
statement is in past tense.
Hence, option
infringement of a laww (d) is the most suitable
answer choice.
Substantiated: provide evidence to S7. Ans. (b)
support or prove the truth of
options, only the
Electrocuted: injure or kill (someone) by phrase given in option (b)
perfectly fits in
electric shock the given blank to make
contextually and
S3. Ans. (a) grammatically correct
statement. Hence,
Sol. option (b) is the most
suitable answer
In the highlighted statement,
choice
positions of words marked (3) and (4)
S8. Ans. (e)
Seem to be correct. On interchanging (0)
options, the option
and (2) we will get a grammatically
(e) stimulus' which means 'a
thing that
correct and contextually meaningful
arouses activity or energy
in someone
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appropriate word to fill the
Someihing; a spur or incentive is the
blant
most appropriate word to fill the blank. the option
k.
(b) the correct
answ Hence
is
Hence, the option (e) is the coTect Ingenuous: to be naïve and
inno
answer.
ent
zarious: to be likely
Myriad: a large indefinite number to
socialize
others
w
with
Brazen: unrestrained by convention or
propriety Innocuous: hamless and
doesn't.produce
Reprobate: a person without morals who any ill effects
is disapproved of Prodigal: rashly or
wastefully extravagant
Screed: an abusive rant (often tedious)
s12. Ans. (d)
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Among the
Sol. Here, the statement given in option given options,
the
(d) 'curtailed' which means
option
(a) does not contextually fit in the
reduce
impose a
restrictionn
between the italicised statements. Also, extent or quantity;
statement given in (c) contradicts the on' is the most appropriate
word to fill the:

blank. Hence, the
current situation of global slowdown. option (d)
is the
answer.
correct
Here, only the statement given in
option
b) makes the paragraph contextually and Castigated: to reprimand
harshly
grammatically meaningful. Hence, Belied: (of an appearance)
option
(b) is the most suitable answer
fail to give a
choice. true impression of (something)
S10. Ans. (c)
Rankled: gnaw
Sol. Among the given options, into; make
resentful or
the option angry
(c) emanating' which
means 'originate
from; be produced by' S13. Ans. (e)
is the most
appropriate word to fill
the blank. Hence, Sol. In the highlighted
statement,
the option (c) is the correct
answe. positions of words marked (1)
and (2)
Reiterating: say
something seem to be correct. On
interchanging
number of times, typically again or a
(3)
or clarity for emphasis and (4) we will get
a
grammaticaly
Gleaning: obtain Correct and contextually
meaningful
(information)
various sources, often from statement.
with difficulty. The phrase carved
into
Fawning: displaying multiple consensus" is
grammaticaly
exaggerated flattery
or affection; obsequious. incorrect therefore hints
towards the
Brawling: fight interchange. Hence,
or quarrel in option (e)
is the mosi
noisy way. a rough or
suitable answer
choice.
$11. Ans. (b)
S14. Ans.(C)
Sol. Among
the given options, Sol. Among the
(b) lucrative'
which means
the option given
statements, option
great deal
of profit." is
producing
a periectly connects the
italicised
the most statements.
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contextually
meaningful and grammatically correct
which means 'record the statement. All other statements
either do
(a) 'charted" make
a
progress or development of is the most not fit in contextually or
statement.
appropriate word to fill the blank. Hence,
correct answer. Hence, option (c) is the most
suitable
the option (a) is the
answer choice.
Perpetuated: cause to continue
S18. Ans. (c)
Augmented: enlarge or increase; improve
Sol. In the highlighted
statement,
Hamstrung: cripple (a person or animal) positions of words marked (2) and
(3)
hamstrings
by cutting their seem to be correct. On
interchanging (1)
Assailed: attack in speech or writing and (4) we will get a
gramnatically
S16. Ans. (b) correct and contextually
meaningful
the option statement. The phrase "was an
solution
Sol. Among the given options,
hit with" is grammatically
incorrect
(b) 'nibble' which means (ofa person or
therefore hints towards the
interchange.
animal) use the teeth to cut into
Hence, option (c) is the most
suitable
something' is the most appropriate word
is answer choice.
to fill the blank. Hence, the option (6)
the correct answer. S19. Ans. ()
Galvanize: shock or excite (someone) into Sol. Here, the word,
"experimenting" has
taking action been incorrectly placed and
therefore
requires correct.
"Experimenting'" will be
Qualify: be entitled to a particular benefit
replaced with "staggering",
which means
or privilege by fulfilling a necessary
astonishing". Hence, option (c)
is the
condition
Vindicate: to clear of accusation, blame,
S20. Ans. (e)
suspicion, or doubt with supporting
arguments or proof Sol. The correet meaning of the
phrase
$17. Ans. (¢)- in tandem" has been stated in

the phrase
given in option (e). Hence,
option (e)
1s
Sol. Among the given phrases, the
statement given in option (c) perfectly fits
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Directions (1-5): Read the following (E)The horizontal imbalances

passage and answer the questions as because of differing levels
arise
of attainment
att
directed. There are some blanks given by the States due to
differential
pr
in the passage based on which some rates and their
developmental growth
stah
questions are framed, and some words terms of the state
are highlighted as well to help you
of
social
infrastructure capital.
Traditionally, or
answer some of the questions. Finance Commissions
have
dealt wi
India's Constitution-makers thought of these imbalances in a
stellar manner, and

India as a union of States with a they should continue to
be
the first pillar
centripetal bias. done, advisedly, to of the new fiscal federal
structure
preserve the unity and integrity of a India.
of
newly (A)_ nation. Since 01. Which of the following
words given
then, the Indian economy, polity, in the options should
come
at the
demography (B) and society have place marked as (A) in
the above
undergone many changes. The new passage to make it
grammatically
aspirational India is now firmly on Corect
a and
contextually
growth turmpike. It is in this context meaningful?
that
we revisit India's fiscal federalism
and () Most probably, the
petroleum
propose redesigning it around its
four pipeline would come into
the full
pillars.
operation from
Typically, federations (including mid-July.
the
Indian onc) face vertical and horizontal
imbalances. (C)A vertical (1) His great-grandson
Charles Howard,
imbalance
arises because the tax systems although
in a nest
designed in a manner that yields are of cavaliers, changed
sides and
much
great tax revenues to the Central fought at
Worcester for the
govemment when compared to
the State parliament.
or provincial governments;
Constitution mandales the (a) Automated (b)
Bespeak
relatively greater
responsibilities to the (c) Fledged (d)
Ushered
State govemments.
For example, in India,
post the advent of (e) None of these.
Goods and Services
Tax (GST), the share
of States in the public expenditure Q2. Which of the following is
mos
while it is 40% for is 60%
the Centre to perform similar to the word
marked as (B) in
their constitutionally
(D) mandated the given passage?
duties.
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2-4
(iii)
(i)
(a) Only (e) All are correct
(ii)
following
(b) Only Directions (6-10): Read the
(ii) and(ii) passage and answer the
questions
(c) Both
are
(d) Both (i)
and (ii) following it. Several
alphabets
these. given to help you assist in
answering
(c) None of
those questions.
a sentence (C)
03. In the above passage, In India, the phenomenon of
horizontal
in a
imbalance needs to be
understood (F)
is given in Ttalics. There
may or
may not be an error in one part of
involves two
more nuanced fashion. lt
I is to do with
the sentence. Choose the part which types of imbalances. Type
answer. If the adequate provision of
basic public
has an erTor in it as your
second,
goods and services, while
the
there is no error, then choose option
accelerating
Type II, is due to growth
(e) as your answer. infrastructure or the
transformational
arises because capital deficits. The latter
are known to
be
(a) A vertical imbalance
designed in a historically
conditioned or path
(b) the tax systems are
manner that yields dependent. (G)Removing these
two
to the distinct (1) clearly
comprises two
(c) much great tax revenues imbalances (2) policy goals
and calls for
Central govemment following the Tinbergen
assignment (3))
(d) when compared to the State or principle, which are two
different policy
provincial govemments instruments (4). It is here
that we believe
that NITI Aayog 2.0 must
create a niche,
(e) No error
assume the role of another
policy
04. Which of the following is most instrument and become the
second pillar
opposite in the meaning to the word of the new tiscal federal
structure.
marked (D) in the given passage? In the past, the Planning
Commission
(a) Requisite b) Inexorable used to give grants to the
States as
conditional transfers using
the Gadgil-
(c) Preordained (d) Connive Mukherjee formula. Now with
the
() None of these. Planning Commission
disbanded, there is
a vacuum especially as the
NITI Aayog is
Q5. In sentence E (which s given in primarily a think tank with
no resources
italics) 4 words are highlighted. to dispense, which (H)
renders it
Find the pair (of words) that must toothless to
undertake a
replace each other to make the "transformational"
intervention. On the
sentence grammatically and other hand, it is too much
to expect the
Union Finance Commission
to do the dual
contextually correct. If all the words
job. In other words, there
is an urgent
are in correct position choose option
need for an optimal
arrangement. It is best
(c) as your choice that
across
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imbalance needs
to
States of the Type 1: i.e. the basic public
be underes
nderstood
a very precise
manner
goods imbalance. We need another
in
institution to tackle the horizontal (d) the phenomenon
of horizontal
imbalance of the Type l1; for this the imbalance needs to
be
derstood
NITI Aayog is the most appropriate using moderm
methods. by
institution. It can be -argued that the
Finance Ministry is the other alternative (e) None of thesc.
it is
to deliver the goods in this regard but Q7. The sentence given
in (G)
ill-suited to do this; its primary duty is to
hae
words given in
bold. Amongstfour
concem itself with the country's macro-
given bold words
which the
economic stability and the proper
of the
functioning of the financial system rather followings must
interchange.
than be an instrument of growth at the make the
sentence to
grammatically
sub-national level.
and
Towards this task of cooperative meaningful?
and
federalism, NITI Aayog 2.0 should
receive significant resources (say 1% to a) (2)-4)
(b) (1-2)
2% of the GDP) to promote accelerated (c) (3-(4)
() (1-(4)
growth in States that are lagging, and
(c) (2)-(3)
overcome their historically
infrastructure deficit, thus reducing the o8. Which of the
following represent
developmental imbalance. In short, the the most
similar meaning to the
NITI Aayog should be engaged with the
phrase marked
as (H) in the given
allocation of "uransformational" capital in
a formulaic manner, complete with passage.
incentive-compatible conditionalities. The (a) Takes it sharpness
variables or parameters used in this
(b) Makes it Ambiguous
formulaic transfer will be very different
from those traditionally used by the (c) Makes it reluctant
Finance Commission. (d) Makes it powerless
Q6. Which of the following represent (e) None of these.
the most Similar meaning to the
phrase marked as (F) in the given Q9. Which of the
following Phrase
at
passage. given in the
options should come
the place marked
as () in the above
(a) the phenomenon of horizontal
passage to make it
grammatically
imbalance needs to be understood in
a more articulated method correct and
contextually meaningtul
(b) the phenomenon of horizontal (a)the GST Bill was

passed unanimousiy
imbalance needs to be understood by by Parliament; but
in its present 10n
be
an exaggerated method (b) the Union Finance
Commission
remova
(c)the phenomenon of confined to
focussing on the
horizontal
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amended
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Transfers out of
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o10. Which of the following words given transferee agrees to standard
contractual
in the options should comc at the clauses that have been pre-
approved by
EU data regulators. China, on the
other
place marked as (J) in the above
hand, relies on a certification
process that
only allows data to be
transferred abroad
correct and contextually if the recipient has been
approved and its
meaningful? data protection practices (with
respect to
storage, processing and
protection)
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certified as meeting the
prescribed
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bilateral
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data, the
best known of which is the US-
EUJ
passage and answer the following
Privacy Shield that was
arrived at in order
questions based on the passage.
to allow personal data flows
between the
Data localization has proven to be a US and the EU, even though US
privacy
particularly polarizing topic in India over laws were not adequate from an
EU
the past six months. While almost every perspective. Other
countries have
international company (and a few similarly arived at agreements
for the
domestic ones), have expressed concerns transfer data on a
multilateral basis. The
over the government's insistence on APEC Cross Border Privacy.
Rules
requiring the personal data of Indian system allows the free flow
of data
residents to be processed. only within the between organizations in
signatory
country, almost as many voices have nations based on
certifications issued by
come out in support, claiming that data is accountability agents
situated in each
a sovereign asset that must be used for the such jurisdiction. At the G20
summit in
nation's benefit and that we have been Osaka, Japan proposed a
multilateral
reckless in providing the control to arrangement called "Data
Free Flow with
foreign companies which now know more Tnust" that proposes
an inter
about us than we do ourselves. jurisdictional cooperation
regime for
The notion of data sovereignty is not a information sharing,
investigation and
new one. Every modern privacy law has eross-border enforcement.
regulations that limit the transfer of data Sovereign nations have always
found
out of the country. The European Union ways to exercise sovereignty
over the
applies an adequacy test, only allowing personal data of their
citizens. This has
data to be transferred to countries that usually taken the form of
restrictions on
have at least the same level of data the movement of data across
national
protection as the EU. Even within a borders. Businesses
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passage?
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the transfer of
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recipient
has been
Indians regarding the localisation interdicted by the
certifying authority
of
data as per the passage? (b) The laws stated by
(a) Data should be localised
the privacy
to a authorities always
contrast
the ones
particular group and only that group stated by the
localisation authorities.
should have the rights to deal
with. (c) The data can be
transmitted freely
(b) Indians assert that government
has between the
organisations based on
been remiss to ceding the data
control the certification
issued by the
to foreign company
as it is a accountability agents.
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any Indian (e) All the given statements
Company deals with should
be fixed
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businesses take o
of the nation should
have control over it. follow
localisation
the data
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the passage
techniques
leads to companies (a)
the
changing their hecorporates
restructure
structure which results
in the leakage operations in order to
abide by h
of privacy of the Indian.
restrictions imposed
on the data.
e) None of these
(6) They restrict the follow
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meaning
operated by only i) express the most
similar
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to the marked word.
largely automatic equipment
option (a).
indicate answer to the given
question is
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the $3. Ans. (¢)
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error in the
role specified. It is also used as
phrasal Sol.. There is
grammatical
here is
verb which means to rise until it is
ready option (C), the use of
'great'
to leave the nest incorect, instead it
should be Greater'
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start of because in the given
sentence we
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imbalances
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government,
between central and
state
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degree
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answer choice
would
contextually
both grammatically and be option (c).
correct. Hence, the correct answer choice
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is option (c)
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certain way.
study of
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necessary by
which
statistics such as births, deaths particular
circumstances or regulations.
human
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lindrance
obstruction in doimg
something,
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lcave.
hurricdly
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opposite in the meaning to the marked S11. Ans.(b)
word. Hence, option (e) is the most Sol. As per the lnes
appropriate answer choicc.
given in
beginning of the passage
the perso
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processe
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almost
as man
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that data is a sovereign
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b
used for the nation's benefit
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more precise or accurate way. So, firom
that
have been recklesS in
providing
the given options, option (c) is the most control to foreign companies
which now
the
appropriate answer. know more about us than we

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the
corect
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doesn't make a contextually meaningful S12. Ans. (d)
sentencc. But interchanging it with Sol. The lines present in the
1 passage
distinct' will make the sentence both
The European Union applies an
adequacy
meaningful and grammatically correct.
Hence, the correct answer choice would test, only allowing data to
be transfered
be option (b). to countries that have at
least the same
S8. Ans. (d) level of data protection as
the EU. Even
be
Sol. From the given options, only option within a group, data can only
(d) is the most appropriate option which transferred to companies
in other
of
resembles the most similar meaning of the countries if they have agreed
to a set
EU
phrase highlighted in the passage. Hence, binding corporate rules that
apply
the correct answer choice would be option
intragroup data
privacy principles to
(d).
are
transfers. Transfers out of the
group
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agrees lo
only allowed if the transferee
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have
standard contractual clauses
that
mention of the GST, third tier and articles
data
by
EU
in the passage before the blank. So, they been pre-approved
options
will not fit 1o make a contextually regulators." help us to infer
the he
contradicts
meaningful sentence. So from the given (a) and (c). Option (b)
options, only option (b) will fit the blank given lines. Hence,
option(d) is
to make the sentence both grammatically correct answer choice.
and contextually correct.
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lines mentioned in the 3t data they collect by the
countries in which
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failure to
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process
data between organizalions in signatory comply means they will have to
cerlifications issued by
in-country."
nations based on the data they have collected
accountability agenls situated in each Option (a) is correct answer
choice.
statement (c) is
such jurisdiction" only
S15. Ans. (b)
TRUE. Al others contradict the passage.
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phrase "to set
choice. out the grounds" is "to lay
out the plan
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gives us the
exact meaning as given in the
passage.
in the 4t
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answer choice.
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sentence (D)
is given in ltalics.
There may or
sentences given below to make
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one part of
meaningful. the sentence. Choose
the part which
has an error in it
as your answer.
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premiers Spencer (a) Vudu's shows will be
a vehicle for
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after their loss to Vikings in round (b) advertising going
live over the
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without leaving
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word given in
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at the place
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above passage to
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correct and
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word should
fill in the two
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words given in bold. Amongst the and meaningful.
given bold words, which of the
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may or
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one part of
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part which
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has an error in it as
your answe.
controversial.
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Vudu's offering
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(b) will mostly free while
spending many billions of dollars on
content. (c) Disney+ and Apple TV+
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subseriptions.
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bold in
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Friedrich
Hayck
questions based on the passage. and Gunnar Myrdal for their
contributions
Paragraph 1: As the most prestigious
interdependence
to our understanding of the
announcement of the
institutional
prize in the field, the of economic, social and right-
leaning
Nobel Prize in economics (2019)
is an
phenomena. But as a
annual milestone moment for economists. ecconomist (Hayek) and a left-
leaning
But last week's
announcement, which economist (Myrdal) they
provided starkly
awarded the prize to economists Abhijit different interpretations
of the samee
Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michacl concept.

remarkable. It
Kremer was particularly Paragraph 4: In their
book, The Nobel
diversified the cohort of winners, while Factor: The Prize in
Economics, Social
AJ acknowledging a deeper shift the
in
Democracy, and the Market
Turn, Avner
field itself-and this could have Offer and Gabriel Soderberg
use survey
important implications for policymaking and citation data to argue
that the prize is
at large. over-represented by the
ideological right,
Paragraph 2 : In India, Banerjee has when compared to the broader
profession.
dominated the headlines as the second And, because of the prestige
the Nobel
Indian-origin winner of the award (after neoliberal
theory and
prize BI
Amartya Sen in 1998). Across all Nobel policies received a boost
across the world.
fields, economics has seen the oldest There are
also big
Paragraph 5:
winners on an average, and the fewest differences in how laureates
approach
female winners. The three economists
Most
solving economic problems.
won for their contributions to alleviating
economists take one of two
approaches:
poverty, making this a rare award for
theoretical or empirical.
Theoretical
development economics. studies approach problems
intellectually,
Paragraph 3: In the last four years, the generating theories that
explain or solve
prize has been awarded to scholars in non- problems based on certain
assumptions.
traditional fields such as environmental
Many of the early Nobels were
awarded
economics (William Nordhaus in 2018) and
for this type of theoretical
contributions.
behavioural economics (Richard Thaler in
In 1972, for example, Kenneth
Arrow and
2017). On the whole, most Nobels have
John Hicks won the prize for
their
been awarded for contributions in the more
contributions towards general
equilibrium
traditional fields of economics. For
theory (which attempts to
explain the
nstance, contributions to macroeconomics functioning of the entire
economy). In
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but focuses primarily
on data to
understand the world. b) Only (i)
(c) Both ()& (ii)
Paragraph 6: Over the last two decades,
Banerjee, (d) Both (ii) & (ii)
Duflo and Kremer have
conducted large-scale field (e) None of these
experiments
(randomized control O12. What is
tials or RCTs) to the major
inference
identify successful poverty
tha
alleviation be drawn out of the
strategies. And their work is
al
passage? can
a major step (a) Because of
towards more cmpirical
work within
the
prestige
economics, driven partly prize confers,
neoliberal the Nohal
obel
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theory
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an
data a
boost across
collection and analysis feasible. World.
the
A 2013
study highlighted that just 28% (b) Even though the
of studies in
world is facing
Lop American economic jourmals focused large systemic
on
crises economics
theory, compared with 62% in 1983. profession
celebrating
These
theoretical studies have technical fixes must
smal
been replaced by
be celebrated.
both empirical and experimental (c) Mainstream
economists
studies.
[C] A 2016 study
as well as
shows that in other social
scientists
development research, there
have long
had been a provided thorough
critique of the
dramatic increase in the use turn towards RCTs in
of RCTs
economics
among economists, intemational (d) The 2019 award
organizations and even governments.
for an experimental
approach towards
poverty alleviation
Q11. Which of the sollowing is part of a deeper
shift in economics
sentences
can be used to connect 5th (e) None of these.
the & 6th
paragraph?
Q13. Which of the
following statement(s)
() The 2019 Nobel winners
exemplify is/are true in
context of the passage
this approach
(1) As a proportion
total winners,
(ii) The experiments'
grounding has Economics has had
the fewest
implications for how
experiments are female winners.
designed and the underlying
assumptions about (i) The 2019 award also
continuesa
individual and
tne
collective behavior recent eclectic
distribution of
that are made
award.
ii) While the laureates
approach to
poverty research (11) The 2019. economics
awards iffers
and policy may
mosuy
scem harmless, in the way that
earlier it was
if not laudable, there
to
are many reasons given in the
subficld devoleu
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is
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if all the
014. Which of the parts are correct choose
option
(e)?
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used in the 1 paragraph of the (a) A 2016 study shows that
passage? (b) In development research,
there
in
(a) The report had
also suggested that (c) Had been a dramatic
increase
among
cohort studies were needed to assess (d) In the use of
RCTs
causality. economists
students will begin
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their training in the Autumn of
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between asthma and
(c) A causal relation acknowledging a deeper
shift in
obesity is supported by data from thefield of the 1"
paragraph in the
cohort studies. context of the passagec?
(d) A recent study found evidence of (a) 2019's Nobel Prize shows a
deeper
high-frequency hearing loss in nearly shift towards more
empirical work
one third of a cohort of college within economics
students..
(b) The fields like
alleviating poverty are
(e) All are correct now acknowledged
by Nobel
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can be justified as an ideologically (c) The award this year
acknowledges
a
balanced economics Nobel? theoretical studies
approach
(a) In the last four years, the prize has problems.
been awarded to scholars in non- (d) There has been an
ideological shift
traditional fields. and now Nobel economics
is
(b) Nobel Prize award distributed to the
broader profession.
The.
announcement to economists Abhijit (e) All are correct.
Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael
combination
Kremer in 2019. of words are either
similar or
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has opposite in meaning to
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now promoted
b) Assuage -
Intensify concerned with
developmcnt,
poverty, is
(c) Diminish Tanishcd and is
thus
larger trend
a part not
(d) Palliate- Rendition in
devclopmena the
economics that is
(e) None of these
moving away
development
îrom
Q19. Which of the following words must
(b) There has been
fill the blank as representcd by an
|B] imbalance when comes
ideologcal
to make the sentence grammatically it
to econon
Nobel.
onomics
&contextually correct?
(c) There is a
(a) Confers
diversific
ication
(b) bestowed ideologies of
the
cohort of in the
(c) Destitute (d) Withhold
winnes
(d) Both (b)& (c)
(e) None of these
() None of these
Q20. Whatl canbe inferred by the
statement 1Q) made in paragraph
3
of the passage?
SOLUTIONS
SI. Ans. (a)

"commissions" (4)
Sol. Among the given are
incorrect and
options, "reigning" therefore require
interchange.
fits in perfectly in
Hence,
all the three given option (c) is the most
blanks. Hence, option
suitable answer
(a) is the most choice.
S3. Ans. (d)
Reigning: currently
holding a particular Sol. Among
sporting title. the
given options,
"incumbents" fits in
perfectly
Mercurial: subject
in the given
blank. Hence, option
unpredictable changes to sudden or
(d) is the most
of mood or mind suitable answer choice.
Dogmatic: inclined
to lay'down principles Imminent: about to
as undeniably true
happen.
Rucking: take Secedes: withdraw
part in a ruck
formally from
membership.
Myriad: a countless of a
federal union,
or extremely alliance, or
number of people great a political
or religious
or things organization.
S2. Ans. (c)
Colludes: cooperate
Sol. Among in
a S
the given unlawful way in order
pOsitions of options, the to
deceive or gain
"contender" an advantage
(3) and over
others.
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formed
will be
grammatically
contextually
and
post
most
meaningful. Hence, option (c) is
the
Imbroglio: an extremely confuscd,
complicated, or embarrassing situation
$9. Ans. (b)
S4. Ans. (c)
will be
replace "who" with Sol. In the given statement,
"will"
Sol. Here, we will followed by "be" because here we
wil
which" because we use which for things use Simple Future Tense which is
used
to
Hence, option (c) is
and who for people. express an action that will occur
or
answer choice.
the most suitable happen in the future. The correct
structure
S5. Ans. (c) will be "subject+ will+ be".
Hence,
options, "rolling" is
answer
Sol. Among the given option (b) is the most suitable
fit in the given
the appropriate word to choice
is the most
blank. Hcnce, option (c) S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Among the given options,
only
walking with
Limping:the action of "messy" which means "untidy
or dirty
difficulty, typically because of a damaged fits perfectly in the given
blank. Hence,
or stiff leg or option (d) is the most
suitable answer
Hobbling: walk in an awkward way, choice.
typically because of pain from an injury Uncarthly: unnatural or
mysterious,
S6. Ans. (d) especially in a disturbing
way
Sol. Here, the statement given in option Impede: delay or prevent
(someone or
(e) is contextually incorrect. Also, something) by obstructing
them; hinder
statement given in option (c) is
Canny: having or showing
shrewdness
grammatically incorrect. Most suitable and good judgement,
especially in money
statement to fit between the italicized
or business matters
statements is given in option (c). Hence,
Slimy: covered by or
resembling slime
option (c) is the most suitable answer
choice. Sil. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans. () Sol. Statement (i) is the
correct choice
Sol. Among the given options, option (©) because in 2019 the winners
Banerjee,
is the most suitable phrase to fill in the Duflo and Kremer have used
empirical
blank (G). Also, the phrase given in economics approach which was
earlier
option (d) might fit in the blank but it is mentioned in the 5h
paragraph. They used
out of context therefore will be omitted. experiments instead of Just
theories based
Hence, option (c) is the most appropriate
on assumptions which is
mentioned at the
answer choice.
start of the 6" para hence
the use of the
S8. Ans. (e)
word "exemplity" which means
a typical
o1. Among the highlighted words, only example & the continuation
of the
the positions of "spending" and "fraction"
example in the example in
the next para
are incorrect which makes the statement
justifies (i) as the correct
choice.
contextually incorrect. On interchanging,
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began
S12. Ans.(d) past, lasted for some
Sol. Option (d) is the correct inference
as
thc time, then
the past
whileended.
This is entirely in
n
at the end of the passage it has been "Has been" AND "Have been
buth
indicated that the shifi in statistics s something began in the
mean
past and
more prominent and theoretical studies
has
lasted into the present
time.
have been replaced by both empirical and
experimental studies. S17. Ans.(a)
S13. Ans.(c) Sol. Option (a) is the

correct choice
entire Passage discusses how
asthe
Sol. Among all options, Option (c) is the
towards empirical work which
shit
right choice as both statement (i) &
Cuses
on
data is being recogniZed, as
the winne
statement (iii) is correct. Statement (i) is
incorect because the infomation given to of this year along with the
recent
trends
us is not enough to deduce this result. indicate a shift towards
this approach.
Statement (i) is corect because in the S18. Ans.(a)
last four ycars it was given in the non-
Sol. Option (a) is the
correct choice
traditional ficlds thus continuing the
as
alleviate means to make more
bearable
recent trend. Statement (ii) is correct
or
less severe
because both the subfields as mentioned
in the statement define macro & Aggravate means make (a
problem
microeconomics which are the subfields injury, or offence) worse or
more serious.
in which the award is usually distributed. Exacerbate means make (a
problem, bad
S14. Ans.e) situation, or negative
feeling) worse.
Sol. Cohort which means a group of Hence both these words are
opposite in
people with a shared characteristic is used meaning.

comectly in all the four sentences, hence, In all the other options
both the
option (e) is the correct choice for the
combinations do not go in
tandem.
given question.
S19. Ans.(a)
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Confers here means to
give an
Sol. Option (d) is justified because as a
official honour or advantage
to someone.
right-leaning economist (Hayek) and a
Here it is most appropriate
as it implies
left-leaning cconomist (Myrdal) they
that Nobel prize gives
prestige. Other
provided starkly different interpretations
options are either
grammatically incorect
of the same concept.
(like (b)) or contextually
incorrect (Re
S16. Ans.(c)
(b)& (c))
Sol. In option (c) "had" must be replaced
S20. Ans.(c)
with. "has" to make the sentence
grammatically & contextually correct. Sol. Option (c) is the
correct choice as
the same paragraph (3) it is
mention
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that Icft-leaning economist which shows sharp contrast
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(Hayek) and a
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triggered (3)
sentences which are divided into That sent out propaganda
leaflets (4)
Several parts. Answer the following
questions based on these given Q1. Which of. the following is
the
statements. correct sequence of
the
A. To crack down on them, (1) And is rearrangement of the sentence
(D)?
planning to deploy troops along the (a) 1234 (b) 4213
border. (2) Pyongyang has severed (c) 2143 (d) 3412
hotlines, demolished the liaison
(e) None of these.
office, (3) Angered by the South's
refusal (4) Q2. Which of the following is the
B. North Korea has conducted (1). correct sequence of
the
Missile tests this year, (2) Sending rearrangement of the sentence
(E)?
warning signals to (3) Seoul and (a) 4123 (b) 2143
Washington. (4) (c) 4231 (d) 3214
C. The U.S. and South Korea (1) Could (e) None of these
have responded to (2) these measures
and (3) kept the talks on track.(4)
correct sequence of
the
D. North Korea is back to what it is best
rearrangement of the sentence
(F)?
at (1) Border with South Korea and
(a) 3142 (b) 2341
threatening to deploy troops along
the demilitarised zone,(2)- Aggres (c) 4213 (d) 4312
sive posturing with the threat of war (e) None of these.
(3) By blowing up a joint liaison
office on the (4)
correct sequence of the
rearrange
E. To achieve progress (1) After a ment of the sentence (A)?.
deadline the North dictated to the (a) 2341 (b) 3241
U.S. (2) Troubles began in the
(c) 4132 (d) 3412
peninsula early this year (3) In the
denuclearisation talks expired on (e) None of these.
December 31.(4) Q5. Rearrange the given six
sentences in
F. By anti-North defector groups (1) the proper sequence to form&
Via balloons across the border (2) meaningful paragraph and
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choose the one which doesn't Q6. Which of the following
is the
Also
theme of the passage so
sequence ofthe
match the Corect
formed. rearrangement of
the sentence (C)?
DEBFA:C (b) EBFDA: C a) 1234

(6) 4123
(a) (d) ECDBA:F c) 4231
(d) 3421
FCDBA: E
(c)
these e) None of these.
None of
(e) iven below are five
Directions (6-1 Q7. Which of the
following is the
divided into
sentences which are correct
sequence the
of
several
parts. Answer the following rearrangement of
the sentence (B)?
these given
questions based 0n (a) 4123
(b) 2143
statements.
restoration (1) At this (c) 4231
(d) 3214
A.
Without a full
the status quo
point might (2) Of () None of these
Beijing (3) Not mean
ante, talks with Q8. Which of the
following is the
words.(4)
more than empty sequence
the
With
correct
of
B. That
no shots were fired, (1) rearrangement
of the sentence (E)?
incurred
severe injuries and deaths (a) 1324
(b) 2431
brutality of
despite the Tact (2) The
(c) 4213
(d) 4312
the clashes, (3) Is all also unheard of
thus far. (4) (e) None of these.
C. With the deaths of at least 20 Indian Q9. Which of the

following is the
soldiers, (1) And reports of Chinese correct
sequence of the
soldier casualties in clashes at the
rearrangement of the sentence (D)?
Galwan valley in Ladakh, (2) India (a) 2341
(b) 3241
and China have entered uncharted
(c) 1324
(d) 3412
territory (3) on the Line of Actual
(e) None of these.
Control.(4)
D. The deaths occurred when the two Q10. Rearrange the
given five sentences
armies (1) The month-long stand-oft, in the proper
sequence to form a
(2) Had agreed to "disengage" and meaningful
paragraph also
and
"de-escalate" (3) Which makes the choose the
one which doesn't match
Clashes particularly shocking-(4) the theme

of the passage so formed.
E. Unless it is forced to.(1) China has (a) BDAE:C

(b) DCBA; E
now claimed sovereignty (2) From
(d) CBDE ;A
(c) EDCB; A
this crucial and hitherto non-
() None of
these
contentious area, (3) Over the entire
Directions (l1-
15) - Given below are
ualwan Valley, indicating that it 1s four sentences
which are divided into
unlikely to pull back (4)
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sequence
of
rearrangement of the sentence the

statements.
(A)?
(a) 4213
(b) 1432
A. Under Article 32 of the
(c) 2431
(d) 3214
Constitution-to enforce
fundamental rights (1) The Court (c) None of
thesc.
cnjoys (2) Cannot be transferred to Q13. Which of the
following
the cxecutive (3) The mandate that
is the
correct
sequence
(4) rearrangement
of
of the
the Scntencc
B. In fact, (1) Of terrorism- 108
(E).
(a) 3241
6) 2431
incidents, (2) Between August5,
(c) 3421
(d) 1423
2019 and April 25, 2020- in the
area (3) There has been a spike in (c) None of these.
incidents (4) Q14. Which of the.
following
is the
C. It is quite stark that (1) The threc correct
sequence of the
member Bench has resorted to (2) rearrangement
of the sentence
(D)?
This measure despite coming to the (a) 4213
(b) 1234
conclusion that (3) The grievance of (c) 2431
(d) 3214
the petitioners merits consideration
(c) None of these. -
(4)
Q15. Rearrange the
given four sentences
D. Who imposed the restriction in the
in the proper
sequence to form a
first place is a clear abdication of
meaningful
paragraph and also
responsibility (1) lts decision to send
choose the one
which doesn't match
the question of (2) For a review to
the theme of the
passage so formed.
the very authorities (3) Restoring 4G
connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir (a) BDAE:C
(b) EDAC;B
(4) (C) EACB;D
(d) CDBA ;E
E. It was called upon to perform (1) A (e) None of these
judicial duty (2) The Supreme Court1 Directions (16-20)
Given below are
has (3) Failed to discharge (4) four sentences which
are divided into
Q11. Which of the following is the several parts. Answer
the following
questions based on
these given
correct sequence of the statements
rearrangement of the sentence (C)? A. Right to
Information (RTI) ()
(a) 4321 (b) 1234 Applications
seeking information (
(c) 2413 (d) 3421 Pertaining to
the PM CARES Fund
(c) None of these. (3) Have been
stonewalled (4)
Cxpenditure
D. Names of
donors,
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regarding the amount (d) 2413
the Fund (c) 4231
collected, (2) Or details of (e) None of these
bencficiaries.(3) No information
is the
exists on (4) sequence
of the
scrutiny (0) The trust correct
E. For public rearrangement of thc
sentence (D)?
chaired by (3)
deed of (2) The fund
is not available (a) 1324 (b) 2341
The Prime Minister
(c) 4213 (d) 4312
4)
B.
Including contributions (1) From (e) None of these.
foreign sources (2) Reports suggest Q19. Which of the following
is the
SI billion
that donations (3) Of over correct sequence
of the
have been made, (4) rearrangement of the
sentence (E)?
C. Who suddenly lost income-earning (a) 2341 (b)
3241
(1) Relief and welfare programmes
(c) 1432 (d)
3412
funded (2) Opportunities during the
lockdown (3) Through public money (e) None of these.
are the sole lifcline of millions (4) Q20. Rearange the giyen five
sentences
of the following is the in the proper sequence to
form a
Q16. Which
correct sequence of he meaningful paragraph
and also
rearrangement of the sentence (B)? choose the one which
doesn't match
the theme of the passage
so formied.
(a) 1432 (b) 4123
(c) 4231 (d) 3412
(a) BDAE :C (b)
DCAB;E
c) EACB ;D (d)
ADEB ;C
(e) None of these.
(e) None of these
correct sequenceof the
rearrangement of the sentence (C)?
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b) $2. Ans.(d)

Sol. 4213 is the correct sequence of the Sol. 3214 is the correct
sequence of thee
Various parts of the given sentence as it is various parts of the given
sentence as it is
making a contextually and grammatically making a contextually and
grammatically
Correct sentence. correct sentence.
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given senteno
Sol. 3142 is the correct sequence of the making a contextually
and grammais
ammatically
various parts of the given sentence as it is correct scntence.
making a contextually and grammatically S7. Ans.(d)
corect sentence. Sol. 3214 is the correct
S4. Ans.(c)
sequcnce
various parts of the
given;
scntence of.
Sol. 4132 is the correct scquencc of the making a contextually and
as
grammatical
various parts of the given sentence as it is correct scntence.
making a contextually and grammatically S8. Ans.(b)
correct sentence.
Sol. 2431 is the coTect
scquence
S5. Ans.(a) various parts of the
of th
given
sentencc
as it is
Sol. C is the sentence that is not making a contextually
and
grammaticalu
conforming to the thcme of the passagc. correct sentence.
ly
As it presents a different narrative to the
$9. Ans.(c)
one which is being discusscd by the other
statements. In C, a chance to respond to Sol. 1324 is the correct
sequence
various parts of the given
of the
the 'measures is described. We as
sentencc as it is
rcaders are unawarc of the measures that making a contextually and
grammatically
the author is talking about. correct scntence.
The corrcct sequence of the given S10. Ans.(d)
scntences after the rearrangement is Sol. A is the sentence
that is
not
DEBFA conforming to the theme
of the passage
as
D: is the l" statement because on this it is giving the solution
in which
the
premisc (the act of war by North Korea) words by some unknown
person is being
the whole paragraph is based talked about which makes
the paragraph
E: The statements after D are giving us incoherent.
the events which lead to this scenario. E The correct scquence of
the given
describes one such event from where the sentences after the
rearrangement is
trouble started brewing. CBDE. C is the 1 statement
as it is
B : thisstatement talks about the event introducing the topic of
discussion which
is the distress at the
LAC. B then
after the dcadline for achieving the target
continues the narrative by
describing the
of denuclearization expired on 31". brutality of the clashes
at the LAC. D
F: After the events of the past (E-B), the
describes the events that
lead to the brutal
event which triggered the crisis to a great
clashes while E then
concludes the
Cxtent is being described here in F.
paragraph by insinuating
that the clashes
A: The final statement A then describes are scemed to be not over
yet.
the current event that was caused duc to S11. Ans.(b)
the buildup of the various events that
happened in the past few months. Sol. The correct sequence
after ne
rearrangement of the
various paris
S6. Ans.(a)
make a meaningful sentence
is 1234.
Sol. 1234 is the correct scquence of the
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discussion by stating how
it resorted
S12. Ans.(»)
considcring the
Such measure even aftcr
correct Scquence after the
Sol. The
So grievances of the
petitioners at first.
rearrangement of the various parts to
mcaningtul scntence is 4213 S16. Ans(d)
makc a
Sol. The correct sequence
after the
S13. Ans.c) rearrangement of the
varíous parts
too
correct sequence after the

Sol. The make a meaningful sentence
is 3412.
rearrangement ol he various parts to
sentence is 3421. S17. Ans.(d)
make a meaningtul
after the
S14. Ans.() rearrangement of the
various parts to
Scqucnce after the
Sol. The correct make a meaningful sentence
is 2413.
rearrangement of the various parts to
sentence is 2431. S18. Ans.(c)
make a meaningiul
after the
S15. Ans.(b) rearrangement of the
various parts to
which is not part of
Sol. B is the sentence make a meaningful sentence
is 4213.
it is talking about
the coherent paragraph as
which is the S19. Ans.(a)
an independent subject
instances of the terrorist activities in the Sol. The correct sequence
after the
region. Although the central theme is the rearrangement of the
various parts to
same but when we consider the immediate make a meaningful sentence
is 2341.
subject of a paragraph it then becomes an S20. Ans.(d)
independent statement and since we already Sol. C is not a part of
the given coherent
have one which is contributing to the paragraph because the
discussion here is
further discussion, we don't need another. about the importance of
the funds while
The correct sequence of the given the theme of the mains
passage is how the
sentences after the rearrangement is proper implementation of
the Right to
EDAC. The thing that we need to focus Information Act is more
erucial now than
on while finding the sentence is that it ever before.
should be independent and other
The correct sequence of
the given
sentences should continue the discussion
sentences after the
rearrangement is
the 1* sentence warrants. E is the 1*
ADEB. A is the 1 sentence
because it is
sentence and is introducing the topic of
an independent statement
and i
discussion which is its failure to perform
introducing the topic
around which the
duty. The duty that it failed to perform
discussion is based in the
paragraph. D-E
that we are oblivious about right now
then elaborates the issue
by stating how
should then be mentioned in the next
no information is
available about the PM
statement. Hence, D should be the next
CARES Fund. B is the next
statement
statement as it is talking about the
because it further adds
how the donation
decision which puts a question mark on
1tS responsibility. of I billion from foreign
sources makes
A then explains why it the implementation of RTI
even more
IS an act
of irresponsibility. C is the last crucial.
statement which further adds to the
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experience of biometric
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However, experts believe
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ONORC scheme is
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Public
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universalization of
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against China and engage in power analysis
suggests that New
domestic consultations
wider Delhi has a number of
strategic
power,
butits options to consider.
Over the past
India is a rising
() decade or more, as
China's power
transformation is occurring in the
grown, Indian
shadow of China's even more has gradually
impressive ascent. Beijing's policymakers have
been constantly
influence will almost certainly debating these
choices. Just as
continue to grow and has already importantly, through
incremental
upset Asia's geopolitical balance. policy decisions,
India also has been
India must decide how to secure its making its choice.
But this debate
interests in this unbalanced and India's policy
responses to date
environment A closer alignment with have been less than
satisfactory
Washington likely represents India's because they are
being carried out
best chance to counter China, while largely in a
fractured manner.
efforts to foster regional partnerships (a) Only (i)
could play a complementary role. (ii)
(b) Only
(i) It is only inevitable that the
)Both () and (ii)
government will face probing
(d) Both (iü) and (ii).
questions on its silence when such a
large troop mobilisation by China (e) None of these
threatened Indian frontiers weeks Q3. A Naga peace accord

is key to
ago. The govermment must now maintenance of law
and order in
ensure some clarity. The nation must the State
be apprised on the challenges and the
) The much touted Naga
peace accord
steps planned beyond ongoing
with the insurgent
groups involved in
military and diplomatic exchanges, the long-standing
Naga conflict is
to ensure that the status quo ante,
yet to be achieved,
despite the
prior to May, is restored by China.
Centre's push to
conclude it last
Each step, whether it involves year. The inherent
difficulties in
military action, international support, getting other
insurgent actors on
or sanctions by banning Chinese
board have made this
a conflict that
products will come with serious persists despite the
ceasefire and
consequences, and the government problem that does
not lend itself to a
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Only (i)
quick solution. Yet, without
insurgent (c) None of these
agreement to rein in all the
groups, the State government will Q4. Our higher education
system
its
can
have little Jeeway in imposing be more inclusive, in the
wake
extortion
of
will and prevent the blatant covid19 pandemic.
that is hampering development and ) Across thc world,
education has
law and order. The ball is
thereforc
been
drastically affected by
the COVIn.
Centre's court.
in the
19 pandemic. Most
instruction
Narendra
has
(i) Ever since Prime Minister moved online; acroSs the
country.
framcwork
Modi announced the schools, colleges,
universities
and
agreement with the NSCN (Isak- research establishments
have been
Muivah) faction in August 2015, top shut with no idea of
when it will be
BJP leaders have been steadfast in possible to safely
reopen. Higher
their rhetoric about the Naga peace education has gonce
digital where
accord being signed "soon". This possible; or else it has
simply been
assurance was repcated by BJP
put on hold. In the wake
of the
national secretary Ram Madhav
pandemic, other
countries have
during his visit to Kohima last weck.
embraced online
cducation with
However, those watching
mixed enthusiasm. Online
education
developments in the state believe the
has not lived up to its
potential.
final accord will not be reached
i) The adoption of online
solutions in
anytime soon, at least, not in the
form that Ravi had envisaged - an our higher cducation
system in
recent months due to
covidl9
agreement that would satisfy all
stakcholders. pandemic has been
unprecedented.
In the short term,
educators are
(iii) The Centre factionalises its potential
applying a 'first aid'
solution by
interlocutor before bringing some
switching entirely from
in-person lo
groups to the table and tiring them
remote instruction, a
move that has
out through a long peace process
been forced upon them by
sudden
during which their networks and
But
mandatory campus
closures.
sources of funding are weakened -
remote
they are quickly
realizing that
so that a watered down Naga peace
step
learning is just a baby
accord may be handed over for an
to
experiment in the long
journey
honorary cxit. In some cases, an
has
offering online
education that
agreement may not be necessary at
which
been conceived as such,
all. It may prod some leaders to join
student
includes effective
State politics instead.
teacher
Cngagement tools
and
(a) Only (ii) (b) Only (ii)
training.
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higher certain policies, these
actors had the
(ii)
cducation in India duc to covidi19 perfect astrological
capacity to
pandemic. For long this has been weigh the consequences
and divine
elitist and cxclusionary; education the changing context
in which those
has been less about

learning and actions would play
out. We all have
degrees. The to make intelligent
assessments of
more about acquiring
pandemic can change that if we let it. future trends and
developments but
If going online
loses the human these are mostly
educated guesses at
touch, the advantage of becoming best.
available to many many more people (1) The tendency to be
wise after the
who aspire to learn is worth the event can be
deteriorating to foreign
trade. If giving proctored policy formulation.
The fear of being
examinations in a socially distanced proved wrong
may paralyse
world is more difficult, what needs diplomacy. One should
always have
to change is the idea of proctored a historical
perspective when
examinations. Digital tools such as formulating policy so
that we learn
artificial intelligence (A) can from what turned out
to be correct
improve learning outcomes; in decisions and what
turned out to be
particular, this can be a boon for errors of judgement.
But such
teaching students who are success or failure can
only be
differently-abled.
properly assessed in
the light of then
(a) Only (ii)
historical
circumstances and the then
(6) Only (ii) regional and
international
(c)Both ) and (ii) environment.
(d) Both (ii) and (ii) (ii) The great strength
behind India's
(e) None of these foreign policy has
been the broad
national consensus it
has enjoyed,
Q5. Judging history through the
according it a
certain continuity and
prism of the present can be very
coherence. Despite
holding various
damaging to foreign Ppolicy
leaders to account
for this or that
formulation
error of judgement,
there has been
) As Indians we have the indefatigable general
acknowledgement tha
propensity to use a contemporary irrespective of their
ideological or
and often biascd prism to judge past political
persuasion, successive
actors and their actions affecting the govermments have
upheld India's
nation's interests. There is an interests fimly and
judiciously.
Itis
unstated assumption that in taking sad to see that now
foreign policy,
certain decisions or in too, has fallen
victim to very narrow
pursuing
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meaning.
domestic
jousting in
and cynical (iii) Viktor Franki,
who was detained
in
politics. Nazi
concentration camps, studied
(b) Only (ii)
(a) Both (i) and (ii) the source of
depression and found
C)Both () and (ii) (d) Only (i) that it is the
lack of meaning in
life
If we can base
our actions
(e) None of these
and work
shared love
for family
meaning in life through on a
members
Q6. Finding and society at
large, we can
being socially
love and work and
find
important in effective meaning
in life. The Spinit
connected are
battling depression of harmony
between individual and
of depression is society glued by
communication is
i) A common symptom meaning the best way we
can overcome stress
the absence of purpose and
a feeling anxiety and
depression.
in life. Finding or regaining
on this (a) Both (i) and (ii)
of connection to a "purpose
earth" was important to a number of (b) Both (i) and (ii)
the people who were
interviewed. In
() Only (ii)
particular, people spoke about howa
(d) Only (i)
sense of purpose gives meaning to
() None of these
their life, motivates them to plan for
the long-term, and helps them align Q7. The whimsical
curtailment of
their actions with what they most liberty and brazen
partisanship is
value. This section explores how troublesome
people described finding an
() This arbitrary
use of power, implied
overarching purpose in life, and how
by the absence or
selective use of
that sense of purpose then guides
law, is deeply
troublesome. More so,
their decisions and their actions.
when exercised by
a democratically
() In his compelling and challenging
Frequent
elected
government.
piece, Hutson profiles several
arbitrariness in
the political domain
researchers who advance an
leads to tyranny,
it tramples upon
argument that depression can serve a
basic freedoms.
However, an -even
possibly positive purpose in the lens
more basic feature
of arbitrariness,
of evolution. But rather than deitying
one that produces
much greater
evolution and trying to scry out what
it meant for us, let's focus on what's harm, is to be at
the mercy of tne
ore immediately useful for lived 1ancy of sómeone
else, especially the
humans lives today: that, in some powerful.
circumstances, depression may be, in (i) The minutest aspect
of daily ite
the arc of a life, yielding travelling to work
can be
of
insights
dependent upon the
arbitrary opin
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so
excrcised arbilrarily by the state,a threat of Covid-19is
revolutionary in
education that
even
act not in
person 1S made to
not
accordance with a legitimate, genecral 3 decades of
deliberation would
been
the pleasure of state have managed what has
rule but at
arbitrariness in achieved in less than 3
weeks of
officials. Frequent
domain leads to tyranny, lockdown. Innovative
cducation
the political
persistently present techniques such as
Flipped and
quite like when
Learning,
sphere, it leads to online Collaborative
in the social
very crucial and touted as part of
Education, are being
slavery. These are
alarming for our democracy. practised with much
ease across all
schools today.
21 of the Constitution gives
(ii) Article basic B India is amongst those
countries
every citizen the ight of
be whose educational
institutions,
liberty and security. No one can
including schools, have
been shut
deprived of liberty, held without
properly following procedures down in light of the
spread of Covid-
prescribed by law. Article 22 19. These educational
institutions
requires that anyone arrested and have no set date for

reopening
detained must be informed of the despite growing
concerns of various
ground for such an arrest and must stakeholders over the
prolonged
be brought before a competent legal educational lockdown's
immediate,
authority within prescribed time shortterm and long-term
impacts on
frame. Legal scholars have rightly students and parents in
particular and
pointed out that the best on society at large.
interpretation of this Article requires [C] The learning market
is definitely
that the grounds of arrest and changing as people know
that
detention must be reasonable. The everyone is able to
learn everywhere.
complexity of these acts is With the help of online
education
worrisome. system distance and
boundaries are
(a) Both (ii) and (ii) disappearing,
collapsing location
b) Both (i) and (i) inequality between
students from all
() Only (Gii) over the world.
(a) Only (A)
(d) Only(i)
(b) Both (B) and (C)
(e) None of these
() Only (C)
Q8. Online Education gives
(d) Both (A) and (C)
significant shift from traditional
learning. () All of these

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levels.
untrained healthcare providers. an important
platformThe G-20
TA] The medical knowledge of infomal pressing issues,
to
and it mustdiscug
s
providers in Tamil Nadu and detracted from its
origina not
purposobe
Karnataka is higher than that of fully promoting sustainable
financial stability
growth
trained doctors in Bihar and Uttar by
grandstand.
and
Pradesh. Surprisingly, the share of by one or two
members. anding
informal providers does not decline (ii] Mr. Modi raised
several
with socio-economic status. concerns at the G-20
Indian
deliber
[B] According to a study, 68% of including the need
for cooperati
healthcare providers in rural India on dealing with
serious
have no formal training and operate offenders and
fugitives, economie
as well
illegally, and outside the ambit of climate change
funding. a
This found
health policy. Primary healthcare in its way into the
final declaration.
oOn
rural India is in the hands of issues such as ocean
pollution
providers who don't legally exist. management, gender
equality and
[C] Healthcare
concerted efforts to
fight
in rural
India rides
corruption,
Jargely on untrained individuals, a the G-20 found
consensus
more
brand new study stated, including easily.
that unqualified healthcare suppliers ii] Prime Minister
Narendra Modi used
in some states are higher than even the occasion of the G-
20 summit at
the skilled medical doctors m Osaka for as many as
20 meetings,
another states. including nine
bilaterals, eight pull
(a) Only (A) aside engagements, and
of the
Russia-India-China,
Japan-U.S.
(b) Both (B) and (C)
India and Brazil-
Russia-India-China-
(c) Only (C) South Africa groupings.
Many global
(d) Both (A) and (C) challenges, such as
climate change
(e) All of these and its impact, the
balance between
the needs for speed
and national
Q10. Several bilateral and global issues
being
security with 5G
networks
were highlighted at the G-20
introduced, as well as
technolog
summit.
even
driven terrorism, have
become
The countries that make up the G-20 more critical for the
grouping,
and
(19 nations and the European Union)

articulate 1s
the governments must
account for 85% of the worldJ's
line.
nominal GDP, and each has pressing
(a) Only [i]
issues it wishes to discuss with other
members on bilateral, plurilateral
(6) Both [i] and [ii)
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Both [i) and [ii
any
can be deemed too high
by
(c)
(d) Only [ii society.
arc correct.
(c) All [ii Education is a key focus
area for the
incentive of an enviable Delhi government; the
State invests
O11. The
income for teachers could 26% of its annual
budget in the
mitigate many ills that affect sector (much more than
the national
India's education system. average). The
administration has
also
study found that worked on improving
teacher
A World Bank
il
teacher absenteeism in India was motivation as a strategy
for better
nearly 24%, which costs the country cducational outcomes.
The base has
about $1.5 billion annually. been set. The political
leadership in
Absenteeism could be the result of the State, which is
unafraid of the
many factors, including teachers bold and big in the
social sector,
taking up a second job or farming to could build on this.
Moreover, since
boost incomes, providing parental or the State is highly
urban and well-
nursing care in the absence of connected, it would be
easier to
support systems, or lacking enforce accountability
measures,
motivation. Shortfalls in academic which must underpin so
heavy an
achievement are extremely costly, as expenditure.
governments must then find ways to (a) Only [ii]
compensate for them, and ensure the
(b) Only [i
social and economic welfare of all.
(c) Only [iil
[i Paying teachers (and doctors)
(d) Both [i] and [ii]
significantly higher salaries may
seem like a tall order, but the Central (e)Both [ii] and fi]
and State governments in India could Q12. Apart from insisting on a
timely
consider rationalising both teacher
and early clarification
of the
recruitment and allocation of funds LAC, India should take
a long
to existing programmes. The view of its South Asia
policy
incentive of an attractive income
(i) India and China are in a
very
which is girded with unsparing
different place in their
history as
accountability could alleviate many
nations today. They have
grown
tribulations that plague the system,
immensely in strength
and stature on
free fiscal space and help meet
the world stage and
their relations
important national developmental
have substance and a
diversity of
objectives. Ultimately, no investment
content in a manner
absent in the
that enables. an educated, healthy,
1950s. To assume that
India is on
a
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full-blown conflict with China may questions an
inferenceeach of the
therefore be an oversimplification. which is then followed
given gven
in
Both countries must stop that fall paragraphs. You
by bold
must three
despite the terse messaging of paragraph(s) rom where
ind
Choose the option
it isinferred,
the
statements issued in the two capitals possible outcome as
with he
your
choice the best
after the incident.
Q13. Emerging evidence
ii) The night of June
on
15, 2020 will go essential lockdown
the imna.
down in the annals of Indian history
measures
the economic fallout
as one steeped in tragedy. Twenty
of
pandemic on
Indian Amy personnel, including
gender-based
domestic
violence, and
the Commanding Officer of 16th frightening picture.
paints
Bihar Regiment, lost their lives at the
The crisis a
led to an alarming
has
hands of Chinese troops in the
escalation
violence in the
home, of
Galwan Valley of Ladakh. The
with women
bearing the brunt
incident represents a watershed in
of the frustration
and anger. In some
areas,
India's relations with China and
there have
been reports of
women
marks the end of a 45-year chapter
being
prevented from
seeing
which saw no armed confrontation
doctors, and
female doctors being
spat
involving loss of lives on the Line of
on while
testing other women
for COVID-19
Actual Control (LAC).
With the COVID-19
epidemic, there
ii) Due to the current situation at LAC, is an escalation in
the risk many face
Cool-headed thinking is the need of
from domestic and
gender-based
the hour. All this comes at a time when violence
the COVID-19 crisis demands the full
(ii) Urgent action needs
to be taken to
attention of the govermment, the
ensure that during
this COVID-19
economy needs to recover from the
pandemic, victims of
abuse are able
stagnancy of the last few months, the
to access the health
care they need,
tensions with Pakistan persist, and a
including mental
health services.
dispute over teritory with Nepal in the
a
be at
Lipulekh/Kalapani area has been 1) Women tend often
to
and
headlined. There is considerable disadvantage during
crises
turbulence generated by all this. domestic violence
tends to increase
(a) Only ()
(a) Only ()
(b) Only (ii) (6) Only (Gi).
(C) Both () and (1i) c)Both () and (ii)

(d) Both (i) and (ii) () Both (i) and (1n)
(e) None of these (e) All of these
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could be impugned for his Q15. Now, a study published
14. Nehru
idealistic notion of Afro-Asian Medicine suggests that
antibodies
begin
solidarity and his suspicion of formed against SARS-
CoV-2
two-
America's, strategic designs that to decrease in number,
just
infection. This
influenced his thinking on China. three months after
mean that
However, the present
government, does not necessarily
with
which by its own
admission is people previously
infected
SARS-CoV-2 can be
reinfected
firmly committed to national
with low
security above everything else and sOon afte. "A person
actions are antibody level can
get reinfected but
whose foreign policy
infectivity
rather than the viral load will
be low,
driven by transactional
not
idealistic considerations, seems to will be less and
he/she may
Beijing's progress to a
diseased state," says
be equally nalve about
objectives. virologist Jacob
John formerly with
long-term strategic
CMC Vellore.
strategic policy appears, at
) Indian
load is
largely () A person with high
viral
least from the outside, to be
responding without any deliberate indicative of that
the level of
antibody in his/her
body is very less.
plan.
leadership has (i) Antibodies
acquired after
(i) The Indian political
not fully, comprehended China's coronavius infection
won't be
strategic objectives effective for very
long
(ii) India should be more cognisant of (ii) Even if the antibody

level is less, it
China's strategic objectives for might be protective
against the
national security. COVID-19 disease
(a) Only (i) (a) Only (i)
b) Only (i) (6) Only (i)

() Both () and (ii) (c) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) Both (i) and (ii) (d) Both (i) and (ii)
(e) All of these () All of these
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(c) paragraph (i). The use of

obfuscation
Sol. The given inference can be drawn which means less clear and
the
from Both (i) and (ii). concluding statement which
suggest the
use of universalized
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(i) is notdiscussing
the option
is
System (PDS) to
ensure that nobody domestic consultations.
of
to ONORC
excluded as an altemative $3. Ans.(d)
corroborates the given inference.
Sol. The given interence
can only
inference can't be
Paragraph (1i)- The drawn from paragraph (i)
be
as how PDS
derived from this paragraph The given inference
can be drawr
faced by
effectively resolves the problems enough i-
not from this paragraph, refer
to "
ONORC. It is suggestive but agreement to rein in all
the insurg an
out
given
evidence is supporting the groups, the State governme
will
inference,
ha
paragraph little leeway in imposing
its will and
Paragraph (ii)- The given prevent the blatant
extortion" which
initiative of
suggests that government's clearly suggest that
extortion bu
more onus
ONORC is impractical and insurgents (indicative of
law and order
universalized PDS.
should be placed on maintenance dificulty) can
only he
but it is not
The reason may not be given resolved through the peace
accord.
because the
necessary in this case since
mentioned in Gii) This is not the
correct choice because
given inference is blatantly it is just discussing the
difficulties related
that is wy it is
the given paragraph and to Naga peace accord and
not its
supporting the given inference. significance.
$2. Ans.(a) (ü)- The theme of this
paragraph is the
be drawn
Sol. The given inference can developments in the
agreement for Naga
are two
only by paragraph (ii). There peace accord and the given
inference
is
important points in the inference one can't be drawn from this
paragraph.
is
domestic consultation and the other S4. Ans.(b)
India's options.
drawn from
Sol. The inference can be
out
(ii)-The given inference can be drawn paragraph (1ii) only.
Inclusive here means
context of the
including everything or
all typeshow
of
by paragraph (ii) since the
paragraph is the necessity of our people. In para (ii) it
is
mentioned
government to apprise (inform) us of the due to the covid 19
pandemic, the use
education
challenges through wider consolations as digital covid will make
mentioned in the paragraph. Also, various
and the
available to much wider
groups the
options that India can peruse are also technologies like Al will
make
will also
mentioned. outcome even more
fruitful. It
relevance of
(ii) Paragraph (ii) discusses with the make us think about the
these points
importance of diplomatic exchanges proctored exams. Thus all
education system
America and other regional countries suggest that our higher
much better
along with various other options but does can be overhauled for a
as
not include the domestic importance output.
incorrect as
mentioned in the inference. So, the given Para (i) and (ii) are both
the context
1s
inference cannot be drawn from the given though the topic is
similar discusses the
paragraph. diferent entirely. While
(i) education,
unfulfilling potential of
online improve
(i) Paragraph (i) just discusses the failure
to
of New Delhi strategically but again like 1i) talks about the
challenges
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online
the
Ans.(d) Sol. The given statement
states that there
$5. inference an be drawn from has been a drift in the
education system.
Sol. The only because here the Now-a-days practice of
online education
paragraph (i) 1S a new normalcy. Paragraph
(A) and
indicates how we are at the
author wisdom by hindsight. Paragraph (C) are clearly
describing the
receiving end ofthewe judge past on the status of education system
in the country
simpler terms which is shifting from
traditional learning
the circumstances at present
basis of our foreign policy to online educations.
Paragraph (A) has
which could damage mentioned about he
innovative methods
formulation..
"Judging that are being practiced
across all the
Even
though (1) do include schools today; while
paragraph (C)
the prism" in its context it
history through describes a change in the
education
talking about its significance to system is occurring which
will function
is not formulation.
foreign policy beyond boundaries
and location.
accurate and does not have However, Paragraph (B)
states about the
(ii) is not the inference.
enough evidence to support status quo of schools during
the
pandemic. Thus, no
information in
S6. Ans.(c)
can be derived respect to the given
inference is provided
Sol. The given inference
as both the solutions in paragraph (B). Since,
only paragraph
by (iii) only (A) and (C) deduce the
given statement,
mentioned in the inference are mentioned
other two option (d) becomes the
correct answer
in this paragraph only. The choice,
paragraphs only cover the cause which is
"no meaningful purpose" and not the S9. Ans. (b)
social connect aspect. (1ii) even covers Sol. The given inference
describes that
how the meaning of life can be found many non-metro states
incredibly
unlike the others. utilizes the services of
informal
S7. Ans.(b) healthcare providers.
Paragraph (A)
Sol. The given inference can be drawn fails to deduce the given
inference as it
from Both () and i) as both the is merely illustrating the
facts regarding
paragraphs are giving instances of the the medical knowledge of
informal
tyranny and partisanship (prejudice in healthcare providers in few
states.
favour of a particular cause; bias) which However, Paragraph (B)
provides the
1S plaguing our society. In (i) the data concerning the
number of
partisanship can be indicated by the last healthcare providers in
rural India,
few lines, "to be at the mercy of the fancy which helps us deduce the
given
of someone else, especially the powerful" inference. Moreover,
paragraph (C)
while in (ii) it can be drawn from at the
"
concludes the given
inference which
pleasure of state officials". Exercising of can be verified from the
phrase
arbitrary power can lead to curtailment of "Healthcare in rural India
rides largely
Ireedom and both the paragraphs infer the on untrained
individuals...". Thus, both
Same. (ii) is just discussing the various (B) and (C) provide enough
information
acts and the given inference cannot be to infer the given
statement; hence
drawn from it. option (b) is the correct
choice.
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Sio. Ans. (r) (iil) is incorneet because
it is generaliziuu
Sol. Among the given paragraphs. lii] and the tinding of the
randemic. We don
could succestully infer the givcn have enough
exanples which
statement. They both justity the corroborates to this
statement.
diseussions elated to bilateral and global S14. Ans.(d)
isSues at the rccent mecting. Paragraph [i] Sol. Both (ii) and (iü) can
be derived
solely mentions the importanee of the G- from the parngraph. The
last tew lines"
20 as a whole. Hence, option («) is the seems to be cqually naive
about Beijing's
ast suitable ansuer ehoice long-tem strategic
objectives" suggests
S11. Ans. (c) that India does not have
full
Sal. Among the given paragraphs, only understanding of Beijing
long-term
i} could infer the given statement strategic objcctives and
thus (ii) can be
successtully. The paragraph [i] mentions derived trom this. (iii) can
also be
the issue of absentecism of teachers in derived, the reasoning stems
from the
schools in India due to the fact that they logic that Indian leadership
is being called
have to supplement their income îrom naive about Beijing's
long-tem
other sounes. Also, paragraph [ii] only strategic objectives even
when they are
mentions the efforts being made for firmly committed to national
security
inprovements in education in the capital. which suggests that the
comprehension of
Hence, option (c) is the most suitable Beijing's long-term
strategic objectives is
answer choice. important for national
security.
Enviable: arousing or likely to arouse S15. Ans.(e)
envy Sol. All the statements can
be infered
S12. Ans.(e) from the paragraph. It is
mentioned in the
Sol. The inference can be drawn from paragraph that even person
with low
none of the paragraphs. antibody has a lesser viral
load that shows
a person with high viral load
must be
S13. Ans.(a) having less antibody. Hence,
(G) is correct.
Sol. Only i) can be derived from the It is mentioned that, "that
antibodies
given passage as it suggests an escalation formed against SARS-CoV-2
begin to
in domestic and gender based violence decrease in number, just two-
three
which is also mentioned in the paragraph. months after infection"
therefore (ii) is
Refer to, "The crisis.... ...an alarming also correct. Statement by
virologist
escalation of violence .. with women confirms that (ii) is also
correct.
bearing the brunt. ...fustration and
anger"
(i) is incorrect as "mental health
services is not mentioned in the
paragraph.
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Rearrange the
(1-5): Q2. Which of the following
ences (A), (B), (C), (D),
should be
following the
oper sequence to form third
sentence alter
(E),(F) in paragrap then answer reamangement?
meaningful
a questions given below them. (a) A
(b) D
the
is noteworthy
that China today has (c) B
A. It
(d) E
a dispute with Japan in the East F
China Sea,
Q3. Which of the
following should
of these cases, China
cach
be
B. In
the fourth
sentence after
employs the same playbook: Makea
rearrangement?
claim, establish some kind of a
(a) B
spresence, withdraw, and then cite
(b) F
that precedent in future negotiations. ()D
(d) C
C. India will have to draw some lessons (e) E
from countries with similar
Q4. Which of the
following should be
problems.
the last
sentence after
D. With a more assertive and reckless rearrangement?
China determined to open new fronts
(aF
(b)E
across the globe,
) A
(d) B
E And is locked in territorial
Contestation with Vietnam, (e)C
Philippines and Indonesia in the Q5. Which of the
following should be
South China Sea, the second
sentence after
E Besides the long-standing unresolved
rearrangement?
boundary issue with India. (a) D
(6) A
Q. Which of the following () B
(d)F
should be
the fifth sentence after (e)C
rearrangement?
Directions (6-10):
Rearrange the
(a) B
(b) F following five
sentences (A), (B), (C,
C) A (D) and (E) in the
proper sequence to
(d) E
e) C form a meaningful
paragraph and then
answer the
questions given below.
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But the tit-for-tat diplomatic battle Q9. Which of the llowing
hides beneath it a real dilemma in
should
the FOURTH sentence
be
India's Pakistan policy. rearrangement?
alter
B. This comes soon after India expelled
(a) D
(b) E
two Pakistani high commission
() C
A
officials for spying, and Pakistani
agencies detained and harassed two (e) B
members of the Indian diplomatic Q10. Which of the
following
should he
mission in Islamabad. the LAST
sentence
C. It has told the Pakistani high
after
rearrangement?
commission in Delhi to reduce its (a) D
E
strength by half, on the grounds that
(c) A
(d) B
officialswere supporting "cross-
border violence and terrorism". ()C
D. Given the reciprocity that governs Directions (11-20): Read
the following
diplomatic ties, India will do the
questions
following it. Several
alphabets
same in Pakistan.
are
given to help you assist
in answering
E. India has downgraded its diplomatic those questions.
relationship with Pakistan. India's water crisis is
clear and present,
Q6. Which of the following should be with (A)
for the health of the
the FIRST sentence entire population.
According to the
after
Composite Water
Management Index
rearrangement?
developed by Niti Aayog,
70% of the
(a) A (b) B water resources are
identified as polluted.
(c)C (d) D This is based primarily
on data supplied
(e) E by States for calculating
the index. (B)
Had the water accessible
to millions is
Q7. Which of the following should be contaminated, the problem
is infinitely
the SECOND sentence after worse than that of
availability. The
rearrangement? system of ratings for
States is based on
(a) B (b) C their performance in
augmenting water
resources and watersheds,
investing in
(c) D (d) E infrastructure, providing
rural and urban
() A drinking water, and
encouraging efficient
Q8. Which of the following should be agricultural use. It (C)
presumes that this
hall of fame' approach
will foster
the THIRD sentence after "competitive and
cooperative federalism
rearrangement? What emerges from the
early assessment
(a) C (b) D is that States such as
Gujarat, Madhya
(c) E (d) B Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Punjab and
Telangana have
(e) A
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technologies
initiated
can
pulous ones such as Uttar that will encourage reuse.
Pollution
costs. These
while Bihar have failed to respond
Bi be curbed by levying suitable
Pradesh and forward-looking changes
would need
challenge. (D) Tamil Nadu, whi
to the middli dling score, does well on revamped national and State
institutions,
mandate will
has a ntation ofÍ waler sources, but is and updated laws. A legal
and
augne ensure sustainableUse work better than just
competition
abysmallypoor in that the data cooperation, (0-
farming. The trends stress faced by
for extreme Q11. Which of the following word
given
reflect of high to
million people call for speedy in the optionsshould
come at the
600
place marked as (A)
in the
above
reforms.
(1)
areas that need urgent passage to make it
grammatically
(E) Two enforcement of
measures are (2) good correct and
meaningful? Also,
the
store more
watersheds that can word should fill in
the two
agriculture and to serve
water, for use in sentences given below
to make
habitations, and strict pollutiom
3)
correct and
augmentation. In this contex them contextually
control (4
on Restructuring the meaningful.
the Committee,
Central Water
Commission and the
with salt-tolerant
) Experiments
Board, chaired by
Central Ground Water bacteria in
brine have
for a user-centric
Mihir Shah, has called
for life on Mars
to water management,
approach
It advocates (ii) Horse deaths at Santa
Anita
may
especially in agriculture.
decentralisation of irrigation commands, have
for entire racing
offering higher fînancial flows to well industry
performing States through a National
(b) Implications
(a) Concurrence
Irigation Management Fund. (F) Clearly,
awarding an inder rank should help C)Profanity
(d) Absconded
advance such schemes, making States Vindictive
()
feel the need to be competitive. Yet, such
is
approaches may not resolve seemingly Q12. In the above
passage, a phrase (B)
(C) intractable inter-State river disputes. given in bold which
suggest that the
As the Cauvery issue has demonstrated, given expression
may be
State governments would rather seek grammatically
incorrect. Choose the
Judicial intervention than be accused of
most appropriate
expression among
(H) bartering away the rights to a
the four options
which makes the
precious resource under a shared,
cOoperative framework. Groundwater sentence
grammatically correct and
contextually
meaningful. If the
Xtraction patterns. need to be better
understood through robust data collection, given expression
does not require
less than 5% of about 12 million wells are any correction,
choose option (e)
now under study. Steady urbanisation
i.e., "No
correction required" as
calls for a new management paradigm,
your answer.
augmenting sources of clean drinking a
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(a) If the water accessible with the acute warer
stres in most of
to millions 1s
contaminated, the problem India
infinitely worse than that of (e) None of these
availability.
Q15. Sentence (D) which
is given in
(b) If the water accessible from millions
Italics has four
words which are
is contaminated, the problem is highlighted out of
which one may
infinitely worse than that of
or
may not be
grammatically correct
availability.
Choose the
word which is
(c) If the water accessible to millions is grammatically
incorrect as your
contaminated, the problem is being choice, If all the
words are correct
infinitely worsen than that of choose option (e).
availability. (a) Middling8
(b)Augmentation
(d) If the water acessible to millions are
() Abysmally (d)
Ensure
contaminated, the problem is
(e) All are correct
infinitely worse than that of
availability. Q16. In sentence E (which s
given in
(c) no correction required italics) 4 words are
highlighted.
Find the pair (of
words) that must
Q13. Which of the following word is
replace each other to
make the
most opposite in meaning to the sentence
grammatically and
word "PRESUMES" which is contextually correct.
If all the words
given in bold and marked as (C) are in correct
position choose option
(a) Surmises (b) Conjecture (e) as your choice.
(c) Substantiates (d) Perturb (a) 1-4 (b)
2-3
(e) Speculates (c) 3-4
(d) 24
Q14. Which of the following statements (e) All are correct
can be inferred from the given Q17. In the above passage, a
phrase (F) is
passage? given in bold which
suggest that the
(a) India has to change the cropping given expression may be
grammati-
pattern, to channel water guzzling cally incorrect. Choose
the most
crops away from relatively arid appropriate expression
among the
regions four options which makes
the
(b) Awarding an index rank is the best sentence grammatically
correct and
way to solve the water crisis issue. contextually meaningful.
If the
given expression does
not require
(c) Pricing water to reflect its true cost is
inevitable. any correction, choose
option (e)
i.e., "No correction
required" as
(d) Urgent reforms are needed to deal your answer.
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an
index rank
varding
Clearly, (a) Misuse of
(a) advance such power in
order to achieve
vould have helped
wo something.
hemes, making ates
feel the need
sch competitive. (6) To lose something
of value in a trade.
to be (c) Not showing
Clearly, awarding an index rank care or
thought for
(b) something.
should help in advancing such
Schemes, making States
feel the need d) Not giving something
of value to
competitive. someone in need.
to be
(e) None of these
Clearly, awardin an index rank
should help advance such schemes, Q20. Which of
the
following. sentences
make States feel the need to be will best fill the
blank
marked as (1)
competitive to complete the
paragraph
to make
an index rank it contextually
correct (The
d) Clearly, awarding
sentence
should help advance such schemes, must be
grammatically correct also).
making States feel the need of being (a) It will get rid of
the
system of index
competitive. and thus will make
the application
No correction required more sustainable.
()
(b) It will enforce the
NMI
Q18. Which of the following word is
index in
every state.
most SIMILAR in meaning to the
word "INTRACTABLE" which is )Itwould
make governments
given in bold and marked as (G)? accountable.
(a) Compliant (b) Conformable (d) Demolishing
the unconventional
(c) Impious myriads that has
gripped the society.
(d).Profane
(e) None of these
() Refractory
Q19. What is the meaning
of the phrase
"bartering away" which is marked
as H?
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b)
after the
rearrangement.
So. Statement
after
F is the Fifth statement $3. Ans.(e)
the rearrangement.
S2. Ans.(a) Sol. Statement E is the
Fourth statement
after the
rearrangement.
S0. Statement
A is the Third statement
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S4. Ans.(d) India and Pakistan. C is the

Sol. Statement B is the Last statement statement as it is then
describing how
after the rearrangement. India have downgraded its
diplomatic
S5. Ans.(e) relationship with Pakistan. D-
B
then
describes the eciprocity that
governs
Sol. Statement C is the second statement diplomatic ties between the
two countrie
the
after the rearrangement.
by citing the instances in
both India
DCAEFB is the correct sequence of the
and
Pakistan of similar nature.
given scntences. The combination D-C
Athe
concludes by stating that the
real dilemma
should start the paragraph as it is is overshadowed by this tit-
for-tat
introducing the topic of the paragraph diplomatic battle.
which is the lesson that India should draw S11. Ans.(b)
from countries with similar problems due
Sol. Implication will fit the
blank in
to the more assertive and reckless China.
the
paragraph and can also fit the
two blanks
A- then specifies the countries with given in the sentences of the
question.
similar problems from which India should
draw lesson as mentioned in D-C. F is the Implications here means the
effect that
next statement which can be confirmed an action or decision will have
on
due to the use of "besides which something else in the future.
indicates the countries mentioned in the Vindictive which means having or
previous statement. B then continues the showing a strong or unreasoning
desire
discussion by addressing the strategy of for revenge is also incorrect as
we necd a
China. noun and here and adjective is
used.
S6. Ans.(e) Absconded means leave hurriedly
and
secretly, typically to escape
from custody
Sol. Statement E is the First statement
after the rearrangement. or avoid arrest.
Concurrence means the situation
in
S7. Ans.(b)
which people, things, or events
concur
Sol. Statement C is the Second statement Profanity means blasphemous or
obscene
after the rearrangenment. language.
S8. Ans.(b) S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. Statement D is the Third statement Sol. The appropriate answer
choice
after the rearrangement. should be option (a) as in the
given
S9. Ans.(e) paragraph the Option (b) and (d)
can be
Sol. Statement B is the Fourth statement omitted easily, in option (b)
'from
after the rearrangement. millions' is incorrectly used
and in option
(d) are contaminated' is wrongly
used.
S10.Ans.() Hence option (a) is the correct
answer
Sol. Statement A is the last statement choice.
after the rearrangement. S13. Ans.(c)
ECDBA is the correct sequence of the Sol. Presumes means suppose that
given sentences. E is the 1 sentence as it something is the case on the
basis of
is introducing the theme of the passage probability. Hence substantiates
which
which is diplomatic relationship between means provide evidence to
support or
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Conjecture means an opinion
or
Sol. There
is no error
conclusion forme on the basis statement. in the
given
information. of
incomplete S18. Ans(e)
Surmises means suppose that something Sol. Intractable
means hard to
control
Is
1e without having evidence to deal with hence
refractory
which means
or
contirm it. unmanageable
is the
similar in meaning. word which
is most
S14. Ans.(d)
Impious
Sol. ption (d) is the correct choice for means
arrogant
domineering.
and
the given question as throughout the
passage the author has stressed on the Profane means not
relating
to that which
water crisis and how it requires our is sacred or religious;
urgent
secular.
attention. S19. Ansb)
$15. Ans.(d) Sol. Barter away
means to swap
or
Something, often
trade
Sol. The use ofensure is incorrect and for an item
of lesser
instead ensuring will be used. Here value.
before "ensure" the preposition "in" is S20. Ans(e)
used which is also an indicator that a Sol. Option (c) is
the correct
choice as it
gerund will be used considering the is indicating what a legal
mandate will do.

sentence structure. The answer to this
question can be
S16. Ans.(d) inferred from the passage
as throughout
Sol. Augmentation and Enforcement the passage it is
has
mentioned that
to be replaced to make the sentence competition alone will
not
solve the crisis
grammatically and contextually and thus steps like legal
correct.
mandate will
Author is talking about increasing make the government more
accountable.
the
numbe of watersheds
augmentation which means hence
the action or
process of making or becoming
greater in
size or amount must
be there.
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quetions two columns are given (c) A-F and A-E (d) A-D
containing three sentences/phrases
each. In first column, sentences/phrases (e) None of these
are A, B and C and in the second
Q2.
and F. A sentence/phrase from the first COLUMN (1)
column may or may not connect with (A) Blaming subordinates
s bad
another sentence/phrase from the leadership
second column to make
(B) In defeat, the Gandhi
family is
grammatically and contextually correct
sentence. Each question has five looking
options which display the sequence(s) (C) The lack of maturity,
egocentrism,
in which the sentences/phrases can be and sense of entitlement
joined to form a grammatically and
contextually correct sentence. Choose COLUMN (2)
the pair(s) which make(s) a (D) The responsibility that the
position
grammatically meaningful sentence. carries.
Q1. (E) Who have a history of
undermining
COLUMN (1) strong regional leaders.
(A) The tentative revival in industrial (F) For scapegoats
without owning
activity responsibility.
(B) While the inflation reading remains (a) C-F and B-D (b) A-E
below the RBI's inflation (c) B-F and A-D (d) B-F
(C) And while the monsoon is forecast to (e) None of these
be normal
Q3.
COLUMN (2) COLUMN (1)
(D) Buoyed by a generally broad-based (A) This collapse was long in the
making
revival
(B) An attack on doctors at a
medical
(E) Appears to have started on a
college hospital in Kolkata
healthier note
(C) There can be no argument
against the
(F) Must be built on through prudent doctors' primary demands
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the method
both
both doctors and of computing default rates
Concerns of
D) patients: COLUMN (2
has become (D) Is aimed at sharpening
disclosure and
death of a patient
The leaving little room for
raters to be
() the focal point of an agitation
condoned ambiguous.
is being
This evasiveness
(F) supremos (E) That plagues the rating
industry.
reigning
by the
framework will
(b) B-E (F) Is how the new
C-F and B-E
(a)
(d) B-F eifectively resolve the
conflict of
B-F and A-D
(c) interest issue.
these
(e) None of (a) A-F (b)
C-D
Q4. (c) A-D and B-F

(d) A-F and C-D
COLUMN 1) (e) None of these
violence against
(A) The effort to end
professionals Q6.
doctors and medical
must start COLUMN (1)
(A) The Shanghai
Cooperation
(B) The police
statement indicates that
Organisation is
(C) The increasingly high cost
of medical
(B) India's strategy
of balancing and
education in the private sector
straddling
COLUMN (2)
(C) The SCO collective and
the bilateral
(D) Having endorsed the demands and
meetings in Bishkek
called for a strike.
communication breakdown COLUMN (2)
) A
aggravated the situation.
(D) An important indicator
of the foreign
policy arc it is
attempting.
(F) The understanding that doctors and
patients do not have an antagonistic
(E) The competing
interests of the
emerging blocs will be
tested.
relationship
(a) A-F (F) Becoming vital to India's
Eurasia
b) B-E
policy.
(c) B-F and A-D (d) A-F and B-E
(a) A-F
(b) C-D
e) None of these
(c) A-D and B-F
(d) A-F and B-E
Q5
() None of these
COLUMN (1)
Q7.
(A) The bottom line is
that the poor track
record of credit rating agencies COLUMN (1)
(A) Protests over the
extradition Bill in
(5) They are also seen by many as
being Hong Kong
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attempt by Beijing COLUMN (1)
the
Reserve Bank of
(C) They fear that the new legislation (A) The efforts of
India to clean up the
non-perfoming
would further erode
loans mess in the
banking system
COLUMN (2)
suffered a setback
(D) Let criminals evade trial elsewhere by
taking refuge in Hong Kong (B) The RBI's nuanced
approach
(E) Underline the tensions with mainland (C) The delays in
resolution are not good
China optics,
(F) The freedoms people enjoy under the COLUMN )
Basic Law, the city's mini- (D) In the resolution
process has faced
constitution. severe criticism.
(a) A-E and C-F (b) C-E (E) When the Supreme Court
shot down
) A-D and B-E (d) C-F and B-F its circular
(e) None of these (F) The revised circular
on stressed assets
is noteworthy
Q8.
(a) C-E
(b) A-F
COLUMN (1)
(A) When the extradition agreements (c) A-E and B-D
(d) B-F
were finalised, Taiwan (e) None of these
(B) The local authorities' insistence on
Q10.
going ahead with unpopular measures
COLUMN (1)
(C) The legislation, championed by Hong
(A) Extending the right to
education to
Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam,
younger children
will allow
(B) The lost years have cost
millions
a
COLUMN (2)
brighter future,
(D) Were excluded because of the
the
different criminal justice system. (C) Bringing more children
into
formal stream needs
(E) Is only sharpening the contradiction
between the way Hong Kong is ruled COLUMN (2)
and the expectations of civil society. (D) An ambitious goal that
will require
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on a
activity appears to have
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healthier note"
A-F "The tentative revival inindustrial
contextually as it
It is also correct
activity must be built on through prudent indicates that the revival
has started on a
policy support
healthier note.
Is
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correct and makes sense as the
of industrial activity 1s beng
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the Gandhi family
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without owning
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who
for the wrongdoings, mistakes, is blamed in Hong Kong underline
the
tensions wiswith
of others, especially or faults mainland China"
for reasons of C-F-"They fear that the
new legislatin.
expediency. So B-F is implying
that they would further erode the
freedoms Den
are looking for the person
who they want
to blame for their defeat. enjoy under the asic Law,
the
mini-constitution."
city's
S3. Ans.(e)
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. None of the given combination
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grammatically or contextually correct.
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unpopular
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places with which
to
method of computing default rates is
the city has no formal
extradition accord"
aimed at sharpening disclosure and
leaving little room for raters to be S9. Ans.(c)
ambiguous." Sol.
A-D is incorrect as there is a contrast in A-E The efforts of the
Reserve Bank of
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performing
ambiguity. loans mess in the banking
system suffered
a setback When the Supreme
Court shot
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down its circular
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approach in the
A-F "The Shanghai Cooperation resolution process has faced
severe
Organisation is becoming vital to India'ss criticism.
Eurasia policy" B-F is incorrect because of
the missing
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straddling the competing interests of these S10. Ans.(b)
emerging blocs will be tested"
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talking
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second part 1S
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the way to
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losses.
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cost millions a
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stream needs
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mission-mode
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will
implementation."
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investors should consider
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currently pays
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in the first blank,
Sol.
grammatically or
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think about"
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and "currently" in second
blank which
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Indian trade negotiators counterparts means "right now'",
perfectly fits in to
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upon their American make a contextually
meaningful and
impress that market
importance of ensuring grammatically correct
statement.
the services exporters Combat: take action to
reduce or prevent
access for Indian
new, restrictive visa
remains free of (something bad or
undesirable)
curbs Conversely: introducing a
statement or
sports, anything that can be
C-D Outside idea which reverses one
that has just been
objectively measured 1s too democratic
to
made or referred to.
be prestigious. Reluctantly: in an
unwilling way
that can be
C-E Outside sports, anything
prominent only S17. Ans. (4)
objectively measured is
for a brief period of time Sol. The given paragraph
discusses the
government decision to set
up National
S13. Ans.(c)
Anti-profiteering
Authority for dealing
Sol.
with the complaints of
consumers. Here,
A-E Those who made LTCG from equity in the first blank,
"rolled out" which
investments during FY19 will be means "to make a new
product available
disclosing the gains for the first time in
for the first time" and in
second blank
their tax returns to be filed by July this
"against" which means "in
opposition to"
year
fits perfectly in the
given blanks to make
B-F The high pendency rates in
India's a contextually
meaningful and
judicial system have dragged
down grammatically correct
statement.
growth and investments in
an investment- Crossed out: to draw a
line through
starved economy
C-D is incorrect Put off postpone
because of the omission
of 'that' before increased. S18. Ans. (6)
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mentioned the
Sol. concern of Supreme Court
about the
award of tenders being
challenged in writ
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challenges
can allow
are
it to grow at a faster pace because of the
inadequacies in our
wilhout high
inflation national public
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someone very
means "extensively irritating and and infirm
weak
frustrating" and in the second blank Weaning: be strongly
influenced
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especially from:an early by
quality or quantity required fits
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perfectly to form contextually
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given here
discusse
statement. The Bombay Presidency
Association Sses
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about Mr.
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pertectly means
in the fist
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which means
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determination
and
strength", fits
perfectly in the second
S19. Ans. (c)
blank. Hence, option
(b) is the
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most
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Portend: be a sign or
warning
membership would provide India an
that
important counter. Here, in the first blank, (something,
especially something
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calamitous) is likely to
violently and in second blank, happen
"pursuing" which meansfollow or Enervate: make (someone)
feel drained
of
chase" perfectly fits to make the energy or vitality
statement grammatically and contextually Ironically: used in
reference to a
meaningful. Hence, option (c) is the most paradoxical, unexpected,
or coincidental
suitable answer choice. situation.
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inquiry, research, or
way. asking questions;
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various questions carefully and feared by repressive
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books to
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statements
had also been
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and
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the correct
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similar exercise in Hong Kong during B.e
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E. None of the above options
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the
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piracy has ensured that books and sternmost
statement,
knowledge are just a few mouse respectively?
clicks away. A. c d B. g
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indeed, the pursuit of knowledge the E. None of the above options
target of political regimes.
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of the
() This is perhaps why libraries have phrase it had to transcend
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Witnessed a resurrection at protest
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of knowledge
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of knowledge
being just a bookstore in order to
D. an
improper use of knowledge
become a place where people can
garner to get back a sense of E. None of
the above options
community. Q7. What's
the meaning of
the idiom
II. It had to rise above its very identity of spell
doom for', that has been used
being just a collection of books to in the
last statement? ISed
become a place where people can pull A. To cause

the end
together to regain a .sense of B. To utterly
disappoint
gossiping.
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scenario
bare place for amassing books to be a D. To exploit
severely
place where people can come together E. None of
the above options
to have a sense of social debates. Direction(8-
15): Read the given
passage
A. Only II B. Both II and III carefully and
that
C. OnlyI D. All I, II and IlI
follow.
Is India in a state
of undeclared
E. None of 1, II and II
emergency'? Several
media organizations
Q4. Which of the following words can -
the Press Club
of India, Editors Guild
deseribe the tonelnot the author's of India, Indian
Women's Press Corps,
Indian Journalists
Union are among them
tone] of the statement (c)?
-
think this is,
indeed, the case. Their
A. stated B. fabled concerns cannot be
C. conceived D. ideated Democratic' India has
developed a
E. None of the above options rash of brash
and intimidating
members of the fourth
estate, who still
Q5. Which of the following words is a have the spine left
to be objective and
synonym of the word 'regime' in critical.
statement (d)? Legal provisions,
some of which are
A. administration legacies of colonial
law, are being
B. authority
blatantly used to
impose a culture of
C. ule D. jurisdiction silence. Consider the
latest transgression
E. All of the above options of the slew of
sedition cases filed against
several senior
journalists well as a
Q6. What's the actual meaning of the prominent member of
the opposition
phrase a fount of knowledge' in across five states for
their alleged
statement (? misleading' tweets on
the violence and
the death of a farmer
during the
disturbances on
Republic Day. This
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be objective
incident reveals
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the first paragraph?
part of the
the
nature of today. are a
large number of
blatantly
Indian
media There
can
bold members
in the press, who
ecosystem
partisan, competitive
a
First,commercial (a)interpretations are
by careful
still be
characterised
express opinions
and
and journalists to evaluation,
judgement
forcing (bJactualities,
not, on some impartiality,
in Democratic India.
that do (c)imperatives the faulty
ground
reflect death of the farmer Some members
of the media who
(d)occasions of the
II.
unbiased and
point. have the guts
to be
a case in
left in
are veracity has been judgmntal are
still
occasional slip of
The cynica administration to Democratic
India.
exploited by a ranging from
serious charges, Democratic
India has plenty of
endosement of communal
II.
sedition to the dauntless
journalists and media
accused.
tensions, against the persons who
still can afford
to be
media
twisting of facts by a
undistorted
Yet, the perceived to be the impartial and
present
fraternity, present facts, in Democratic
India.
cheerleaders of the
scrutinized. This A. OnlyI B.
Both I and II
dispensation, is seldom
hypocrisy and
unmitigated
D. Both I and IlI
s
intimidation. The weaponization of
C. Only I1
other draconian E. All I,II and
II
sedition as well as of
intent: the
legislations ca have only one Q10. In the third
paragraph, four
words
independent,
stifling of expression of in bold may or may
not be
correctly
journalists but
critical opinion not just by
are Some
citizens. This placed. Below
also comedians and
correct
combinations
ofthe
warrants serious reflection on the part of
institutions that claim to be the custodians sequence of
those words, one of
of democracy. which will
make the whole sentence
contextually
correct. Choose the
Q8. Which of the following phrasal
verbs can contextually fit in the corect
combination of those words.
blank in the first paragraph? If no
replacement is required,
choose
option (E).
A. brushed down B. brushed aside
D. laid down A. cdba
B. bdac
C. laid aside
E. None C. beda
D. cbad
of the above options
E. None of the
above options
Q9. What does the author mean by the
phrase Democratic' India has Q11. There is a
blank and a word
developed a rash of brash and highlighted in
bold in the fourth
intimidating members of the paragraph.
Below are some pairs
fourth estate, who still have the of the
word, that"'ll fit in the blank
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D. Only II
word respectively. Choose the E. Both II and III
correct pair.
Q13. What does the
author mean by
A. level, language or behaviour that is
the
phrase
cheerleaders of
intended to offend other people.
present
dispensation in the the
B. slap, incitement of discontent or
last
paragraph?
rebellion against a government.
A. supporters of the
current chaos
C. strike, conduct or speech inciting B. admirers of the
existing situation
people to rebel against the authority C. protagonists of the
contemporary
of a monarch.
government
D. put, conduct, such as speech and D. followers of the
present-day
organization, that tends to act against organisation.
dutifulness of the citizens.
E. None of the above
options
E. None of the above pairs
statements
Q12. What is the dual nature of the can be inferred from
the last
challenge' as mentioned in the paragraph?
second paragraph, according to the I. Govenment's
unnecesarily and
author? extremely severe
laws are meant to
I. Journalists are being compelled to minimise the freedom
of speech of
distort the truth sometimes and individuals and
suppress the voices of
consequently their this mistake dissent.
exposed them to serious accusations IL. The fact that media
houses do distort
by the derisive administration. the real facts, is
rarely looked at,
II. The present rivalrous nature of the critically.
press media obligates the journalist II. Sedition charges are the
weapons of
to hide the true facts and this the government, which
display an
wrongdoing of them, is working in utterly uncontrolled
pretension.
favour of the disrespectfiul A. Only III
B. Both I and II
administration. C. Both II and III
D. Both I and IlI
III. For the sake of surviving the E. All 1, Il and II
aggressive and competing world of
Q15. What's the actual tone
of the author
media, journalists are working
in the last line of the
last
against their ethics and distorting
facts, which is then helping the paragraph?
pessimistic administration to bring A. Admonitory
B. Reprimanding
accusations against the oppressors. C. Distressing
D. Teasing
A. Only Il B. Both I and IlI E. None of the above options
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passage best out of the Q17. According to the Union
health
Select the
blank. hoices given, to make the ministry, no COVID-19
case has
answer cho coherent. If no
com plete and been reported in 146
districts in the
passage blank, cho0se (E) as
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your Tamil Nadu ar are to
Schools in is well below the
global figure of
o16. physIcal classes
partially restart 2.15. A year after
India recorded its
Yesterday, students of Class first COVID-19 case
these are
today.
attended classes
10 and
12 in Delhi reassuring
indicators that the
time since
in
schools for the first contagion is on its
last legs in a
March. These developments country where it
has claimed more
last
the staggered
lives.
mark a new phase in than 1.5
lakh
India.
reopening of schools across
This achievement
Next week, shouldn't,
however,make the
Maharashtra is scheduled to reopen country's policy
makers lose sight
classes after it
some of the junior of the
vulnerabilities sOcial,
started with older students earlier in economic and
educational
the month. It augurs well as
India
amplified by the
exposed and
makes steady. progress towards pandemic.
leaving behind the worst of 2020.
A. Pandemics are,
however, cruel not
A. Opening schools may have to be just because of the
toll they take on
revisited over the next four weeks if peoples' health but
also because of
the transmission of the vinus
the social and
economic disruptions
continues to rise.
they cause.
B. Therefore, schools are working out
B. India would have
done a better job of
plans to ensure students who choose
balancing the
imperatives to protect
not to come to campus, do not miss
lives and
livelihoods and mitigating
out on anything
disruption if it had
a stronger social
.States across the country have been security system.
forced to jump
onto the digital C. India's success in
tackling the health
education bandwagon over
the last crisis is
impressive given that the
four months due
to the interruptions virus continues to
rage in several
Caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
parts of the
developed world.
D. States
have devised their own
D. Early impacts
of the pandemic-
protocols to ensure safety
and taken
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Mahatma
resultant economicdistress is Gandhi, as he spearheaded
the
exacerbating pre-existing stuctures freedom struggle,
drew
of disadvantage based on social inspiration from / and
acted with
identity. conviction on the
principle / rooted
E. None of the above options in our ancient tradition-
ahimsa
or non-violence.
Direction(18-22): In each of the
A. spearheaded -
yielded to
questions below, a sentence has been
broken into four parts with one word B. inspiration - goad
highlighted in bold in each of the C. conviction - certitude
fragments. From the options given,
identify the word which expresses
meaning opposite to the given sentence,
a D. ancient dateless
with the highlighted word replaced by
a word of the opposite meaning. Q21. They, along with thousands
of their
compatriots, placed
the nation
Q18. Can the building of a champion
before the self, valued
freedom
cricket team provide any insight
over slavery and
oppression, / and
into the building of a champion
rose against the might of
the British
manufacturing sector, / a challenge
empire.
India has grappled with, / without
A. compatriots - landsmen
much success, for long?
B. valued - cherished
A. insight - discernment
B. building - confecting C. oppression
felicity
D. might - sinew
C. grappled - liberated
D. success coup E. None of the above pairs
E. None of the above pairs Q22. What has really pushed the
clock
close to the and
kept it
brink/-
Q19. Amidst the current discourse on there in 2021- is the
parochial,/
Sustainable Development Goals profit-seeking and often
petulant
(SDGs) for all and leaving no one ways in which governments
have
behind,/ one finds wide gaps/ in
handled the pandemic.
the development of our children.
A. brink - verge
A. discourse colloquy
-
B. parochial - petty
B. leaving forsaking
-
C. petulant choleric
-
C. gaps - lacunae
D. handled treated
-
D. development - retrogression
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statements, statement
will be a need for
significantly
tements are sequenced
these increased public
expenditure in the
When
properly,
they'll form
form a coherent and
coming year, partly due
to the need
paragraph. There are
ningful for investments in
public health,
questions based on each of the
variou
statements. Rea ead it carefully and including the cost of
vaccinating our
questions tha
that follow. vast population.
answe the
fortheoming Budget, therefore, (g) The focus of these has
understandably
The opportunity for
provides an important been on providing
relief in the form
government to deploy fiscal of food grain, cash
transfers and other
the economy.
measures to shore up the benefits to the poor,
as well as other
months have been reforms acTOSS sectors.
b)The past nine:
unprecedented as .we witnessed a Q23. In the entire sequence,
if the
economic stimulus
series of relief and intermediate
statement s
measures to helpP the economy removed, which of the
following
recover from the effects of the statements will be
the next to the
pandemic.
laststatement?
also need to
(c) The government will A. B.e
continue spending on infrastructure
C..f D. a
and other social programmes.
(d) On the fiscal side, there has not been
much by way of relief measures, Q24. Which of the following
statements
except fora temporary reduction in is nearest to the
subterminal
withholding tax rates and extensions position?
in deadlines for various compliances. A. B.
e
() While these factors will undoubtedly
C.b D.
f
limit the policy options available to
the govenment, a well-designed,
targeted combination of measures can Q25. What's the tone of the
author in the
still help it raise statement ()?
revenue without
adding to the taxpayers' burden. A. Circumspect B.
Introspective
() But, before we proceed C. Garbled
to consider D.
Approbative
the measures the government
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S1. Ans.(C. a) abuse improper use or

misuse.
cquidistant from the FIRST and FIFTHI dearth - shortage.)
statement - THIRD statement. S7. Ans.(A. To cause the
end)
The correct arrangement is - The pandemic, with its
attendant
restrictions on
gatherings, spelt furthe,
8S2. Ans.(A.e c d)bd doom for the public
library.
It means the
pandemic, with ito
lead-off- coming before all others in time associated restrictions
on gatherings.
or order-~foremost or first. caused the end of the
public library, as
sternmost farthest in the rear~ last. people stopped going and
gathering
$3. Ans.(C. Only ) there.)
sense of clique - sense of community. S8. Ans.B. brushed aside)
transcend - go beyond or rise above or brush aside - to treat
(something) as not
surpass. important to 1gnore
or dismiss
garner - to gather or come together or (something).
pull together. The context has justified
the concerns
repository a place where things are of the media organisations
later in the
stored and can be found. passage. That's why, their
concerns
I1- Incorreet. It's talking about the sense can't be ignored or
dismissed.
of gossiping. brush down to
clean someone or
II - Incorrect. It's talking about the something using your hands
or a brush.
sense of public debate.)
S4. Ans.(A. stated)
lay aside - to keep
(something) for
special or future use : to
reserve or save
stated expressed as a fact. (something).
Statement (c) is just a fact. It's not lay down - i) to put away
or stop using
imagined or conceived. something
fabled- imagined. ii) to state something
plainly esp. as an
official rule.
conceived/ideated - conceptualised.
S9. Ans.(D. Both I and III)
S5. Ans.(E. All of the above options.)
"Democratic' India has
developed a
Regime mode of rule or management or
-
a form of government. new rash of brash and

intimidating
members of the fourth
estate, who still
S6. Ans.(C. a source of knowledge) have the spine left to be
objective and
fount a source of a desirable quality. critical.
(it comes from 'fountain'. a rash of- a large number
of.
source from which brash - blatantly bold and
brave.
fountainthe
something proceeds or is supplied.)

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pstate it reters to the Situation or behaviour
urthmedia or the public press.
about.)
that you
are talking
newsi
three branches of government $11. Ans.(B. slap),
The Kecutive and Judicial. The
incitement of
gislative, discontent or
rebellion
againsta
the press. government.
fourth one Is
spine - have the guts. slap put or apply
(something)
havethe or unbiased. somewhere quickly or
forcefully.
objective- Impartial
eritical-judgmental. slap serious charges'
is absolutely
correct.
Correct. characterised by careful
- sedition - incitement or
provocation
I aluation, judgeme and impartiality'
of
eval objective. discontent(dissatisfaction)
means- critical and rebellion(civil
disobedience)
or
Incorrect. It has a different sense. It
against a
II- some brave members of the press government or against the
authority
of a
says, monarch(ruler).
are still left. But, according to the context
A Incorrect. "level' is
correct. But, the
a large
number of members are in the
meaning is wrong, as it's
talking about
media, who still have the guts or courage*
unbiased. offending other people.
to be
C Incorrect. 'strike' is an
IlI- Correct.
incorrect
verb here. But, the meaning
is correct.
plenty of- many.
D - Incorrect. put' is
correct. But,
dauntless brave.
the
meaning is wrong, as it's
talking about
present undistorted facts - being objective acting against the
dutifulness of the
and unbiased. citizens.
undistorted - something that has not dutifulness obedience by
virtue of
been changed from its usual or original devotion to duty.
form.
S12. Ans.(C. Only )
S10.Ans.(A.cdba)
First, a partisan, competitive ecosystem
The dual nature of the
challenge' has
been expressed by the
author in two
and commercial imperatives
are forcing scenarios.
journalists to express opinions that do
not,
on some occasions, The first nature is-
reflect ground
actualities- the faulty interpretations Referto
the death
of
of the farmer are a case in point. First, a partisan,
competitive ecosystem
imperative - an essential and commercial
imperatives are forcing
or urgent thing.
actuality-reality. journalists to express
opinions that do
interpretation not, on some occasions,
reflect ground
understanding or
conclusion. actualities the faulty
interpretations of
the death of the farmer
are a case in
0n some occasions
often. sometimes, but not point.
partisan - biased competitive ecosystem and

commercial
or discriminatory. imperatives media's
aggressive nature
Case in point - an example and competitive needs.
of the
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looks
express opinions that do not, on some nonspecific.
is
OCcasions, reflect ground actualities
S14. Ans.(B. Both and II)
1
express distorted facts/hide the true facts.

to - The
weaponizat
And, the second nature is - I - Refer
sedition as well as of her
draconi of
Refer to- legislations can have only
one intent:
the
The occasional slip of veracity has been stifling of expression of
independe
exploited by a cynical administration to critical opinion tjust by
journalists but
slap serious charges, ranging jrom also comedians and
citizens.
sedition t1o the endorsement of communa stifle to suppress or to
silence
tensions, against the accused.
draconian legislatior
unnecessari and
The occasional slip of veracity the extremely severe laws.
OCcasional failure to present the truth or
remain truthful. II Refer to - Yet, 1he
twisting of facts bu
-
veracity truthfulness. a media fraternity,

perceived to be the
cheerleaders of the
present dispensation.
So, journalist's failure to stay truthful is
is seldom scrutinized
exploited by the cynical government to
twisting of facts
distorting the real
bring serious accusations against them.
facts.
I- Correct. seldom rarely.
accusation charge.
-
scrutinize - look at
carefully.
derisive cynical. -
III Incorrect. According
to the context,
II - Incorrect. It's not clear. 'working în the fact that the
govermment rarely
favour of the disrespectful
scrutinizes media's
wrongdoings, is
administration' is ambiguous. It hasn't hypocritical, not the
sedition charges.
specified anything particular.
Wrongdoing - mistake.
pretension- hypocrisy.
S15. Ans.(B. Reprimanding)
III - Incorrect. It says, the accusations
are brought against the oppressors. But, Reprimand - censuring or
criticizing.
the paragraph says, the accusations are This warrants serious
reflection on the
brought against the accused, who are the
the
part of institutions that
claim 1o be
journalists here. custodians of democracy.
oppressor means dictators. It means This(stifling of
expression of
S13. Ans.(C. protagonists of the independent, critical
opinion not Just by
contemporary government) journalists but also
comedians and
protagonist - supporter or flagbearer. citizens) provides adequate
grounds to
justify the fact that, the
part
of
contemporary present-day or existing. institutions that claim to
be the
cheerleader an enthusiastic and vocal protectors(custodians)
of democracy,
supporter of someone or something. need to reflect on
themselves, because
oy
dispensation a
political, relígious, or
social system prevailing at a particular
suppressing
protecting
voices,
they're not
democracys
they're
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Admonitory the health crisis is impressive
given
Distressing-ccausing anxiety.
that
the virus continues to rage in
several
or king fun of. parts ofthe developed world.)
Teasing- mocking
Ans.(D. States have devised their The entire context is positive
in
tone, with
S16.
protocols to ensure
Own indepen
safety and
calls on how they
an advisory note in the
last
line.
It's talked about 'reassuring
indicators
taken sequence
the resuscitating in the first part. So,
India's success in
want to
resuscita - reviving«or getting back to tackling the health crisis
is impressive
given that... is the
appropriate statement
normalcy.
sequence the resuscitating' in this place. The last
line is referring
ant to make Tndia's success in
tackling the health
means want to an order of
crisis' as this
achievement'
reopening.
A Incorrect. It's
negative. It's talking
-
The
context is about reopening of the about the pandemic's cruel
effects.
chools and how different states are
B Incorrect. It's
negative too. It's
dealing with the reopening.
-
undermining India's
achievements.
The statement Maharashtra is scheduled
D Incorrect. It's also
negative. It's
to reopen some of the junior classes..
talking about the
pandemic's early impact
is serving as an example of its previous
and economic distress.
statement.
positive here, as the S18. Ans(C.grappled-
liberated)
The tone is
paragraph ends with a positive note. grapple- to struggle.
a
t augurs wellfitis good sign) as India liberate - to free.
makes steady progress towards leaving insight and
discernment are
behind the worst of 2020. synonymous.
A Incorrect. It is a negative statement. confecting-constructing.
It's talking about revisiting, the plan of
coup success.
opening schools. So, it doesn't match
with the last two statements. S19. Ans. (D.
development
B
retrogression)
Incorrect. 'Therefore' makes the
statement incorrect. It's not the result retrogression - the
process
of returming
of
the developments, the paragraph to an earlier state,
typically a worse one.
has
talked about. The development is the discourse/colloquy a
high-level serious
reopening of the schools but, this discussion.
statement is talking about schools
making forsake- leave.
plans for the students,
who'll not come to lacuna an unfilled
space; a gap.
schools.
C (plural- lacunae)
Incorrect. It's a negative statement
and it's not S20. Ans.(A.
spearheaded - yielded to)
talking about reopening. It's
talking about digital education spearhead - to lead or
be the driving
and the
ntemuptions caused by Covid- force behind.
19.
S17. Ans.(C. yield to to surrender.
India's success in tackling
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certitude / conviction - certainty. s24. Ans.(D:1)
dateless- not clearly belonging to any Subterminal situated or
particular period, therefore not likely to
ocur
but not precisely at an
end. near
go out of date or ancient.)
The correct arrangement is
-
S21. Ans.(C. oppression -felicity)
bgd afc e)
oPpression prolonged cruel or unjust e can't be the answer,
treatment or exercise of authority.
as it is
terminal statement.
the
felicity the quality or state of being
happy. Among other options, "f is
one to the end.)
the nearrest
compatriot / landsman a fellow citizen
-
or national of a country. s25. Ans.A. Circumspect)

valued/cherished prized or treasured. Circumspect careful to
consider
-
all
might/ sinew solid resilient strength.)
-
circumstances and possible
consequences a
prudent.
S22. Ans.(E. None of the above pairs)
In statement f, the author
is
brink/verge - edge.
considering
the future aspects and also
explaining
his
parochial/ petty - narrow-minded. concern.
petulant- choleric ill-tempered or Introspective
characterized
impatient. examination of one's own
thoughts by
and
handle/ treat to deal with.)
- feelings.
S23. Ans.A. c) Garbled confused and
distorted.
Next to the last - Second last. Approbative expressing
praise and
Even if the intermediate/middle approval.)
statement(a) is removed, it will have no
effect on the second last position.
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rection(1- Read the illustrative of several
deepening chasms.
answer ithe questions that
arefully and Maharashtra topped states in
providing
Care
decline in the
follow. that legal aid, but witnessed a
Supreme Court had ruled already-meagre number of women
police
the ,
n 2016,to justice is a fundamental right.
representation of
officers. Indeed, the
ccess
universality ofjustice does not
not been
women across institutions has
But the its even
proportionate to scale and often
registers
necessarily translate
inference can be
dispensation. This a growth in the lower ranks
only.
of the India
the findngscomprehensive
not merely
drawn from The dispensing of justice is
2020, a
take into
Justice Report reach of about (p)precedents: it must
also
prevalent nature and consideration what constitutes
the idea of
study of the
system. The report's

the
the legal justice. Problematic
(g)overreach of
small and 18 major
examination of seven and perceived
governmental
yielded upbeat results. Not law
states has not (r)verdicts are setting worrying
)
best-performing states scored
judg-
even the readings. The recent
controversial
terms of justice delivery
Bombay High
above 60% in ments by a bench of the
across four crucial
institutions- the
minors as
prisons and legal Court on sexual offences against
police, the judiciary, well as the incident of cases of
communal
in these critical
aid. That glaring lacunae violence being dropped by
Karnataka's
best-performing
spheres exist even in the courts last year may lead
to public
state, indicates the
challenges that
delivery confusion and even
disenchantment.
confront India's justice
within
mechanism. The institutional deficits
prevailing
the justice delivery system
must be
The reasons behind the bottlenecks are
addressed. But that will not be
all. It is
manifold. One is the appalling number of
police,
crucial for its stakeholders the
vacancies in judges' posts. India has one
to reinstate
judge for every 50,000 citizens; Bengal's judges and the State
citizens' faith in the pledge
to uphold
lower courts have the highest number of
justice fairly and quickly for
all.
pending cases for over a five-year period.
In spite, of the presence of undertrial Q1. What does the author
mean by
the
review committees, India's prison phrase 'But the
universality of
OCcupancy rate stood at a shocking 119 justice does not
necessarily
per cent at the end of 2019; two-thirds
translate to its even
dispensation.
of the inmates are undertrial detainees
Although 80 per cent of the Indian in the first paragraph?
Population is entitled to legal aid, a paltry I. The fact, justice for

all, doesn't
crore people have received it in the always guarantee
the even
last 25 years. distribution of
justice.
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following Com
it's often not served with the is FALSE
according stateme
assurance of credibility.
to the
paragraph?
IMI.
Not everyone gets to enjoy the fruit I. Two-thirds of the
nvicts
of justice notwithstanding its all- prisons are being
inIndiar
held in
inclusive nature. awaiting trial for
a custody
crime.
A. Only II B. Both I and III II 1.5 crore people
nave
got legal
C. Both II and II D. Only II support in the
last:25
years and
E. OnlyI number is not at all
negligible.
Q2. What does the author indicate by III. Lower courts in
Bengal have
maximal number of
the term glaring lacunae',
un ded the
due to the fact there
cases,
according to the first paragraph?
is one judge
. The fact that justice isn't being served every 50,000 citizens
there.
for
properly in terms of the police, the A. Only 1lI B.

Both I and
C. Both I and II
Ill
judicature, prisons and legal D.
Only II
assistance, even in the best E. Both II and III
performing states.
II. The fact that some of the small 05. What does the author
refer to by
and
the
term deepening chasms'
major states are being faced with
in the
difficulties in delivering justice.
third paragraph?
III. The fact that even in the
I. Portrayal of women
all
Over
best- institutions being
incommensurate.
performing states, gaps exist in the
justice delivery system, which are the II. Diminution in the
number of women
predicaments India's justice delivery police officers.
mechanism faces. III. Growth in the number
of women in
A. Only III B. Both II and III only the lower ranks
across
C. Only II institutions.
D. Both I and III
A. Only II
B. Both I and III
E. AllI, II and II
C. Both II and III
D. Only II
Q3. What's the literal meaning of the
E. All I, II and III
word "bottlenecks' as used in the
second paragraph? Q6. In the fourth
paragraph, four
A. Problems that delay progress words in bold may or
may not be
B. Problems that are never-ending. correctly placed. Below
are some
C. Problems that are difficult to solve. combinations of the
corect
sequence of those
words, one of
D. Problems that consist many
of layers. which will make those
sentences
ne
Contextually correct.
Choose
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suggested for
correct
lacement is required, the fair and quick
delivery of
no
If
choose option
(E). justice?
B. q prs . The lacunae in
the institutional level
A. rps 9P D. q rps must be
contended with.
C. s q
replacement required
. The entities
involved in the justice
reestablish
E. No delivery
system must
appropriate synonym for people's faith
in its credibility.
Choose an
07. 'disenchantment' as used
the word TIL. The idea of
justice amongst people
in the fourth
paragraph.
must be made
clear.
disillusionment B. panic
B. Both I and II
A.
A. Only II
discord D. regret C. Only II
D. Both 1l and III
C.
options
E. None of the above E. All I, II and
II
can be inferred from the Direction(10-15):
Below are some
08. What statements, given in
a random order.
fourth paragraph?
When these
statements are sequenced
Judgements are not the only properly, they'll
form a coherent and
I.
parameters of providing justice; the meaningful
concept of justice must bë given various questions
based on each of the
thought to, too. statements. Read it
carefully and
justice, answer the
questions that follow.
IL. In the process of giving
(a) The
effectiveness of the stimulus is
questionable interpretation of laws
determined by
the composition of the
and government's undue interference
additional
budgetary spending.
are the things that set distressing
Cxamples and as a result, there may 6) The
allocation under agricultural
be bafflement and discontent in research and

education has increased
people. only
from the budget
estimate of
2020-21 by Rs 151 crore
IIL. People expect the verdicts to come in
a righteous way; but several factors
while the
allocation for agriculture,
govermmental cooperation
and farmers' welfare has
like undue
fallen by Rs
10,000 crore from last
intervention and misinterpretations
year's budget
estimate.
of the laws often influence the
verdicts which shatter people's (c) In the capital
account, the allocation
hopes as the verdicts are not the ones under
education, arts, sports and
they hoped for. culture has
fallen by Rs 2,217 crore
A. Both I and Only II compared to
the budget estimate of
IIB.
C. Both II and 2020-21.
II D. Both I and II
E. (d) This year's
budget has been lauded
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bold steps in boosting fallen heavily on',
in
statement
expenditures to stimulate economic (h), according to the
context?
recovery from the of the A. Another area which
imperiled.
has been
pandemic.
(e) And, the total budgetary allocation B. Another area
which
for the ministry of education has
has been
inflicted.
fallen by 6.13 per cent of the C. Another are
which
budgetary allocation made during
has been
discounted.
2020-21.
D. Another are which has
been
() The first is the agricultural sector.
cut nort.
options
(g) At a granular level, this budget falls
short in two key areas of spending 014. Which of the
following statements
(h) Another area where the axe has is the nighest
statement
to the
fallen heavily on, is education. concluding statement,
after the
correct
rearrangement?
Q10. Which of the following words can
A. e
B. c
most appropriately fit in the blank
in statement (b)? C. g
D. h
A. scantly E. None of the above
options
B. passably
C. meetly D. fittingly Q15. Which of the
E. None of the above options is pioneering the
entire arrange-
ment?
A. a
B. 8
in statement (d)? C. b
D. f
A. awe B. gust E. None of the above
options
C. wallop D. daze Direction(16-22): Below
are some
E. None of the above options statements, given in a
random order.
When these statements are
sequenced
Q12. Choose the correct synonym for properly, they'll form a
coherent and
granular', as used in statement eaningtulparagraph.
There are
(g), from the words below. various questions based on
each of the
statements. Read it
carefully and
A. delicate B. blow-by-blow answer the questions that
follow.
C. coarse-grained D. mealy (a) Of particular
importance was the
E. None of the above options shifting of
education to a
predominantly digital,
since
Q13. What's the meaning of the phrase
the contagion ruled
out the possibility
Another area where the axe has
of public gatherings,
including those
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certainly
The Union 'virtual
(b) intends to establish C. seemingy
D. controversially
it
universities which will ostensibly E. None fthe above
options
achieving the desired gross
help in Q18. Which of the following
idioms can
higher education as
enrolment ratio in
Education appropriately fit in the
situation
envisaged in the National
that's been
depicted in statement
Policy.
Inequality and poverty- both have (
(c) A. add fuel to the fire
exacerbated by the pandemic
been
the spectre of B. like a bat out of hell
have given rise to
exclusion. C. end of the day
(d) The
Covid-19 pandemic sparked D. be as dead as a doornail
monumental changes in the social, E. None of the above
options
cultural and practical functioning of
Q19. What's the actual
meaning of the
society.
phrase gain a
degree of
(e) Is this model of education now set to
permanence' in
statement (e)?
gain a degree of permanence?
A. to go along for a
truncated time.
( However, the rush towards 'remote
B. to continue for an
elongated time.
learning' has exposed the limitations
of online education in many ways. C. to stay sporadic for a
long time.
(g) Students are also plagued by D. to remain

indeterminable for a great
structural challenges; even though amount of time.
India is home to the world's second E. None of the above
options
largest internet user base, the quality
Q20. What's the meaning
of the phrase
of digital connectivity is uneven, with
"metropolitan
India faring better
metropolitan India faring better
than the hinterland. than the
hinterland.' in statement
A. Large cities
executing better than
suburban areas.
in statement (a)?
A. racket B. Developed cities
doing better than
B. ambit
places located on
the outskirts of the
C. bay
D. grime cities.
E. None
of the above options C. Large cities
perfoming better than
Q17. Choose a correct synonym remote areas.
for the
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D. Only
d
urbanized areas. E. None of the
above options
Q24. Slow-witted
Forrest Gump
Q21. Which of the statements is never thought
of himself has
disadvantaged,
as
interweaving the next-to-last
and thanks
to hinis
statement and the fourth from the supportive
mother. He
anything but a
leads
last statement?
restricted
Whether
dominating on life
A. B. b
the field a
a college
football star, fighting
C. f D. g
in
Vietnam or
captaining
a boat.
Forrest
inspires people
with his
Q22. Which of the following childlike
optimism.
But one person

combinations of statements can be Forrest cares
about the most
may be
emplaced successionally? the most
difficult to save
A. a e bbc childhood love,
the sweethis
B. bcg
but
troubled Jenny.
C. feg D. ebfg
E. None of the above options Choose a word that
describes Forrest
in the best possible way
according to
Direction(23-29): Below is a situation the context.
given in each question and one question
a. Ingenuous
b. Worldly
is asked based on the situation given.
You've to answer accordingly. c.Brainy
d. Opinionated
Q23. After the murder of his wife, A. Only a
B. Both a and b
hotshot banker Andrew is sent to C. Both a and c
D. All a, b, c and d
Shawshank Prison, where the usual E. None of the above
options
unpleasantness occurs. Over the
years, he retains hope and Q25. At a national park
in Kenya, English
game warden George
Adamson and
eventually gains the respect of his
his wife, Joy
Adamson, care for three
fellow inmates, especially longtime
orphaned lion cubs.
After the two
convict Redding, a black marketeer,
and becomes influential within the larger lions are
shipped off to a zo0 in
the Netherlands, the
smallest of the
prison. Eventually, Andrew
three, Elsa, stays
with the couple.
achieves his ends on his own terms.
When Elsa is
blamed for causing an
Which of the following words can
elephant stampede
in the nearby
describe Andrew's attitude?
Village, head
warden John Kendau
a. Collected b. Resolute
demands the young
lion either be
c. Indecisive d. Intrepid
the
trained to survive
in the wilds of
A. Only a B. All a, b and d Serengeti or be
sent to a zoo.
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ld you
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decision?
How he is more known
as..Joker.
warden's
b. pragmatic How would you describe
Arthur's life?
flinty
a. indiscernible d. unkindly a. rocky
b. intriguing
c. B. Both a and c C. elusive
d. insidious
Only a
A. D. Both a and b A. Both a and c
B. Onlyd
Only d
C. options
D. All a, b and c.
of the above
C. Both b and c
E.
None
name of Will E. None of the above
options
A young adult by the
026. been living in
Hunting has always Q28. In the Kashmir valley
Kabir a
He spends his nights at former army officer
comes as a
the slums.
best friends. However, teacher in a
school which was once
bars with his
amazing talent in run by his
father. The school has no
he has an
Mathematics. When Will is almost facilities and
is soon to be shut
professor at MIT without a
teacher. After knowing
sent to jail, a
decides to bail him out under the about the new
teacher, students start
condition that he works with him to attend the
school. But they don't
for math every week and that
he like Kabir as
he is strict. Kabir then
visits a therapist. Little does he comes across
the diary of a previous
know that the professor will change teacher named
Firdaus and adopts
his life in the best possible way. her way of
teaching and becomes a
How can you describe the professor friend of the
students.
here? How would you
describe Kabir's
a. cavalier b. prudent attitude here?
C. judicious d. impertinent a. accommodative
b. considerate
A. Only d B. Both b and c C. compassionate
d. amicable
C. Both a and c D. All a, b and c A. Only b
B. Both b and c
E. None of the above options C. All a,b, c and d
D. Both a and d
Q27. Arthur Fleck works as a clown and E. None of the above

options
is an aspiring stand-up comic. He Q29. Travis Bickle is

a lonely and
has mental health issues, part of insomniac ex-
marine, who spends
which involves uncontrollable his nights
driving his taxi
laughter. Times are tough and, due throughout the
shadowy streets of
to his issues and occupation, Arthur mid-70's New
York City. Travis is
has an even worse time than most. fed up with
the society he finds
Over time these issues bear down himself
surTounded by, wishing that
on him, shaping his actions, making a "real rain
will come and wash all
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following
djectives
Travis's personality sees him becing cannot be uscd
while adi.
escribing
unable to connect with virtually Travis?
anyone, until he falls in love with a a. forlorm
b. unyiclding
girl campaign worker named Betsy. c. incautious
d. buoyant
As Travis grows increasingly A. All b, c and d
B. Both c
paranoid, he begins to see these
and
relationships he develops as
C. Only a
D. Both aand d
'missions' of which he will need to E. None of the
above options b
be the saviour.
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(B. Only I and III) institutions- the

police, the judiciary
the universality of justice' means prisons and legal
aid. That glaring
justice for all; the all-inclusive(including lacunae in these
critical spheres exist
all) nature of justice. even in the
best-performing
state,
dispensation Here it's been used an indicates the
challenges that
-
confront
uncountable noun. India'sjustice
delivery mechanism
It means issuing of something, I- Correct. It's
talking about exactly the
especialy from a position of authority. same thing.
even dispensation - even distribution. judicature
judiciary.
-
I- Correct. It's talking about exactly the aid assistance.

-
same thing. III Correct. Refer
to That glaring
III - Correct. 'enjoy the fruit of justice' lacunae in these

critical spheres exist
means get the good results that justice even in the best-
performing state,
comes with.' In another way not indicates the
challenges that confront
everyone is evenly/equally served by India's justice
delivery mechanism.
Justice. The author hs called
the glaring lacunae
II as the challenges
that confront India's
-
Incorrect. It's talking about the
assurance of credibility or believability. Justice delivery
mechanism.
S2. Ans.(D. Both I and III) predicament -
challenge or difficulty.
glaring lacunae obvious gaps.
- confront- face.
in the
(lacunae is the plural form of lacuna II- Incorrect. It's
nowhere written
context that small
and major states are
which means gap.)
in
being faced with
difficulties
Refer to Not even the best-performing
delivering justice.
It's written that these
states scored above 60% in terms of statements have
performed poorly "
justice delivery across Jour crucial
justice delivery.
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Problems that delay Women across institutions.

Maharashtra
Ans.(A.
S3. witnessed a diminution(decline)
in the
progress.)J
officers.
number of wome police
one doesn't
know the literal
Eve
if this word, he/she can guess
Women are not portrayed
or
neaning 0f reading the subsequent represented equally as men are
and
meaning by often we gct to see a growth in
the lower
the is saying that the
The author ranks only. (Indeed, the
representation of
lines. bottlenecks are many
reasons behind the women across institutions
has not been
(manifola and one of
the reasons is the
(appalling) number of proportionate to seale and often
registers
shocking a growth in the lower ranks
only...)
judges" posts. That means,
ncies in Statement I, II and III - all
are stating
of judges the
the low number
due to process is being delayed. that difference.
justice
has not been proportionate to
scale
-
Ans.(E. Both II and II)
s4. legal has not been equivalent.
False.1.5 crore people have got
II- 25 years and this incommensurate -
disproportionate.
support in the last
number is negligible. S6. Ans.A.(r s p q)
80 per cent of the The dispensing of justice is
not merely
Refer to - Alhough
entitled to legal aid, about verdicts: it must also
take into
Indian population is
crore people have received it consideration what constitutes
the idea of
a paltry 1.5
years.'" justice. Problematic readings
of the law
in the last 25
crore - a meagre/negligible and perceived governmental
overreach
a paltry 1.5
are setting worrying
precedents.
1.5 crore.
verdict-judgement
IlI False. According to the context,
there is one judge for every 50,000 reading-a particular
interpretation.
citizens in India, not in Bengal. overreach the act of
doing more than
Refer to India has one judge for every your authority allows.
50,000 citizens; Bengal's lower courts precedent- model; example;
standard.
have the highest mumber of pending cases S7. Ans.(A.
disillusionment)
for over a five-year period."
disillusionment/disenchantment
maximal-maximum/highest. feeling of disappointment
resulting from
I True. Refer to "two-thirds of the
- the discovery that
something is not as
inmates are undertrial detainees. good as one believed it
to be.
convicts being held in custody awaiting discord- lack of
agreement.
trialfor a erime -undertrial detainees. S8. Ans.(E. All I, II and
ItI)
detainee a person held in custody. Refer to - The dispensing
of justice is not
$5. Ans.(E. All 1, II and IIl) merely about verdicts: it
must also take
chasm a marked division, separation, or into consideration what
constitutes the
difference. idea of justice.
Problematic readings of
the law and perceived
governmental
deepening becoming darker.
-
overreach are
setting worrying
The author is talking about the differences precedents.
Derween the involvements of men ana
dispensing of justice -
providing justice.
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must be given thought to - nust be taken

scantly-barely ormarginally.
into consideration.
passably- rcasonably.
problematic readings qucstionable
meetly / feetingly - properly,)
interpretations. 11.
(Answer C. wallop
governmental overreach -government's
wallop a heavy blow; a shock,
undue or unauthorised intervention or
interference. awe
wonder or amazement.
gust a
sudden strong rush wind,
worryingg precedents distressing
of
examples. daze
mental confusion.
In this context, distressing examples S12.
Ans.(B. blow-by-blow)
may often lead to public confusion and
granular in this context means -
detailed
discontent. The paragraph also gave blow-
by-blow minutely detailed.
some examples of such unfortunate
delicate - clegant.
events. coarse-
grained - coarse. in texture
II - The paragraph has talked about grain.
or
public disenchantment or disillusionment. (It's
the literal meaning of 'granular)
People are disillusioned when they
hope for something, but get something
mealy
i) resembling or containingmeal.
else. ii)
dry and like a powder.)
This statement is talking about exactly the S13.

Ans.(B. Another area which
has
same thing. been
inflicted.)
$9. Ans.(B. Both I and II)
The
meaning of the phrase here is to be
affected adversely.
I - Refer to The institutional deficits
inflict
cause (something unpleasant or
prevailing within the justice delivery painful)
to be suffered.
system must be addressed.
imperil
to endanger.
addressed/contended with dealt with.
discounted - overlooked.
lacunae deficits.
cut short
- to end (something) earlier
II - Refer to "But that will not be all. It than
expected.
is crucial for its stakeholders - the S14.
Ans.B. c)
police judges andthe State-to reinstate the
nighest statement to the concluding
citizens Jaith in the pledge to uphold statement -
the closest statement to the
justice fairly and quickty for all."
last
statement.
entities involved in the justice delivery
The correct
arrangement is
system stakeholders of the justice
delivery system. d a g f
bh ee
S15. Ans.
(E. None of the above options)
reinstate reestablish.
-
pioneering
the entire arrangement,
credibility - believability or reliability.
arrangement -the
leading
the entire
III- No such thing has been mentioned in FIRST
statement.
the passage.
d is the first
statement.
S10. Ans.(A. scantly)
S16. Ans. B.
(ambit)
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ficld or domain of truneated- short.
a
ambit - 4
go along-continue.
terest. activity that
shonest or illegal sporadic- infrequent.
racketmoney. indeterminable-
unpredictable.
makes coast where the land
performing
-
apart
a of the sea is surrounded by
is
S20. Ans.(C. Large cities
bay that the sca better than remote
areas.)
curves in so sides.
three metropolitan - large
cities.
land on pollution.
grime-dirt or fare to perform or to
executc or to do.
seemingly)
S17.
Ans.(C. hinterland -
the remote areas of a
ostensibly from
seemingly COuntry.
Sso as to give the
appearances alone,
a certain quality. suburban areas an area
on the cdge of
impression of having a large town or city
where people who
guessed by the line -
meaning can be Work in the town or city
often livc, places
The to establish yirtual located on the outskirts
of the cities.
iintends
universities which will
ostensibly help in
enrolment urbanized- urban.
achieving ihe aesirea gross
ratio... $21.Ans.(C.9
incredibly-
unbelievably. interweaving the next-
to-last statement
and the fourth from the
last
certainly- definitely.
interconnecting the
second last statement
controversially - involving controversy.
and the fourth from the
last statement.
S18. Ans(A. Add
fuel to the fire)
Statement f is
linking statement b to
The context is Inequality and poverty
statementc.
- both have been exacerbated by the
The correct
arrangement is -
pandemic.
exacerbate - to worsen. d aeb fcg
add fuel to the fire to make a bad S22. Ans.(C.
feg)
situation worse. emplaced
successionally placed
like a bat out of hell
- very fast and consecutively.
wildly. S23. Ans.(B. All a,
band d)
end of ie day to look at all the
-
Collected - calm, as
he tolerated every
possibilities and then to make a final unpleasantness in
the prison but retained
decision.
hope.
be as dead as a doornail to be clearly Resolute
brave. As he was brave
-
and obviously dead.
enough to achieve
his ends on his own
S19. Ans.(B. to continue for an terms, despite the
unpleasantness around.
elongated time.)
Intrepid-fearless.
elongated - Iong
Indecisive not
being able to make
permanence - the state or quality ot
decisions. It's a
negative tem.
lasting or remaining unchanged for a long
time.
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$27. Ans.(A. Both a and
c)
Ingenuous - innocent and unsuspecting rocky full fhardships
simple.
and trials.
elusive making great
Worldly- sophisticated. hard to comprchend.
mental demands,
den-
Brainy - having or showing intelligence. intriguing-provoking.
Opinionated adamant or arrogant.
- insidious- harmful.
S25. Ans.(D. Both a and b) S28.Ans.(C. All a, b, c
and d)
linty strict. accommodative willing
-
pragmatic - practical. someone's wishes or

needs, tofit n with
Indiscernible impossible to see or considerate - showing
careful thought
clearly distinguish. compassionate-
eling or showi
Unkindly unsympathetic.
- concen for others.
According to the context, the head amicable friendly.
-
warden took a practical and strict s29. Ans.(B. All c and

d)
decision. It's nowhere felt that, he is
incautious- careless.
being unkind.
buoyant- happy and
cheerful.
S26. Ans.(B. Both b and c)
unyielding- inflexible.
prudent - acting with or showing care
In the context it's
nowhere felt
and thought for the future.
that Travis
is careless, happy and
inflexible.
judicious having, showing, or done with
-
He can be described as
forlorn.
good judgement or sense.
cavalier- indifferent or casual. forlorn- lonely and sad.)
Impertinent - ude or Impolite.
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word has been given and factored in, a
different picture will
estions, a statements. You are
three emerge.
used in to identify which of the
supposed III. His father was
chief factor for the
tatements
word wrongly and
theanswer. Hudson's Bay Company.
as your
and III
mark that A. Only IlI B. Both
1l
Smooth
D. Only
Q1. over the sanded C. Only II
your hand
LRun to make sure it is smoothed E. All have used correctly
surface
out. Q4. Disproportionate
soothing that it feels a People on lower
incomes spend
a
IL His voice is so
ocean wave. disproportionate
amount of their
bit like a smooth
III. The
course of true love never ran income on fuel.
smooth. l1. There are a

disproportionated
B. Both I and I number of girls
in the class.
A. Only III
D. Only II
in India is
C. Both II and II III. Unemployment
correctly
disproportionately high.
E. All have used
A. Only Il
B. Both I and II
Q2. Intrepid
D. Both I and II
C. Only II
I. Luckily, we have some brave and
E. All have used
correctly
intrepid reviewers who are willingto
take a stand. Q5. Intricate
II. The missing areas can always bee
The tiled
floor is installed in
an
filled in by an intrepid. intricate

pattern.
II. These intrepids deserved to have II. It was a
beautiful ornament, antique
their story told. brass with
an intricated design.
A. Both II and II B. Only I ILl. It will only
intricate the situation if
C. Both I and III D. Only III we invite

his old friend as well.
A. Both I and iIlI
B. Only IlI
E. All have used correcty
C. Both II and
Ill D. Only II
Q3. Factor
E. All have used
correctly.
I His skill was a factor in ensuring
Direction(6-12):
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B. grand promisc
statements, given in a random order.
fcigned guarantee
When these statements are sequenced C.
properly, they'll form a coherent and D. insincere pact
meaningful paragraph. There are E. None of the above options
the
various questions based on cach of
statements. Read it carefully and Q8. What's the actual
meaning
answer the questions that follow. statement (¢)?
of
(a) It would have broad implications
but also The effects of the
killing of Mohsen
not only in the Middle East Fakhrizadeh will
be echoed
in the West.
throughout Iran.
(6) Isracl and the West, of course, would II. The backwash of the
killing
have none of this pious pledge from
of
Mohsen Fakhrzadeh not
supposed
Iran.
to be confined to Iran.
i
(C) The reverberations of the
killing of
III. Aftermmath of
the killing
of Mohsen
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh are unlikely to Fakhrizadeh will most
likely not
be limited within Iran.
is
affect only Iran.
(d) Fakhrizadeh, Iran further alleges, A. Only I B. Both I
and II.
not the only scientist to be killed by D.
Only II
C. Only IlI
Israel's pellucid and lethal secunty
apparatus. E. None of I, II and II
(e) Apparently, the goal is to cripple Q9. In statement (d), the word
in bold
Iran's nuclear projects that Iran may or may not be
correct
professes to be 'peaceful' in nature. according to the
context. Below are
principal some replacements.
Choose the
(1 Iran has accused Israel, its
fit
correct word that il
appropriately
regional of the murder. there. If the word in
bold is correct,
scientists
(g) At least five other nuclear choose (E) as your
answer.
last
met with a similar fate in the B.
outlined
decade, or so says Iran. A. faint
C. trenchant D.
lucent
can
No replacement required
be a near antonym of the word E.
words can
implications' in statement (a)? Q10. Which of the
following
blank
in
the
A. ramifications B. aftereffects most appropriately fit
D. repercussions in statement (1)?
C. determinants
A. adversary B.
fellow
C. abettor D.
contidant
phrase
Q7. What's the meaning of the
pious pledge' in statement (b)? E. None of the above
options
A. religious assurance
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Which of the combinations can be
formed by
Q1. farthest from the maiden
statements
is
statement? placing the
B. g sequentially?
A D. f A. ca d B.
a f dc
C.d options C. fd D.
ge d
None of the above
E E. None of the above options
SOLUTIONS
b) An agent who buys and sells
goods on
Ans.(E. All have used correctly) commission. (štatement I11)
S1. a verb and an
Smooth It's an adjective, factor in (verb)- Include a
particular tact
or
adverb to0.
(something) a flat, or circumstance in one's
considerations
As a
verb - Give appearance.
calculations; take something
into account.
regular surface or S4. Ans.(C. Only 11)
verb form.
Statement I has used the Disproportionate is an
adjective itself.
- (of the sea or
another
As an adjective heavy waves;
disproportionated' is
incorrect.
body of water) without disproportionate - unequal.
calm.
adjective Disproportionately is an
adverb.)
Statement II has used the
S5. Ans.(C. Both II and
I11)
form.
As an adverb In a way that is without Intricate is an adjective.
difficulties It means - complex or
complicated.
Statement III has used the adverb intrieated' is
absolutely wrong.
form. And statement Il
have wrongly used it
$2. Ans.(A. Both II and III) as a verb.
Intrepid - It's an adjective. It means S6. Ans.(C.
determinants)
brave or fearless. implication - the effect
that an action or
Sentence II and III have wrongly used decision will have on
something else in
the word as a noun. the future.
Sentence I has used the word correctly. determinant - something
that controls or
S3. Ans.(E. All have used correctly) affects what happens in a
particular
Factor is both a noun and a verb. situation.
ramification a
complex or unwelcome
As anoun- consequence of an action
or event.
a) A circumstance, fact, or influence that
contributes to a result. (statement 1) (synonym of implication)
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repercussion consequence or pellucid crystal clear.
aftereffect. outlined- summarized.
S7. Ans.(C. feigned guarantee) trenchant severe,
expressing
-
feigned insincere and hypocritical

- criticism or forceful
opinions. strong
stre
pledge promiseor guarantee of lucent glowing with or

giving offlight.
assurance. S10. Ans.(A.
adversary)
pious has two meanings. adversary opponent or
rival.
-
a) religious or devoted. fellow companion.

b) marked by insincerity or hypocrisy.
abettor- a person who
encourages
In this context, Iran is claiming its nuclear assists someone to do
something
wrong.
projects 'peaceful in nature' and it is confidant - close
friend.)
insincere.
S11. Ans.(A. e)
pact means treaty.)
maiden statement- first
statement.
S8. Ans.(D. Only I)
Statement e is the
farthest statement
reverberation - aftermath; backwash; from the maiden
statement.
consequence.
The correct arrangement
is -
confined to restricted to.
$9. Ans.(A. faint) cafd g eb
S12. Ans.(C. f d)
According to thè context, the correct
word should be - faint. The correct arrangement
is
faint shady and unclear; imperceptible. ca fd g e b)
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divergent, competing views.

Direction(1-1 Read the given passage
answer the questions that
an: There may be other reasons that
explain
and
that the
arefully the paranoid rebuttal. Could it
be
follow. Centre is no longer certain
that its
protest too much.
powers that be carefully curated narrative on
the farmers
The description of the pushback
that
Thisis an apt affairs protest is having its desired
effect? If
orchestrated by the external
Narendra Modi
is the case, then the
response to a tweet by a
ministry 1n the government has itself to
blame.
international singer on
farmers,
popular
protest. The sustained
(mjimpassivity of
ongoing farmers' the periodic use of force
and
(n)echelons
ministry of
unprecedented step, the
above all, the
In an responded to the growing at the sites of protest
and,
external affairs (odemonization shown from
the highest
a lengthy
international scrutiny in (pincitation of power have
bared
the
celebrities to
statement that urged ugly truths that no
amount of
rushing to make
ascertain facts before cheerleading on television
or on social
is welcome
critical comments. This: media can conceal.
should be
advice, but the dictum
the
applicable to all. The ministry
itself, it Q1. What's the actual
meaning of
appears, has taken certain
licences with phrase The powers that
be protest
facts, stating that Parliament had
passed
too much. in the first
paragraph?
the contentious farm laws after
"full
perhaps The people in
charge utter words of
debate and discussion". India and
L
the world know that the legislations were protest to0 much.
steamrolled ignoring the reservations of Words of dissent
do come with a
II
the Opposition. What is equally
great amount of
powe.
illustrative about the indignation of the
ministry and its admirers- celebrities II. The authorities do
express opposition
all - was their comprehension of too much.
sOvereignty.
B. Both I and III
A. Only II
The sovereignty of a robust democracy
C. Only II
D. Only I
Cannot be so brittle as to crumble in the
face of a single tweet. This prickliness, a E. None ofI, II
and Il1
dangerous kind of intolerance for

CFiticism, has become a signature of New Q2. Which of the
is/are FALSE
according to the first
ndia and its administration. The allergy
is to the health of this paragraph?
aemocracy. What strengthens democracy . I. The
celebrities have been
IS-not unilateral opinion but- a recommended by
the ministry. of
nation's ability accommodate
to
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tem dictum
in the
making hasty comments that are
paragraph? the
intended to be fault-finding, unless
irst
A. The law,
established by
they've learnt the facts. of
external affairs. hemi
the ministry
II. The fact that, the laws enacted by the B. The
discipline, recommended
legislative body, were made sure ministry
of extermal affairs." buby the
forcefully, disregarding the objections of
C. The
rule, set by
the Opposition, is a well-nown fact.
the ministryof
ministry
extenal
affairs.
III. Taking into account the full debate
D. The
formal pronouncement
and discourse, the Parliament passed
from
ministry
of external affairs. the
the controversial farm laws.
E. None of the
above options
A. Both I and IIB. Only II
C. Both II and III D. Both I and IlI Q5. Which of the
following
words can
can
E.
most
appropriately fit in
None of the above options
the blank
in the
second paragraph?
Q3. What does the author mean by the A. inimical
B. symbolical
line What is equally illustrative
C. well-disposed
D. equivocal
about the indignation of the
E. None of the
above options
ministry and its admirers
celebrities all was their Q6. Which of the
following inferences
comprehension of sovereignty.' in can be drawn
from the second
the first paragraph?
paragraph?
I. From the discontent amongst the I. A
healthy democracy should be open
ministry and its admirers, their idea and
responsive to ideas, impressions
of supreme power can be interpreted. or
suggestions, that are not, one
II. The ministry and its supporters do sided,
but rather assorted and
agree with each other on the very
challenging.
understanding of administrative II. New
India's tendency to show
power. violent
resistance to protesting
weak
I1. The interpretation of supremacy by tweets,
a Sign of a
the ministry and its enthusiasts can
democracy.
s
be demonstrated by the anger and II. If one single
tweet can make India
15 its
distress among them. democracy
fall apart then
as a
A. Both I and III B. Only II
administration can be considered
C. Both II and II D. Only IlI frail
administration.
A. Both I and III
B. Both I and
E. All I, II and IlI
C. Only I
D. Only II
Q4. What does the author refer to by
E. All I, II and
II
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the
What
Q7 government's worricd deníal, author in the last
paragraph?
in the third
according to the author, A. Censorious
B. Vituperative
paragraph? C. Approbative
D. Plausive
doubt the
on
Government's E. None of the above
options
carefully
effectiveness of the way it Direction(11-16): Below is a
sentence
thoughtfully presented farmers'
and with two blanks in it. It then
is followed
protests by some words. You're given four
I.Government's hesitation on options with possible
combinations of
its masterminded words that can fit in those
blanks.
establishing
protests. Choose the correct combination/
response to the farmers' combinations.
Government's inability to provide
JL.
farmers Q11. of
social media posts
certainty in response to the
social
Crosses over
from official to
protests by organizing a proper
t response.
terrains,
the rights to
freedom of
expression and privacy.
B. Both I and II
A. Only II a. Scrutiny
b. Inspection
D. Only I
C. Only III
infracting
C. breaching
d.
E. Both II and II
e. Interrogation
f. upholding
Q8. In the last paragraph, four words
A. Both a-c and b-d
B. Only a-f
in bold may or may not be correctly
placed. Below are Some C. Both b-d and e-c
D. Only e-c
combinations of the correct E. None of the above

options
sequence of those words, one of
Q12. The Utarakhand DGP
said that only
which will make those sentences
those who made "anti-
national
contextually correct. Choose the
the country's
posts
correct combination of those words.
and security would

If no replacement is required,
be affected.
choose option (E).
a jeopardising
b. despotism
A. nm 0P B. p n mo
C.SOvereignty
d. furbishing
C. m p n o D. o n p m
E. None of the above options e. imperilling
f. reign
A. Only a-f
B. Both a-b and e-f
9. Which of the following words is an
C. Both d-c and e-b
D. Both a-fand e-c
antonym of the word 'conceal', as
used in the last paragraph? E. None of the above
options
A. secrete B. bury
Q13. Popular
culture has often
C. ensconce D. bare
the lives of the
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edging out the keeper A.

Both d-c and e-b B. Only d-b
of the law in the process. C.
Both e-b and a-f D. Only
a-b
a. outlaw b. oppressed
E.
c. embellished d. stigmatized
Direction(17-22): Below are
some
statemen given in a ndom

e. criminal
order.
obscured
When these statements are sequenced
A. Both c-b and d-e B. Both c-a and ce
properly, they'l form a coherent and d
C. Only ce D. Bothce and f-b
meaningful paragraph. There
various questions based on each are tho

statements. Read it carefully of
Q14. Laughter, a medicine that should
answer the questions that follow. and
(a) Museums in the Netherlands

the heart, can taste
have
now decided to return thousands

to some.
objects taken away from Sri Lanka
of
a. buoy up b. relive
and Indonesia, while India, too, has
a
C. unpalatable d. bitter
few items it would like the Dutch to
e. lighten f. unsavoury
return.
A. Only a-d B. Both bd and e-f (b)
A French art historian said that calls
C. Only e-c D. Both b-fand ec
for such repatriation had first
gathered force at the end of the
1970s.
Q15. Over-sensitiveness to criticism, and c)
Now, however, the Black Lives
hence the stifling of is a
Matter movement has prompted a
sign of insecurity and
change in attitude.
a. pathos b. drollness (d)
Countries once colonized in Asia and
C. humor d . inflexibility
Africa have long sought to rediscover
e. brittleness
the histories carried by their own
.f. breakability
cultural objects displayed in museums

A. Only b-f B.. Both a-e and b-e
in Western countries.
C. Only c-d D. Both be and c-f
()The
widespread desire. for a post
racist society required restitution of
Q16. There is also concern about,
cultural as one of its steps.
whether the experience of digital ()
Restitution of cultural assets is not
education existing
new demand.
techniques. (g)
At that time, Western museums had
a. contemplates b. teaching
resisted strongly.
C. pedagogical d. complements Q17.

Which of the following words is/are
synonymous with 'Museums' in the

e. enriches f.colloquial
statement (a)?
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statement of the first
Salons
A. Sanctums D. Hovels three straight
statements?
A. f
C. above options
ns
B. a
None of the
C. 8
D. b
E meaning of the
What's the actual E. None
Q18. for such repatriation of the above
options
plhras 'calls
gathered force at the end Q22. If the last three
statements from
had first
the 1970s' in statement (b)? the entire
sequence are taken out,
of properties back which of the
Demands for sending came from, would be
the antepenultimate
country that they
to the 1980.
intensified just before statement?
first
assets that were A. a
B. b
Inquiries about.the
country of their origin C. f
D. d
stolen from the
the late
firstgot stronger during E. None of the above
options
1970s. Direction(23-30): Below is
a situation
requests for retuming given in each question and
one question
II. Peremptory originated
assets to their country they is asked based on the
situation given.
in first gained
strength during the fag You've to answer
accordingly.
end ofthe 1970s. Q23. India, to the wide-
eyed visitor,
A. Only I B. Both I and II could, for very good
reasons, look
D. Both I and III like the land
of ceaseless festivals.
C. Only III
One such
festival-the
argumentative
Bengali believes it to
Q19. Which of the following words can be the fairest
of them has now
all-
most appropriately fit in the blank graced this part
of India. What
in statement (e)? makes Durga Puja
truly unique is its
A. merits B. riches ability to make
a diverse set of
C. endowments D. means forces he
religious and the
E. None secular,
spiritualism and
materialism, the
community and the
Q20. Which of the following words is an
individual-
coexist peacefully in a
antonym of the word 'restitution
fascinating
potpouri for a while.
in statement (e)?
A. Which of the following
pairs of words
yielding B. surrender can most appropriately
justify Durga
C. compensation D. seizure Puja, according to the
paragraph?
E. None A. phenomenal, eccentric
21. Which of the following statements B. heterogeneous,
prodigious
Is edged in the C. extraordinary,
grandiose
initiatory statement
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attract
a goods
and services tax
rate of 12 per
and more, signal
cent
Q24. The outcome of the parliamentary
a esperale
attempt to ignite
demand
clection in New Zcaland was a
at a
when consumers are
showing
foregoneconclusion: Jacinda marked preference
to conserve a
Ardem, the leader of the Labour
çcash
How would you describe
Party, was expected to returm to
the approach
of the Narendra Modi
governn
power. The Labour Party has won
here?
ent
over 49 per cent of the vote and is
a. apathetic
expected to take over half the seats b.
inconsiderate
in Parliament. The electoral
c. diabolical
d. mettlesome
outcome can be explaincd by Ms A. Both a and d
B. Both b and c
Arderm's decisive leadership and C. Both a and b
D. Both a and c
bold management of crises, be it the E. Both c and d
coronavirus pandemic or sectarian
li-violence. Q26. The statements
condemning
the
arrest of the 83-
year-old priest, Stan
How can you describe Ms Ardern's
leadership? Swamy, from Ranchi by
the All
India Catholic Union
and the Noth
a adept b. diffident
East Catholic
Research Forum are
C. meretricious d. discreet
being backed by
people's protests.
e. puissant The Catholic bodies
demand that
A. a, b and d B. b, d and e the already ailing
priest be freed
C. a, d and e D. b,c and d and accuse the
authorities of
E. None of the above combinations silencing dissent and
protests
against the alienation
of the natural
Q25. Indians have re-discovered the resources of tribal
people.
virtues of thrift in a Covid-battered How can you describe the
attitude of
economy. Household savings have the Catholic Bodies here?
started to rise as consumers have cut A. unyielding B.
unorthodox
back on discretionary spending over
C. unblushing D.
rampageous
the past six months. The Narendra
Modi government, however, does E. None of the above
options
not like this tendency among Q27. The intimidation of
witnesses or
Indians to squirrel away savings. survivors of a crime is
not now in
The latest stimulus package, India; it did not begin
with the
the
which prods federal government alleged gang rape and
death of
employees to spend their leave Dalit girl in Hathras.
In that case,
travel entitlements on a range of
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family complained of I. Orders, supported by the
belief that
however, the
from the district says, women are
naturally less
pressure
magistrate, while a
senior police important,
intelligent, or able than
claimed that there was no men, might fall apart.
officer
role of the State is blatant I. The year 2020 could be
a favorable
rape. The passivity is
here. but the State's year for women as
they're doing
in the fact that
no system of significantly good in
the fields of
evident
protection is operative. Nobel Prize and other
prestigious
witness
the situations organisations.
would you scribe
How survivors in A. Only B.
Both I and II
witnesses or crime
of C. Only Ili D.
Both I and III
India?
victimised b. out on a limb
a. dubitable
E. AllI,Iand II
d.
abused
C. Q29. It should not have
been a chicken-
B. Both a and b
A. Only a and-egg story. The
best of
D. All a, c and d
C. All a,
b, c and d. knowledge traditions
science,
E. All a, b, and c philosophy, theology
- generally
be the Year for converge on one
point: that the
028. Could 2020
Women? Women doing well in mind is the master
and muscle its
vassal. This is not
to deny muscles
public life is not new. Yet it cannot
their autonomy.
Evolution is proof
be denied that the number of
women who excel in science, that mankind could
not have walked
economics and politics is negligible tall without muscle
power, or, for
in comparison to men. But is the that matter, muscled
its way to the
old, chauvinistic order erumbling? top of the food
chain. But the
The Nobel Prize in chemistry hass wisdom
behind these
gone to two women scientists accomplishments, as
always, came
they developed a revolutionary from the very top of
the human
genome-editing tool that can alter anatomy: the mind.
the DNA of microorganisms; the How would you deseribe the
mind and
literature Nobel has gone to a the muscles?
Woman too, while the new chief of A. prerequisite
B. extraneous
the World Trade Organization is,
C. facultative
D. sanative
for the first time, set to be a woman.
options
What can be inferred from this
paragraph? Q30. Birth anniversaries
of icons need
Orders, based on the attitude of not be joyous
occasions. They are
Superiority toward men might no invariably marked
by pageantry, the
longer be valid. hollowness of
which is deeply
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national holidays,
been amused, even mildly irked, by least for now.
the rituals of reverence that are How would you describe
heaped upon 'him year after year. celebration of Gandhi
the
Politicians bow before him in a nowadays?
Jayantt
show of respect. Ordinary mortals A. dissimulative B.
ostentatious
spend the day not in solemn C. grandiloquent
D. All ofA,BandC
reflection but in the pursuit of
E. None of A, B and C
leisurely activities: Gandhi Jayanti
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(B. Both I and III) rushing to make critical

comments
The powers that be - It's a phrase. lt ascertain to learn or to
confirm.
-
means important people who have rushing to make critical

comments
authority over others or the authorities or making hasty comments that
are intended
the administration or the people in to be fault-finding.
charge.
refrain from stop
oneself from doing
to utter words of protest / to express
something.
opposition - to protest.
II- TRUE. Refer to India and
perhaps
-
words of dissent protests.

-
the world know that the
legislations were
$2. Ans.(E. None of the above options steamrolled ignoring the
reservations of
Only Il1 is FALSE.) the Opposition.
Refer to The ministry itself, it appears,
- legislation laws enacted
by the
has taken certain licences with facts, legislative body.
stating 1hat Parliament had passed the steamroll - to make sure by
using all
contentious farm laws after "full debate power/force.
anddiscussion". reservation - here it means
- objection.
It is the ministry that claims that the $3. Ans.(A. Both I and II)
Parliament passed the controversial farm
laws, taking into account the ful debate What is equally illustrative
about the
and discourse. It's just a statement. In indignation of the ministry
and its
reality it's not true.. admirers- celebrities all-
was their
comprehesion of
sovereignty.
contentious - controversial.
illustrative - interpretative
or explaining
I- TRUE. Refer to In an unprecedented
-
or demonstrative.
step, the ministry of external afairs
responded to the growing international indignation - anger;
discontent; distress.
scrutiny in a lengthy statement that urged comprehension of
sovereignty of
celebrities to ascertain facis before
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accommodate accept or be open
and
responsive to.
power
talking about exactly the same Statement II and IlI are not
inferences.
I1l are They are just stating the
facts
J&
thing. supporter. mentioned in the paragraph.
enthusiast - ardent
prickliness here it
means violent
Incorrect. it's incomplete. It hasn't
indignation resistance.
II- tioned the anger oradmirers
and its crumble-to fall apart.
amongst the ministry
Ans.(D. The formal pronouncement frail- weak.
S4.
the ministry ofexternal affairs) $7. Ans.(D. Only 1)
from
pronouncement/dictum declaration Or. paranoid rebuttal - worried
denial.
statement. Refer to-Could it be that the
Centre is no
Refer to 'ministry
of external affairs longer certain that its
carefully curated
international
protest is
responded to the growing narative on the farmers
that urged
Scrutiny in a lengthy statement having its desired effecet?
celebrities to ascerlain
Jacts before
carefully curated carefully
chosen and
comments. This
rushing to make critical thoughtfully organized or
presented.
is welcome
advice, but the dictum should
narrative-a particular
way of explaining
applicable to all."
be or understanding events.
S5. Ans.(A. inimical) Statement I is talking
about exactly the
inimical harmfül or detrimental. same thing.
symbolical -Serving as a symbol. II- Out of the context.
It's talking about
well-disposed - friendly. the govermment's
hesitation.
equivocal ambiguous. IlI Out of the context.
It's talking
-
S6.Ans.(C. Only I can be inferred.) about providing certainty

or confidence in
response to the farmers'
protests.
Refer to the line What strengthens
democracy is not unilateral opinion S8. Ans.(E. None of the
above options)
but- a nation's ability to accommodate The correct combination
is
divergent, competing views.
0 p m n
This single line is explaining the whole
The sustained
demonization of farmers,
paragraph. the periodic use of
force and incitation at
Inference means a conclusion reached the sites of protest
and, above all, the
on the basis of evidence and reasoning impassivity shown from
the highest
and statement
I
is certainly
conclusion. Hence, it is the inference as
echelons of power have
bared the ugly
truths that no amount of
cheerleading on
well. television or on social
media can conceal.
unilateral- one-sided or biased. demonization the
portrayal of
divergent- differing; varying, assorted. something as wicked and
threatening.
competing - challenging incitation-provocation,
impassivity- apathy or
insensitivity.
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echelon a rank or position within an obscure- to
hide.
organization.
edge out -
remove a person
S9. Ans.(D. bare) organization or
role by indireo from
means an
bare to disclose or reveal. s14. Ans.(E.
None of the above optian
conceal to hide. All options are
correct. ions)
secrete - a) to deposit or conceal in a a, b and e can
be
hiding place.
correctly combin
with any one of
c, d and f. oined
b) to form and give off. buoy up/
relive / lighten -
to cheer,
ensconce establish or bitter
unpalatable / unsavory
settle (someone)
in a comfortable, safe place. pleasant or
acceptable to taste,. not
bury a) put or hide underground. S15. Ans.(D.
Both b-e and
b) cover (someone or something) drollness|
humour c-f
The
completely. being laughable
or comical. quality of
All the remaining words are stifling of
humour preventing
from happening.
humour
synonymous with 'conceal".)
S10. Ans.(A. Censorious) brittleness
breakability.
-
Censorious - condemning and criticising. pathos a quality

that evokes
sadness.
pity or
Vituperative marked by harshly
abusive criticism. inflexibility -
rigidity.
S16. Ans.(A.
Both d-c
Approbative / Plausive affirmative.
-
and e-b)
compliment to
complete.
-
Si1. Ans.(A. Both a-c and b-d)
enrich to
improve.
Scrutiny Inspection the act of
examining something closely.
-
pedagogical
relating to the methods
and
theory of
teaching.
breach/ infract - to offend or violate.
contemplate think
deeply and at length.
Interrogation questioning.
-
colloquial -
(of language) used in

uphold to maintain.)
-
ordinary or
familiar conversation; not
S12. Ans.(D. Both a-f and e-c) formal or
literary.)
jeopardise / imperil to endanger.
- S17. Ans.(A.
Salons)
sovereignty / reign supreme authority.
- Salon / Museum a
building or part of a
furbish to renovate. building in which
objects of interest are
displayed.
despotism - tyranný or dictatorship.
S13. Ans.(B. Both c-a (more synonyms
gallery; archives;
and c-e)u exhibition)
embellish- to glorify.
Tomb grave.
outlaw criminal - someone
who has Sanctum
committed a crime..
- a
place that is considereu
sacred (as within
a religion).
oppressed subject to harsh
authoritarian treatment and Hovel a small,
simply constructed, ana
often temporary
dwelling.
stigmatize- to condemn.
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Ans.(D..Both I and II) edged in -placed in
between.
S18. properties back to
patriation 8 sending came from;
So, the answer would be
the second
country that they statement and that is
statement (a).
assets to their country they
returning The correct arrangement
is -
originaledin. d afbgce
force
- intensify or to gain
S22. Ans.(A. a)
ther
strength. If the last three
statements are taken
1970-1979.
1970s- out or removed from the
entire
the
the 1970s-just before 1980
arrangement
the end of 1970s. arrangement, the
it fag end of the becomes-
or at the request.
call-demand or urgent
urgent request. d afb
peremptory request- So, the antepenultimate
(Third last)
Incorrect. It's talking about statement is -
statement (a).
II - assets.
Inquiries about the S23. Ans.
(B. heterogeneous,
riches)
S19. Ans.(B. prodigious)
riches-wealth. heterogeneous
diverse in character or
(Ir's a plural noun) .h

content.
merit- excellence. prodigious-enormous

and significant
endowment - gift. phenomenal -
extraordinary.
means method. eccentric -
unconventional and slightly
(It's a near plural noun)] strange.
S20. Ans.(D. seizure) grandiose
impressive because of
restitution- the restoration/returm of unnecessary largeness
or grandeur.
something lost or stolen to its proper exuberant full of
energy, excitement,
owner. and cheerfulness.
seizure the action of capturing someone profligate
recklessly extravagant or
or something using force. wasteful in the use of
resources.
yielding tending to give in, surrender or $24. Ans(C. a, d and
e)
agree.
adept very
skilled or proficient at
compensation - something (as money) something.
that is given or received in return for
goods or services
discreet-judicious or
prudent.
1air compensaion for his work on the

puissant-having
great power or
project.) influence.
$21. Ans.(B. a) diffident- humble by

lack of confidence.
meretricious
pretentious or
initiatory statement - First statement. ,
hypocritical.
last statement
of the first three straight s25. Ans.(C. Both a
and b)
Statements last statement of the
-
first
nree consecutive statements apathetic
showing or feeling no
statement Third
interest, enthusiasm,
or concem.
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inconsiderate thoughtiessly causing chauvinistic -believing
that
or naving
hurt or inconvenience to others. as if women are naturally
less 1
mportant,
diabolical - characteristic of the Devil, or intelligent, or able than
men.
so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil. crumble- fall apart.
mettlesome spirited and brave. Statement I and II are
saying
the same thing.
exactly
s26. Ans.(A. unyielding)
unyielding - completely unwilling to Statement IIl can't be an
inference
change a decision, opinion, demand, etc. s29. Ans.(A. prerequisite)
The Catholic Bodies are trying their best prerequisite required as
a
to free the old priest. They are not ready condition; indispensable.
prior
to give up. They are not likely to change extraneous irrelevant and
extra.
their decision.
facultative optional.
-
unorthodox - unconventional.
sanative healing.
unblushing- shameless.
$30. Ans.(D. All of A, B and
C)
rampageous boisterously or violently
uncontrollably. dissimulative insincere.
-
$27. Ans.(E. All a, b, and c) ostentatious pretentious;

intended to
attract admiration or notice.
victimised exploited.
-
grandiloquent pompous or
extravagant
out on a limb - unprotected. in language, style, or
manner, especially
abused -ill-treated. in a way that is intended to
impress.)
dubitable - doubtful.
S28. Ans.(B. Both I and I1)
Refer to- But is the old, chauvinistic
order crumbling?
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plans after
Direction(1-7):
in a random order. poor results.
tatements, given
tements are sequenced
stater
for the
these and Ql. Choose an alternative phrase
When 11 form a coherent
they'lI
in
roperly, phrase went about making'
meaningful statement (b).
questions based on each of the
rious carefully and
statements. Read it follow. A. dealt with making
questions that B. commenced making
answer the
92% eficacy
rate puts it close C. planned on making
Its from Pfizer and
behind vaccines D. struggled making
countries have
Moderna, and 19
its use. E. None of the above options
already authorised
New Yorker Q2. What's the meaning of the
phrase
A recent article in The
b)
describes how the
scientists went under their own steam in
Russia's Sputnik V statement (b)?
about making
steam. of
anyone else
vaccine under their own A. without the help
the spectacular success of of

all B. with so much risk involved
(c) But,
to the
these vaccines can blind us C. following their own research
fact that vaccine development
is
D. with their utmost
determination
still a gamble.
trial, a E. None of the above
options
(d) After a few days of the
Q3. What does the author
mean
by
Bloomberg report described Sputnik
as arguably Russia's biggest saying 'vaccine
development is
scientific breakthrough since the still a gamble. in
statement (c)?
Soviet era." I. vaccine making is still
a money-
) They even injected themselves with making business.

still a
venture.
it first to find out if their vaccine was II vaccine making is
safe and effective. lIL vaccine making still
involves a great
And with new coronavirus mutations amount of risk.

making vaccines less effective, no A. Only IlI B.
Both I andII.
vaccine maker can rest on C. Only II D
Both II and II
yesterday's laurels. E. None of I, II and II
8) Pharma giant Merck, for instance,
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are
phrase rest on yesterday's properly, they'l form
a coherquenced
meaningful paragraph.
rent
laurels' in statement ()?
There and
various questions
based on each. are
I. be so satisfied with what yesterday statements. Read it
carefully the
has already done. answer the questions
that follow. and

II. rely on yesterday's idea and not (N.B. A difficult one,
but
-
you'll pot
make any further progress learn many things.)
t to
III. rely on yesterday's achievements or (a) And linguists have
found
accolades to remain relevant or onething that hits
the sensitivthat the
successful. ofmillennials and
the Gen nerve
A. Only III full stop.
Z is the
B. Both I and II
C. Only II D. Both I and III b) In vain do old
fogies of 40
and above
E. All I, II and III say, pleadingly,
anxiously,
bewilderment, that
it orin
isa
Q5. Choose an appropriate phrasal
3grammar, a punctuation
mark,part of
verb for the word 'shelved' as used
not a
secretive little
emojí conveying
in statement (g).
the
sender's negative
feelings
towards
A. held up B. held over the recipient and a
sentence is
not
C. laid over complete without
it.
D. put offT
tt
E. All of the above options (c) The denizens of the
brave new world
speed through the
day with short text
Q6. Which of the following options is
messages and
WhatsApp effusions
the pair of the precursory and the
on the go, liberally
scattering
conclusive statement, respectively,
exclamation marks
and ellipses as
after the correct rearrangement?
one message runs
into the next,
A. e g B. b f
producingfresh
codes of
C. d a y D. c f communication that
linguists must
E. None of the above options decipher
Q7. Which of the following statements (d) Someone who uses a
full stop in a
is equidistant from the SECOND social media message
must be angry,
and SIXTH statement, after the weird, mean or
aggresSive, even
correct rearrangement? passive-aggressive.
A. f B. (e) An ellipse images
this perfectly, or a
C. c question mark that
softens the blow
D. d
of a statement by
imitating the
upward lilt of a
friendly suggestion,
Direction(8-15):Below are hsome but a full stop is
like a repulse,
statements, given in a random
order. deadening and cold.
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in statement ()
the youn
in
But forcommunical
ication and lightning A. A number of exclamation
marks
(0 instant allowed
endings cannot be B. A number of
litle dots
change everything is
threaten finality
-
C. A number of
Interrogation marks
to on.
ever moving D. A number of
hyphens
a dot in English
may bejust vertical or E. None of the
above options
languages have a
some
word
more dots- but the Q12. What's the meaning of
the
slanted line or
carry is amazing. ilt' in statement (e)?
load it can
A. an indirect suggestion
millennials and Gen Z' are born
Q8. respectively in B. a feeling expressed
between,
statement (a)? C. a pleasant gentle
accent
1997-2012 D. a way of showing
something
1981-1996,
A.
1965-1980, 1997-2012 E. None of the
above options
B.
1946-1964, 1981-1996
the
meaning of
C.
1981-1996, 1965-1980 phrase 'endings
cannot be allowed
D.
to threaten
finality' in
statement
E. None of
the above options
(0?
appropriate synonym for
Q9. Choose an The last
section of a communication
as used in
the word pleadingly',
can't pose a
threat to decisiveness.
statement (b).
a
B., affimatively II. The end of a
sentence can't be
beseechingly
A. menacing
indication of conclusive-
C. negatively D. aggressively
ness.
E. None of the above options The
termination-of a communication
II.
Q10. What's the literal meaning of the can't be a
danger to irrevocability.
II
phrase WhatsApp effusions', as A. OnlyI*
B. Both I and
used in statement (C). C. Only I1

D. Both Il and III
L.
Countless WhatsApp messages E. Only II
II. Unrestrained WhatsApp expressions Q14. What's the
actual meaning of
the
of emotion word load' as
used in statement
I. Consecutive WhatsApp texts (g?
A. Only I1 B. Both I and IlI
B. obligation
A. freight
C.Both II and II D. Only II C. complexity
D. charge
E. None of the above options E. None of the
above options
Q11. What's the actual meaning of the Q15. Which of the
following pairs is the
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pair of he lead-off and the C. a c
sternmost statement, respectively? D. cf
A. ce E. None of the above
options
B. a f
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(B. commenced making) S7. Ans.(E. None of the

above
options)
go about/ commence - to begin. The correct answer is
statement
-
$2. Ans.(A. without the help of anyone

(a)..
-
else) a cf
under one's own steam - If you do
bed
S8. Ans.(A. 1981-1996,
1997-2012)
something under your own steam, you do
it without help from anyone.
Millennials are born
between 1981
1996.
and
$3. Ans.(D. Both II and II)
And Gen Z are born between
gamble / venture - a risky undertaking.
1997.
2012
Statement II and III are stating the same Baby Boomers: Born 1946-
1964 (55-73
thing in different ways. years old)
S4. Ans.(D. Both I and IIT)
Generation X: Born 1965-
1980 (39-54
The actual idiom is - years old)
rest on one's laurels- to be satisfied with The Silent Generation: Born
1928-1945
distinction won by past achievements (74-91 years old)
and cease to strive for further S9. Ans.(A. beseechingly)
achievements.
pleadingly / beseechingly -
In a
Statement Il is talking about idea. beseeching manner.
S5. Ans.(E. All of the above options) beseeching - begging.
shelve to postpone or to assign to a later affirmatively in a way that
expresses
time. approval or agreement.
All the above phrasal verbs mean to S10. Ans.(D. Only I1)
postpone'
effusion- unrestrained
exprèssion ot
S6. Ans.(B. b f) words or feelings.
precursory statement beginning S11. Ans.(B. A number of
little dots
statement.
concluding statement - last statement. ellipsis' is the singular
form.
Thecorrect arrangement is- ellipses' is plural.
bed a e gf SI2. Ans.(C. a pleasant
gentle accent)
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gentle and
a soun a person's voice obligation-esponsibility.
sound in
falling
intonation. The responsibility of full
stop. is
I1)
Ans.(E. Only
manifold.
S13. onclusiveness or decisiveness goods transported
in bulk by
finality -
freight
irevocability. truck, train, ship, or
aircraft.
or meanings. $15, Ans.(A.c e)
has two
threaten to. lead-off- coming before all
others in time
posea threat indication of
)to or order foremost or first.
be a menacing
1o sternmost- farthest in the
rear - last.)
something.
meaning has The correct arrangement is-
context the second
this
In used.
been able to be changed,
Cag d
bf e)
vocable - not final.
reversed, or recovered;
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passage, some of the words have been
left out, each of which is indicated by a a. furtherance
b. withdrawal
letter. Find the suitable word/words C. repulsion
d. aversion
from the options given against each
A. Only a
B. Both c and
letter and fill up the blanks with
d
appropriate words to make the C. All a, c and d
D. Only b
paragraph meaningful. E. Both b and c
Multilateralism is in retreat. The
corresponding revival of the spirit of Q3. 0
unilateralism around the world would a. face
b. array
support such M)_ But this C. lapel
d. quip
N)_ of multilateralism cannot be
pinned on the_(0)_of an ascendant A. Only c
B. Both a and d
authoritarian politics. The P)L may C. Both b and c
D. All a, b, c and d
lie within the world's multilateral
framework. The lack of_()_ E. Only d
leadership is one of the fundamental
causes that explain multilateralism's
04.P
failure to respond to such critical a. rot
b. riddance
challenges as the pandemic that has C. canker
d. drollness
brought nation-states and their economies
A. Only d
B. Both a and d
to their (R)_. This (S)_in the
leadership criterion can be attributed to a C. Both a and c
D. Only c
_(T) lacuna. The element of E. Both b and c
competitive politics within the
international fraternity seems to have Q5.Q
played a fundamental role in the a. impeccable
b. seamless
_(U)_ of the foundations of C. unsurpassed
d. unblemished
multilateralism.
Q1. M
A. Only a
B. Botha and c
C. All a, b and d
D. Both a and b
a. conjecture b. longing
E. All a, b, c and d
C. Supposition d. exaction
A. Both a and b B. All b, c and d Q6.R
a. stifles
b. kicks
C. Only a D. Both a and c
E. All a, b, c and d C. knees
d. swings
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c
that," the exquisite
Both aand D. Both b and d Darbhanga palace
on Chowringhee
A.
Onlyb was demolished; in
its place today
C Onlya stands Calcutta's
"tallest building'.
E promoted by the
same
07.S b. paucity that acquired and
demolished the oid
want plethora
a. d. Kenilworth Hotel.
Cexiguity
B. All a, c and d (c)That is why it is
dreary to hear that

band c
All a,
A. D. Onlyb Caleuta's heritage
list, which has
Both b and
c
C. been lying
quiescent and unaltered
and d
E. All a, b, c since 2000, is
finally set to be
revised by the
Calcutta Municipal
0s.T b. shaky
compelling Corporation.
a.
d. telling
unsound (d) But there is a
hope; in the light of
c.
B. Both a and d the initiative
taken by Calcutta
A. Only a
Both b and d
D. Only c Municipal
Corporation, it is
C.
reassuring that
the practice of
E. All a, c and d
downgrading
heritage buildings
Q9.U without public
knowledge is set to
accrual b. uptickk
a.
end.
C. accretion d. attrition
(e) This disregard
has been amply
A. Only a B. Bothb and d
reflected in the
apathetic response to
C. Both a and c D. Only d conservation, as
recently as 2018,
E. All b, c and d the old
Kenilworth Hotel was razed
Direction(10-17): Below are some to the ground
after its heritage status
statements, given in a random order. was quietly
downgraded.
When these statements are sequenced
properly, they'll form a coherent and () There is a lot
more
worth saving
meaningful paragraph. than meets the
eye - or, more
There are
various questions based on accurately,
than the eye has been
each of the
statements.
Read it carefuly and willing to see.
answer
the questions that follow.
(g) It is no secret
that in spite of its
a) The inordinate
delay notwithstand- diverse culture
and history, Calcutta,
ing, the revision is a welcome
move, much like other
Indian cities, is
as it will
add greatly to the known for doing
precious little to
Tepresentational
nature of the list preserve and
protect the remnants of
with the inclusion
of more structures its past.
of cultural, economic
and historical
value. Q10. What's the
actual meaning of the
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initiative into consideration
statement (a)? D. under the
guidance of the initiative
.The a
delay, going beyond normal or E. None of the
above options
acceptable limit in degree. 014. What's
the actual meaning
I. The delay, caused by the authorities.
of. the
phrase
"There is a lot more Wo
III. The delay which is absolutely saving
than meets the vorth
eye' in
unwarranted. statement
(1)?
A. Only II B. Only I There is a
lot more, necessary
to he
C. Only III D. Both I and II1 saved than
it was initially
perceived.
E. All I, II and III I There is a
lot more, worthy
of being
saved than
there appears
Q11. Which of the.following words can
to be at
first.
in statement (b)? II. There is a lot
more, deserving to be
saved to
meet expectations.
consortium b. syndicate
A. Only II
B. Both I and II
C. edifice d. hearth
C. Only I
D. Both Il and Il
A. Only d B. Both a and b
E. All I, II and
III
C. Both b and c D. All a, b, c and d
E. All a, b and Q15. What's the
phrase
"precious little in
Q12. In statement (c), four words have
statement (g)?
been given in bold. One of those
I. extremely little
II. worthily little
words might have been used
IIl. negligibly
little
wrongly in respect of the actual
context. Identity that wrong word. A. Only II and III
B. Only I have Ill
If all the words are correctly used, C. Only III
D. Only 1
choose option (E) as your answer. E. None of the above
options
A. dreary B. quiescent Q16. Which of the
following options is
C. unaltered D. revised the pair of the
prefatory and the
E. All the words have been correctly antepenultimate
statement, respec
used tively, after the
correct rearrange
ment?
phrase in the light of the A. fa
B. ce
initiative' in statement (d)? C. fe
D. c d
4. under the auspices of the initiative E. None of the above
options
3. by the positivity, brought by
following
the Q17. Which of
the
or
initiative Combinations is the
combination
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three intermediate I. The report is
of poor quality - I think
na after the
the author
may have cut some
statement?
B. geb corners.
A.
ebd D. g bd I. He only
summarized the main points
C.
ge above options
aNone from the
meeting.
ofthe B.
E
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was the last day of class,
statements. Each set
the teachers
cut the students some
sets of sentences wherein the
two
ontains a pair of
of slack.
statement consists of an
first while the second II. As a special
treat, I'll take you to my
idiom/phrase
a situation which favourite
restaurant.
statement talks about
may not depict the meaning of A. Only B
may or required to
idiom/phrase. You are B. Only A
the correctly
pair/pairs which
select the idiom in C. Both A and B
shows/show the meaning
of the
statement, D. None of A and B
the second
option as (E)]
There is no0 such Q20. A.
Q18.A. I. Your
drum solo was very
We bit off more than we could
entertaining, but don't give up the
our original reform
chew in day job!
proposals.
if you don't
II. You can master
anything
IL. A toddler can't eat by herself as
it's
your efforts
give up
putting
too difficult a task for her. consistently
B.
B.
People were forced to work longer
I. The nasty
prison warden got a taste
hours, and to add insult to injury,
being
of his own
medicine after
the company decided not to give pay
thrown in
jail.
raises.
Hemingway
loved Stein and she
IThey feel angry that their complaints I.
reciprocated his love.

were ignored.
A. Only A. Both A and
B
A
B. Both A and B. Only B
B
C. Only C.Only A
B
D. None D. None ofA
and B
of A and B
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face' can't
be chosen due to the
'pinned on' veib

S1. Ans.(D. Both a and c) used here
is
- or
Supposition / conjecture an opinion array an
orderly aangement.
conclusion fomed on the basis o quip - a
witty remark or a jokc.)
incompletc information.
refermed to 4.(Answer -
C. Both a and e
(n this context "conjecture' is
the fact that Multilateralism is in rot/ canker
a souree of corruption
retreat.i riddance
the action of getting rid
troublesonme or unwant of a
is in retreat - is being withdrawn.)
person or thing
drollness-
The quality ot being laughable
longing desire.
or
comical.)
exaction - the action of demanding and
obtaining something from someone, 5.(Answer-
E. All a, b, c and d
especially a payment. impeccable /
seamless unblemished.
S2. Ans.(D. Only b) faultless.
withdrawal the action of withdrawing unsurpassed
excellent.)
something. 6(Answer- B.
Only c
(ln this context the withdrawal is bring sb/sth
to their knees to destroy
referred to the fact that *Multilateralism or defeat
someone or something.
is in retreat".)
stifle to
withhold from circulation or
furtherance advancement.
- expression.)
repulsion - a feeling of intense distaste or 7.(Answer -
A. All a, b and c
disgust.
want
paucity the presence of
aversion strong dislike or something in
only small or insufficient
disinclination. quantities
or amounts.
S3. Ans.(A. Only c) exiguity the
quality of being meager or
lapel the part on each side of a
insufficient.
coat or
jacket inmmediately below the collar plethora
- a large or excessive amount of
which is folded back on either side something.
of the
front opening.
S8. Ans.(B.
Both a and d)
Here it has been used figuratively.
compelling/
telling- potent orstrong..
.this withdrawal of mulilateralism
cannot be pinned on the lapel telling/
compelling lacuna - strong gap
ascendant authoritarian politics of an shaky - weak
or inconsistent.
This means an unsound- not
in good condition.
ascendant(rising
power) authoritarian politics in S9. Ans.(D.
Only
responsible for the is not
d)
withdrawal of attrition
the
multilateralism.
process of reduc
Something's
strength or effectiveness,
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-
al/
increase of
something ov timc. has more merit,
import than
is initially
perceived.
trend.
a
uptick- small increase or slight upward Statement I
and II are
talking about
exactly the same
Both I and II) thing
S10. Ans.(D. Statement II is
tardinate - Cxceeding reasonable limits talking
about meeting
in more than usual or expected. expectations.
much In the above context,
the author has

egree - cale of intensity or amount. considered this particular
fact as "this
unwarranted unjustifiable and disregard', as mentioned in
statement
unreasonable. (e).
1t's near synonym of the word

a S15. Ans.(E. None
of the
above options
inordinate'. The correct answer - Only )
S11. Ans.(B. Both a and b) precious when used as an
adverb it
consortiunm syndicate - a group of means
extremely/execeedingly.)
individuals or organizations combined to S16. Ans.(C.f e)
promote a common interest.
prefatory - introductory.
edifice- a large, imposing building. antepenultimate third from
the last.
hearth - the floor of a fireplace.
-
S12. Ans.(A. dreary)
dreary depressingly dull and bleak;
uninspiring.
case bd
S17. Ans.(A. e b d)
According to the context the fact that succeeding statements
Consccutive
Calcutta's heritage list will be revised, is statements.
heartening not depressing coming after the
intermediate
quiescent- dormant. statement - coming
aîter the middle
position.
unaltered- unchanged.
revised updated. The correct
arrangement is -
SI3. Ans.(C. taking the initiative into fcag ebd

consideration) S18. Ans.A. Only I has
the correct
in the light of (something) pair.)
taking
something) into consideration/account; bite off more than
one can chewW-
bearing in mind. to try to do
something that is too difficult
under for you.
the auspices of
somebody/something with the Statement I is
talking about exaetly
protection or support of someone or the same thing.
Something, especially an organization.
add insult to injury
- make a situation
S14. Ans.(B. worse
Both I and I1)
there's more than meets the eye t's an - But, statement il is
talking about feeling
1diom. It means Someone or sometning angry
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correct pair.) other people.
been treating
cut corners todo something in thc
casiest, cheapest way.
And, statement
1is
talking
exactly the same thing.
about
But, statement I is talking abou reciprocate 1o do
sonmcthing
summarizing. soneone because the person
for
cut somebody some slack to something similar for you.
has done
giv*
somebody additional freedom. don't give up your day
job - uscd
But, statement li is talking about giving humorous way of
a.
tcllng
somconc as tha
a special treat. you do not think they are
very good at
S20. Ans.(B. Only B has the correct something
at
pair) But, statement lI is
talking
about putting
get a taste of your own medicinc consistent efforts.)
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plaintive cries about
in the blank, choose (E) as
fits the absence of data
on the deaths of
optio
ansvwer.
your frontline health
workers have
silver lining recently is
the
01. A several
implications.
farmers. The
decline in suicides of The primne
minister goaded the
deaths and
report on accidental nation to honour
Covid warriors by
suicides of 2019 published, raising a
frightful din with pots and
indicates this: from I1,379 deaths in pans; more
recently, a bill has been
for 20116
the farm sector recorded passed by
Partiament to protect
10,281 in
they have dropped to frontline
workers and doctors trom
2019. physical
assault. Bsut several other
The reason for this, according to the crippling
dimensions af the erisis
Union minister of state, is that Temain
unaddressed.
several states and Union territories
A. People aeruss
India dispayed an
gave no figures for farmer suicides example of unity
by honouring Covid
Hence listing causes became
wamiors.
'untenable.
B. The most
troubling is its use of lofty
A. The problem with the 2019 report is rhetoric in
place of meaningful
that it no longer enlists causes, such
interventions.
as crop failure or debt, for the
suicides. C. More or less
ike the various stages of
the journey of
coronavirus, the list of
B. In that context, the 2019 report, even
Covid warriors
also expanded.
if partial, does indicate a positive
change. D. Moreover, the
world needs to work
towards
advancement in medical
C. The 2019 figure is marginally lower to
research and
technology
2018 when 10,348 people took their
lives. E. None of the
above options.
D, The farmers
report defines
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cquality, however, fun is less picky human life saving
category. in
he
about gendered delicateness than B. This makes it
important
before.
for the
to wish for the
world
With male chefs taking over the
resurrectio
empathy and
kindness. of
more fashionable kitchens and
C. The world is cxIsting
women pilots holding the controls
because the
are some kind,
helpful there
in cockpits have become rather
and
hearted people still
around good-
elusive attributes to define. More so
world rests on their
shoulders.and the
in middle-class households, where
men do the dishes and look after the D. Till now, there are
numbers
proposed therapeutics
of
baby as much as women come
agents existed
home late from work. for this conditions,
Seems to have
efficacy against the
disease.
A. It is almost impossible for women to
have self-acquired property and E. None of the above
options.
gender equality is still a far cry. Q5. The goals of the

Centre's flagship
B. Injustice arises out of society's Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao
scheme
inability to accept the fact that men are noble, but last
year the Narendra
and women should be equal. Modi-led government
conceded
in
C. Men and women can slurp and gobble Parliament that
almost 56 per cent
away without attracting the raised of the funds for the
scheme had
eyebrow. been spent on
advertising, with no
impact assessment
being conducted.
D. There is now a stack of evidence of
the fact that men benefit from living
Affirmative
action must be
in more gender-equal societies.
accompanied by
political will to
E. None of the above options.
raise public
awareness as well as
Q4. Vaccines have turned despair to bolster women's
agency over their
hope but the virus, or another Own bodies.
pandemic, cannot be wished away. A. This is a flagrant
abuse of power
intended to create fear
in a particular
These vanishing human traits could community.
prove to be the vaccine that is
citizens,
B: A: number of needy
needed to vanquish the germs of particularly from the
underprivileged
hate and discrimination that plague
as
sections, are yet to be
enrolled
the global body politic. beneficiaries.
A. The uninterrupted supply chain of C. Behind this mass
enthusiasm for the
life-saving anti-viral medicines and
is non
Virtues of 'good
governance'
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from
legislativ
the data
Filling the medical and available on India, the
nation's
D.
socictal gaps 15 only part of the economy may have
undergone the
challenge. sharpest diminution in
average wages.
of the above options B. India's cconomic growth
E. Nonc is
expected
Researchers from the Centre for to improve to 6.3% with
the country
Q6.
Science and Environment(CSE) have leading economic
recovery in South
alleged that the honey produced by Asia, according to the
report.
major Indian brands. is adulterated C. Nearly 25 million jobs
could be lost
with sugar syrup. That is not all; worldwide due to the
pandemic, but
As a an internationally
coordinated policy
result, the environment watchdog has response can help lower
the impact
selected 13 popular honey brands to on global unemploynent,
according
assess the purity of the product. to the report.
A. there is a
case for raising public D. India reluctantly
revealed that its
awareness so that citizens know that unemployment rate in
October rose to
n the products they are consuming are 8.5%, the highest level
since August
appetizing. 2016.
B. there is also the additional imperative E. None of the above
options.
of assisting beckeeping communities,
Q8.The deep crisis in
India's agrarian
whose livelihoods have been
sector goes beyond the
features of the
decimated by the pandemic.
new farm bills. It is
the result of
C. there appears to be an incongruity in
systematic crippling
of farmers
the results of different tests geared
interests and
agricultural productivityy
towards the same purpose.
by successive
govemments.
D. the claim was considered false and
But
misleading by implication and
what the ruling party
seems to be
omission and upheld under Chapter
trying is to demonize
protests and
14 of the ASCI Code. dissent.
A. Every trick in the
authoritarian nule
Q7.India has not been reticent about
book had been
employed by the
making public , a
number of data ruling party to
prevent the farmers
estimates, including those pertaining
from getting
themselves heard.
to unemployment and earnings.
B. The prime
minister,instead of
The
agreeing to a meeting
immediately,
estimated wage loss in the informal
kept insisting that
the farmers were
Sector was to the tune of Rs 63,550
being misled.
Crore in the first half of 2020.
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narratives
by asing
crasin
complicit in this institutional apathy. nccessary facts;
D. Unfortunatcly, one voice, that of the B. So, it would not be
enough
to broaden
govenment, is being allowed to the principles and
create new
rights
dominate all others in the country and laws;
today C. So, to break this
seemingly
E.
unending
None of the above options. cycle, it is
important to
understand
Q9.The pandemic forced a bind', that its root cause
lies in how
laws
because hearings had to be conductcd strip individuals and
communities
legal ways to resist;
of
through video conferencing or courts
had to shut down altogether. But D. So, it is time that we
not only
closing courts would mean blocking recognise the right to
Internet
access
the rule of law. as a fundamental
right;
A. However, closing courtrooms and E. None of the above
options.
halting jury duty makes sense.
Q11. Even as Indian
political leaders
B. The increased strength will double the
were busy comparing
the nation
output of the Supreme Court, which with those of China,
Japan and the
has decided not to start physical United States of
America and while
heari gs yet due to the COVID-19 the prime minister was
promising a
situation in the country. $5 trillion economy in
five years, a
C. It is time for the world to move from small, neighbouring
nation
a manual world to a paperless world. Bangladesh was forging
ahead in
D. Yet at the same time, for large economic terms.
sections of Indians, courts seem to A number of its slogans
have come
have disappeared anyway since they to naught.
had no access to the necessary A. During the last five
yéars, India's per
technology. capita gross domestic
product was, on
E. None of the above options. an average, 40 per cent
higher than
that of Bangladesh.
Q10. The intemet and social media have
B. One piece of evidence
being talked
changed the contours of the world
will
in which constitutional rights and
about is the estimation
that India
become unbelievably
richer than
legal codes were fomulated.
Bangladesh by 2025.
the
all tne
methods and spheres of application C. The government has done
far as
must be considered too. Wrong things possible as
A. So, abused laws often could be used

cconomic policies are
concerned.
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medicines- for
This is a time
be forthcoming and cancer or diabetes.
needs to
communications.
transparent in its E. None of the above
options.
above options
E.
None of the Q13. It is not merely that
many Indians
well on the way to
is do not consider Dalits
to be human.
Q12. India
redefining the word, 'science': high-
statements of belief without Reservations can be
tuned into a
flown
with this tool for vote
collection, but justice
proof. Unable to keep up
advance, 400 scientists have is different.
chairperson A. Genuine social justice
would threaten
endorsed a letter to the
the Rashtriya Kamdhenu
Aayog the traditional
interweaving of social,
of
asking how it has been political and economic
power.
scientifically proven' that keeping B. It looks like the State
lackspolitical
reduces
cow dung cakes at home will and is taking the
side of the
radiation. The Aayog was formed to perpetrators.
protect and promote indigenous C. Only by saying a big
'no' to brutal
cattle, and the chairperson has now can
remedy the
capitalism
we
claimed that a chip made from cow
problems that we face
today?
dung will guard people against
D. Social hierarchies are
much more
radiation from cell phones.
rigid in rural India,
and an urbanising
India offers better
opportunities for
A. The innocent cow is, for the
aspiring Dalit
entrepreneurs.
Hindutva-minded, a vehicle of
unfathomable virtues. E. None of the above
options.
B. During these testing times, even as Q14. ment through positive
discrimina-
the scientific research activity has tion.
ground to a halt, coronavirus A. Hence, reservations for
students in
researchers must remain busy. public institutions
of higher education
C. Being old-fashioned, the letter and jobs in the public
sector were
implies that science is based on rightly envisioned to
bring about
evidence, not claims, so the scientists adequate
representation to those,
are asking for the relevant data oppressed by caste
discrimination.
supporting the chairperson's B. Hence, there is a strong
case for
pronouncement. making a provision for
reservation for
D. Govermment the economically
backward in the
called for proposals tor
research on cowpathy under a general category in
education and
Tunding programme to study cow employment to ensure
that they also
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have
a fairly
advance in life. robust system of
food and
nutrition
C. The usc of income or cconomic security.
n
criteria for providing reservation for B. The inability to
harvest
fruits an
those not included in the backward vcgetables at
remunerative and
classes, or for those belonging to the during the current
erisis, ices
has not just

general sections, thus deprived farmers of
incomes
constitutionally invalid. livelihoods, but
consumers and
too are
D. Hence, given the decp incqualities deprived of
micronutricnts
in their
prevalent in access to education and diets.
jobs based on caste status, affimative C. Through a combination
of farmers
action makes a lot of sense. cooperation,
technological
upgrading
E. None of the above options. and favourable
public policies
in
Q15. Latest estimates show that nearly procurement,
pricing and distribution,
we can deal with
the fallouts
690 million people worldwide are
of the
hungry. India retains the dubious pandemic.
distinction of being the country with D. If anything, the
mindless clearing of
the largest population of food- natural habitats
to increase
insecure people unequal access to agricultural acreage
will aggravate
food. Although these numbers are the climate crisis,
which, in turn,
staggering, hunger cannot be fought could adversely
affect food
merely by increasing the quantity of production,
affiliated costs,
food production. consumption as well
as wastage.
A. If we can ensure increased food E. None of the above
options
SOLUTIONS
S1.(Answer - A. The problem with the B It doesn't justify

the sentence right
2019 report is that it no longer enlists after it.
causes, such as crop failure or debt, for just another
data and not
the suicides.
C It's
justifying the line right
after it.
The line - The reason for this, according D- It's.only talking about
the report and
1o the Union minister of state,.
not justifying the line
right after it.)
indicates that the reason behind the
S2.(Answer - B. The most
troubling is
report not enlisting causes for the
or
its use of lofty rhetoric
in place
suicides is that several states and Union
territories gave no figures for farmer meaningful interventions.
Suicides. lofty rhetoric majestic
speech 0
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attracting the
ded to be
intended
wriling pecople. raised eyebrow).
influence
The tone is critical here. A-It says gender cquality is
still a far cry
contcxt is -
The iticizing the Centre. but the context says, gender
equality is
already there. So, it's
contradictory.
Theaul shedding crocodile tears for
sho
Centre is
data on the deaths of B - It's a general
statement. Besides, it's
The
absence of to Covid, talking about injustice,
which is not
he hcalth workers due
ntline their contribution mentioned anywhere in the
paragraph.
they're praising
i
because
doing very little in managing D- It's a completely
different statement.
publicly but It has no relation to the
main context.)
their crises,
most troubling is ils use of lofy S4.(Answer B.
This makes it
The of meaningful important for the world to
wish for the
rhetoric in place
interventions. resurrection of empathy and
kindness.
Centre is being sad by vanishing human traits -
disappearing
This means The the emotional and behavioral
characteristics
data on the deaths of
the absence of
it has several of human beings like,
kindness, empathy.
health workers but
deductions and one of the them
is that the They're disappearing
because, these
centre is using majestic
speech in praising Virtues aren't so common
these days.
them, but not doing
any signilicant or The context is though, the
vaccine is
meaningful progress. showing the light of hope,
it alone cannot
A It is a positive statement and Wipe away the pandemic. It's
sympathy
indirectly praising the Centre, which is and kindness that can work
as vaccines to
contradictory to the actual tone. tackle the viruses of hate,
violence and
C-It has no relation to the main theme. discrimination that torment
the people
considered as a collective
unit(global
D It's a general statement. It's not
body politic.
connected to the actual context.)
- C. Men and women can A & D- These statements are
talking
$3.(Answer
about anti-viral
medicines and
slurp and gobble away without
attracting the raised eyebrow. therapeuticS agents.
These aren't
vanishing human traits.
slurp and gobble away - eat and drink.
C This statement is
carrying the actual
gendered delicateness delicacy or
tone but it's talking about
kind-hearted
enjoyment specific to people of one
particular gender. humans, not human traits.)
The context is
S5s.(Answer - D.
Filling the legislative,
In these days strong
of medical and societal gaps
is only part
gender equality, the fun which used
to be of the challenge.
mainly enjoyed by men, can now
be
engoyed equally The context is - The goals
of the Centre's
by women too. There is
no such
job as 'male job' or "female job', flagship Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao
now. scheme are noble, but its
impact
Both men and assessment has not been
conducted by the
women can eat and drink Narendra Modi-led
govemment. Filling
Without making
others feel surprising legislative, medical and
societal gaps
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liave
to asse
action must be accompanied by political purity?)
will to raise public awarenes as well as
e
S7.(Answer - A. According
strengthen women's agency over their report, from the data
to
own bodies.
available the
India, the nation's
economy
A - It's talking about creating fear in a undergone the sharpest
may have
diminution
particular community, hence this average wages.
n
statement is out of the context. undergone suffered.
-
B- It's nonspecific. The paragraph hasn't diminution - decline.

mentioned anything about 'needy citizens
or beneficiaries'.
reticent restrained.
The context 1s ndia
has not
C It's a positive statement and
been
restrained in revealing a
contradictory to the critical tone of the
number of data
estimates, including those
paragraph.)
pertaining to
unemployment and
S6.(Answer C. there appears to be an
earnings, publicly,
According to the report
the nation's
incongruity in the results of different economy may have suffered
the sharpest
tests geared towards the same purpose. decline in average wages.
incongruity - discrepancy or variance. That means, India didn't
hide
its
The context is CSE researchers made an unemployment data.
accusation that the honey produced by B-It's contradictory, as
it's talking about
major Indian brands is impure and mixed economic growth, whereas
the context is
with sugar syrup. about unemployment and
economic
There also appears to be discrepancy in downturn.
the results of different tests of honey. As C It's talking about
worldwide
a consequence, the environment unemployment data, whereas
the context
watchdog(administration) had selected 13 is solely about India's
unemployment
popular honey brands to assess the purity data.
of the product. D False according to the
context. India
-
A - Irrelevant.
It doesn't make any sense has not been
reluctant(unwilling) in
in this context that public awareness revealing its unemployment
rate.)
should be raised so that citizens know that S8.(Answer - C. The ruling
party is not
the products they are consuming are
the only party complicit in
this
tasty. institutional apathy.
B- Not aligning in this particular context. complicit - involved in or
knowing about
Assisting beekeeping communities, a crime or some activity
that is wrong.
whose livelihoods have been decimated
The context is The deep
crisis in India's
by the pandemic, is a different task. It
agricultural is the
consequence of causing
may be indirectly connected to the
and
serious harm to farmers'
interests
context.
all the
agricultural productivity by
D It is contradictory. If Researcher's govemments in a row. It's a
continuous
claim is considered false, why does the
tne
process. And the Ruling
party isn't
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party who the The context is The internet
and
social
only about
nowing they ruling party seems
rulin media have changed the
shape(contours)
But, farmer" protest
unconcern.
portrayy the farmer's of the world in which
constitutional rights
trying to wicked and legal codes were
developed. So,
1o threatening or
be
extending the principles and
creating
new
supporting the last
as hey're all rights and laws are not
sufficient
alone;
&D- are saying that the
A, B
statement,
They all
been the methods of applying those
and the
its leader have
party and domains of their application
are to
be
uling against the protest by mers
working wrong and taken into account too.
prove them
actual
trying to unheard. It has no connection
to the
and
make those protests A
statement.
ving to preposition of the last context. It's rather a
general
Hence, the
starting
make any sense.
doesn't abused law - misused law.
statement 'but.
as wicked and distort- to twist.
demonize portray
appropriate
is
not so
threatening.) C-The term 'eycle'
statement,
same time, here. Besides, it's a
negative
S9.(Answer D. Yet at the
-
deprive
courts talking about how laws
large sections of Indians,
It has
for disappeared anyway since individuals of legal ways to
resist.
seem to have necessary
context.
no access to the no connection to the actual
they had
The actual
technology. D Ir's out of the context.
problem that
how laws
the biggest context talks mainly about
the
The context is
-
pandemic is that access

modified.
and principles can be
has come with the
conditional on access to But, this statement talks
about
right to
to justice became
mean
technology. But closing courts internet.)
the same
blocking the rule of law. At S11.(Answer C. The
government has
time, for large sections of
Indians, who
possible as
courts done all the wrong
things
have no access to technology, the
concerned.
they can't far as economic policies
are
have already disappeared, as
when, Indian
attend hearings through video The context is - At a
time
comparing
conferencing. political leaders were
busy
India with those of
China,
Japan and the

A -It's contradictory and nonspecific.
while the
United States of America
and
How the closing of the judiciary system
a S5 trillion
prime minister was
promising
makes sense, isn't clear.
economy in five years,
Bangladesh,
our
B - Out of the context. The paragraph
neighbouring country,
was taking the lead
hasn't mentioned anything about and advancing rapidly
in
economic tems.
increased strength of the Supreme
in the
They were ahead of us
Court.) advancement. The
government of
India
has done all the wrong
things
possible as
C-It's a general and nonspecific
far as economic
policies are concerned.
statement. It's not clearly mentioning
A
anything.) number of its slogans
don't
meant
anything because they
couldn't
be
S10(Answer B. So, it would not be
enough to broaden the principles and realised and
successful.
Create new rights and laws;
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The tone is critical here.
economic power.
forge ahead - take the lead or make good interweave -
blend closcly.
progress.
The context is -
It's
come to naught be unsuccessful.
not infrequent
-
Dalits aren't
considecre infrea
A-It's a statistic and many Indians.
Any to be humanthat
it'scontradictory to
justice that's
the critical tone of the paragraph, as
it's a doesn't
discriminate,
and thus
peby
positive statistic for India. threaten the
traditional it so
B - It's political and
bending would
contradictory. The paragraph is
economic ofsocial
talking about India's failure in economic means, India'
tradition power. This
tems and Bangladcsh's better cconomic The political,
economic is caste-based,
and social powe

progress than that of India. So, India will has been
structured
keeping the castes

be unbelievably richer than Bangladesh' mind. In ndia's
tradition,
neglected and
Dalit are
in
is in contrast to the actual tone.
deprived of justice.
D Not specific. This statement the government's
support And
doesn't reservations can
for caste-based
clearly indicate anything. Sounds more
be just a tool
more votes because
to attract
like out of the context.)
when it comes to
justice, the
government
S12(Answer C. Being old-fashioned, favour of the
Dalits.
doesn't act in
the letter implies that science is based
on evidence, not claims, so the scientists The paragraph
exposes
the Government's
are asking for the relevant data hypocritical
mindset.
supporting the chairperson's B Out of the
context.
The
pronouncement. hasn't mentioned
anything paragraph
about
the
pronouncement - announcement. perpetrators
The context is Rashtriya Kamdhenu C Out of the
context. The paragraph
Aayog is claiming that cow dung cakes at hasn't mentioned
anything
about
home reduces radiation and a chip made capitalism'.
from cow dung will protect people from D- It's
contradictory, as it's talking about
all radiations. Now, the scientists are urbanising8 India
offering better
asking for evidence, backing this claim, opportunities for
aspiring Dalit
as Science is based on evidences, not entrepreneurs, which
is contradictory to
claims. They've sent to letter to the the actual tone.)
Aayog asking for evidence. S14.(Answer B.
Hence, there isa
A It's a general statement. It seems to strong case for
making a provision for
have no connection with the actual reservation for the
economically
context. backward in the
general category in
B Irrelevant. The paragraph education and
employment to ensure
hasn't that they also get
reasonable
mentioned anything about Coronavirus.
opportunities to
advance i ife.
D-It's an information which has no link
to the actual context.) The context is
India's prevalent
reservation system is
only caste-baseuor
S13.(Answer A. Genuine social justice
But in reality,
poverty denies equality
would threatenthe traditional opportunity to
individuals in
education
interweaving of social, political and
ne
and employment. It
denies them
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of current reservation acreage area of land,
typically when
But, the an
ihood. any importance to used for agricultural
purposes.
ive docsn't attach
systemeconomically backward section. The context is - Latest
estimates show
strong case ifor making that nearly 690 million
people worldwide
the there is a reservation for the
Hence
provision are hungry. India is probably
not proud of
the genera
economically
a y backward inemployment being the country with the
largest
population of food-insecure
people
ion and
education to
egory in reasonable
they also get uncqual access to food.
Although these
ensu advance in life. numbers are shocking,
increasing
the
opportunities to
paragraph is talking about a quantity of food production
only isn't
Basically,the
Besides,
in India's reservation system. enough to fight hunger.
major flaw destroying natural habitats
in order to
only
contradictory as it supports
A It's reservation. increase food production
will create
caste-based
the opposite tone. another problem like climate
crisis, which
It delivers exactly the in turn, can adversely
affect
food
C- economic criteria
the use of income or production.
If reservation is invalid, how
for
providing
to deliver justice to dubious distinction - used
ironically to
would it be possible describe something bad or
undesirable as
economically backward section?
the if it were an honor or
achievement.
the caste-based
It supports
context says
D contradictory.) A It's contradictory. The
reservation. Hence, it's
- D. If anything, the that increasing food
production only, will
says
S15.(Answer not be sufficient. But, this
statement
mindless clearing of natural habitats
to
the opposite.
will
increase agricultural acreage
which, in B It portrays a
different scenario
aggravate the climate crisis,
altogether. It is not in
connection with the
turn, could adversely affect food
production, affiliated COStS, actual context.
consumption as well as wastage C Out of the context.
The paragraph
if anything - used when saying that what hasn't mentioned anything
about the
people may believe is not true, and the pandemic
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skeptical.
given in each question and one question
C. Evidently exacerbated,
is asked based on the situation given.
doubting
You've to answer accordingly. D. Vaguely amended,
distrustful
Q1. One of the features of rapes in UP is E. None of the above
options
the behaviour of the police and Q3. The report on
accidental
other powerful elements in the
deaths
suicides of 2019
published and
aftemath. A rape survivor's father National Crime
by the
Records Bureau
can be taken into custody and indicates this: from
11,379
allegedly killed, the car carrying the
deaths in
the farm sector
recorded
survivor and the her lawyer can
for 2016
they have dropped to
10,281
collide with a truck with blackened 2019. The problem with
in
plates and two of the girl's relatives
the 2019
NCRB report is that it
no longer
die or a survivor can be set ablaze enlists causes, such as
crop failure
when out walking. or debt, for the
suicides. The reason
How would you describe the fate of a for this, according to
the Union
Tape survivor in UP? minister of state for
home, is that
A. calamitous B. serendipitous several states and
Union teritories
C. debased gave no figures for
famer suicides.
D. miraculous
E. None of the above options The NCRB report no longer
enlists causes
for the suicides. What the
Union minister
02. Mismanagement of the infection of state for home might have
thought
had been one of the charges against about listing causes,
according to the
the Nitish Kumar-led National context?
Democratic Aliance government.
A. Listing causes is
untenable.
But recent changes appear to have
B. Listing causes is not
irremissible.
improved infection control,
although the Opposition doubts that. C. Listing causes is viable
How can you describe the performance of D. Both A and B

the Nitish Kumar-led party on infection E. None of the above options
management and the Opposition's
a
Q4. On the prime minister's
birthday,
reaction to it, respectively?
critical
number of netizens wrote
A. Seemingly improved, confiding
or
messages about the
problem
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much so that the parties.
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the
went minister's birthday was How can you describe
the attitude of
prime 'National political parties
towards sitting
and
critics as
observed by his
former legislators,
here in this context?
Unemployment Day'.
the A. heavy-handed
B. indulgent
you ribe the attitude of
describ
How can towards Prime Minister, C. resolute
D. slavish
ards the
etizens E. None of the above
options
here? B. hypercritical
opprobrious Q7. According to some
estimates, the
A. D. sardonic nationwide
implementation of
the
inexorable
Rs
C. options Mental Healthcare
Act will cost
of the above
there
E.
None 94,000 crore a
year. Till now
legislation in India is
allocations
The corpus of are no adequate
budget
Q5. therefore, not
funds and
extensive. It is, made for this
purpose and
unexpected that the laws
are not being
entirely infrastructure
may turm
governing the same issue complemented by
an empathetic
contradictory in nature. It
out to be approach to
mental health, yet.
the judiciary to
thus falls upon
remain for
and interpret How may suicide
prevention
examine existing laws
them lucidly so
that Parliament can Indians?
discrepancies among
Indians
then iron out A. It may remain
elusive for
legislations. B. It may remain
gettable for Indians
How should the
judiciary be while
for Indians
C. It may remain
facile
examining existing laws?
Indians
D. It may remain
trifling for
A. equivocal B. discreet
options
C. guileful D. cavalier
see the picture of

Q8. It was exciting to
spotted off
the blue whale
that was
reportedly
possibly
Q6. The Supreme Court should the coast of
Sydney for
100
only the third
time in almost
pending
be shocked at the number of
cases against sitting and former
seen
years. They are
not often
legislators in Parliament and the state because they tend
to live very far
assemblies. Even if these members of
populations
out into the
ocean, their
parliament and members of the
there is
are widely
dispersed and
legislative assembly are to be found limited data on
their migration and
Innocent by the couts, the fact that critical
habitats.
cases have not begun against them or
chargesheets framed, suggests a
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the appearanee of blue whales?
A. hitherto
B. yct
A. typical B. exotic
C. heretofore
D. thus far
C. erratic D. aperiodic
E. All of the
above options
Direction(9-15): Below are some Q10. What's the
rapid change theauthor
statements, given in a random order. has talked
about in statement
When these statements are sequenced according to
the contex1?
properly, they'll form a coherent and A. Women are being
the breadwinners
meaningful paragraph. There are B. Women are being
remunerative.
various questions based on each of the
C. Women are being
remunerated.
statements. Read it carefully and
answer the questions that follow. D. Women
are being socially
(a) Up to the present time, women have progressive.
been self-reliant in India since time E. None of the
above options
immemorial.
Q11. Which of the
following words can
(b) The self-reliance may have been more most appropriately
fit in the blank
emotional than economic, although in
statement (C)?
that, too, is changing rapidly, and at
A. reliant
B. subordinate
all levels of society.
C. subsistent
D. symbiotic
C) And, ironically, earning women are
often not within the
E. None of the
above options
boundary of their families. Q12. Choose the correct
phrasal verb of
(d) A self-reliant India would naturally Surmount', as
mentioned n
have women who are atmanirbhar. statement (1).
(e) But, the problem is that women A. get over
B. come over
earning outside the home are still not C. get on with
D. come along
a large enough number.
options
( Sadly, the institutional and cultural
devaluation of their status is a barrier, Q13. What's the actual
tone of the
difficult to surmount for women context of
statement ()?
trying to assert their rights from a A. affronting
B. gratifying
persistently unequal ground. C. disgruntling
D. blistering
(g) They could not have survived in E. None
a of the
above options.
misogynistic society otherwise.
Q14. Choose an
appropriate alternaive
Q9. Choose an alternative adverb for
as
word for
misogynistic',
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(D)_
policies of
B. dogmatic the government pay special
attention to
egalitarian
A. D. sectarian women's (E) in
order to close
C.sexist the gender gap. But history
suggests that
above options
None of the is unlikely. Indian women
will have to
EE. entire sequence, if the rely even more on their own
strengths to
Q15. In the
median statement removed,
is survive and win.
statements
which of the following Q17. Which of the following
words can
will be the
next to the pioneering
most appropriately fit
in the blank
statement? (A)?
B.
A. d a. erected
b. aggrieved
D.b
C. a C. aggravated
options
E. None of the above A. Only a
B. Both a and c
O16. Which of the following statements C. Both b and c
D. Both a and b
is nearest to the concluding E. All a,b and c
position?
B. C Q18. Which of the
following words can
A. e
most appropriately
fit in the blank
D. a
C.b (B)?
a. take over
b. shoulder
Directions(17-21): In the following small
C. abjure
passage, some of the words have been left
Out,cach of which is indicated by a letter. A. Both a and c
B. Both b and c
Find the suitable word/words from the C. Only a
D. Both a and b
options given against each letter and fil E. Onlyb
up the blanks with appropriate
words to
make the paragraph meaningful. Q19. Which of the
following words can
most
appropriately fit in the blank
Women everywhere, and certainly in
(C)?
India, are looking at new hurdles
a. satiation
b. starvation
A)_by the pandemic. As it is, the
lockdown has led to women having to c. surfeit
(B) more housework because A. Only c
B. Both b and c
the entire family,
including school going C. Onlyb
D. Both a and c
children, has been
at home. Insecurity,
lost livelihoods, E. All a,band
e
strained resources, fear
of
OC) made home-life difficult, Q20. Which of the
following words can
and it is no most
appropriately fit in the blank
wonder that domestic abuse
nas grown.
There would be some hope ot (D)?
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b. insalubrious
a. pemicious a.
immiseration b. opulence
C. salutary c.
impoverishment
e
A. Only c B. Both b and
A. Only c
B. Both
D. Both a and
c
a and c
C. Only a C. Both b
and c D. Both a
E. None of a, b and c
andb
E. All a, b
and e
words can
fit in the blank
most appropriately
SOLUTION
untcnable
groundless or unreasonable
-
Si(Answer A. calamitous
or "Listing causes'
is untenable according
Calamitous - causing grcat damage the Union minister
of state for ome
to
suffering: unfortunatc.
because several
states and Union
serendipitous occuing or discovered territories gave
no tigures for farmer
beneficial way;
by chance in a happy or suicides.
fortuitous or lucky.
irremissible -
compulsory.
debased-degraded or corrupted.
viable- feasible.)
miraculous - remarkable and bringing
S4.(Answer - D.
sardonic
very welcome consequences.)
S2.(Answer - B. Ostensibly bettered, sardonic- grimly
mocking or cynical;
derisively mocking.
skeptical
The performance of the Nitish Kumar-led
opprobrious -
abusive.
party on infection management is hypercritical -
overly critical.
ostensibly bettered. inexorable -
adamant.)
ostensibly - apparently or seemingly. 5.(Answer- B.
Discreet
bettered-improved. discreet having
or showing good
(refer to- But recent changes appear to judgment and
restraint.
have improved infection control. equivocal-
ambiguous.
Opposition's reaction to it is
sly or
The guileful - having or
showing
skeptical. cunning
intelligence.
skeptical- doubting or disbelieving. cavalier - showing a
lack of
proper
confiding- believing. concen.)

exacerbated - worsened. S6.(Answer - B.
indulgent
indicating
vaguely-unclearly.) indulgent - having
or
to be
S3.(Answer A. Listing causes is readiness or
over-readiness
someone.
untenable. generous to or
lenient with
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heavy-handed - strict.
teming the fact that
admirably purposcful and the women
are
resolute earning, the rapid change.
determincd. And he
also
mentioned the term
stubmissive.) statement (b).
economic n
slavish-
7.(Answer- A. It may remain elusive A-Incorrect.
Indians A breadwinner is somcone who
earns
for
to achie
elusive - fficult or get. money to support
their family,
typically
gettable -
obtainable. the sole one.
cffortless. But, in this context, there is
no
facile
mention
of such a scenario.
unimportant.)
trifling- B-Incorrect.
S8.(Answer - D. aperiodic
Remunerative means
financially
aperiodic- infrequent or rarc to occur. rewarding.
typical distinctive. Women aren't inancially
rewarding,
exotic unusual and strange. they're financially rewarded,
according
erratic unpredictable.) to the context.
E. All of the above D - Out of the context. No
mention
S9.(Answer -
of
options being socially progressive is
there in the
context.)
up to the present time/ up to this point
- used in a statement to describe a S11.(Answer- C. subsistent
situation that has existed up to this point subsistent-independent.
or up to the present time. reliant/ symbiotic are
synonymous with
yet, heretofore, hitherto and thus far dependant.
are all the alternatives for 'up to the subordinate - lower-ranking.)
present time'.
S12(Answer A. get over
S10.(Answer - C. Women are being
surmount - to overcome.
remunerated.
get over is the correct
phrasal verb of
being remunerated being paid for the
work done. surmount'.
come over meet or find
someone or
Women are being remunerated something by chance.
Women are earning.
Refer to - The self-reliance may have get on with - to
continue doing
been more emotional than economic, something.
although that, too, is changing rapidly, come along-a) to arrive.
and at all levels of society. b) make progress, develop)
If you go through its subsequent line - S13.(Answer - C.
disgruntling.
But, the problem is disgruntling-
disappointing.
that women earning
0ulside the home are still not a large
affronting-insulting.
enough number.
gratifying- cheerful.
You can understand that the author
is blistering- barsh in tone
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appropriate alternative to "misogynistic'.
da g b e
g f).
S17.(Answer B. Both a
-
and e
misogynistic strongly prejudiced against
-
erected by - built by.
women.
ggravated by - made
more severe
sexist characterized by or showing aggrieved- distressed
or sad.) by
prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination,
typically against women, on the basis of S18.(Answer - D. Both a
and b
Sex. take over
take on duties
responsibilities.
dogmatic inclined to ay down
Of
principles as undeniably true. shoulder-to take to or
upon
oneself
sectarian- caused by or fecling very abjure to reject.)
strong support for the religiousor S19.(Answer C. Only b
political group that you are a member of, starvation suffering or
death
-
in a way that can cause problems with
caused by
having nothing to eat or
not
other groups.
enough to
eat; the condition ot
someone
cgalitarian - believing in or based on the
who is
starving.
principle that all people are equal and
satiation- the state of
being satisfactorily
deserve equal rights and opportunities.)
full and unable to take
on more.
Si5.(Answer C. a -
surfeit an excessive
amount
Even if the median/middle statement is
of
something.)
S20.(Answer - A. Only c
removed, it will have no effect on the
next statement to the pioneering
statement. salutary - beneficial or
restorative.
pioneering statement- FIRST statement. pernicious- harmful.
ext to the pioneering statement insalubrious unpleasant.)
-
SECOND statement. 21.(Answer-B. Both a and c

The correct arrangement is - immiseration /
impoverishment - the act
d a g b ec f) of making people, a
country, an
organization, etc. poor, or
the fact of
S16.(Answer - B. c being poor.
concluding position - end position. opulence-great wealth or
luxuriousness.)
The correct arrangement is -
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an ally
small (uestions, based on the for the political fraternity.
Such bonhomie
two/three
paragraph. You've to answer the can lead to patronage. which, in
turn, can
follow. undemine the principles of
neutrality and
questions that
Evidence is mounting ethics.
Paragraph - 1:
experience of
women have a unique Q3. How can you describe
'Facebook"?
that Biologically, it's true that
hunger. a. mighty
b. puissant
women's
nutritiona needs vary on
men: for example, c. intriguing
d. irksome
average from those of
fat distribution
differences in muscle and A. Only a
B. Both a and c
how energy is
across the body atfect C. All b, c and d
D. All a, b and c
metabolised, which in turn contributes to
to eat. Naturally
the biological drive Both c and d
E.
cycling hormones such as
oestrogen taken
Q4. Choose an appropriate
synonym for
through ingestion, injection or via the
nutritional the word "behemoth', as
uscd in the
skin can also affect women's
needs and appetite. passage.
women's appetite in one A. colossus

B. heavyweight
Q1. Describe
single word, according to the C. contender
D. antagonist
context. E. None of the above
options
A. susceptible B. refractory
meaning of the
C. fractious D. perlious phrase 'Such bonhomie
can lead to
E. None of the above options patronage', according
to the
context?
02. Choose an appropriate synonym tor
the word ingestion', as used in the I. Such cordiality
can lead to a great
passage. bond.
A. digestion B. uptake Il. Such
aftability can lead
C. inhalation
sponsorship.
D. feeding
E. None l. Such
friendship can lead to
of the above options complications.
Paragraph-2: Facebook'smassive reach A. Only Il
B. Both I and II
and its ability to influence the choices
Cconomic of political -- of its users have C. Only II
D. Only I
transformed it into a behemoth that can E. None of the
above options
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confered on Acom
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the Supreme Court's case of criminal A.

B. passed
C.
entrusted to on
contempt against Mr. Bhushan as a moral
D. bestowed
victory for him, for all he had to do was E. All of
the above options on
pay a fine of one rupee. Yet the Supreme Paragraph-
4: Sometimes
Court convicted him of criminal contempt emerges even
if the the real nic
of court, which includes scandalizing the
smoke has chure
cleared.
That is
what seems
institution and its officers,
This definition of
happencd
with regard to
the findinoe
toe
study by the
Nationa gs
Environm of a
criminal contempt is usually linked to Engineering
Research
words or acts that are intended to obstruct showed that
goods Institute,
which
vehicles are responsih

the delivery of justice or the
for the
greater part of
administration of the judicial system. The
automobile pollution
in Calcutta
and Howrah.
court decides whether lowering its dignity
These revelations
are to be
taken seriously,
is also affecting its functioning. This
as
number of
myths in the they dispel a
power is bequcathed to it by the
public discouse
regarding the
dominant
Constitution.
role played by
modes of
public transportation-
Q6. Describe the decision of the taxis and
autorickshaws buses
in growing
Supreme Court against Mr. Bhushan pollution
levels.
in one single word. 09. How would
you describe the
study
A. Righteous B. Unhurried by the
National Environmental
C. Delibecrate
Engineering Rescarch Institute
D. Inequitable
in
one
single word?
a. telltale
b. momentous
Q7. Choose a suitable line that can be
C. trifling
d. denotative
contextualy fit in the blank in the
A. Only a
B. Both a and c
paragraph.
C. All a, b and
c D. All a, b and d
thus letting down its dignity in the
eyes of the people. E. All of the
above words
hence lowering its baseness in the Q10. What's the
society. phrase 'as they
dispel a number of
myths'
according to the context?
II. thus fostering its self-worth to the
as they
makc a number of fallacies
public.
A. Only IIl B. Both I and disappear.
II
as they
clear a number of confusions.
C. OnlyI
E. All 1, lI and III
D. Both I and II
.I.
as they
disseminate a number of
mistaken
beliefs.
Q8. Choose an alternative for A. Only
B. Both II and IlI
Il
"bequeathed to' as used in the
C. Only I
D. Both I and
passage.
E. AllI, II and
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rudimentary B. premiere C. semipolitical aspects

A. preponderant D. superficial D. scholarly upshot
C. aabove
options E. All of the above
options
None ofthe
E. efore the National Paragraph -
6: There is
cause for
Paragraph - 5: came ou with its
up.
Concern when the numbers do
not add
Statistical Office
roeconomic data for the
first quarter The recent list for the
annual sports
macroc
sports
there was only an awards approved by the
Union
June 30,
ended in the pundits' minds. ministry has,
unfortunately, led to the
poSsibly be? At minus aggravation of such
concern. On the face
How bad could it in real GDP
cent, the contraction of it, the list sings
paeans to India's
per
23.9
worst ever and the first
since 1980. sporting talents: on it are
five Khel Ratnas
is the
concern is that the nominal and 27 Arjuna awardees.
Matters.
get
greater
The
at current prices, has
also curious, though, when the
possible
GDP, calculated
contracted by 22.6 per
cent in the first motives that led to the
creation of the list
now is that if this are put under scrutiny.
The men's
quarter. The worry
Narendra Modi will national basketball team
captain, Vishesh
trend continues,
unthinkable: he will end up Bhriguvanshi, has bagged
an Arjuna even
achieve the
shrinking India's economy
this fiscal, a though in the last-
recorded performance,
managed to do. the men's team finished
at the 14th place
feat that nobody has
the blank in the among 16 nations in the
Asian
Q12. If you are to fill up Championship in Beirut.
The assessment
line The Indian economyis is thus peculiar. The
composition of the
which of the
list seems to indicate
that factors other
following words would you choose than and
fairness may have
for the blank according to the been given precedence by
the powers that
context? be.
A. floundering B. unfolding Q15. How would you
describe the list for
C. rearing D. frittering away the annual sports
awards approved
by the Union sports
ministry,
according to the
context?
Q13. What's the actual tone of the author
b. fishy
a. queer
in the above context?
C. presumptive
d. flimsy
A. deprecative B. apprehensive
A. Both a and d
B. All a, b and d
C. acerbic D. approbative
C. All b, c and d
D. Only b
E. All of the above
words
Q14. Choose an appropriate phrase that
will fit contextually in the blank in Q16. What's the actual
meaning of the
phrase "the list
sings paeans to'?
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A. the list snubs attitude
towards
the Reserve
B. the list assuages of India?
Bank
C. the list confuses a. imperious
b. insolent
D. the list extols C. deferent
d. conscientious
E. None of the above options A. Both a and
c B. Both
b and
C. All a,b
and c D. Both a d
Q17. Choose an appropriate word that
andb
will fit contextually in the blank in E. All a, c
and d
the paragraph. 019. Choose
the correct synonym
A. dereliction B. foible
browbeat', as used in of
of
the context,
C. distinction D. blemish A. pressurize
B. intimidate
E. None of the above options C. compel
D. subjugate
Paragraph - 7: The policymakers on E. All of the
above options
Mint Street are starting to feel the heat as
the Narendra Modi government starts to Q20. Which of the
following
statements
ratchet up pressure on the Reserve Bank is/are TRUE
according
to the
of India to bail it out of every crisis that it context?
stumbles into. The finance minister,
I. Nirmala
Sitharaman has asked
Nirmala Sitharaman, dropped a
the
bombshell when she asked the states to states to borrow
up to Rs 2.35
trilion
borrow up to Rs 2.35 trillion from a from a special
window of the RBI in
special window that the RBI would open consultation
with the states only.
to help them recover compensatory dues II. The policymakers
on Mint Street are
under the goods and services tax regime in an
uncomfortable situation as the
because of poor tax collections in a
Covid-wracked business environment. government has
started to pressurise
The announcement is as much a shock for the RBI to follow
its orders.
the central bank as it is for the states as . Nirmala
Sitharaman's decision
there was no prior consultation with indicates the way
the government
either. This is just another instance of
intimidates the RBI
to help them sot
how the Centre has tried to browbeat the
their problems out.
banking regulator to do its bidding and
A. Only II B.
Both I and II
then sort out the resultant mess.
C. Only I
D. Both II and II
Q18. How would you describe the
Narendra Modi government's E. None ofI, II and II
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susceptible cordiality sincere

affection and
S1.(Answer - A. kindness.)
or liable to be
ble likely
susceptible
particular thing. S6.(Answer - C. Deliberate
influenced by a
is influenced by the Deliberate - intentional.
Women's hungerdistribu
fat ribution across the Refer to The court decides
whether
uscle and metabolised
affeo
ct how energy is lowering its dignity is also
affecting its
body mones such as
aturally cycling junctioning
and, through ingestion,
oestrogen taken It's solely the court's
decision. Whether
skin.
injection or via the it's righteous, inequitable or
unhurried,
resistan to a process or isn't clear in the context.
efractory -
refra
stimulus. Righteous- moral.
upset or annoyed, and
fractious - easily Inequitable - unfair.
complaining.
often Unburried- careful and
patient.)
pelious- bringing or involving the chance
S7. (Answer - C. Only I
injury.)
of loss or
$2.(Answer - B. uptake
letdown-lower.
There should be a negative
statement in
ingestion/ uptake - the process of taking the blank because of its
previous line.
food, drink, or another substance
into the
body by swallowing or absorbing it) dignity-self-worth.
$3.(Answer - D. All a, b and c baseness lack of moral
principles; bad
character.
mighty puissant - having great power
or influence. lowering its baseness'
doesn't make any
sense.
intriguing arousing one's curiosity or
interest; fascinating. foster to grow.)
irksome irritating; annoying.) S8(Answer - E. All of the
above
S4.(Answer - A. colossus options
colossus a thing of enormous size, bequeathed to someone
left in one's
importance, or ability. will or presented to
someone.)
heavyweight - a person who is important $9.(Answer - D. All a,b

and d
or serious and that other people notice. telltale revealing or
suggestive.
contender - a person or group competing momentous-of great
importance
with others to achieve something. denotative Indicative.
antagonist - one who offers opposition.) trifing- unimportant.)
S5.[Answer-C. Only II S10.(Answer -C. Only 1
bonhomie cheerful friendliness dispel here means to
eliminate or to
geniality; aftfability.. make something
disappear.
patronage sponsorship; backing.
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myth (here it means) a widely held but S16.(Answer - D. the
list extols
false belief or idca.
pacan -a song of
praise.
fallacy a mistaken belief, especially one
-
extol to praise.
based on unsound arguments.
snub refuse to
acknowledge.
myth can't necessarily be confusion.
assuage - to satisty
(an
disseminate spread (something.
appetite or
or to appease.)
desire)
i
especially information) widely.)
S17.(Answer C.
distinction
Si1. (Answer C. preponderant
-
distinction
excellence
-
preponderant predominant
that sets som
in or something apart
from
influence, number, or importance.
others; merit.
dereliction - the
shameful
rudimentary- basic.
failure to ful
one's obligations.
premiere- preceding all others in time. foible weaknes.
superficial unimportant.)
-
blemish-
imperfection.)
S12.(Answer A. floundering
S18.(Answer - D. Both a
flounder to struggle.
and b
imperious - arrogant
and domineering
unfold -to evolve.
insolent showing a rude
and arrogant
rear-to lift or raise. lack of respect.
fritter away to waste money or time.
-
deferent - respectful.
(Indian economy is wasting conscientious
feeling a moral
money/time' doesn't make any sense.) responsibility to do
your work carefully
S13.(Answer - B. apprehensive and to be fair to
others.)
apprehensive - anxious or fearful that S19.(Answer E.
All of the above
something bad or unpleasant will happen. options
deprecative - belitling. browbeat
intimidate or force
.
acerbic harsh in tone. (someone), typically
into doing
something, with stern or
abusive wods.
approbative - affimative.)
pressurize/ compel-
attempt to persuade
S14.(Answer A. academic curiosity
-
or coerce
(someone) into doing
The sentence is followed by a question - something.
How bad could it possibly be?" subjugate - to treat
yourself, your wishes,
So, 'curiosity' is the correct word here. or your beliefs as being
less important
semipolitical - partially political nature. than other people or
their wishes or
upshot-result.) beliefs)
$20.(Answer - E. None of
I, II and Ill
S15.(Answer- B. All a, b and d
queer strange. All are FALSE.
fishy - dubious or doubtful. I- FALSE. Refer to - The

announcement
as
is as much a shock for
the central bank
flimsy unconvincing it is for the states as
there was no prior
presumptive - believed to be something, consultation with either.
or likely to be true.)
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didn tried to browbeat the banking
regulator to
states also do its bidding- and then sort out
the
The
aboutit. It may be
true in sense, but resultant mess.
FALSE E. mentioned in the 'resultant mess' isn't the
problems the
Il- not directly govemment is facing. It's the
aftermath
it's
paragraph,
that is created due to
pressurizing the
FALSE. Refer to This is just
RBI.)
Il inslance of how the Centre
another
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Direction(1-8): Read the given passage lcad to suicide

are also
carefully and answer the questions. (Binextricably to a
tormenteo linked
A total of 1,39,123 suicides were reported
tedinner
(C)
ife.
in India in 2019- an increase of 3.4% Suicide is the
ultimate
from 2018-
sign of distress
according ta latest data lack of social and
institutiona ress;,
released by the National Crime Records
cognition
he
of depression as a
Bureau. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and
serious illness
West Bengal topped the charts,
D)_ of
counsellors to and the
play a big part in
this combat
accounting to 45,074 of all suicide deaths
problem. There arit
just three
psychiatrists are
in India. psychologists for
and even fewer
every one million

lt is possible that the actual figures are people in India. It
higher in reality because suicide, much
is also clear
pandemic-induced
that
like mental illness and rape, is something
anxieties and
isolation have pushed
many social
that families try to cover up.
more people
to go brink.
What is telling, though, is that 10.1% EIThere is an
(a)incorporated
of
those who ended their lives were an (bexigent campaign
need for
unemployed. This is not surprising
to dispel
given societal prejudices,
including
that joblessness touched a 45-year breaking of the silence
(c)aflicted the
high
last year. the
by
Farmers, daily wage earners families of the
(d)encouraged.] More
and
housewives also make up a large share important, mental health
must be linked
of
those who killed themselves. with the public health
discourse.
A[The
prime minister's shrill pledge to double
farm incomes and other measures to Q1. Following are three
sentences,
protect farmers from fatal debts now extracted from the
pssage. Some of
has a hollow ring to them.] these may or may not
have errors in
For women, gender-based discrimination, them. Which of the
following
intimate partner violence, the sentences has/have
grammatical
shame
attached to mental illness and
the inability errors? If all
sentences are corect,
to ask for help have converged and
led to choose (E) as your
answer.
grievous consequences.
Much has been said about suicide I. Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu and West
after a
young actor took his life recently. Bengal topped the
charts, accounting
What
this discourse revealed is the enormity from 45,074 of all
suicide deaths in
public ignorance about the of
causal factors. India.
A majority of the external
triggers I. It is also clear
that pandemic-inducea
debt, unemployment so
and' on- that anxieties and
social isolation have
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(B)inextricably, as used
many mor
push in the passage.
brink.
nominaily
A. indistinguishably B.
daily wage carners and
Farmers, daily
unattainably
ll. housewives also make up a large C. insolvably
D.
those who killed E. intractably

share of
themsclves.
sentence that
B. Both I and II
Only I will contextually fit
in C.
A. D. Both I and III
Only IlI A. Yet, the
burgeoning mental health
C.
and II CTisis remains
widely stigmatized in
E.
None of I, Il
mecaning of the line India.
What is the
02. minister's shrill B. For the
uninitiatcd, mental health
Al'The prime
emotional,
farm incomes includes
our
pledge to double
measures to protect psychological, and
social well-being.
and other
farmers from fatal debts now has C. So it is one day
swhen people try to
hollow ring to them.?
a
get over the
stigma around it and
minister's obscure reluctance to talk
about it.
A. The prime
promises to double farm
incomes and D. However, are we
awakened to the
farmers
our poor only during a
other measures to protect needs of
fatal debts now is a disfant goal
from disaster?
to them. E. None of the
above options.
B. The prime minister's tall promises to
Q5. Choose an
appropriate word that
double farm incomes and other
will fit in the
blank D.
measures to protect farmers from fatal
B. involution
debts now appears to be double- A. copiousness
dealing to them. C. commiseration
D. paucity
C. The prime minister's grandiloquent E. surfeit
promises to double farm incomes and
Q6. In part[E],
four words may or may
other measures to protect farmers
not be jumbled.
Choose the correct
from fatal debts now seems to be
order of
the words which will make
consolatory to them.
the
and
D. The primeminister's cquivocal
contextually correct If no
promises to double farm incomes and
replacement is required, choose (E)

other measures to protect farmers
as your
answer
from fatal debts now seems to be a far
Cry from what he promised.
A. cadb
B. acbd
E. None of the above options. C. badc
D. abdc
Q3. Choose an appropriate antonym 1or E. No
replacement required.
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Independence
Ansal.com
Day, th
paragraph of the passage? minister
suggested e prime
I.
that the govemm
Reports of suicide deaths may not be may
review the legal
veracious, as they often aren't
age of Tumen
for women
to raise mamit
it from 18
18 to
reported by the families due to the par with
that of men. to 21,
on
fear of being disgraced. (C)Besides,
the effects
The actual number of suicide deaths and
anaemia
of poor
may rition
may be much higher than the
be somewha
by 21.
reported numbers, as the families (D) The prime
often divulge the incidences.
minister
government feel and
that by 21, wo is
II. The real figures of suicide deaths would have
a women
better education
aren't always charted, due to the fact 18, be
more mature than at
that the families often consider
physiologically
and
psychologically
suicide as denunciated as rape and
and empowered
enough to
make
mental illness, hence, they try to hide
marital
reproductive choices. and

it.
E) Ii would
also slow population
A. Only I B. Both I and II one of the
prime minister'sgrowth,
C. Only I
larger
D. Both I and II goals,
since studies show
that many
E. All I, II and II women have
their first
pregnancies
between the
ages of 18 and 21.
Q8. What is the tone of the
last
paragraph of the passage? 09. Which of
the following statements
A. Indicative will not
fit into the major theme
B. Captious
of
the
passage?
C. Partial D. Misanthropic
A. Fixing an age
for marriage must tread
a fine line
between the ideal and
Direction(9-11): Given below are five complex
social realities.
statements A, B, C, D and E, which
when arranged in the correct sequence, B. Empowerment
is a priority, even ifit
form a coherent and meaningful takes years
to achieve.
paragraph. The sentence marked (E) is C. Early marriage
is often forced upon
the FIFTH statement. Rearrange the daughters of
poor parents for then
other statements properly and answer
illegal but flourishing-is
dowry-
lower and the
girl is made, nominaly
(A) Data regarding age of motherhood,
at least,
sexually secure.
matermal and infant mortality rates
1o
D. The government
would also have
and so on are being collected by a
consider how
the law is to be
task force, and the review will depend
implemented in
a society riddled with
on its report
economic
inequality.
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among them.
more deplorable
Liu
ittle is cacophony around
examinations
(D) The results of board
E ontinuing publicuntimely death.
such
have thrown up a number of
tragedy of an
the cases.
following words will
Which of the
Which
afford to
Q10.
al0. statement (C)? (E) And students, who cannot
the blank in the
educational
fit in buy books or other basic
B. evened off
dilapidated amenities have to walk-
often
A. D. waned
to
uncloaked literally the extra mile
in order
C options
privileged
above be on a par with their
E.
None of the
combination of two peers.
What's the
to
Q11. after the Students overcoming
great odds
consecutive statements, F)
rearrangement? achieve success is
always heartening.
coTect
disadvantaged
B. AE (G) The success stories of
A. BC students rightly make it
to the
D. BD
C. DC headlines, but each of
these cases
above options
E. None of the also bears the barriers-
poverty,
Direction(12-14): Given below are inequality, prejudices
that
Seven
statements A, B, C, D, E, F and meritorious students
have to cross in
G, which when
arranged in the correct
their path to success.
sequence, form a coherent and
sentence
meaningful paragraph. The Q12. Which of the following
statements
marked (G) is the SEVENTH will not fit into the
major theme of
statement. Rearrange the other
the passage?
statements properly and answer the
questions that follow. A. The pandemic has only
made a bad
(A) This kind of success is laudable; but
situation worse.
does it also expose the failures in B. Can a handful of
success stories
India's education system?
make
mask India's failure to
(B) Take, for instance, the student in education accessible?
Ludhiana who scored above 90 per C. The shift to online
education is
cent in the recently declared results forsaking large
segments of students
of the board exams in spite of being who can neither
afford the
differently-abled or the daughter of a technology nor the
skills that are
paddy farmer from a remote hamlet required for this
new mode of
in Panaji who scored 94.6 per cent. instruction.
()Children living in poverty ae D. It will be a while
before the wheels
numerous barriers to accessing of industry start to
turn again.
education; the absence of schools,
obstacles
E. Some of the
other
high drop-out rates and poory
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transcend these structural blind stranger to
this
spots.
contagion.
failure to
achieve The
significant nation's
Q13. Which of the following dense
forests- growth
words will property and
_(A)_ im
fit in the blank in the statement (D)?
intricate websof wildlife
wcbs
_(B) of
A. beaming B. lackluster (C)
IConsumption is, lie
C. obtuse threat. It
has been
evidently
D. irksome
estimatcd a potent
E. None of the above 300 kinds of
mammals that n
options towards
inception are being carly
forced
options is hunting for
food.| because of inhibitoal
threatened as
Earth's waters are
the combination of
its land. Nearly
three is, the study
suggests, every oce s
consecutive statements, after the
overfished.cean
correct rearrangement? [What is
equally
shocking
(
A. FDAA
commercial
spheres(m) " is that
are now
B.DAC threatening
the
minimal conservation(n
C. BACc D. AEG that has been
achieved
E. None of the above imperatives(o)
as a
in Some
options
result
progress(p).|
of
Direction(15-24): Read
passage carefully the given China's
decision to renege
and answer the promise and
lift the on its earlier
questions.
ban on body parts
of tigers and
rhinoceroses
There have been five instances medicinal use
under albeit, for
mass extinction on the planet. of major perfect example
of
supervision, is
a
Scientists
greed triumphing,
have now confirmed that once again,
over compassion.
a sixth
occurrence the first to be caused Ironically,
this dwindling
entirely by humans is now unfolding,
-
compassion is
threatening the symbiotic no longer a
luxury for
mankind. The
relationship destruction of
species and
between nature and man.
the ecosystems
Using an that support
them, will
impressive sample size on
- (E)_
a variety of for
civilization itself.
ecies, the Living
Planet
compiled by the World WildlifeReport, The
indifference of people
and their
has found that over a period Fund, elected leaders,
to this armageddon
of nearly 50
may
years, between 1970 and appear puzzling.
2014, human
activity had resulted in the But there is an
explanation for this
annihilation of
60% of the vertebrate population. criminal
apathy
Such
too. (F)Human
malignant activities, ironically, on
the natural world has caused
are still
perceived as markers a
of progress by
transformation in man's
cultures around the world. relationship with
the environment,
One of the major causes turning the
latter into a resource that is
of the extinction
has been the disappearances only fit for
plunder to the human eye.
fragmentation of wildernesses and
that have, Q15. Which of the
more often than not, been
turned into can be
inferred from the first
tracts for cultivation. India is
not a
paragraph?
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Human-inflicted collective A. can be attributed to the
chilling rate
imperillin
ling the conversion of forests
into arable
extermination is
relationship lands.
inopportune
mutually
nature and man. B. may be ascribed to the
conversion of
between
Report has bare or cultivated lands
into woods.
Living Planet
Livin
The
poaching
II. ascertained that during a period of C. is presumably due to those
for self-consumption or
those who
are
years, about 60% of the
almost 50
decimation of the
animal population, trying to compensate
their loss of
been caused by income by making quick
money
including insects, has
through poaching.
human actions.
activities, that owing to the
fact that
Ironically, detrimental D. may be
Il.
sometimes
animal lives, are still conservation science
are destroying
recognized as the
requisites of throws up counter-
intuitive wildlife
civilizations protection strategies.
progress by different
across the world. E. None of the above
options
B. Both I and II
A. Only I Q19. In part (C), a
certain portion is
D. Both and III
I
C. Only II given in bold. That
portion may be
E. None of I, II and III or may not be
contextually
is the exact correct. Which of the
following
phrases should
appropriately replace
meaning of the phrase tracts for
that bold portion to
make the whole
cultivation'?
paragraph
contextually corect? If
A. means of farming
no replacement is
required, choose
B. farm belts option (E) as your
answer.
C. lands for husbandry
towardsextinction on
A. pressurised
D. Both A and B account of low-key
hunting for food.
E. Both B and C B. coerced towards
extinction due to the
regimented hunting for
food.
Q17. Which of the following should be
an appropriate noun in the blank C. pushed towards
obliteration because
(A)? of unbridled hunting
for food.
A. repertoires B. penitentiary D. driven towards
instauration owing to
C. repositories D. observatories uncontrolled hunting
for food.
E. None E. No replacement
required
Q18. Which of the following phrases will Q20. In part (D), four
words are
properly fit in the blank (B), alphabetized and may
be or may
Contextually and grammatically? not be placed in
corect positions.
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death knell
of the
DElow are some combinations no of the
above options
D. All
CoTectsequence of the words. If
(E)
Swapping is necessary, choose option E. None of the
above options
as your answer.
Q23. Two
blanks are there in
A. opmn B. mpoon
thepart
in the
last paragraph. Belov
m
C. monp D. onp pairs of
words that efive
will
consecutively in those ft
blanks.
Q21. Which of the following statements Choose the
appropriate pair.
is/are FALSE according to the A. ravage,
immaterial
FOURTH paragraph that has been B. depredation,
primal
given in bold?
C.
commiseration, fundamental
I. China didn't revoke its previous
D. nemesis,
inconsequential
promise, instead, they continued
trading of body parts of tigers and E. poignancy,
rudimental
rhinoceroses in the name of remedial 024. What's the
use. line
turning the latter into
a
II. China overturned its earlier vows to resource
that is only fit for plunder
sustain the ban on body parts of to the
human eye., according to the
tigers and rhinoceroses and passage?
continued this malpractice through A. Turning
the environment into a
curative use under superintendence. resource
that's only fit for being
II. China's dereliction of its promise of spoilt, to
the human eye.
upholding the ban on body paris of B. Turning
the human-nature
tigers and rhinoceroses signifies the
relationship
into a resource that's
fact that avarice prevailed over
only fit for
being exploited, to the
empathy.
human eye.
A. Only II B. Both I and II
C. Turning the
relationship with the
C. Only I D. Both Il and III
environment
into a resource that's
E. None of 1, II and III only fit for
being capitalised on,
to
Q22. Which of the following idioms the human eye.
a
should fit in the blank (E), D. Turning the
environment into
contextually?
being
Tesource that is
only fit for
A. toll the death knell ransacked by the
humans.
B. sound the death knell E. None of the
above options
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I and II have errors.) S3(Answer-B. nominally
Ans.(B
S1. ounting by should be replaced nominally-in name only.
'accounting from' But, external
triggers like debt,
with thing to form the total
somethi unemployment and so on,
that lead to
accountfor Suicide, are not just
linked to a
something.
tormented inner life, in
name only. They
of pushed many more people to go
replaced with are linked inseparably.
II
brink.'should
be
more people to the inextricable
impossible to disentangle
pushed many or separate.
brink. a point at indistinguishable is
the near synonyms
noun. It means
brink is a typically something of inextricable.
which something,
to happen; the verge. insolvable- admitting
no solution.
unwelcome, Is about
minister's unattainable -
unreachable.
S2.(Answer B. The prime
incomes
-to double farm intractable -
unbending.)
tall promises
measures to protect farmers 4.(Answer - A. Yet, the
burgeoning
and other
from inevitable
debts now appears to mental health crisis
remains widely
double-dealing to them. stigmatized in India.
be
double-dealing actions intended to burgeoning - beginning
to grow or
deceive. increase rapidly.
shrill- loud or high-pitched. B It's not connected
to the previous
- sentence. It sounds
more generalised.
Here it means lofty or grandiloquent or
tall. uninitiated without
special knowledge
pledge-promise. or experience.
have a hollow ring -It's an idiom. C It'snot coherent.
'stigma' has not
It means to seem untruthful or insincere been mentioned before.
or deceitful. D It's not detailed or
exact. The term
obscure-unclear. poor' is nonspecific.)
consolatory - reassuring. S5.(Answer- D. paucity
equivocal- ambiguous. paucity - scarciy.
a far cry from
-It's an idiom. copiousness abundance.
means very different from (something involution-
involvement.
lt
or someone).
commiseration -
sympathy.
Though option A and D seem to be surfeit- excess.)
correct, it can't be chosen as right choices
S6.(Answer - C. b adc
because, the prime minister's promise
SOunded tall or lofty, not ambiguous or There is exigent
need for an
an
obseure.) incorporated campaign
to dispel societal
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Silence encouraged by the families of the The correct arrangement
is -
afflicted. BADCE)
exigent- pressing; demanding. S12. (Answer D.
It will
incorporated united or concerted. before the wheels of
industry be a
-
while
afflicted - troubled or suffered.) turn again.
start
S7.(Answer D. Both I and IlI It doesn't fit into the
major
theme
passage.
of the
According to the context, suicides are still
stigmatized and disgraceful like rape and The passage hasn't
talked
anything
mental illness. industry.)
aboi
bout
veracious accurate.
- S13.(Answer A. beaming
-
disgrace- shame. beaming- bright or

shining.
denunciate publicly declare to be wrong
- (beaming cases - here it
means
- bright
or evil. and brilliant results)
I1- Incorreet. Families don't divulge the lackluster - dull.
suicide incidents, they often hide it. obtuse- stupid.
divulge disclose or reveal.) irksome annoying.)
-
S8.(Answer - A. Indicative: S14.(Answer - B. D AC

Indicative suggestive
-
is-
The author is suggesting the ways in
A
FBDACEG)
which mental health should be tackled
S15. [Answer E. None of
I, II and III
with.
can be inferred from the
first
Captious fault-finding&
paragraph.
Partial- biased. I- Incorrect. The
relationship between
Misanthropic having or showing a nature and man is
symbiotic. A
dislike of other people.) symbiotic relationship is
a relationship
S9.(Answer E. Little is more which is mutually
beneficial. But, it's
deplorable than a continuing public written in this particular
statement that the
cacophony around the tragedy of an relationship is mutually
inopportune'.
untimely death. inopportune' means
inconvenient.
Hence, this statement is
incorrect.
This statement will not fit into the major
theme of the passage. human-inflicted - caused by
humans.
mass
deplorable - disgraceful. collective extermination
extinction.
cacophony - noise.)
threaten.)
S10(Answer - B. evened off imperil - to endanger or to
statement is slighty
even off- compensated or corrected. I- Incorrect. This
paragrd
twisted. It's written in
the first
dilapidated - ruined. that,
uncloaked- exposed. resulted
in ne
, human activity had
waned declined.)
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where something,
ponulatio especially a natural
resource, is found in
in this particular signiticant quantities.
But
it's written
statement that, repositories of
wildiife property
cimation of the referred to the dense
forests, where all
Its
'about 60% of the cluding insects, has living things reside.
lation,
animal actions."
caused by human intricate webs of
life - It's referred to
heen destruction the diversity of the
wildlife.)
(decimation
annihilation.) intricate complex]
a factual error too. repertory the repeated
performance of
Besides, there is
Vertebrates are animals with a spinal several plays one
after the other by one
by cartilage or bone. company of actors or
a type of theatrical
ord surround
vertebrates. presentation in which
a company
Insectsaren't
presents several
works regularly or in
Hence,'.including insects.. 'makes the
incorrect.) alternate sequence in
one season.
sentence factually
discover.) penitentiary a
prison for people
(ascertain - to find out or convicted of serious
crimes.
Incorrect. If's written in the first
II
paragraph that,
observatory a room or
building housing
an astronomical
telescope or other
.malignant activities, ironically, are
scientific equipment
for the study of
still perceived as markers of progress by natural phenomena.)
cultures around the world."
S18.(Answer A. can be
attributed to
markers of progress symbols of
the chilling rate of
conversion of forests
progress.. into arable lands.
But, in this particular statement it's The nation's failure
to achieve significant
written that, growth in dense
forests can be attributed
'detrimental activities, that are destroying to the chilling
rate of conversion of
animal lives, are still recognized as the forests into arable
lands.
requisites of progress.. chilling rate of
conversion of forests
requisite means necessity or essential into arable lands -
alarming rate in
requirement. which forests are
being converted to
(detrimental or malignant - damaging.) farmlands.
SI6. (Answer E. Both B and C arable used
or suitable for growing
tract an extended area of land. crops.
larm belts an area or region notea Hence, the nation

is failed yo achieve
principally for farming. significant growth
in thick or dense
forests
(belt an area characterized. by son
distinctive feature.) B -Wrong. It is
exactly the opposite to
what is mentioned
in the paragraph.
husbandry- farming or agriculture.
means of It's written that
bare or cultivated lands
farming - ways of faming-) are being converted
into forests(woods).
S17.(Answer
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If this is happening, then forests should be instauration
means
more dense! restoring or
the action
renewing something,
(ascribed to attributed to)
- Nearly 300
kinds o
of mammals
C- Out of the context. Poaching has no pushed
towards extinction,arebeing
link to the density of the forests. instauration.)
Dot
poaching killing of wild animals S20.[Answer A.
illegally.
-
-
opmn
What is
equally
shocking
D- Out of the context. This is a different commercial
imperatives is thos
statement which has no link to the actual threatening
the are now
minimal progress
context. been achieved
in some that
spheres as a has
counter-intuitive - something that is of
conservation.
counter-intuitive does not happen in the This means-
way you would expect it to.) What is equally
shocking is
S19.(Answer - C. pushed towards commercial
urgencies are that
obliteration because of unbridled threatening the
now
marginal progress that

hunting for food. has been
achieved in some
fields as
obliteration vanishing; result of
prevention of wasteful a
extinction;
use of a
extermination.
resource(conservation).]
unbridled unchecked or uncontrolled.
- S21.(Answer -
C. Only I is FALSE.
The context is - The context is
-
Consumption is a serious threat. It has China's decision

to nullify(renege
)its
been estimated that nearly 300 kinds of earlier promise
and lift the ban on body
mammals are being pushed towards parts of tigers
and rhinoceroses
obliteration/extinction
through(albeit) , for medicinal use under
because of
unbridled/unchecked hunting for food. supervision, is
a perfect example of greed
gaining victory,
once again, over
Consumption the action of using up a
empathy.
resource.
I- False. In the
first line it's written that,
A- Wrong.
China
didn't_revoke its previous
low-key means retrained. promise.. which
is wrong.
Hunting for food isn't restrained, it's (remedialcurative
use - medicinal use)
unrestrained.
II- True.
B-Wrong overturn - to
cancel or revoke.
regimented means very strictly organized malpractice is
referred to the trading
of
or controlled.
rhinoceroses.
body parts of
tigers and
Hunting for food isn't very strictly Though, there's
no mention of 'trading
organized or controlled, it's of body parts',
it's understood.
unrestrained.
IlI-True.
dereliction the
shameful failure to
(coerced towards pushed/forced
Tuu
towards.)
one's
obligations.
D-Wrong
uphold to
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rudimental)
prove
prevail immaterial-Irelevant.
iperior. to understand and
the ability commiseration -sympathy.
empath feelings of another or
the nemesis-destruction.
share
compassion) inconsequential -
insignificant.
Answer-D. All of the above
poignancy- sorrow or
misery.)
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the death $24.(Answer D.
Turning the
sound/to
idiom is -
environment into a resource
that is
The
knell. only fit for being ransacked
by the
end of.
means to cause the humans.
It destruction of species and the latter denoting the second
or second
The
ecosystems that
support them will cause mentioned of two people or
things.
civilization itself.
the end of Human depredation on the
natural world
(knell the sound of abell, especially has caused a primal
transformation in
when rung
solemnly for a death' or man's relationship with the
environment,
funeral. turning the latter into a
resource that is
toll a bell; or if it tolls, it only fit for plunder to the
human eye.
toll if you
loud slow repeated sound.)
makes a The latter is 'the
environment' here.
S23.(Answer- B. depredation, prima plunder to loot; to ransack;
to steal; to
Human depredation on the
natural world take something in a way that
is not
has caused a primal transformation
in morally right or is to0
extreme.
man's relationship with the environment, As a noun-looting;
ransacking.
turning the latter into a resource that is
only fit for plunder to the human eye.
A Incorrect. 'fit for
plunder' doesn't
mean 'fit for being
spoilt".
depredation - an act of attacking.
B&C the latter'
sn't "the human-
(Synonym - ravage) nature relationship or
the relationship
primal forming the base, from which with the environment'
here.)
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the
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conditional
cash transfer scheme
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aimed at
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been climbing this year too.
thereby
girls stay
in schools,
are
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longstanding,
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options Q5. Which of the following
Which of the following
the
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to
is/are
is/are not common theme?
common theme?
Only a
B.
B. Both b and c A. Both b and d
A. Only a
D. Both a and c
C. Only c
D. Both c and e
C. Both d and e
E. All are contributing
E. All are
contributing
words Is a
the following words is a
04. Which of synonym of the word
longstanding',
as
synonym of the word 'nuptials',
as used in the context?
used in the context?
B. backward
adulthood A. sluggish
A. formal education B.
C. protracted
D. inactive
C. teenage years D. maturity
E. None of the
above options
D.
C.
of the price
a. It is believed
that much
a. Through membership in humour hike will be
passed on to
the
clubs, they make newer friends and patients,
cushioning the impact on
even undertake pleasure trips, and
hospitals.
the profitability
margin of
through them get assistance during
b. A recent
investigation into the
emergencies.
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higher number of people, but to
pollution
go whollytion contr
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as far a
For the real problem lies in
a
firecrackers go.
complicated
as
convergence of
conditions-and vested interests d.
Perhaps if we all
just did our
quietly, without
that afflict the overall scene in India.
the feelingwok
insecurity,
f. Ethics, or just scruples, are no
we'd feel at peace of
ourselves and with

longer part of the dictionary those
the world, less
of
competition with in
working in the medicalindustry..
other people,
more
in tune with and
our own bodies
options
minds, heart, and soul.
is/are not contributing to e.
the The
official respondents
common theme?
shall ensure
providing of a green belt

A. Both c and f
around the
B. Only
boundary wall of the airport,
f
while
C. Only c D. Both a and c
keeping the safety and security
both
E. All are contributing in
mind.
Q8. Which of the following Q9. Which of the

following options
words is a
synonym of the word is/are not
contributing to the
'scruples', as
used in the context? common theme?
A. trust A. Only b
B. Both d and e
B. qualms
C. authenticity C. Only e
D. Both b and e
D. truths
E. None of the above E. All are
contributing
options
E. Q10. Which of the
following words is a
a. Success in reducing sound synonym of
the word persuasion,
pollution as used in
the context?
in Calcutta on Diwali
has been rather
less than fulfilling, although A. convincing
B. stringency
the
efforts of the políce and C. discouragement
D. regulation
the active
E. None of the
above options
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heightening
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brings out a
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more than
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numerous following
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dialects face
introductory and
localised languages and the pair of the
conclusive statement,
the
barrier seems to respectively.
after the correct
(c) The language
breached: at present, rearrangement?
have been
the urban youth
about 52 per cent of A. b d
B. dg
to be bilingual,
in India are reported
D. e d
able to speak C. cb
with 18 per cent being
E. g a
three languages.
following options is
(d) Moreover, the relationship of
young Q12. Which of the
risk
combination of three
Indians with languages runs the the
after the
utilitarian consecutive
statements,
of remaining dangerously
learning is correct
rearrangement?
if the pursuit of such
premised primarily upon its
A. aed
B. efb
usefulness and it can even thin
out
C. adf
D. cge
language
their understanding of the
E. gad
they choose to learn.
one of the
lag Q13. In statement (a),
(e) For one, (a)skewed Indian youth
incorrectly
urban following words
may be
drastically behind their
wrong
terms of used. You have to
find that
counterparts in
words are
word out. If all
the
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its
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if they choose
B. brings out learn
languages
C. bleaker
considering to
D. convoluted
utilisable they're.
how
E. All the above words have been II. The
affiliation
with languages
correctly used.
youthful Indians
bears the
the dangerfor
Q14. In statement (b), which being
based on
of the
the of
following words is contextually
popularity, if the purposeconcept
of
of learnir
suitable in the blank?
languages is. only arning
usefulness. directed
A. beingness B. nascency
to its
C. erasure III. If young
Indians
D. accretion
rely on
E. proliferation mentality
which
believes that the

value of a
the
Q15. In statement (c),
thing depends
the part in bold is expediency,
on its
correct
while
grammatically languages,
it learning
contextually and and
then can abridge
it doesn't need grasp of
the language their
any replacement.
they choose to
Below are some learn.
alternatives for
that particular part. A. Only I
Which one can
B. Both I
be used in place C. Only II
and II
that phrase, keeping of
D. Both I
the meaning E. AllI, II and
and III
intact? If no alternative
III
choose option is correct,
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A. The language
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words (), four
been corroborated: have
may be placed
in incorrect
positions.
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Below are the
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combinations
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C. The language to choose the
restriction
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D. The linguistic
divide appears contextually
and
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grammatically
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swapping
E. No replacement
is necessary,
choose option
required
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of the following statements
B. b.c da
can be inferred C. bdca
from the statement
D. badc
(d)? E. No swapping
I.
required
For youngish
Indians, Q18. Which
association their of the
following is the correct
with languages combination
carries
of synonyms of the
words
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and 'tongue, as
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this is an
face
used in the encouraging sign:
greater demand in
significance,
lingua
the education sector
A. entailment, lingo
B. and the job market for the
knowledge
B. deduction, clapper
of multiple languages
C. language
interest
precursor, C. seems to have heightening
D. above options among young people
None of the
E. divided familiarising themselves
with more
statement (g) has been D. in
Q19. The may
four parts. One of the parts than one tongue.
into
not have an
eror. You've to. E. All are correct.
or may
with the error out. If all
find the part
choose option
are correct,
the parts
answer.
(E) as your
SOLUTIONS
or
beset/besiege - to tormment
or to plague
B. Only f doesn't
or distress to.
S1. (Answer to cause continual trouble
theme.
contribute to the common beset(adjective) -
besieged.
thenme is about the
The common
heavy rain in moulder to rot or to decay.
calamities caused by the
demolish to destroy
or to uin
Mumbai.
is contradictory, as completely.
The statement ()
by
the time when appease to pacify
(someone)
it's saying that, this is
monsoon goes into s0-called
'break" agreeing to (his)
demands.)
stops
condition, that means, the monsoon (discomfiting -
embarrassing.
and that long break can lead to drought(a flood.
deluge
shortage of rainfall).
crippled-severelydamaged.)
Statement b is clearly the introductory
$3(Answer D. Both c and
e aren't
statement.
contributing to the common
theme.
Statement a is talking about the fact that, is
about the gap
short and medium range forecasts need to The common theme
morally
be effectively between the govermment's
strengthened and justified(righteous)
thought behind the
communicated to the people and by that, Prakalpa
and its
Kanyashree
the damages and inconveniences woula
implementation. The
paragraph also says
be lesser.
transfer to the
that, only cash
to
Statement c, d and e talk about tne underprivileged girls is
not sufticient
catastrophic effects of heavy rain.)
stop their trafficking.
S2.(Answer - A. beset
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Statement (a) serves as the introductory behind this ageing
statement. It talks about the inability of
problem.
sexagenarian a
person
-
the govenment's only good thinking, in
whose a
the sixties.)
age
solving urgent(pressing) problems like
is
trafficking. S6.(Answer C. -
protracted
But, statement (c) is talking about
protracted/longstandi
prolonged
halving population and some global sluggish- slow or
inactive. nged.
index, which is totally out of the context. backward -
underdeveloped.)
And, statement (e) is nonspecific, as
it's S7.(Answer
talking about the importance of some contributing to C.
Only
label.
The common theme
the
common
theme, isn't
Statement (b) talks about the Kanyashree
is about the growin
Prakalpa. ruption in the
medial industry Owing
Nowadays, medial
Statement (d) talks about the gap.
industry has in Indiä.
ethics
But, statement c is
no hics.
Monetary benefit' is used to signify
talking about
the count. It's
absolutely some
cash transfer' by the Prakalpa.)
nonspecific
can't be linked to
the common and
S4.(Answer E. None of the above
-
theme is about
theme. The
options
the corruption
medial industry;
in
it
hasn't talked about the
nuptial (as a noun) -
marriage or count.
any
wedding
Statement f is clearly
It's an adjective
the introductory
also, meaning statement.
matrimonial.)
Statement a is linked
to the statement
(import- here it means importance.) Statement d is talking
about
d.
S5.(Answer
ahow
B. Only a isn't multinational company
is
contributing to the common
offering
theme. incentives to doctors
and allowing
over-
The common theme is about invoicing by hospitals
so that
the ageing
they can
problem in India. People overcharge patients.
And, statement is
in India age
a
faster than those talking about its
aftereffect.
of Japan and
Switzerland. The paragraph Statement e is clearly
talking about the
holds the
health infrastructure current situation and
how the complicated
of the countryy
responsible for this problem. occurrence of multiple
conditions
But, statement a isn't specific. (convergence) and
unconditional (vested)
clear whom it's referring It's not
to. interest are ruining
the scenario.)
Statement e clearly is the S8.(Answer B. qualms
statement and is followed introductory
-
by statement qualm/scruple a
feeling of doubt or
-
b. hesitation with regard
to the morality or
The latter in statement b is propriety of a course of
action; morality;
Japanese and Swiss people. the principle.)
statement c and d are related fallacious- false or
untrue.
other and they're referring to each
to the health Underlie- be a
significant cause or basi
system of the country of (something).
as the reasons
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adverse effects or course of action or
convincing
Cushion- mit Someone.
Both d and e aren't Stringeney-strictness.
of)
s9.(Answer- B. commor theme. Discouragement - a loss of
confidence
common
contributing to the or enthusiasm.
about the the noise
common theme is the
caused by Regulation- rule.)
The that is being
The
ollution
-esponsible
behaviour of people. S11.(Answer - C.c b
iresp wha should be done
what
tells
graph also crisis. The correct arrangement is
with this Cgaed fb)
to deal specific. It's
statement e is not S12.(Answer- A. a e d
some green belt
But, the use of
alking about The correct arrangement is
ensure safety
and security.
to
absolutely out of the
context. cg aed fb)
words
It's nonspecific too. It has S13.(Answer E. All the above
statement d is
And
philosophical tone, as it
says, if have been correctly used.
a more quietly(silently) without Profounder-deeper.
work
we did our insecurity, we'd feel at
feeling of Bring out-reveal
the world, less
ourselves and the bleaker- hopeless.
peace with
competition with other people. Here,
in Convoluted-complex.)
necessarily mean
quietly' doesn't means peacefully
S14. (Answer - C. erasure
without noise. It
erasure- the removal of
writing,
here,
obliteration;
serye as the recorded material, or data;
Statement a can
that the.
introductory statement. It says expunging
pollution in
Success in reducing sound The context is-
sufficient
Calcutta on Diwali has not been In such linguistic
diversity,
where certain
enough, but the efforts of the
police and
spread and
languages are aggressively
the active role of the state
pollution
languages and
promoted, numerous local
control board didn't fail completely. dialects face obliteration.
(in vain without success.) Linguistic- relating to
language.
Statement b is talking about improving Propagate - to promote.
the automobile(motoring) culture to
Dialect regional
language or local
restrict the use of horns(cornets) through
tongue.
campaigns and convincing people.
existing.
Beingness- the state of
being or
Statement c is talking about the problem
with the lack of understanding among city Nascency - brth; origin.
dwellers, because their enjoyment is tied Accretion-accumulation or
gathering.
up with noisiness(raucousness), when it Proliferation -rapid
increase.)
comes to using firecrackers.)
divide
S15. (Answer - D. The
linguistic
S10. (Answer A. convincing
-
appears to have been
transgressed:
persuasion - the act of reasoning or The meaning of the phrase
pieading with someone to accept a beliet
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he language barrier seems to have been
learning language keeping
breached:' in the
minds. For their
an example usability
The barrier to communication between
considering how useful -
they'
people who are unable to speak a going
to be in getting the lang re
common language, looks like it has
utilitarian attitude. jobs. And ge is
broken, (as, at present, about 52% of the
been
It ndit's
out)
their understanding reduces(thins
a
urban youth in India are reported to be they
choose to learn. of the
helanguage
bilingual, with 18% being able to speak
I It
appropriately
-
three languages.)
delivers
meaning.
the actual
D is the perfect alternative to the phrase.
Utilitarian - designed
Linguistic divide language barrier
-
practical
rather than to be useful
Linguistic
attractive.
-
consisting of or related to
Utilitarianism-
language.
doctrine that
is the
good. the usefu
seful
Divide It's a noun here. Youngish-
young
Ruptured- breached or disrupted.)
Serviceability
utility or usefulness,
A- Wrong.
342amiliariz useful. -
Roadblock hindrance or barrier.

-
III It
appropriately
-
Corroborate confirm or give support

delivers the
-
meaning.
actual
to.
Expediency
advantage -
Hence, the meaning of the whole
or benefit.
sentence Abridge-
lessen or reduce.
is
Language roadblock might have
Grasp of
the language understanding
been or of the
language.
probably have been confirmed.
II -
Incorrect. The affiliation

It's absolutely contradictory.
with
languages
for youthful Indians
B-Wrong.
doesn't
bear the
danger of being based on the
Doorway- access. concept of
popularity, it bears the danger
Constrict- become narrower. of being
based on the concept of utility or
Hence, the meaning of this usefulness,
while learning languages)
sentence is -
S17. (Answer
-D. b adc
The access to multiple languages
seems to For one,
rustic Indian youth lag
have become narrower.
drastically
behind their urban counterparts
It's absolutely contradictory.
in terms of
bilingualism, thereby
C-Wrong. highlighting
the skewed ratio of learming
Encumbrance - hindrance. opportunities
and the scant reach of
This sentence is contradictory education in
vast swathes of the country.
too.
It says The language restriction Rustic ural.
seems
to have proved to be an Skewed- not
accurate.
obstacle
S16. (Answer- D. Both I Scant little.
and Ill can be
inferred. Vast swathes
-
large area.)
The context is. Young Indians are S18. (Answer
- B. entailment, lingo
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heiahtened/increased
nplication significance; deductio interest among young people.
tailment; tongue. The interest among young people
is
language or heightened by the demand for the
Lingo- mass of
Lingua/clapper er- A mobile knowledge of multiple languages
in
covered with mucous
Scular tissue education and job sectorS
located in the oral cavity
membra and heightening is an adjective.
that existed before
«
Precursor- a tthinganother.) greater demand in the

education
sector
logically precedes and the job market for the
knowledge of
S19.(Answer-C. multiple languages seems to
have
heightening interest among
young
heightening' with
Replace
themselves wilh
heightened'. people inJamiliarising
context is -
greater demand in the more than one tongue.
The the job market for It doesn't make any sense.)
education sector and languages
knowledge of multiple
the
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three sentences are given with one phrase same
token, you but, by
bold in each. From the options
need to be seenthe
given, be talking
out of.
choose the one which can replace the
to
bold part in each of the three sentences, A. going forward
B. lookingdown
keeping the meaning intact and C. in some
respects
sentence must be grammatically correct.
the
D. bearing on
E. No correction
required inmind
If all the bold phrases are correct,
choose
(E) as your answer. Q3.
Q1. I.The prime'
minister let it slip
conjunction with
I. Unable to fulfill their
needs
his speech in
grand
adulterated that a
politically, some of the opposition
coalition
succeed
his governmnent. could
groups have begun to
beef up
vehemency. II. The objection
to the
application was
II. This is meant to be a constructive made by the
man who
was appointed
debate we should not manager of
the establishment
bump into
when it
making defamatory remarks at our was likely to
be
borne by
opponents. construction.
III. Police should come IIL Only gradually
down to arrest
in lieu of this period
only as last option in exceptional were polities
defined in clear
terms
cases. of territory
and explicit geographical
A. come up with B. do away with sensibility.
C. resort to A. in connection
with
D. get through
E. No correction required B. in the course of
C. when it comes to
Q2.
D. intended as it is to
be
I. Your media house needs to
define a E. No correction
required
strategy for using social media
in
future. Q4.
II: Running around, our growth I.
must The man from
France was kind
be consequently be greener, enough to go by
the board, but the
be
smarter and be more digital. Prime Minister
abhors company"
III. It's a worrying statistic how else can he
stride upon the
and maybe a
stage, colossus-
like, all by himself
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been
was his
benevolence to get . At last India was on a
path towards
as it but it'stime national glory in which
religious or
I
t
underway tor so long,
be a
myself something better other differences would
not
needto find disadvantage apropos
progress and
to do. lead actors don't
lea constitutional rights.
ometimes, the
it's actually the II. There is a distinct
possibility of
uite cut it, and implosions that are
likely to
take
does a great job;
ensemble cast that
resul,
important how
prudent the place in Britain and as
a
So it's handle disuptions in supply
chains of
is to fly off the
trade
director companies, a discernible
dip in
his work.
are a
volume and job losses
reason
A.
yield a foregone conclusion.
accommodate a sidekick proposal
by China
B.
sidearm II. In Apil 1960, a
conciliate a
dispute was
C. to settle the boundary
Minister
a vision rejected by Prime
D. foster
hindsight,
correction required Jawaharlal Nehru; in
E. No
a lost
history must record that
as
tragic
Q5.
trot is made opportunity which has had
Though a very rough
L it clearly consequences.
available in the report,
stretches of leopard A. in the first place
depicts that vast
excluded from the B. to a majoritarian ethic
habitats have been
study. C. in a daze
vision
II. While no fully unified D. in mint condition
emerged, the basic parameters of
a
E. No correction required
means of beguilement of the
B, C,
Direction(7-9): Six
sentences A,
consensus were forged during these
below, among
D, E and F are given
years. which only three have
been
arranged in
station's
remainingg three
II. Most of the work on the sequence and
so that
train terminals has been completed sentences must be
interchanged
can form a
thus far, on a very unambiguous the six sentences together
meaningful paragraph.
mandate. formulated
a National
A. pinpoint veracity (a) But India
Antimicrobial
Action Plan on
B. biblical scale Resistance only in
2017,
highlighting
resistance
C. time-honoured stipulation three primary sources
of
D. coarse scale map overuse of
antibiotics; misuse of
husbandry
E. No corection required such drugs in the
animal
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forming a
meaningfu
owing to unscientific dumping of coherent
paragraph,
medical waste. following
statement which ofand
(b) A red flag was raised a few years ately
can imm
follow statement nmedi.

ago when doctors discovered a drug-
statement
logically?Sta
resistant strain of tuberculosis in be
immediately () must:
Mumbai.
preceded
statement. this
(c) Drug-resistant diseases could cause A. Regulations
alone
10 million deaths each year by 2050
will thus be
little
help.
of
and one of the countries that stands B. For
resistance,
to lose the most is India since its
this means
misuse of
antibiotics cuttinos
burden of infectious diseases is
in humans the
farm
animals, fighting and
among the highest in the world.
environmental
pollution,improving
(d) The latest report of the United
infection
control in
hospitals.
Nations Interagency Coordination Antibiotics
continue
C.
Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
to be sold as
growth
promoters
paints a dire picture.
to the animal
husbandry
industry.
(e) Theplan, however, has not translated
D. The global
threats of climate
into action on the ground.
change
and
antibiotic resistance have
(f) Further, in the absence
much
of set in common.
standards for antibiotics in waste
E. with widely
differing levels
water, pharmaceutical industries
of
healthcare
reach, curbing the rise
continue to pump these into lakes,
of
antibiotic
resistance is not easy.
rivers and sewers, leading
to an
explosion of resistant genes in Q9. Which of the
these
water bodies. can be an
introductory statement,
which can be
written in the first line
Q7. Which of the following sets
of pairs of this paragraph?
must be interchanged in order
to A.
make a coherent and The world
could well be returning to
meaningful
paragraph? the dark ages
before penicillin when
A. d-a and c-b even ordinary
soil bacteria could slay
the weak at
will.
B. b-fand c-a
B. The advent of
antibiotics ignited the
C. c-a and e-f
hope of
elimination of infectious
D. d-b and c-a diseases in
humans and animals.
C.Wrong actions may
sometimes De
motivated by
the right reasons.
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to have lost its
Words do
occasion, they also will to fight the
descent into
D. enomena; on
the depths ofhistory andi map darkness.
plumb that the names
social realities
the
signily.
SOLUTIONS
to Sentence III has used the

phrasal verb
- C. resort
S1.(Answer go forward' in the future
progressive
do or use (something)
resort to -to choices are tense.
because no other
a lot
especially run around - to be very
busy doing
possible. of different things.
strength, or
to add weight,
beef up-
(something). (l m exhausted I've
been running
power to around all morning.)
the city will be beefed
Security around talk out of to persuade
or
convince
event.)
up during the someone (someone) not to do
(something).
into (someone) - to meet
bump (He talked her out of
quitting school.)
unexpectedly.
- feel that
your sister at the look down on (someone) to
1 bumped into someone is less important
than you
or
supermarket.)
does not deserve respect.
situation or
come down to - (of a
say that
specified in some respects - used
to
outcome) be dependent on a
some
something is true in one
way, in
factor.
ways etc.
(lt all comes down to money in the end.)
- consider
bearing in mind
(that)
come up with - produce something, something when making
a decision or
especially when pressured or challenged.
before taking
action.)
do away with (something)- to get rid of
S3.(Answer - B. in
the course of
something or stop using something.
1) undergoing the
in the course of -
get through pass a difficult or testing
specified process.
experience or period.
activity.
vehemency violence.
i) during the
specified period or
Sentence I and
III have used the (i)
defamatory derogatory.)
-
meaning.
S2-(Answer-A. going forward
Sentence l has used
the (i) meaning.
going forward - in futurc.
in conjunetion with -
together.
forward to continue doing likely to be borne by
probably be
Something.
carried or moved by a
particular thing.
SentenceI and II have used 'going
forward' as in future. in lieu of- instead
of.
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in connection with in relation to which is not exact
al.Co
(something). or
detailed.
rough rot a
period
when it comes to when the specified
- misfortune.
of hardship
matter is under consideration.
(The families
intended as it is to be in the way that of the
airmen
-
rough trot over the
last. had
has been planned.
39 years.) had
a means of beguilement
a
adulterated mixed or tempered with.
-
distraction.
-
a way
explicit geographical sensibility -
of
clear unambiguous mandate
geographical discrimination.)
-
an
order expressed in
S4.(Answer a
way that official
B. accommodate a completely clear.
makes
sidekick
pinpoint veracity -
it
sidekick i) a person's assistant or close
-
extreme accuracy.
on a biblical
associate.
extent.
scale- to a very larege

ii) A supporting actor/actress.
time-honoured
accommodate' here means to appoint.
stipulation
condition/demand.
traditiona
go by the board (of something
-
planned unified combined.
or previously upheld) be
abandoned, the consensus were
rejected, or ignored.
consensus were copied
forged the
(my education just went by
fraudulently."
the board.) S6.(Answer
get underway - to begin to happen. E. No
correction
i required.
(The Democratic comvention
gets Each of the bold parts
in each
underway tomorrow in Chicago. is correctly used.
sentence
fly off the handle
lose one's temper apropos -
with
reference to or
suddenly and unexpectedly. regard to or with respect
to.
with
(He's extremely irritable he Jlies apropos progress with

handle at the slightest thing)
-
of the
respect to
progress.
The Prime Minister abhors company - a foregone conclusion a
result that can
-
The Prime Minister hates company be predicted with
certainty; sure thing.
or
hates to be with someone.
in hindsight considering
or analyzing
-
stride upon the stage walk on the stage.
-
the past with
consideration of the
colossus-like like a person or knowledge that one has
now.
thing of
immense size or power. in the first place - at
the beginning, to
. benevolence - kindness. begin with.
Sometimes, the lead actors don't majoritarian ethic - a set
of moral
quite
cut it sometimes the lead actors don't principles, governed by or
believing in
make quite an impression: decision by a majority.
prudent wise.) in a daze - In a
preoccupied,
S5.(Answer - D. coarse scale map disconnected, or unfocused
state of mind.
coarse scale map a representation (was in a daze leaving the
doctors
office.)
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mint
in new. somethi ofresistance.
as an instance of This particular statement
reciprocates
implosion olently inwards.
violer statement (e).
collapsing
noticeable drop)
discernible dip Hence, it's the appropriate
statement right
d-a and c-b after statement (e).
(Aiswer - A.
$1. must be interchanged with A Inappropriate. The word
'thus' is
Statement (d) statement (c) must be
and, not contextually appropriate
after
statement (a) statement (b).
interchanged with statement e).
arrangement talking
about
B- Incoherent. Though it's
The final the same theme, it doesn't
fit
after
ef
dbca
Statement e) and statement
(1) are statement (e).
generalised.
statements. D-This is sounding more
consecutive
Antibiotics continue to E - It's talking about a
scenario, not in
- C.
S8.[Answer promoters to the line with statements (e).1
sold as growth
well
be
animal husbandry industry. $9.(Answer - A. The world could
talking about the
ages before
be returning to the dark
Statement (e) is
soil
on Antimicrobial penicillin when even ordinary
National Action Plan
will.
2017, highlighting bacteria could slay the weak at
Resistance only in resistance -
introduction very
three primary
sources of This sentence makes the
misuse of such well. It says, there was a
time when even

overuse of antibiotics;
husbandry sector;
kill the weak
drugs in the animal ordinary soil bacteria could
owing to
contamination the
world can retum
and ecological at its pleasure. Now
unscientific dumping of medical
waste. now,
due to the
to that dark age even
bacteria.
It says, the planhas not been realised growing drug-resistance of
statement
contrary to
on the ground. B- It's a positive
continue to the actual theme.
The statement "Antibiotics
be sold as growth promoters to the C, D &E-Nonspecific.)
exactly
animal husbandry industry:' is
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private member receives Parliament's ing when it comes to
(d) deliber
getting berat.
nod. This winter session, the
work done
clocked a poor
Rajya Sabha ha
The right to disconnect bill 2018,
percentage
introduced by a parliamentarian, promises productivity was
as far as
concerned. The truth

several goodies to those who are the life of an aam
is
aadmi, unlike
convinced that work is not quite worship. politicians, resembles
that of
the one lived

Among other Sops, the proposed Jack: all work
by
and,
with luck,
legislation seeks to play. Hearteningly, it
seems a bit of
that parts
ringing mobile the world have discovered
of
a fundamental
phones, shrill emails- that are related to flaw in the Calvinist
work
ethic. There is
work beyond specified hours or while now a growing realization
that longer
they are on holiday. working hours need not
necessarily
lead
But this is not quite the entrée, as it to greater productivity.
were. Section 7 of the bill promises What should disconnected
Indian
workers
workers that they cannot be subjected do with their free time?
The bill does
to
not
disciplinary action by their employers make that choice for them.
This is a pity
for
their refusal to respond to official since time, even time away
from work, is
communication beyond the designated not really free for some
people. Take the
time. Temperamental bosses are not the case of working women.
Leisure' could
only creatures who have been left condemn them to a greater
share of
shuddering by the provisions of the bill; domestic chores; whoever has
heard of
they are likely to be joined by company an efficient house husband?
And what
owners who may be lefi shaken -
but not about the workaholic? Is not
a democracy
quite stirred- by another stipulation. committed to _(B)
the interests
Stiff penalties have been envisaged for of those who are in the
minority?
entities- companies or societies Q1. What can be inferred
literally, from
that refuse to comply with
the the first paragraph
according to
regulations.
The outcomes could, however, be the passage?
comical
in some industries. Consider the plight A. An overworked employee's
dream of
of
the editor whose frantic calls to a reporter getting more spare time,
is going
go unanswered because the boss
has be realized soon after
the Parliament
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bill nr technologies and the
blurring of
presented by
its
gives member. boundaries between
work and
aprivate personal lives
overburdened nployee's dream
distressed
B.
An allotted lesser work to do, D. bestow the
right on
B. being
compelling
of become a reality after the employees to
reckon
Will soon
ill to a bill commands
Parliament's acquiescence
private member. E. confer the right on
harried employees
presented by a
not to respond to
urgent summons
lized employee's wish to
overutiliz
C. An extended adlines, is soon going Q4. What does the author
actually mean
get actualized after the Parliament by the phrase But this is
not
quite
to be presented
the approval to a bill the entrée, as it were.'
in the third
gives member.
private paragraph?
by a hope to get
- provided
exploited employee's A. The provisions and
rights
An will soon
mentioned in the
D.
the overtime, by the bill as
paid more for Parliament
substantiated, after the second paragraph, don't
come up to
be
affirmation to a bill the employees'
expectations.
gives its
member.
provided
presented by a private B. The provisions and
rights -

options by the bill
as mentioned in the
second paragraph,
aren't
covering the
meaning of the word
Q2. What's the greater part of the
bill; it's just
one
as
sops' in the second paragraph, part of it
used in that part?
provided
C. The provisions and
rights -
A. conciliatory gifts
in the
by the bill as
mentioned
B. alienating perks second paragraph,
aren't as
good for
C. remuneration hikes the employees as they
should've
D. affirmative agreements been.
D. The provisions and
rights - provided
in the
by the bill - as
mentioned
Q3. Which of the following phrases can
promising
second paragraph,
aren't
contextualy fit in the blank in the
enough to please the
employees.
second paragraph?
options
A. suggest that organisations go the
whole hog and accredit the exigency Q5. Which of the
driven work cultures is/are TRUE according
to the third
paragraph?
B.strip the troubled employees of their
right not to entertain certain dictations Company owners are
agitated by the
fact that the
employees can't be
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punished for turning down official C. cdab
communication beyond the E. No
replacement
D. bdca
designated time.
required
Q8. The
author has
l. The law comes with the precondition
introduced
contrasting interpreta a a slightly

that il-natured bosses and
fourth paragraph.
proprietors of companies are both
following Which in
liable to be fined for refusing to
is/are that of
interpretatio
abide by the ordinances. The
bill could
have an
Im. Even if the employees
certain organisations odd upsho

don't report
bosses have to face where in
back, they can't suffer the
iculties the
employees go
consequences for failing to do so.
by the law. ifhe
A. Only I B. Both I and II II The
work culture
for a common
C. Only III is
not leisurely unlike man
me
D. All I, Il and III
politician. that
at of a
IIl. Parts
of the world
Q6. Which of the following pairs
have started
of realise
greater productiveness
synonym-antonym, of the words
guaranteed in strenuous isn't
envisaged' and comply with'
and lonper
working
hours.
respectively, as used in the third A. Only III
paragraph?. B. Both I and II
A. anticipated, fall in with C. Only II
B. envisioned, brush off D. Only I
C. proposed, conform to E. None of I, II
and II
D. implemented, disobey Q9. What does
the author mean by the
E. intended, yield to phrase
Leisure' could condemn
Q7. In them to a
greater share of domestic
part{A) the in
fourth
paragraph, four words in bold,
chores; in the last paragraph?
may be misplaced. Below are some A. Timne
'available for ease and
combinations of the sequence
relaxation could compel women to
of
those words. You are required to be the
victims of domestic violence.
select the combination of the correct B. Spare
time could obligate women to
sequence of the words, that will share
their tasks with their family
make that part contextually and
members.
grammatically correct. If no C. Respites
from official work could
replacement is required, choose prove
women unfit for household
option (E) as your answer. expenses.
A. dbcca B. acbd
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Time them to be proccedings.
D. occupied could force
or
with regular|housekeeping. Q11. Which of the
following phrases can
laden options
blank
fthe above most appropriately
fit in the
None oft
words in
statement (a)?
E. the following
Which of
Q10. the blank (B) in the last a. nod their heads
in agreement
hould fit in
paragraph? b. nod their
agreement
consecrating B. upholding C. nod in accord

A. D. affronting d. nod their
dissension
snubbing
B. Both a and c
C.
the above options A. Only d
E. None
of
D. Only a
Direction(11-19): Below are some C. All a, b and c
a random order. Both a and
c
statements, given in E.
can
When these Q12. Which of the
following phrases
form a coherent and
properly, they'll be synonymous with
the
phrase 'in
There are
meaningful paragraph. the grip
of an epidemic
of
Dased on each of the
loneliness, as expressed in
various questions
carefully and
statements. Read it
statement (b)?
answer the
a. devoured
by an epidemicof
would
(a) Naysayers loneliness
entered the
humanity, after all, has
epidemic
b. in dire
straits, caused by an
era of heartbreak.
suggest that the of
loneliness
b) Some estimates also
epidemic of
is in the unscathed
by an
United States of America C.
grip of an epidemic of loneliness

loneliness
B. Only b
with three out of every five A. Only a
Americans admitting that they lack C. Both a and b
D. Only c
company.
E. All a, b
and c
c) Love, they argue, is blooming on
the
Q13. What's the
actual meaning of
greener pastures.
phrase
'greener pastures', as used
of optimists would
(d) But the
dismiss
of
these predictions about the
in statement
(c)?
a. various
circumstances
death of love.
situation
b. a better
or more promising
(e) ls love redundant in the Age of the
a new
place or activity
that offers new
Machine? c.
Opportunities
The evidence is damning: one out of
B. Both b and c
every four apparentily A. Only c
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is
Q14. Which of the following collective
particular situation. talking hasa
Read bout
nouns can most appropriately fit in
carefully and answer the pas a
passage
follow.
the uestions
the blank in statement (d)?
Passage-
that
a. tribe
1: In recent years,
b. brood leaming
algorithms
based machin
C. group d. bale
intelligence, have on Arific
promised govermme
A. Bothb and c B. Both a and c and
private companies
C. Only c all sorts
of information
the power to
D. Only d
glean
appearance. Severa from people's

E. All a, c and d
startups
be able
to use artificial now im
Q15. Choose an appropriate synonym
to
intelligenceto
for help
employers
detect
the word 'redundant', as used in traits
of job candidates the personality
statement (e). facial
expressions. based on thei
a. superficial
In China,
government
. superfluous
b. reiterative
has pioneered
surveillance cameras the use
that identify of
the
A. Only a B. Botha and c

track
ethnic minorities. and
Meanwhile
C. Bothb and c reports
have emerged
D. Only c
of schools installing
camera
systems that
E. All a, b and c
automatically
sanction
children
for not paying

words can based on
facial movements attention,
and micro
most appropriately fit in the blank expressions
such as eyebrow
twitches.
in statement ()?
Q18. How
would you describe
a. weddings
the role of
b. nuptials
Artificial intelligence according
to
C. wed locks the
context?
A. Both a and c B. Both a and b a. Capable
of understanding
C. Only a D. Only c
countenance.
E. All a, b and c b. Having the
requisite qualities to
understand
the visual aspect of a
Q17. Which among the following,
is a person.
combination of three successional
statements, according to the C.
Proficient at garner assorted
final
information.
arrangement?
A. e a fb A. Only b
B. Both a and c
B. a fbc
C. fb a d C. Only c
D. Both a and b
D. a fdc
E. None of the above options E. All a, b and
c
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Both a and b
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respective states, isjust an
approach that strives to
a political
people who feel
appeal to ordinary
SOLUTIONS
extended to
above "Twenty winks could soon
be
S1. (Answer E. None of the means, the
amount of
options is correct. 40 It simply
time to nap will be
extended.
The actual meaning of the paragraph is-
statement B
Though, statement A and
An overburdened/overworked employee's
you're asked to
are looking close, since
dream of getting more time to nap infer the literal
meaning,these
1s
SOon going to be realized after

the
your
statements can't be chosen
as
Parliament gives its assent/approval answers.
acquiescence to a bill presented by a
about
Statement B and C are
talking
private member.
different scenarios.
Twenty winks - It's an idiom. It means using the
real or original
A very brief nap or a short sleep.
literally
meaning of a word or
phrase.
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acquiescence approval or assent. command or order.
actualized/substantiated realised.
-
ringing mobile
phones
exploited-overburdened or overworked. emails'(emails
which
are sharmnd 'shril

on being heard
or continuous
overtime time worked in addition to
-
« rply insisted
one's normal working hours.) referred to
urgent summons' emai
S2.(Answer A. conciliatory gifts.
- A- Incorrect.
It's contradictory herels) are
conciliatory showing willingness to end It says- the law
a disagreement, or trying to make organisations
approve tries to sugpe
someone less angry. work cultures
completely. the demandhat
iven
sops' here means things that are offered It's against the
interest
to stop complaints or unhappiness.
ofemployees
go the whole hog
conciliatory/appeasing/pacifying gifts very thorough and
to do somethingin
complete way. a
carries the meaning closest to 'sops. exigency-driven
alienating causing hostility or loss of
- cultures that are
work cultures.Work
friendliness. crisis.
driven by demand
perk an advantage or something extra, B Incorrect. It's
such as money or goods.
saying exactly
opposite thing.
the
alienating perks' doesn't make any It's saying that,
the law
sense. the employees of
tries to deprive
their right not

remuneration hike.-pay hike. consider certain
orders. to
hike an increase in the cost
of strip-to deprive.
something. entertain - here it
means
to consider.
affirmative agreement dictation order or
command.
-
positive
agreement.) C Incorrect.
Absolutely out
$3.(Answer E. confer the right
of the
on context.
harried employees not to respond to D - Incorrect. It's
contradictory.
urgent summons saying that the law
tries to present the
It's
Thecontext is The right to disconnect right on distressed

employees to consider
bill 2018 promises a number forceful commands.
concessions to those who don't of
want to be reckon to consider.
overburdened with workloads(who
convinced that work is not are distressed~overworked.
quite worship).
Among other conciliatory compelling forceful.)
-
gifts, the
suggested lawíproposed legislation) $4.(Answer B.
The provisions and
tries
to grant(confer) the troubled(harried) rights provided by
the bill as
employees the right not to mentioned in the second
paragraph,
respond to
urgent summons, such as aren't covering the
greater part of the
ringing
mobile phones, shrill emails, bill; it's just one part
of it.
that are
related to work beyond
specified hours or entrée the main course
of a meal.
-
while they are on holiday.
This word has been
figuratively used in
summons(always in plural
as a noun) this paragraph.
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promises
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subjected tto disciplinary not obeying a nule or law.
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proprietors
of
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with
an
designated time and,
|
to yond the
that
for amount of money. It's written
penalties ave been envisaged
stiff societies they'd be penalised or
punished.
i) companies or
entities complywith the regulations. proprietor- owner.
refuse to provided stipulation - precondition.
that risions and rights
provisio second
So, the bill as mentioned in the ill-natured- temperamental.
the
paragraph aren't covering the greater ordinance-an authoritative
order.
bill. It has just
Section 7 of the
rt
part
mentioned a few
points. abide by- to obey
way
in a III-FALSE. It's nonspecific.
meansS -
The phrase
as it were' spoken English The word report back'
has two
typically used in
This is something is not meanings-
emphasize that described.
someone in
to being i) to bring information to
exactly as it is authority.
best/better/greater part of
order to report
the idiom meaning ii) to return to a place in
(something) - It's an
information, do more work,
etc.
most ofsomething. These
talked about any of
C and D - Incorrect. The paragraph hasn't
Statement A,
mean quite the same.) these.
three statements
if the
According to the paragraph
-
I, II and III is
S5.Answer - E. None of
respond to
employees choose not to
TRUE.
beyond the
mentioned. official communication
1-FALSE. Not clearly designated time, they can't
be
subjected
paragraph that, the
they can't suffer
It's written in the left to disciplinary action or
owners may be
responding)
company
another the consequences for not
agitated(shaken) by
brush off
S6.(Answer - B.
envisioned,
stipulation/precondition. That another
been envisage to
imagine or expect
stipulation' is - "Stiffpenalties have
companies or something in the future.
envisaged for 'entities
that refuse to comply with the envisioned
imagined as a future
societies-
regulations. possibility
envisaged for
It's nowhere written in the
paragraph that Stiff penalties have
been
the fact
penalties have been
Company owners are agitated by entitiesStrict
for
that the employees can't be punished thought
ofproposed/envisioned/intended/antici
Turning down official communication
beyond the designated time. he pated for entities.
shocked
synonym of
natured bosses are left envisioned' is surely a
(Shuddering) by this stipulation for sure.
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tendency,
brush off- to dismiss and ignore. getting work
done', when it omes
a
comply with - to obey guidelines or eynical
distrustful right itsel. to
regulations; to agree to something.
or
deliberate to
think pessimistic
brush off is surely an antonym of carefully about
oftalk ic.seriously
comply with'.
something.
allergic averse
or and
disobey" is also the antonym of 'comply supreme irony -
opposed or
unwilling.
with'.
greatest irony.
anticipated predicted or expected.
-
distinctly-
clearly.)
S8. (Answer - D.
fall in with-to comply with.
Only I
conform to to obey a rule; to comply The bill could
have
certain
organisations an odd upsho
-
with.
have to face
difficultieswhere the bo: in
implemented -something go by the law.
i theemployes
put into
operation.
upshot
consequence.
yield to to agree to do something
that When two things
you do not want to do or should
appear as
not do. they are
contrasting. opposites
S7.(Answer - C. cdab
slightly
contrasting
Cynical souls could also look means an
understanding interpretation
upon
parliamentarians deliberating which is a bit
ditferent or explanation
on the
merits of the right to disconnect
from the actual
bill as an understanding of
the
instance of supreme irony,
author.
but, are not According to the
passage,
parliamentarians distinctly
the author is in
allergic when support of the
bill throughout
t comes to getting work done?
the entire
passage. But, by
The authoris a little bit sarcastic
saying The outcomes
here. could, however, be
It means Critics will
comical in some
-
consider the fact industries.
Consider the
that parliamentarians are working
plight of the
so hard editor whose frantic
calls to
(they're thinking or talking seriously
a reporter go
and unanswered because
the boss
carefully about the merits
has called
of the bill) for after the Cinderella
hour. , he is slightly
the welfare of the employees. conflicting with his
previous tone. He
This is
clearly surprising! Cynics gives
will consider the
example of the
this effort as an instance difficulties(plight)
an editor has to face,
of 'supreme
irony' because the fact when he makes
distressed calls(frantic
that
parliamentarians (politicians precisely) calls) to his
reporter after
are thinking about people, midnight(Cinderella
hour) and the calls
is a rare
Occurrence. But, what's so surprising are unanswered, as the
reporter strictly
about it? Aren't the parliamentarians follows the law.
themselves reluctant, when
it comes to He calls that situation
funny(comical) or
getting work done? That means,
odd, but at the same
time, he doesn't
clearly being selfish here. they're
working hard for the bill
They're condemn the boss.
for their own II- Incorrect. It's not
contrasting at al.
sake. They're trying to
make their e 1s sympathising with
the hardship of a
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or a
manor
common life of an aam aadmi Is not a democracy committed
to
- the
truth is polit
The.
embles the
liticians, resembles upholding the interests of those
who
of
unike that Jack: all all work and, with are in the minority?
lived byplay uphold here it means to justify
or to
one
a
bitof
tuck, Incorrect.
Incor It's a fact. It's not an stand for.
Si1(Answer -C. All a, b and
c
I-
interpretation.
of the
Heartening it seems ihat paris Al these phrases are correct.
discovere a fundamental
heads
have There is nod their agreement/ nod their
world alvinist work ethic.
move
the Cal in agreement / nod in
accord
tion that longer
law in growing realizatio
show
their heads down and then up to
now a neea not necessarily lead
yorking hours
productivity agreement, approval
greater encouragingly.
to accord agreement.
Hearteningly -
work ethic
Calvinistwork ethic A hard work d- Incorrect.
to
the value attached dissension - disagreement.
where signs of an
efficiency are deemed
and progress. According to the contex,
naysayers will
individual's actual
negative
foundational defect.) support or agree with a
fundamental flaw
women are statement - humanity, after al,
has
D. Time when
S9. (Answer entered the era of
heartbreak.', and,
occupied could force
not working or
laden with regular Is love redundant in the Age of
the
them to be
housekeeping Machine?'.
(laden- burdened. naysayer a person who
criticizes,
housekeeping - domestic duties.) objects to, or opposes
something.)
women aren't busy
The context is when S12. (Answer-C. Both a and b
take care
with official work, they have to
- be in a
of the household work.
They don't be in the grip / in dire
straits
usually get time to relax. difficult and unpleasant
situation.
to a
Leisure could condemn them devoured by -
aflicted/bothered by.
greater share of domestic chores;'
or unscathed by - unaffected by.)
leisure time when one is not working
S13.(Answer - B. Both
b and c
Occupied; time available for ease and
relaxation; spare time; a respite from greener pastures - I's a
phrase.
work.
Though it is in plural, it
denotes or refers
Condemn - here it means to compel or
tojust one place or
situation.
to force or to obligate.
a Incorrect. It's in
plural, besides,
greater share of domestic chores
greater allocation of routine household 'various' can be anything-
good, bad.)
tasks.
Kemaining options are inappropriate)
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B. Both a andc
assorted(various) information
tribe a group of persons having a Refer to - n
recent years,
common character, occupation,
or learning
algorithms based machine.
interest.
on Art
intelligence,
have
brood
promised goverm icial
a family of birds or other young and private
companies the ernments
animals produced at one hatching or birth.
power to.
all sorts of
information glean
bale a large wrapped or bound bundle of
from people'
appearance.
paper, hay, or cotton.
glean to
obtain or to
a bale ofcotton.)
derive
ve or
garner.)
to
S15. (Answer D. Only c S19. (Answer E.
All
a, b ande
redundant/ superfluous more than is This question can
be
needed; excess; unnecessary.
answered
understanding the
vocabularies. simply hu
superficial -
a) not complete and competitive
populism
involving only the most obvious things;
-
an, aggressive
political approach
that
lacking in depth.
strives to appeal
ordinary people who
to
b) unimportant.
feel: that their
concerns are
disregarded
reiterative - repetitive.) elite groups or,
by. established
S16. Answer - E. All a, b ande aggressive political
ideas
and activities
nuptial/wedding/wedlock -marriage.. that are intended to
get the
support of
nuptial is both an adjective and a noun. ordinary people by
giving them
what they
S17(Answer A. e a fb want.
The correct arrangement is children of the
state' - only the local
e af b d c) inhabitants of the
state.
S18 (Answer - D. Both a and b constricting attitude
- narrow-minded
The above context has only discussed attitude.
Artificial Intelligence's abilities to inclusive, pluralist
ethos - all-embracing
understand people's appearance or spirit that advocates
a system in which
visual aspect including facial two or more states
and principles coexist.
expressions obstinately attached
to some creed
countenance a person's facial stubbornly attached to
some belief or
expression. faith.
requisite necessary. custodian of welfarism
keeper of the
Statement c is nonspecific. According health, happiness, and
fortunes 'of a
to the context, Artificial intelligence is person or group.)
proficient at deriving information from
a person's appearance, not
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of
one represented by a blank. Select the
come to define the very
nature of a
and out of the four answer choices woman, disallowing them from
best make the passage complete
iven, to seeing it as 'real work' or
as a social
rent. If no option fits in the
nd as your answer. contract.
blank, cho0se (E)
against E. None of the above statements
There can be no argument
01. domestic
recognizing that women's Q2. Institutions that the
government
compensation. Yet,
labour deserves selected as Institutes of
Eminence
even in a
hypothetical situation
,
are being asked to have only
60% of
is monetized,
where domestic work regular teachers on their
staff. The
intervention
this kind of affirmative others are to be adjunct
teachers,
could create a new set of challenges. part-time or visiting
faculty: they
Households headed by men, be it are paid less and have no
gratuity.
the husband or the father-in-law, are This is another blow to
education.
likely to view the woman as a paid
employee, deepening the sense of Regular teachers do much
more
entitlement that Indian men harbour than lecture; they nurture
academic
towards women and their labour. and allied activities, help
build
libraries, mentor
students, preside
A. However, relatively fewer women over admissions
and conduct
were also engaged in employment examinations.
and related activities. A. They alone can supervise
research;
B. Remuneration for household Work reducing their numbers will
affect
could put men off even further from research productivity.
sharing domestic responsibilities B. Learning may
priceless, but
be
since, according to their distorted education for all cannot be
achieved
perspective, women are now entitled by squandering funds.
to receive payment.
C. Transient teachers cannot
contribute
C. Despite the between the
links to the building of academic
traditions
"housewife and the factory worker, or the improving of
standards, while
the unwaged status of the former
the systemleaves students insecure. associated
ditions
D. In the world of coaching, we see accessibility
and affordability
the
utopia of free enterprise and the would allow
every
ection
ke
demise of teaching as noble work. to enjoy its
fruits. of soc
E. None of the above options E. None of the
above statements
Q3. Acording to the National Sample Q4. Apparently,

60%
of adults a
Survey, just 4.4% rural households the world
believe that around
the dawn of
in India have a computer against mint-new year
is ofa
a propitious time
14.4% in urban areas; 14.9% rural for making
wishes. me
households have access to the depressingly
Yet
honouring these
intenet against 42% households in resolutions is
a different
urban areas. India and the world are altogether.
Global matter
data suggest
not very different places when it 80% of the New
ear that
Y resolutions
comes to digital exclusion: almost are to be found
in
metaphorical
half the global population did not trash bins by
the
second week
have access to mobile phones or the February.
of
internet at the end of 2020, says a
That is because
study on global internet usage. they represent
a residual
altuism in
cultures that
needs to be
There is no denying the potential of
recognized
technology and nurtured.
it can and has
A. Even though
mankind
revolutionized human existence.
has the
morality and the
means to fulfil only
a few of these
pledges, the pitiful
A. However, opportunities provided by
success rate
cannot take away
new technology can act as potential
anything from the
importance of New
sources for promoting egalitarianism
Year resolutions.
in higher education, if access to
B. This makes it
important for the world
technology is confined to a certain
to wish for the
resurrection of
clientele.
empathy and
kindness this New Year.
B. As a result, inclusion made in terms
C. However, there are
the more sensible
of access is not geting translated into
ones who said the
best way to start a
quality educational experience and
New Year is not to
make any
equitable academic outcome.
resolutions at all!
C. Technology can even make a nation
D. People with
resolutions tend to
digitally competitive but no nation
demonstrate much
higher rates o
can achieve holistic growth without
Success with their
goals than those
addressing the issue of poverty.
without resolutions.
D. What need to be addressed though
are E. None of the above
statements
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Kerala, it absence of
any solid
Q5 lution for what is believed
solutio In the
with a ctable problem -
intracta. framework related
to their
an
to be conflict. flourishing, only the
more visible
man-animal
like
Kerala, and easily
measurable markers
house,
principle marks, employment,
salary, a
earteningly, has kept. this
qualify as
hear relocation of the etc. take precedence
and
mind. The
how
in the parameters on which
to assess
was seamless because
in their
settlers they were well young people are
doing
overnment ensured that
also
lives. While these
factors are
only with proper
resettled not important, they are
by no
means
accommodation, education and
had better access complete.
healthcare but also
future where
market facilities and
and A. We look forward to a
to
progress
livelihood young people's growth
and
employment. Alternative
facilitated, by
dependence and in life is gauged and
reduced their
a
themselves and
others, on such
depredations on the forest.
not
about diverse framework and
does
Conservation is not merely
scores,
A. elimination of remain restricted to
exam
numbers or the package figures,
vehicles owned
and
holistic enterprise
poaching; it is a square feet of
purchased property.
species, great or
where the survival of
become a
predicated upon the B. While India aspires to
small, is
millions of
knowledge economy,
protection of their habitats.
forests, blocking of people are getting
left behind.
B. Encroachment of
we don't
building C. Apart from the fact
that
natural wildlife corridors for
interventions
roads, and setting up of resorts
have have many robust
targeted at grooming
the
youth, a
hampered the free movement of wild
not
major problem is that
ndia does
animals in their own habitats.
about the
abate even have a theory or
model
C. Man-animal conflict will not
healthy growth of
this group.
unless the welfare of forest-dwelling
into D. The markers of
development in any
communitiesistaken
quality
consideration. nation are good
governance,
the ability of
D. Man-animal conflict is a complex
of education and
transforming the
face of the nation if
phenomenon that's a manifestation of
adequate education,
skills and job
the conflict among diverse
opportunities are
provided to them.
worldviews with regard to forest and
options
ecosystem conservation.
a
E. None Direction (7-10): In the
question below
3 blanks,
short paragraph is given
with
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the options, choose the one that provides c.
kindling d. latitude
the correct combination of 3 of the given
e.
liberation f. belitling
Words which fit in the blanks in the right
order. .
restrictions h. arousing
Q7. Yet women have been n A. bdf
B. aec
India since time they C. agf
D. agc
could not have survived ina E. None
society otherwise.
Q10.It
is clear that
a. self-sufficient b. egalitarian
prejudice cannot be
C. populist d. self-reliant
only
by criminalizing
prenatal sex
e. immemorial f. misogynistic
determination; more
important is
g. unworn h. self-infatuated the
that the problem
A. agc B. def may
not entirely lie with
the law
C. agf
itself.
D. heb
a. deep-
seated b. deep-rooted
C.
uprooted d. indication
Q8. There would be some hope of
e.
unceremonious f. fabricated
if
policies of the government pay g.
induction h. eradicated
special attention to women's A. afd
B. bhg
in order to close the C. ahd
D. ecd
gender gap.
E. None of
the above options
a. impairment b. immiseration
Direction(11-
16): SEVEN sentences are
. restorative d. insalubrious given below in
a random order. One
e. amelioration f. opulence word in each of
FOUR sentences has
been given in
bold, which may or may
8. improvement h. impoverishment
not be
correctly used. You've to replace
A. ecb B. adh those words
with appropriate words
C. gcf D. acf from the
options, if needed. After the
replacement is
done, arrange the
E. None of the above options sentences to
make a coherent and
Q9. must not become the meaningful
paragraph, and answer the
to check
questions
accordingly.
new normal;
something
(a) There
wasalways
the pandemic have led to the closure
in a
(AJennobling in this preference

ofschools and colleges,
country
of many kinds of skin.
the demand for education to go
10
online. (6) The
criticism it faced then
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(B)adynamic cnough for this C. cogent
D. discrepant
others which were
company and E. No replacement required
ith their ow lightening
with
coming up Q13. Which of the following
words
bother with.
products to should replace the
word marked by
with the rece Black
Lives
only (C)
tc) It is movement and this is not
Matter A. decrypted
B. discerned
movement of its kind - that
first
the is
D. pushed aside
fair and lovely' motto C. indisposed
the
attracting some reflection now, E. No replacement required
-lightening products of a of the
following words
The skin-l Q14. Which
(d) flooded the
well-known company should replace the
word marked by
Indian market
in 1975, with a catchy D)?
loveliness with a
name associating A. teased apar
B. queered
complexion.
fair' C. perturbed
D. slackened
even (C)deciphered
eSkin colour was E. No replacement required
to some extent the
to influence
recruitment of women in certain jobs Q15. Which of the following
orders is
advertisements not a correct order,
after the
- or that was what
Suggested. correct
rearrangement?
thing: Indian
() They were on to a good A. d b f
B. fag
society's longing for light-skinned
D. a e c
C. a ge
women.
E.. g ec
()Yet the prejudice was so deeply
(Dentrenched as to change Q16. Which of the
transactions in the traditional is the
penultimate statement?
marriage market among the middle A. e
B. d
classes and above.
D. S
C.c
Q11. Which of the following words E. b
should replace the word marked by Directions(17-19): In each
of the
(A)? questions given below,
three/four
A. preposterous B. overweening words are given in bold.
These four
C. thrifty words may or may not be in
their
D. frugal correct position. The
sentence is then
E. No replacement required followed by options with
the correct
Q12. Which combination of words that
should
of the following words should replace each other in
order to make the
replace the word marked by
(6) sentence grammatically and
contextu-
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combination of words that replace each (b)justice in a
that
other. If the sentence is correct as it is,
mocracy the
select E' as your option. encroaching on
the (cJexecutiv
(d)suspicion is
is
Q17. The (a)heads of the government
equally so. of
in A. d
finding a fair solution would have
cab
B. a d b
C. b c d a
c
been well demonstrated if its
D. c a b
(bJearnestness lent a willing ear to E. None of the above
d
options
those who toil on the ground to keep
Q19. The ugly
us well fed, because for the
(a)appeals
undermined
have
()perspective of a hearing is that it the
party's
(b)opinions
further, electoal
may well open out your mind and
preventing
from mobilizing
public jt
give you a better (d)essence.
()debacles
on some of
A. d a c b
the monumental
B. b a d c (d)warts
committed
C. c a b d
by its
D. db ca opponent.
E. None of the above options A. c d b a
B. b a d c
Q18. If the mixing of politics and religion C. d cba
D. bcda
is dangerous in a secular country, E. None of the above
options
SOLUTIONS
S1.(Answer B. Remuneration for

-
further discourage the
man to share
household work could put men off even
domestic
responsibilities.
further from sharing domestic
responsibilities.since, according to their (remuneration money paid
for work or
distorted perspective, women are now a service.
entitled to receive payment. put men off even further
from sharing
The context is - It can't be argued that domestic responsibilities
discourage
women's contributions to household men to share household
works.
works deserve payment. But, this may sense of entitlement - it
is a personality
also create another set of challenges for trait that is based on a
person's belief that
the women. In a situation where there is a they deserve privileges
or recognition
male head in the household, viewing the for things that they did
not earn.)
woman as a paid worker can intensify the A-Out ofthe context.
man's regressive mentality towards the
in
Fewer women were also
engaged
woman, which will make the man think
employment and related
activities.
that, the woman is bound to give
It can be a statistic.
service to him because she's getting
paid for what she does and this will C-It's talking about a
different scenarnd
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talking about
ncidering
housewives, free coaching.
l's
status of statement can't be linked to its (utopia an ideal place or
situation.
his statement. It's saying that, the demise of teaching as noble work
Ds
previous
nature of
women doesn't let women
wo death of teaching as noble work.)
ue household works as a "paid work') $3(Answer D. What need to

be
view
C. Transient teachers addressed though are associated
$2.(Answer - C
contribute to the | building
of conditions like accessibility and
traditions or the improving affordability that would allow
every
academic
hile the system leaves section of society to enjoy its
fruits.
standards,
to
of
students
insecure. The context is when it comes the
government, in order accessibility to computers and
context is - the
The on education, is Internet, most of the people in
rural areas
spend less
This
eminence are deprived of these
facilities.
recommending its institutes of teachers.
to
full-time situation is referred to
'digital exclusion'
only 60%
denied that
to have taken care of by in the passage. It can't be
Remaining spots will be
faculties. This is technology has changed human
lives
part-time or Visiting the
conditionsS like
a good hews for
radically. But,
surely not accessibility and affordability
also need
educational sector. Temporary
contribute as to be addressed because every
section
(transien) teachers can't
the
teachers can. They of the society deserves to
enjoy
much as the regular
come with
building of benefits(fruits) that
can't contribute to the
improving technology.
academic traditions or the
of standards, while the
system leaves
A This very statement
is conflicting
students insecure. On the other
hand, with itself. It says,
opportunities provided
regular teachers do a lot more stuff
than
as powerful
by new technology can act
just taking classes. They take care of sources for promoting
equality in higher
academic and other related activities, help education, if it's
restricted to a certain
build libraries, guide students, also take group of customers. This
is an erroneous
charge of admissions and examinations. statement itself. How can
new
(adjunct attached in a subordinate or technology promote equality
if it's
temporary capacity to a staff. restricted?
preside over - to take charge. (egalitarianism - the
doctrine that all
allied- associated.) people are equal and
deserve equal rights
A -
and opportunities.
It's contradictory. The passage is
against recruiting part-time teachers. But confined to -
restricted/Mimited to.
this statement is falsely praising them. clientele-a group of
customers.)
B-It's contradictory. The government is B- The phrase "as a
result' makes this
ying to save money. They arent statement an incorrect
choice. The fact
is
spending lavishly(squandering) on that inclusion made in
terms of access
quality
Cducation by reducing the number or not getting translated
into
regular teachers. educational experience
and fair academic
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outcome, is a result of some different pitiful success rate
pathetic
situation, which isn't mentioned in the
cess
Suce
of the actualisation of the
wishes. rate
paragraph. residual altruism
(equitable - impartial or fair.) selflessness or compassior
remaining
or generosis
C- Though this statement looks close, it's B-This surely doesn't fit in
osity.)
non-specific. There is no mention of
theblank
Globe data suggest that 80%
poverty' in the passagc. Year resolutions are
of the
to
be foundNew
(holistic rclating to or concermed with
-
metaphorical trash bins
by
the sec
wholes or with completc systems.) week of February.
S4.(Answer A. Even though mankind I's certainly a fact. How
does
has the morality and the means to fulfil New Ycar resolutions
it make
important for
only a few of these pledges, the pitiful world to wish for the
the
Success rate cannot take away anything
resurrection of
empathy and kindncss this
New
from the importance of New Year
Year?
(resurrection of empathy
resolutions. cmpathy.)
rebirth of
The context is - though people consider C This is contradictory.
This
the dawn ofa new ycar, a favourable time supports not taking New Ycar
sentence
for making wishes, they tend to forget
resolutions.
D - This is a general
statement.
those wishes after some time. Thosc
The fact
wishes don't get realised later. But, that people with resolutions
tend to
despite the fact that human beings have succced more than those
without
resolutions, can't be
because of the fact
the ethics and ways to actualize a very
sew that New Ycar resolutions
represent the
of those promises and compassion and sclflessness
which are
conmitments, this failure can't make
still left in our culturces.
the inportance New Year
resolutions, inferior. Because, New Ycar (demonstrate cxhibit or
showcasc)
-
resolutions represent the compassion and S5.(Answer - C. Man-animal

conflict
sclflessness which are still ieft in our will not abate unless the
welfare of
cultures, no matler how little it is, and that forest-dwelling communities
is taken
sclflessness nceds to be recognized and into consideration.
1akcn care of -
The context is man-animal
conflict is
(New Year resolutions are to be found an unmanagcable problem, but
it seems,
in metaphurical trash bins New year Kerala now has a solution to
it. Man-
resolutions will be forgotten. animal conflict will not
subside unless
the welfare of
forest-dwelling
metaphorical - imaginative or figurative.
communities is considered.
And, Kerala
trash bln- a container for the disposal of has kept his prínciple in
mind. Scttlers
waste matter.
wilh
Were rclocated without any
issues,proper
mint- brand new. the assurance of not only
propitious -favourable or opportune. accommodation, education and
healtheare
facilities
morality - cthics. but also better access to
market
pledge- promise or commitment, and employment.
A This statement only
talks abou
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their lives.
Web: animals and their
protecting the about forest- That means, if a young
person gets less
say anyth principle, Kerala salary or gets less marks,
he's not doing
does whereas the well in life. While these
factors are
also
It
dwelle just abo
about taking care of
mind, 1s forest-dwelling important, they are not at
all complete.
kept in welfare of
robust-solid.
the
communities.
illegal practice of intervention the
action of becoming
the
(poaching
ther's property.
anothe intentionally involved in a
difficult
assing on all- situation, in order to
improve it or
prevent
enterprise - a pursuit that's it from getting worse.
olistic
holi whole.)
embracing and
be more
principle. take precedence over - to
statement can't be a important (than something
else).
3 This
rather a fact. A This statement doesn't
look like an
eroachment - intrusion
It's on a person's
a
introductory one.
Because, "on such
etc.
nonspecific.
territory, rights, diverse framework... is
or
the natural home There must be some
description of
the
habitat animal.)
environment of an framework before this
statement.
man-
Thisstatement is a definition of (gauged-measured.)
p- can't be a principle.
animal conflict. It B- This is
nonspecific. 'millions,
of
(complex phenomenon complicated people' are nonspecific.
The paragraph is
eventoccurrence. about the growth of
young people
manifestation - demonstration. particularly.
philosophy of This statement
doesn't look to
be a
diverse worldview - varied D
the
in
life or conception of the
world.) match. The second
statement
paragraph In the
absence of
any solid
S6.(Answer - C. Apart from the fact
robust framework related to
their flourishing.."
that we don't have many
interventions targeted at grooming the their' cannot be
referred to anything in
youth, a major problem is that India the first statement.)
does not even have a theory or S7.(Answer - B. def
framework about the healthy growth of
in
Yet women have been
self-reliant
this group.
could
India since time
immemorial: they
The context is - we don't have.many
not have survived in a
misogynistic
strategies aimed at grooming and society otherwise.
training the youth, besides, India
doesn't concept of self-reliant -
reliant on one's own powers
have a
model/framework about the adequate and resources rather
than those of others;
growth of the youth group. In the self-sufficient.
absence of any solid/adequate framework time immemorial - a
time in the past that
Tclated to their development, only the was so long ago
that people have no
more visible and casily measurable knowledge or memory
of it.
markers like marks, employment, salary, misogynistic -
strongly prejudiced against
a house,
ctc. do get preference, quality as Women.
parameters on which to assess how wel
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egaltarian believing in or based on the
- latitude scope
lor freedom
principle that all pcople arc cqual and thought.
of action
deserve cqual rights and opportunitics.
or
belittle dismiss
(somcon or
populist- relating to or characteristic of a as unimportant.)
political approach that strives to appeal to
hing)
ordinary pcople who fccl that thcir
S10.(Answer C.
ahd
concerns are disregarded by established It is clear that
deep-seated
elite groups. cannot be
prejudic
eradicated
criminalizing
pre-natlal only
unworn not damaged or as a result of
sex detcrminatioby
more important
is the ion,
much use.
indicati
oroblem may not
self-infatuated
entircly lie withthat the
- having or showing a itself.
the law
foolish or extravagant love or admiration deep-seated -
firmly
for oneself.)
established;
rooted.
deep.
S8.(Answer A. ecb
eradicate - to
get
-
There would be some hope

rid of something
of completely or
destroy
amelioration if restorative policies of.
something bad:
uproot.
the government pay special attention to
indication a
sign that
-
women's immiseration in order to close
something exists,
is true, or is
likely to happen.
the gender gap.
amelioration - improvement. unceremonious
sudden. -
fabricated fake;
false.
restorative - having the ability to restore
health, strength, or well-being. induction - i) an
occasion when someone
is formally
introduced into a
immiseration - economic impoverish-
new job or
organization,
especially through
ment.
a special
ceremony.
impairment - diminishment or loss
function or ability.
of ii) the act of
causing an event or process
to happen.
insalubrious - unpleasant. ii) the process of
electrical power going
opulence- great wealth orluxuriousness. from one object to
another without the
impoverishment the process of
objects touching.
becoming poor; loss of wealth.) prenatal
relating to the medical care
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women before their
babies are born.)
Inequalities must not become the new
normal; restrictions to check S11.(Answer A.
preposterous
the
pandemic have led to the closure preposterous
- contrary to reason Or
schools and colleges, kindling
of
common sense
utterly absurd or
the
demand for education to go online. ridiculous.
Inequality - imbalance. ennobling - noble.
kindling- arousing or inspiring. overweening
showing excessive
Emancipation - liberation. confidence or
pride.
thrifty careful
with money.
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give
you a
frugal- food.)
better perspective.
moncyor
S124Answer--C. cogent earnestness
sincere and intense
compclling
convincing; conviction.
cogent-
adynamic- Jackingstrength or vigour. heads- persons in charge.
very wcaken and
essence the choicest or
most essential
in a
or
ebilitated
most vital part of some
idea or
state.
infirm
insincere. experience.
feigned- disagreeing.)
looking/thinking.
perspective - way of
crepant -
discerned lent a willing hear to
those
who toil on
S13.(Answer- B. -
words
or recognised. the ground paid attention
to the
discerned- perceived decrypt.
the ground.
decode or of the ones who work hard
on
decipher to or hearing-the ability to
hear.)
make (someone) unfit for
indispose- something. S18. (Answer A. d c a b
unable to do
religion is
- to
ignore.) If the mixing of politics
and
push aside replacement dangerous in a secular
country,
the
E. No
in a
S14(Answer slightest suspicion that
the executive
the
required. democracy is encroaching
on
established or deep-
entrenched well territory of justice, is
equally so.
that
rooted.
suspicion- a feeling or
thought
tease apart - to loosen. something is possible,
likely, or true.
queered spoilt or ruined.
concern.
executive the branch of
a
govermment
perturbed- feeling anxiety or responsible for putting
decisions or
laws
slacken reduce or decrease in

speed or into effect.
intensity.) territory- area or
domain.)
S15.(Answer - D. a ec S19.(Answer E. None
of the above
The correct arrangement is - options
The combination should
be -
dbfa 8ec
So, (a e c)isn't a correct order. d abc
S16. These ugly warts
have
undermined the
(Answer A. e is the penultimate
statement. party's electoral
appeals further,
penultimate - second last.) preventing it from
mobilizing public
S17.(Answer - B. b a opinions on some of
the monumental
de. debacles committed
by its opponent
The earnestness of the government in
inding a fair solution would have been wart defect.
well demonstrated if its heads lent a debacle-failure;
fiasco.
willing ear to those who toil on the electoral
relating to elections.)
ground to keep us well fed, because for
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ts
nature of bias in an
the embed
Sport serves as the proverbial
activity that
mirror to foster a sense
is
for social prejudices. This solidarity across
of fratenitymeant
sad truth was
and
reaffimed twice during the pushback against this
sOCial groups. d
ongoing Test series between India
isiveness The
and the ecosystem of
within
Australia. During the third
sport is encouraging.
Test in Calls of institutional
Sydney, play had to be halted
accountability no
briefly as longer rare in cricket.
are
two Indian players were
subjected to adopted affirmative
English football has
racial slurs by a section
action to
of the spectators. equal opportunity
provide
Even though, action was to
managers from
taken black community.
basis of a player's complaints on the
Laws against the
six behaviour are far more
racist
spectators were ejected from the
stringent. Yet,
stadium enduring nature
the
-the ugliness (A) of
racism
into the existence of a worrying
points to the
final Test in Brisbane where
(D)chasm that
the players separates the law
reportedly became the targets
of a game from
motivated taunts, once of racially- spirit.
its
again.
incidents-they are a malignancySuch Racism is not the only
this gap in sporting
culture.
manifestation of
have a long history in cricket.
In cricket,
From the
racial discrimination to
referring to a
sledging-it needs not
always adhereto
player as a terrorist", the contours
the game'sS of
sportsmanship- is
widely accepted as
evidence
multicultural roots have
of fierce
repeatedly competitiveness that makes
been targeted by primitive
sporting
sentiments. contests alluring. Sports
federations,
This is not to suggest that other
sports are spectators, advertisers,
even the law
an (B)anecdote of the spirit
More than 150 incidents
of inclusion. the stakeholders of
sporting competitions
of racial
were reported in English football abuse must be mindful of
the gap. Otherwise,
-
in 2020, the principles of

a spike of over 50 per
(E)_ and
cent. Ironically, (F) would be
weakened in sport.
protest against such differentiation
been penalized too. has Q1. What does the author
mean by the
C[A (m)calling of
protest against police phrase Sport serves
as the
(n)gesture
black people by a former against
Football League(NFL) National proverbial
mirror for sOcial
player, not
eaned him a public (o)savagery fromonly prejudices.' in the
first paragraph?
outgoing president of the United the A. Sport has an impeccable
answer to
States of
America but also cost him all social biases.
his (p)reproof
in the NFL]
B. Sport enshrouds the
deep-rooted
prejudices of the
society.
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manif
Sport society. A. incarnation
the
D.
bigotry of options B. embodiment
above
None of the C. exemplification
E
the following phrasal
Which of fit in the D. All of the above
words
02. contextually
verbs can paragraph? E. No replacement
required
the first
blank (A) in
the second
B. bristled at Q5. In
part(C) in
spilled over paragraph,
four highlighted
words
A. D. mulled over
placed. Below
fawned over may be
incorrectly
C.
combinations of the
boiled down are some
E. the
those words.
the actual meaning of coTect
sequence of
03. What's game's
multicultural You are
required to
choose the
line the been
repeatedly been
combination to make the
correct
roots have sentiments.
grammatically and
targeted by primitive
sentence
contextually
coTect. If no
paragraph?
in the first
choose
has replacement
is required,
diverse nature of the game
A. The option
(E).
again and again by
been aimed at,
B. n o p m
intense emotions. A. o n m p
is
D. m o n p
foundation of the game, which C. pn0 m
B. The
cultures, has been replacement
required
based on various E. No
mentality, now
attacked by mediaeval
Q6. Which of the
and then. is/are TRUE
according to the third

assorted
C. The amalgamation of
paragraph?
game is
measures demanding
cultures, on which the Despite
several
heckled by
nules, players
established, has been strict
attention to
over and
racism is a
superannuated persuasions,
partisanship about
works against the

over.
worrying sign that
D. All of the above statements spirit
of the game.
which intends to
E. None of the above statements IL. Sports
is an activity
estrangement and
'anecdote' in the second
further a sense of
Q4. The word
incorrectly used.
dissidence.
paragraph may be
words can
reaction to the discord
Which of the following II. The
negative
sports is
replace this word to
make the within
the ambit of
grammatically. and
propitious and they're being
sentence
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B. Both
D. BothI
C. Only 1I
and
A. Only I B. Both Il and IlI
C. Only II
E. All I, Il and
III Il and
D. Both I and III
I
E. None of I, II and Q9. What's the
tone
IlI
of the
first
author
Q7. Which of the following meanings
and
third paragraphinthe
is
respectively?
the actual meaning of the word A. Analytical and
chasm', as used
Perceptive
in the third B. Fallacious and
paragraph?
Discerning
C. Informative
and
A. a thing that represents
or stands for
Censorious
something else. D. Deductive and
Vitriolic
B. a set of circumstances E. None of the
above
in which one
options
finds oneself. Q10. Which of the
following
words that
will pairs
C. a difficult or unpleasant
correctly fit of
situation.
in
D. a marked division, blank (E) and
the
detachment, or
(F) in the
paragraph,
respectively? last
difference.
A. gall, kinship
B. faimess,
covetousness
statements C. evenhandedness,
assimilation
can be inferred from the
last D. justice,
resentment
paragraph?
E. None of the
above
I. 'sledging' and 'racism' in sports
options
have Directions(11-15): In
different embodiments and
each of the
for the following questions, a
sake of making sports
word has been
more given and used in three
statements.
fascinating, sledging You are supposed to
identify
doesn't
which of
necessarily need to be in the statements used the
word correctly
accordance
with the characteristics and mark that as your
answer.
of
sportsmanship. Q11. Abrogate
I. The thin line between the entailments In 1975,
Moscow decided to
of sledging and racial discrimination abrogate this
agreement.
must be understood
by the II. He has abrogated to
himself the
stakeholders of sporting competitions.
power to change the
rules arbitrarily.
II. Sledging in the nameof belligerence, III. The teachers are
accused of
no matter how much aggressive
it is
in disposition, is also a display abrogating their
responsibilities.
of the A. Only I
B. Both II and III
gap like the one that's been
created C. Only 11
by racism.
D. Both I and Il
E. AllI, II and II
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to him, the E. All 1, II and
IlI
Q12. stands next
Taylor
vlor in her
her grip.
harness still in Q15. Classic
horse's harnessedto
hnology is
motorbike from the
This for buildings of all
.It's a classic
orovide heat 1940s.
kinds. II.. I never read

modern novels and
for a national
such as
harnessing idea always prefer
the classics,
A which young people Dickens and Jane
Austen.
Il. program in
emselves to a year
a
ould
commit
I. Hamlet is
the classic example of
service.
community tragedy.
of B. Both I and II
A. Only I
B. Only IlI
OnlyIII
A.
III D. Only II
D. Both Il and III
C.Both II and C. Both I and II
1, II and II E. All I, II and II

E. All
Predilection Direction(16-20):
Below are eight
Q13.
situation needs to be statements, arranged
in a random
This critical order. These
statements
would form a
predilection.
tackled without coherent and
meaningful
paragraph
. She is hoping to
get a loan from her
of her financial
when arranged in a
correct
sequence.
statements carefully to
bank to help her out Read the
and
predilection. understand the
theme properly
his decision reflects answer the
II. Naturally,
advertisements
political and other considerations (a) Take, for
instance,
cure AIDS
including personal predilections. for products
that claim to
eritically ill
B. Both I and II or cancer,
hoodwinking
A. Only III
to seek
patients who
are unlikely
C. Only II D. Both II and III
much-needed
medical help as a
E. All 1, 11 and Il
result.
cannot only warn

Q14. Stationary (b) Such
advertorials
being
A. The store sells everything from food people
against the perils of
counter social
to clothing, stationary and kitchen
misled. but also
equipment.
stigma.
goes, is the
B. A stationary bicycle is good for (c)
Advertising, the maxim
art
of convincing the
consumer to
exercise, but you won't enjoy the
buy
something he or she does
not
scenery very much.
CThe whole place was stationary
need.
laws
with nothing moving at all. (d) The
reason is simple; existing
hold
everyone from advertisers
A. Both I and II
to
B. Only II
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following orders
ble for misleading advertisements, correct order
of statements.isthe
but what about government agencies the correct
rearrangement? after
that allow dubious products into the A. a e 8
B. h gd
market? C. d b f
D. ch e
(e) It is this risk that prompted the health
E. None of the
above options
ministry to propose the draft "Drugs
and Magic remedies bill, 2020 Q19. Which of the
following statemen
which seeks to impose stricter can be placed
between
T
the first and
penalties for misleading advertise- second
statement?
ments. Crookery is
thus an inescapable
() So, it's the government that should
part
of the trade.
administer to the need for raising B. Has the proverbial
stiff
consumer awareness by. issuing
upper lir
stopped
quivering?
advertisements which can be
C. But such inversion
is indispensable
effective in protecting gullible
to
the
majoritarian rhetoric with which
Consumers.
Indians have
grown familiar.
( This, however, has not made much
of a difference in reality besides D. The need for reform,
in turn,
arises
swelling the number of pending out of
infimities in statute books.
litigationsfiled by Consumers E None of the
above statements
seeking redressal of grievances.
Q20. Which of the
(h) But such trickery can have can be connected
contextually to
dangerous outcomes. the last
statement?
Q16. Which of the following statement A. Ifll be a sure enough
recipe for
is the antepenultimate statement, outright repudiation.
after the correct rearrangement? B. Say, herbal
remedies for curing

A. f B. b tumours sold by
politically influential
C. d D. 8 ayurveda experts.
E. e C. The failure of
the ban on promotion
Q17. Which of the following statements of tobacco
products to check
is the nethermost statement, after consumption
patterns is proof of this.
the correct rearrangement? D. Such as the one
against dark skin, tnar
A. C B. f advertisers
exploit to sell products.
C. e D. b E. None of the above
options
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manifests the
ver -D. Sport societ
bristle at- show anger or
indignation.
(Answer
Jong-1amiliar
SI. bigotry of the fawn over (someone) - to
praise someone
liar
well-known and
conte is - the too much and give them a lot
of attention.
The dices of the society are mull over (something) to
think
deep-rooted
sports. carefully about something for
a period of
reflected in racial
lot of discriminations this sad
time.
There are a
gender-based - in sports and boil down to (something) - If
a situation
or was once again easserted in the or problem boils down to
something, that
truth series between India and is the main reason for it.)
ongoing Test
Indian players had
Australia, where two vilification.
S3.(Answer - C. The
amalgamation of
bear the brunt of racial assorted cultures, on which
the game is
to well-known or established, has been heckled
by
proverbial' here means
long-familiar. superannuated persuasions,
over. and
manifest display
or reflect. Over.
or narrow-mindedness (amalgamation - mixture.

bigotry prejudice
assorted- various or
diversified.
orbias.
thing.
A -
saying exactly the opposite
I's heckled- attacked.
According to the context, sport
doesn't
superannuated - old;
outdated.
have an answer to
racism. It manifests it.
persuasion - belief or
notion.
impeccable - perfect. over and over -
repeatedly.)
saying exactly the opposite thing.
B-It's In the portion 'the game's
multicultural
to 'enshroud' means to hide.
by
roots have repeatedly been
targeted
C-It's alsocontradictory primitive sentiments."-
"multicultural
the
objectivity' means impartiality. roots' has been used to
describe
game's diversified
foundation; so many
According to the context, sports reflect
players from different
cultures play the
prejudice not impartiality.
game
deep-seated -firmly established.)
primitive sentiments'
has been used to
$2(Answer- A. spilled over mean ancient beliefs or
prejudices.
spill over -to spread to other areas. A Incorrect.
'primitive sentiments
(Usage 7he protests havespilled over does not mean "intense
emotions'.
to/into other parts of the city.) B Factually
incorrect. The game's
According to the context- multicultural roots has
been attacked
Even though, action was taken against six repeatedly, not now ánd
then.
Spectators, the uglinss spread into the now and then
occasionally or
inal Test in Brisbane where the players infrequently.
eportedly became the victims of racial now and then'
is the antonym of
attack, once again.
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repeatedly'. discord disharmony

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(foundation basis.
or divisivernes
visiveness.
-
pushback
negative
mediaeval old-fashioned something wrong.
reaction
unenlightened.) and
I - False. Refer to
Laws to
S4.(Answer D. All behaviour are far
more. against
-
of the above words.
stringent. racist
incarnation/ enduring nature
of
racism Yet,
embodiment/
exemplification a visible representation
of something abstract.
existence of a
worrying points to
chasm
ne
separates the law of a
that
spirit.
game from
rom
This is not to suggest that other
its
sporis According to the
context
are an embodiment/
-
incarnatio
exemplification of the spirit inclusion. measures demanding
Despite sev
of rules, the enduring
strict attention
It means This is not to
nature
-
suggest that other worrying sign that
of racism ie
sports represent the the idea that everyone
works against the spirit
should be able to use the same of the game, not
facilities,
players prejudice
take part in the same activities, about racism.
and enjoy
the same experiences.) (partisanship -
prejudicc.)
$5.(Answer B. n o p m I- False. Refer to They
highlight
A embedded nature
the
gesture of protest against police of
bias in an activiny
savagery against black people that is meant to foster
a sense
former National Football League(NFL)
by 'a
offraternity
and solidarity across
social groups.
player, not only carned him a public Sports is meant to
further
the
reproof from the outgoing president of brotherhood and unity,
not growth of
the United States of America but also
antipathy
cost and disagreement.
him his calling in the NFL. estrangement
unfriendliness
A gesture of protest antipathy.
an
indication/action of protest. dissidence disagreement.
savagery brutality.
-
fraternity- brotherhood
or kinship.
reproof- rebuke or criticism. solidarity unity.)
calling the particular occupation for S7.(Answer - D. a marked
division,
which you are trained; career.) detachment, or
difference.
S6.(Answer C. Only III is TRUE. chasm a very large
difference between
III True. Refer to
-
- two opinions or groups of
people.)
The pushback against this divisiveness S8.(Answer -A. Only
IlI can be
within the ecosystem of sport is inferred.
encouraging Calls of institutional According to the context
Racism is not
accountability are no longer rare in the only display of the
gap. Sledging also
cricket. English Jootball has adopted displays the gap and it
has been accep
affirmative action to provide equal as evidence of aggressive
behaviour in the
opportunity to managers from the black name of competitiveness.
community.
belligerence- aggressive
behaviour.
propitious encouraging. in disposition - in
nature.
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nowhere written in the Vitriolie- bitterly harsh or
caustic.)
False. t's
that, for the purpose of måking S10.(Answer
paragrap rtaining and fascinating C.
evenhandedness,
more ent be in
assimilation
sports doesn't t necessarily need to Otherwise,
principles
sledging with the characteristics of the
of
rdance evenhandedness and
assimilation would
sportsmanship. be weakened in sport.
nature does necessarily evenhandedness -
impartiality; fairness.
Sledging by accordance with the
be 1n
necd to sportsmanship. assimilation - the process of
becoming a
tics of
characteristic part, or making someone
become a part,
sledging it needs not
Refer to-
adhere to the
contours of of a group, country,
society, etc.
gall- malice or bitterness.
always
sporismanship.. "
accordance with. kinship- brotherhood.
adhereto- be in sportsmanship covetousness-jealousy.
contours of resentment - bitterness or
displeasure.)
sportsmanship.
characteristics of
has talked about S11.(Answer D. Both I and
Ill have
False. The paragraph
I-
the gap which has
been created by racism correctly used the
highilighted word.
abrogate-i) to end a
law, agreement, or
and sledging custom formally.
is no thin line between the
There
entailments(manifestation) of racism ii) to avoid something that
you should do.
discussed in the Sentence I has used the ()
meaning.
and sledging, the spirit of
paragraph. Both are against Sentence IlI has used the
(ii) meaning.
gap they've created
the game and the But, Sentence II has used
the word
must be taken care of by
the stakeholders
Wrongly. Here, 'abrogated'
should be
competitions.
of sporting replaced with 'arrogated'.
stakeholder a person or group of people take or
claim (something)
arrogate -
who own a share in a business.) without justification.)
A. Analytical and
$9.(Answer (arbitrarily on the
basis of random
Perceptive choice or personal
whim, rather than
any
Analytical - examining or liking to reason or system.)
examine things in detail, in order to
S12.(Answer B. Both I
and II have
discover more about them.
correctly used the
highlighted word.
Perceptive characterized by
straps and
harness (as a noun) -a
set of
sympathetic understanding or insight.
draught
fittings by which a
horse or other
Fallacious - tending to deceive or animal is fastened to
a cart, plough,
etc.
mislead.
driver.
and is controlled by
its
Discerning Showing insight and verb) control
and make use
of
(as
to produce
understanding. (natural resources),
especially
Censorious fault-finding.
- energy.
a noun.
Deductive- of, relating to, or provable by Sentencel has used
the word as
deriving conclusions by reasoning
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correctly used the
highlighted
Sentence lI has used the word as a verb.
word.
classic - (as an adjective
harnessed' is an adjective here) i) having a high quality or
But, sentence III has wrongly used the
standard
against which other things are
judged.
word.
ii) very typical of its kind.
harnessing' is not an adjective. It's
simply the -ing form of 'harness'. (as a noun)- a piece of
writing,
recording, or a film that is
a musical
harnessing? should be replaced with
well
and of a high standardand
lasting
encouraging' or "inspiring')
value.
Sentence. I has used the
S13.(Answer A. Only II1 has used the
word as
adjective.
an
highlighted word correctly.
predilection - a preference or special Sentence II has used the word
as a
noun.
liking for something; a bias in favour of Sentence III has used the (i)
adjective
something. form.)
e
Sentence II has used the Word S16.(Answer C. d
correctly. antepenultimate third from
last.
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predilection' should be replaced with ch a e g d fb)
delay.
$17.(Answer D. b
Sentence II has used the word wrongly.
nethermost farthest down,
bottommost.
predilection should be replaced with
predicament. The correct arrangement is
-
cha e gd
predicament a difficult, unpleasant, or
-
f b)
embarrassing situation.) S18.(Answer A. a e g
S14.(Answer D. Both II and III have The correct arrangement is
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correctly used the highlighted word. ch aeg d f b)

stationary not moving or not intended S19.(Answer A. Crookery is
thus an
to be moved; motionless; immobile; inescapable part of the
trade.
static.
crookery- deception; fraud.
Sentence II and IIM have correctly used
the word. inescapable - unavoidable.
(stationary bicycle - the cycle, designed The first statement -
Advertising, the
to be placed in a fixed position just with maxim goes, is the art of
comvincing the
the sole purpose of exercising with it.) consumer to buy something he
or she
does not need.
But, sentence I has used the word
wrongly. (maxim - saying; motto.)
stationary' should be replaced with It's talking about deceiving
consumers.
stationery'. So, statement(A) fits well
right after tmis
stationery writing and other office And the second statement
- But such
materials.) trickery can have dangerous
outcomes.
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only warn
statement(A). people against the perils
of being
B-Incorrect. misled but also counter
social stigma -
idiom.
upperlip,isan such as the one against
dark skin, that
stiff who stiff pper lip does advertisers exploit to
sell products.
who has a
Someone elings when they are
heir an
advertisement in
(advertorial
newspaper or magazine that
is designed to
esn't make
Upsetstatement doesn't make any nse
the
look like an article by
the writers of
This context. magazine.
this peril- danger.)
in
C-Incorrect.
in which
situation Advertorials such as the
one against
inversion' is
changed sothat it is the dark skin, that
advertisers exploit
to
mething is was before, or in
opposite what it
sell products.
tuned upside down.
which something
is A-Incorrect. It's
nonspecific.
nversion' can't be linked
to
for outright
word deception/trickery. It's talking about a
recipe
The
Advertising repudiation.
the
complete
D-Incorrect. outright
repudiation
completely different statement. rejection.
This is a after
this is
reform' is inappropriate B- This is surely an
example, but
The term
statement. nonspecific and also
carrying a negative
the first
'politically
about mental sense by using the term
Besides, it's talking
understood
the statute book, influential'. It can't
be
weakness arising out of
curing
here. whether herbal remedies
for
which is irrelevant
influential
mental weakness. tumours sold by
politically
infirmity -physical or ayurveda experts is one
of
the
statute book when a law is on the advertorials which
cannot only
warn
the formally
being misled
statute b0ok, it has been people against the
perils of
court.)
approved and can be used in a law but also counter
social stigma.
S20.(Answer - D. Such as the one
talking about
C-It's
contradictory. It's promotion of
against dark skin, that advertisers the failure of the
ban on
exploit to sell products. tobacco products.)
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the options given below that
the
replace the bold word so as to make no A. narcissistic
B. heretic
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future is as old as time itself. The replace the word marked
as (c)?
(b)demotic beings that humans are, few
A. gage B.
rage
things are as alluring to them as the
curiosity about their own future self. One C. montage D.
squeak
only needs to look at the popularity of
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latest (c)dig on social media for its filter, 04. Which of the following
words can
which allows people to see- and, replace the word
marked as (d)?
perhaps more important, to show the
world what they would look like 20 or A. curtilage B.
tinges
more years from now. It is also a rather C. clews D.
ravages
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the (d)cults that time and ill health can
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words can
But then (e)copiousness is known to kill replace the word marked
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wonder
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are whispers that this may be yet another C. peculiarity D.
tenuity
Russian conspiracy to gain (f)unfiltered E. No replacement required
access to the personal data of millions of
people. Or is it an example of the Q6. Which of the following
words can
(macabre brilliance of cosmetic replace the word marked as
()?
companies forever looking to increase the
A. unceremonious B.
unabashed
sale of anti-wrinkle creams?
C. unfettered D.
unaerated
replace the word marked as (a)? E. No replacement required
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ca
B. thrust Q7. Which of the following
words
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replace the of Icarners, the
party's
prodigul B. magnanimous (n)dispositions allege,
would help
A. D. fulgent the government
weed
sellsame
out
C.
replacement requircd (ocitizens- the
'anti-nationals'
No -from the more
pliant (p)critics.
E
rections(8- each of the
In
some
A. pon m B.
mp on
questions given below, words in
or may not be in their corre C. np m o D.
pn m o
boldmay sentence is then followed E. No replacement required
position, The
options with the correet
bynbination of words that should Q11. There is a (m)belief here
for
to lcadership in other
ficlds: (n)impact
replaceeach other in order make the
sentence grammatically and in and (ojimparting of
skill to the
contextually correct. Find the correct youth can have a
transformative
combination of words that replace each (p)lesson on the nation
as a whole.
sentence is correct as it is,
other. If the
as your option.
A. p m on B.
n o m p
select E C. m o n p D.
O8. The (m)fleeting argument in favour
on m p
E. No replacement required
of joint winners under exceptional
circumstances is (n)unequal; it
Directions(12-16): In each of
the
holds out the promise of equality,
questions below, a sentence is
given
however (o)convincing, in a deeply
with two blanks that indicate
that some
(P)moral world. parts are missing. Identify
the words
A. o m n p B. p o m n that fit in the blanks to make
the
m p on sentence grammatically
and
C. D. on p m
Q12. India's
bench strength is
Q9. The Supreme Court has decided to the result of the .
of the
(mirame directions in order to Board of Control
for Cricket in
(n)pass a clear and concerted India that has
invested heavily not
response from the nation, and has only in
infrastructure but also in the
asked for suggestions so can
it raw potential of
youth.
(0)sharpen guidelines to (p)ensure A. despairing, prediction
the infrastructure for the fast
B. formidable, foresight
delivery of justice.
A. np mo C. impressive, sloppiness
B m pon
C.pon m D. o m pn
D. enervated, prevision

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of the history
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D. laid-back,
contingence
A. appetizers, nonreciprocal
options
B. savouries, symbiotic
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C. tripes, synergic
staf
are given below, hich
are ments
D. morscls, fateful
jumbled
any random order.
These i
will form a coherent
statements
and meanineftul
paragraph, when
Q14. Indonesia
arranged in the
wants to correct sequence.
Arrange
working people first, since they are sentences in the right
the
order and answer

the ones most likely to the questions that
follow. er
the disease and spread it. Some words have been
answersome questions.
made bold to
A. inoculate, contract
(a) A sea of masked
faces
B. immunize, recoup
is the new
normal in cities
limping
back to life
C. indurate, snap back having stared
death in the eye.
D. besmirch, catch (b) In the film, The
Mask, in the
early
E. None of the above options 1990s, the life of
an ordinary
man
had been
transformed after a wooden
Q15. The deleterious side-effects of the
mask gave him the
power to alter his
approach to improve agriculture
productivity are very visible in the surroundings.
state now. (c) But this change in
habit, even though
it is necessary for
the survival of the
A. damaging, inducement
species, remains
far from universal.
B. inferential, plan
(d) In India, where the
coronavirus
C. deleterious, approach
graph continues to
climb, the sight of
D. corosive, diaspora bare-
faced citizens
obdurate
E. None of the above options roaming the
streets.is not ncommon
either.
Q16. Generally, urban poor are less
insecure than the rural poor, partly (e) Now, more than two
decades later,
because fallback work is easier to life seems to be
imitating art.
find in urban areas, but still, the ( A
number of
influential faces around
the
urban poor are exposed to serious the world remain
unmasked:
contingencies, both individual and countenance of the
president of the
collective. United States of
America counis
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a B. the quality of not wanting
to do
For assault of a
wheezing under the something
mask although not in its
virus, the C. the appearance or
expression of
oodenavatar, has emerged as a Someone's face
changing realities
Symbol of D. the quality of
showing shameless
statements
Which of the following behaviour
17. rock-bottom statement, after
is the
options
the
correct rearrangement? Direction(22-26): Each
question has
3. two sets of statements. Each
set
A. 8 . b contains a pair of sentences
wherein the
C.f first statement consists of
an idiom/
phrase while the second
statement talks
E. d
statements about a situation which may
or may
the following
018. Which of not depict the meaning of
the idiom/
is the
antepenultimate statement, phrase. You are required to
seleet the
rearangement?
after the correct pair/pairs which correctly
shows/show
B. a the meaning of the idiom in
the second
A. f statement.
D. e
C. c Only four options are there.
No option
E. d as(E)
Q19. Which of the following pairs is the Q22. A
wrong pair, after the correct I. I'm looking
forward to Sunday, the
rearrangement? only fly in the
ointment being the
fact that I'l
have to sit next to my
A. g a B. b e
father.
C. c d D. a c
II. You'll spoil your
appetite for dinner
E. fd if you have a
cake now.
Q20. Which of the following words is a B.
synonym of the word obdurate' in contacts
can help you get a
I.Making
the statement (d)? foot in the door
when it comes to
A. indulgent B. genial getting a job.
C. lenient D. obstinate lI. Her injury
nuined her chances of
E. None winning the
race.
A. Only A
21. Which of the following is the exact
meaning of the word B. Both A and B
countenance' in statement (1)? C. Only B

A. the of A
and B
quality of being unreasonably D. None
stubborn
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In
each
badly needs. following
questions, a word of the
II. The
has 1been
given and used in
three statement
weather there can be
You are supposed to
dentify
unpredictable - one minute it's blue
the statements used
the ord which of
skies and the next minute it's pouring
and mark that as
your answecr.correctly
rain.
Q25. Adage
B. I. This is a book
whic
LHe was talking so much that nobody
confims
adage that
truth is stranger the
else could get a word in edgeways! fiction.
than
IL. My grandfather is getting
old and II. The first
work of mine
can't hear very well. published in an
adage to be
wasn't a short
A. Only B story or a
novel.
B. Both A and B III. We approach our
technology
with the
C. Only A adage that it will
be the same,
but
D. None of A and B better.
Q24 A. A. Only II
B. Both I and II
I. But any time we can let the public C. Only I
D. Both II and II|
know that what we're doing is E. None of 1, II and II
above-board, honest and balanced,
Q26. Adolescent
it helps our profession in the long
run.
I. Healthy
development for early
II.
adolescent girls
is defined by many
But it is surprisingly easy to forget
tasks.
what you spend in a day.
B. II The books are
aimed at children and
L The security camera footage was the adolescents.
ace in the hole for winning the case. III. During adolescents
teenagers often
II. DNA test results were decisive in experience violent
mood swings.
proving his innocence. A. Both I and II B.
Only III
A. Only B C. Both I and IlI

D. Only II
B. Only A E. All I, l and III
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peekk
S1(Answer - C. cult i) a religious group,
often living
to look at together,
peek (at s mething)-
take a short time. ii) someon or something that has
become
something tor a very popular with a particular
group of
uriosity to take a peek into the
The time itsel people.
is as old as
future this line the strongg Curtilage an area of land
attached to a
meaning of
The look house
to know how the future will
desire long time. tinge -a trace of a colour.
has been there for a
ike,
slight hollow in a hard even clew-clue.)
dent - i) a pressure.
Surfacemade by a blow or S5.(Answer- A. curiosity
reduction. curiosity killed the cat it is
a idiom-
i) proverb used to wam of the
dangers of
peak- top. unnecessary
investigation
mountain.
crest the top of a experimentation.
push.)
thrust sudden copiousness -abundance.
S2.(Answer - A. narcissistic
wonder awe or admiration.
narcissistic - self-loving. peculiarity-abnormality.
demotic popular or common. tenuity lack of solidity or
substance;
heretic someone who has an opinion thinness.)
that is opposite to or against the
official or
S6.(Answer - C. unfettered
popular opinion.
lunatic mentally ill. unfettered- not limited by
rules or any
other controlling
influence.
ascetic characterized by severe self-
discipline.) unfiltered- not filtered.
unceremonious done in a
nude, sudden,
$3.(Answer - B. rage
or informal way.
rage craze or trend.
unabashed - shameless.
dig-poke or push.
unaerated- not supplied
with oxygen.)
gage a valued object deposited as a
guarantee of good faith.
S7(Answer E. No
replacement
required
montage a piece of work produced by
Combining smaller parts, or the process of
macabre-horrifying;
sickening.
making such a work; collage macabre brilliance two
contrasting
squeak a words, used ironically in
the context to
short, high-pitched sound or
cry.) describe the possible
conspiracy of the
cosmetic industry.
S4.(Answer - D. ravages
ravage prodigal extravagant
the destructive eftects ot
Something. magnanimous generous or
forgiving
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selfsame- exactly the same. communicating/giving
skill to the
fulgent shining brightly.) S12.(Answer B.
formidabi
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vo.
youth.)
S8.(Answver formidable inspiring
foresig
B. p o mn
fear or
The moral argument in favour of joint through bcing
impressively respcc
Winners under exceptional circumstances powerful, intense, or
capable; large,
is convincing; it holds out the promise of
impressi
forcsight-
anticipation;
equality, however fleeting, in a dceply
prevision.
despairing- hopeless.
unequal world.
sloppiness lack
of care
fleeting lasting for a very short time;
organization; excesSive
casualness, and
brief.)
enervated - drained of
energy
$9.(Answer A. n p m o
or vitality
S13.(Answver - B.
savouries, )
The Supreme Court has decided to pass
synergic
directions in order to ensure a clear and
savoury a palatable
dish, especially a
concerted response from the nation, and snack or appetizer.
has asked for suggestions so it can framne symbiotic - mutually
beneficial.
guidelines to sharpen the infrastructure (Antonym-nonreciprocal.)
for the fast delivery of justice.
tripe nonsense; rubbish.
sharpen to improve. synergic working
together.
frame to plan.) morsel a small piece or
amount food:
$10.(Answer C. n P mo
of
a mouthful.
Screening ideological dispositions of fateful having an
important and usually
learners, the party's critics allege, would negative effect on the
future.)
help the govermment weed out dissidents S14.[Answer A.
inoculate, contract
-
the 'anti-nationals'- from the more
pliant citizens. inoculate to immunize.
disposition a person's inherent qualities
-
contract - to catch.
of mind and character. recoup to recover.
dissident a person who opposes official1 indurate to strengthen.
-
policy. snap back - recover

quickly and easily
critic observer or expert. from an illness.
besmirch damage
(someone's
plaint-capable of being influenced.
reputation)]
weed out to get rid of people or things
-
that are not wanted.) S15.(Answer - C.

deleterious, approach
S11.(Answer A. p m on deleterious - destructive.
attraction or
There is a lesson here for leadership in inducement
other fields: belief in and imparting of encouragement.
inferential - relating to,
involving,
or
skill to the youth can have a
transformative impact on the nation as a resembling inference.
whole. corrosive - damaging
imparting of skill to the youth
spre
diaspora - a group of
people who
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appearance or
from
countrics.) expression of someone's
face
S16.(Answer
E. None
None of the above
cCountenance a person's
face or facial
options ons should be -
fallba expression.)
options
correct S22.(Answer A. Only A
contingencies.
and alternativ. plan that may be fly in the ofntment - a
minor
iritation
an
fallback emergency.
enjoyment of
that spoils the success or
used in an a future cvent or something.
contingency
about
is ossible but cannot And, statement l1 is
talking
circumstancece which
certainty; eventuality; exactly the same
situation.
predicted with
or gain a
be
contingence. get a foot in the door
have
or
bad or for first introduction to a
profession
excuse for something
olibi an organization.
failure.
about
a removing blame But, statement I is
talking
exculpation act of ruining chances.)
someone.
from S23.(Answer - D. None of A
and B
unequivocal - leaving no
doubt.
easy-going.) A shot in the arm -
something that has a

laid-back- relaxed and sudden and positive efïect
on
something,
last statement.
S17.(Answer - E. d is the providing encouragement
and
new
bottommost.
Rock-bottom - activity.
arrangement is - But, sentence I
is alking about
The correct
unpredictability.
bega c fd
to not be
either' in statement (d) Not get a word in
edgeways
IThe word
someone
makes the pair (1) (d) able to say anything
because
S18.(Answer C. is the else is talking all the
time
But, sentence lI is
talking about
not
antepenultimate statement or the third
statement from the last. hearing)
The correct arrangement is- $24.(Answer A. OnlyB
The ace in the hole -
something (as a fact

be g a c f d)
is decisive or
S19.(Answer - C. c d is the wrong pair. or argument) that
overwhelming.
about exactly
And, sentence l1 is
talking
beg a f d) the same thing.
S20(Answer D. obstinate above-board-
straightforward in manner
obstinate/obdurate - stubbornly refusing
about being
But, sentence Il is
talking
to change one's opinion or course ot
action. easy.)
$25.(Answer C. Qnly I has
correctly
(bare-faced shameless.
-
used the highlighted
word.
indulgent casy-going&
statement
Adage A proverb
or short
genial warm and friendly.
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expressing a general truth. adjective.
Sentence II an adage' should be Sentence II has used the
replaced with 'a book'. noun.
word as
Sentence II- 'adage" should be replaced
a
But, sentence Il has
with 'belief".) used
the wo
wrongly.
S26.(Answer A. Both I and II
-
adolescents" should be
Adolescent-
replaced
adolescence'
with
Adj (ofa young person) in the process Adolescence the period
of developing from a child into an adult.
of
person's life when they
are time in a
developing
Noun- An adolescent boy or gir. into an adult.)
Sentence I has used the word as an
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one ofthe by a blank.
Select the
and represented E. None of the above
statements
the four answer choices
est out of passage complete
make the Q2. A sudden decision for a
lockdon
iven, to
no option fits in the for 21 days from the
Centre cannot
and coherent. If
choose (E) as your answer. be easy for anyone. Eut
that is no
blank,
not be enough to excuse for the police to
wield their
Q1. t may
decriminalize suicide. Although that canes and
ods;
wrought
This is not
is one of the major changes
Health Care Act to suggest that police
throughout the
by the Mental
functional from country are behaving
badly - not
2017 that became
suicidal at al. They are, in
geneTal, doing
July 2018, the roots of
behaviour need to be
understood their best,
functioning8 as an
addressed. cssential service at
the time of a
and
The pandemic unprecedented
in this
NGO, Children's Rights and Shared generation.
the reflex
Parenting, has recently given a A. aygression should not be
disturbing account of the mental whenever there is extra
pressure.
instability of young people among B. and all of these
expressions spew
out
which self-harm and suicide figure unrestrained contempt,

hatred, anger
in a big way. and aggression.
perhaps the most important
communication and
A. But C. it accedes to the
dialogue come
inding of all is that the burden or the possibilities of
suicide falls disproportionately on close to an end.
India's youth. D. violence and
aggression don't
their
B. Inhabiting such fiction may lcad to a necessarily need to
restrained, as
should
always be
VIolent rejection of reality nature
unpretentious.
CAs a result, their deaths, like many in
the developing world, have no E. None of the above
statements
certiliable cause and are invisible to
quick fixes in
Q3. There are no
ne public health system and socicty medicine. But between
this theory
at large.
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antibiotics. Widely considered as a
targets
match interruption,
after
panacea for all ills, antibiotics are
bafles ceven
professional
cricketers.
prescribed for everything from
For
example,
curing common colds to protccting player on the field
each
is
cancer patients undergoing bowling) for a
particular batting (or
chemotherapy.
side.
A. After all, everyone
Recent findings
likes to
thrilling contest
watch
of the Indian Council of Medical
between
and evenly-matched
teams opposing
Research show antibiotic-resistant
out on the
field.
organisms in the digestive tractsof
two out of every three healthy B. While its complexity
and finesse are

persons tested. undeniable, it is also
associated with the
greatly
A. Quantifying the threat could be one
notion ofleisure
way of making people aware of the C. But apart from
the heartache,
pitfalls of antibiotic overuse. shattered dreams of
victory and
confusion that the
application utter
B. Such indiscriminate use has given
of the
DLS has often led to,
birth to superbugs which are
cricket, like
most other team sports,
operates
insusceptible to one or more types of
on
certain clear
understandings.
antibiotics.
D. This is not to say that
C. Lack of infrastructure and inadequate
the format did
not flourish-it gained
great
diagnostic facilities in our health-care
popularity as it
entered the
sector is one of the major triggers of
commercial realm.
the irrational antibiotic use by doctors
and the public. E. None of the above
statements
D. Rational antibiotic use is choosing the Q5. There is clearly a

problem with
right drug at the right dose at the right athletes' diets, which
are erroneous
time and no doubt this is one of the and unscientific. The
six-time world
comerstones of modern medicine champion in boxing, M.C.
Mary
practice. Kom, herself raised
concens in
E. None of the above statements 2016 about the quality
of food
provided to those
competing n
Q4. The rules of cricket are international events.
straightforward. Players and fans
Most of the
who have suffered on account of the
research on how women
athletes
notorious Duckworth-Lewis(DLS) should train is based on
what works
method might vehemently disagree, for men; worse, very
little of this
is
after all, this formula, to calculate
relevant in the Indian
context.
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is also not This development
is
worrying on a
A. It
various
roots of the
the crisis, since number of counts.
For one,
it betrays a
especially women, have to deep prejudice as well
hletes, as
a frightening
contend with odds
such
as poverty, lack of understanding
of
mental health
invisibility. and its correlation to
ejudice and, crucially, 1Q'
among students
and, by extension,
all citizens.
is
timeto overturn the barriers and Psychologists and disability
activists
It
B stereotypes, ecause every step to do pointed out that mental
iliness
have
and
gender equality intellectual ability have
nothing
is a step towards
to do
empowerment, with each other; a person
with a high 1Q
and women's can still be
women and girls can
deteriorating
Through sport, mental health.
to gather, build new
find safe places On what basis then will
the evaluation be
interpersonal networks, develop a conducted? It will
certainly hold out the
pursue new
sense of identity and
sens danger of grave mental
conditions in
opportunities. students being ignored.
This would be
unsurprising. given the
societal urge to
For, countries that do
not prioritise
D. render mental illness
invisible and to treat
women's health-care needs will bear the it with hostility. The
conflation of those
heaviest of burdens, not so long after. with mental ailments with
differently-
abled citizens amounts to
a blow to the
E. None of the above statements
dignity of both
marginalized sections.
Direction(6-11): Read the given passage These biases are mirrored
in the
carefully and answer the questions that discriminatory attitude
of the Indian State
follow. and society towards
mental health.
Education and equality are essential to the A[Tackling a problem of
this scale, at
functioning of a democracy, more so least in (m)educatees,
requires massive
because they are inextricably linked to (ninfrastructure
in terms of
each other. Both pillars and their linkage (oJinterventions and
trained personnel,
are,however, threatened when not just to attend to
(p)academe but also
discrimination in theguise of to counsel teachers and
parents.}
benevolence is perpetrated against
students. Q6. What can be inferred
from the first
This is paragraph?
what seems to have happened
when a recent circular sent out by the. I. Education and
equality are linked to
Central Board Secondary each other in such
a way that they
of
Education(CBSE) before the board
both can be
disencumbered from each
Cxaminations of Classes X and Xll
other.
directed students with mental ailments to
produce medical certificates using I. Education,
equality and their
their
Intelligence quotients(1Q) association are
at stake when
to ascertain
their "disability discrimination is
comnitted against
themselves level if they wish to avail
of concessions' in the students in the
name of kindness and
examinations.
caring.
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II. Both education and equality E. None of
the above options
crucial in a democracy and
discrimination against students will Q9. Which
of the following phrase
only harm them, no .matter how can
contextually fit in the blank
in
promising it seems to be. the
third paragraph?
A. Only I B. Both I and II A.
grappling with
C. Both II and III D. Only II B. getting
away with
E. All 1, 11 and III C.
plodding along
statements D.
fighting out
the
is/are TRUE according to E.
cramming in
secondparagraph?. Q10. What
does the author mean by the
the
I. The CBSE has sent a circular to phrase
The conllation of those
students of class X and XII, with
mental ailments with
commanding them to produce medial
differently-abled citizens amounts
certificates to make sure if they're
to a
blow to the dignity of both
disabled or not.
marginalized sections. in the
II. Students with mental illness, of
class
fourth paragraph?
X and XII will have to produce
A. The
conflict between those who are
medical certificates using their 1Q to
mentally
unstable and those who are
determine the nature of their
disabled, leads to hurt the sentiments

disability.
of both
the sections of people.
III. Students who are unsound mentally,
B.
Considering the ones with mental
need to determine their disablement
alienation and the ones with various

level in order to avail fee grant in the
disabilities as the same entity, leads to

examinations.
injure
the dignity of both categories
A. Only II B. Both I and II
of
people
C. All 1, Il and III D. Both II and IlI
dementia and
C. Merging
the ones with
leads to
E. None of I, lI and III the ones
with impairments
both
Q8. What's the meaning of the word offend
the self-worth of
betray', as used in the third
disregarded sections.
paragraph? D. Both B
and C
A. to fail or desert especially in time of E. None
of A, B andC
need
paragraph,
Q11. In
part(A) in the last
may be
B. to lead astray four
highlighted words some
C. to reveal unintentionally
incorrectly placed. Below are
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One of the
scqucencc of those words. You are biggest
contributors
course, the closed
is, of
required to choose the correct nature
of prisons
institutions.
as
BIThis
(m)perversion,
mbination to make the sentence combined with
overcrowding and
grammatically and contextually (n)opacity in which
the
inmates live, cnables

correct. f no replacement is the (o)camouflage
of power
as well as its
required, choose option (E), p)squalor.] Even though
the idea of
prison reform has
gained
momentum in
A. P
o n m B. mo n p thenation's political
discoursea major
o m D. n o p m facet of this are open
C. pn inmates can live with their
prisons, where
required
families and
E. No replacement find employment - it
is still heavily
Direction(17-23): Read the given focused on the ideas
of
rehabilitation and
socialization. But do
passage carefully and answer the
these concerns
adequately take into
account the changing
social conditions in the
country?
What
Power is a double-edged sword, and the about a prisoner's right
to live
without
depths to which humanity can descend fear and with a modicum
dignity?.
of
when the wrong edge is used, are often
The torture inflicted upon
the inmate
unfathomable. This was evident recently
at
Tihar seemed to be geared
when an inmate of Delhi's Tihar jail who
towards
causing not just physical
harm but also
belongs to a' religious minority was
humiliation.
branded with an "Om' -a
sacred symbol
for Hindus- and denied food for two Q17. What's the inner
meaning
of the
days. The atrocity came to light only after phrase Power is a
double-edged
the prisoner's family approached a district
sword, and the
depths to which
court complaining that his life was "in
danger" humanity can
descend when the
Wrong edge is
used, are often
The incident rings alarm bells on a
unfathomable.
in the first
number of counts, not least of which are
the numerous ways in which it paragraph?
violates
the rights of prisoners. A. The extent to which
power can be
The Supreme
Court has, on multiple occasions, misemployed against
humankind is
taken a
stern view of the
inhuman manner in often beyond one's
grasp.
which prisoners are treated
in India, and B. The extent to which
power can be
has issued a
(A)_of directives to
prison authorities for protecting utilised in favour
of the humanity is
the rights
of prisoners. In 2016, Parliament had often
unimaginable.
even amended
the Prisons Act, 1894 to C. The extent to which
power can
ensure the protection and welfare of jail
inmates. impact the life of
a human being
What, then, Direction(12-16): Read

the given
can explain the flagrant passage carefully and
answer the
flouting of
these directives? questions that
follow..
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believed, is a major f.
If delaycd justice spells doom, then the
the pendency ot
cases. At the in
most pressing question ought to be why is 2018, there was a
shortage of more end
more of
there a delay in the first place? This
5,000 judges in
India's lower than
question is of particular importance in
usually the first
point of contact
Tndia, where the legal system is burdened
etwec
the people and thec
judiciary. But
by an overwhelming backlog of cases.
flling
up vacancies cannot
expedi edite the process
Some answers seem to have been
provided by a recent study commissioned
of dispensing Justice
alone. Earlier
year, it was reported
hat lower this
by the Union law ministry and conducted
courts i
Bengal are at 92 per
cent capacity
by the Indian Institute of Managemcnt
Calcutta. The findings are grim: on an terms of judges. .Yet,
50 per cent of in
average, it takes over two-and-a-half have been pending for
over three
years.
years for a _ to get a judgment. The increase in he
number of judges
Worse, only 41 per cent of this time must be accompanied by
improved
administrative
infrastructure dedicated
involves the actual functioning of the
court. The reasons unearthed for these curbing case-related
delays. This can to
only
dismal figures include, especially at the be achieved with the help
of judicial
level of trial courts, the shortage and non- reform, which a democracy
must
attendance of judges, arbitrary undertake anyway as part
of its overall
adjournments, the absence of lawyers development. Without such
reform, the
and witnesses and prolonged legal burden on the judiciary
which has a
arguments. None of these concerns is direct effect on the
costs incurred by
new. For instance, a former chief justice litigants could mount
pressure on a
of the Supreme Court had, in 2016, made democracy's search for
justice.
an impassioned plea for the appointment Q12. Which of the
of more judges. Such worrying gaps in a
substantiate/substantiates the
democracy with functioning courts
contribute greatly to the public perception author's view
that only filling up
about the slow pace of the Indian judicial vacancies can't
hasten the process of
system. As the findings of the study dispensing
justice?
indicate, none of the problems feeding 4. Despite the fact
that there are judges
this perception has been addressed.
galore in the
lower courts of Bengal,
The long pendency of cases, for example, half of the cases
there are still in
raises questions about the accountability hand.
of the legal edifice to the litigants and, by
extension, all citizens. The convoluted b. The dearth of
judges, beget the
nature of the litigation process is another pendency of cases.
cause cited by the study for judicial
witnessed
delays. This inconveniences those seeking
C.Lowercourts in India
havescarcity and
a significant
amount of
redressal, given that significant sections
nature, s
t is indeed
detrimental in
of the litigants belong to marginalized
contact
communities with little access to they are the first
point of
the
education or the means to afford proper between the people
and
legal representation. The paucity of judiciary.
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Onlyb C. The lacunae in
the judicial system
A. c D. Only a the famine of
judges, sudden and
Both b and
C and c whimsical
postponcments are the
All a, b fresh
devclopments.
E. following words can
Which of the A. Onlyc
B. Both a and c
o13. appropriately fit in the blank
mos
nost C. Onlyb
D. Both b and c
paragraph?
in the irst E. None of a, b
and c
litigant
a claimant
Q16. The
author's primary purpose
b. purposes in the
passage is/are to -
litigator
c.
B. Only c present
findings that contradict the
Both a and c age-old
problems in judiciary
A.
b and c D. Onlyb
C. Both systems in
India.
E. All a, b and c b. argue that the
various facts and
author mean by the figures
regarding the malfunction of
014. What does the
phrase 'arbitrary
adjournments, the
judiciary system are not
as expressed in the passage? sufficient to
solidify the actual
reasons behind
case-related delays.
a. unwanted interventions by higher
authorities. C. express concens
on the subject of
the
debilitating effects of judicial
b. random and capricious pause during
trials. delays on a
republic and advocate
the obligatory
judicial reforms.
C. whimsical intermission in the
A. Only a
B. Both a and c
determination of a person's guilt or
C. Onlyc
D. Both a and b
innocence by due process of law
A. Only b B. Both b and c E. Only b
C. Only c D. Only a Direction(17-23):
Read the given
E. Both a and c passage carefully and
answer the
questions that
follow.
Q15. Which of the following statements
Power is a double-
edged sword, and
is/are FALSE according to the
the depths to which
humanity can
given context? descend when the
wrong edge is used,
a. Significant sections of the plaintiffs are often
unfathomable. This was
don't have accession to education, a evident recently when
an inmate of
great deal. Delhi's Tihar jail
who belongs to a
religious minority
was branded with an
b. The highly intricate and devious sacred
symbol for Hindus-
Om-a
nature of judicial proceedings bring and denied food
for two days. The.
about juridical delays. atrocity came to
light only after the
prisoner's family
approached a district
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descend
was "in
when
court complaining that his life wrong edge is
sed, are
danger. unfathomable.
often
in the
on a
The incident rings alarm bells are paragraph?
irst
number of counts, not least of which
the numerous ways in which
it violates A. The extent to
which power
prisoners. The Supremne misemployed
against humankind
the rights of
taken a
s
Court has, on multiple occasions,
manner
often beyond one's
grasp.
in
stern view of the inhuman B. The extent to
which power can
and
which prisoners are treated in India,
be
directives to utilised in favour
of the humanity
has issued a_ (A)of
is
prison authorities for protecting the rights often
unimaginable.
had
of prisoners. In 2016, Parliament C. The extent to
which power can
even amended the Prisons Act, 1894 to
impact the life of
a human being, is
ensure the protection and welfare of jail
often beyond
measure.
inmates.
D. The extent to which
power can be
What, then, can explain the flagrant
flouting of these directives? exerted to
influence human lives in a
wrong way, is often
scrutable.
One of the biggest contributors is, of
course, the closed nature of prisons as E. None of the above
options
institutions. B[This (m)perversion,
combined with overcrowding and the Q18. What's the tone of
the author in the
(n)opacity in which inmates live, enables second paragraph?
the (o)camouflage of power as well as its A. Instigative B.
Justificatory
(p)squalor.] Even though the idea of
prison reform has gained momentum in C. Misanthropic
D. Indignant
the nation's political discoursea major E. None of the above
options
facet of this are open prisons, where
inmates can live with their families and Q19. Which of the
following collective
find employmentit is still heavily nouns can be fit in
the blank (A) in
focused on the ideas of rehabilitation and the second
paragraph?
socialization. But do these concerns B.
choir
A. brood
adequately take into account the changing
social conditions in the country? What C. slew
D. swarm
about a prisoner's right to live without E. litter
fear and with a modicum of dignity?
Q20. In part(B) in the
third paragrapn,
The torture inflicted upon the inmate at
Tihar seemed to be geared towards four highlighted
words may be
some
causing not just physical harm but also incorrectly placed.
Below are
humiliation. combinations of
the corec
You are
Q17. What's the inner meaning of the Sequence of those
words.
correct
phrase Power is a double-edged required to choose
the
sentence
Sword, and the depths to which Combination to make
the
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correct.If nooptionreplacement is
(E).
the word facet' as
used in the third
required, choose paragraph.
B. n p m o
m p A. facility
B. term
A. n D. o m n p
m C. visage
D. status
C. Pno options
No ofthe above E. aspect
E. the
Whatis/are author's Q23. In the last
paragraph, there's a
Q21.
concern/concerns about the idea of blank. Which of the
following
nation's
prison reform in the statements can fit
in that blank as a
political discussion? proper concluding
statement?
of open prisons comes A. But before we go
forward, a simple
I.
The very idea
the inmate's
with the concept of question needs to be
asked. Who are
throw the
social exposure, which can Our prisoners?
into
people outside the prison, B. Is it not time for
these concerns to
danger. feature more
prominently in the
the idea of
Open prisons involve the discourse on prison
refom?
I life and the
the restoration to normal C. Just as humane
prisons do not win
process of learning to behave in a votes, the bad ones
do not lose votes
socially acceptable way, but these for any political
party.
very ideas should consider the D. But it is
frustrating that no consensus
changing social conditions in the
has evolved across
the world on this
country. relatively
uncomplicated issue.
I. The crammed and untidy condition E. It is
imperative that these
of the prisons leads to the lack of
recommendations are
incorporated
transparency which makes room for into law soonest.
the misuse of power..
A. Only I B. Only III
C. Both I and II D. Both II and Ill
E. All I, II and IlI
SOLUTIONS
S1.(Answer D. Young people in India,

- The context is To
stop treating suicide
-
As in
the rest of the world, are killing as illegal or as a
criminal offence isn't
themselves in increasing enough. Though it was
an important
numbers.
change formed by the
Mental Health Care
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ol respouse,
is a lot of
pressure. when
SUicides need to be understood deeply and
But that therc
mean that the police
do
addressed. Young people in India, as in
isn't doina docsn't
well. The truth is,
they're its Job
the rest of the world, are killing in this diflicult
time. doingthcir
best
themselves in increasing numbers. The B- This doesn't
scem to
NGO, Children's Rights and Shared
be
Parenting. has reccntly given a disturbing
its previous
statement.in line with
expressions Spew
out Which
account of the mental instability of young contempt,
aggression? unrestrained
people among which self-harm and
suicide figure on a large scale. spew out eject or
-
send out in laroe

quantities.
ge
decriminalize
something illegal.
to stop treating
C This is
contradictory.
How can
fact that the
police the
wrought by- formed by.
becomes aggressive.
can accede to the
communication
in a big way - on a large scale. possibilities of
dialogue and the
come close
A Though it looks correct, it can't be end?
to an
chosen as your answer. Because, itt's (accede to agree
to.)
talking about some finding, but there is
D This is
contradictory.
no mention of finding' previously in
It's suggesting
violence to be less
restrained,
this passage. absolutely
conflicting to the actual
which is
finding- detection.
tone.
(unpretentious
straightforward.)
disproportionately - to an extent that is S3.JAnswer B. Such

indiscriminate
-
too large or too small in comparison with
use has given birth to
"superbugs
something else. which are
insusceptible to one or more
B- Out of the context. I's talking about types of antibiotics.
living in fiction. Which absolutely doesn't
The context is
Antibiotics are being
make any sense here. considered as

a hypothetical
inhabit live in. remedy(panacea) for all
ills ranging from
fiction - something that is invented or common cold to
protecting cancer
untrue. patients. Such
indiscriminate and
C - The phrase °As a result' makes this widespread use has given
birth to
statement irelevant here. There is no superbugs', which are
drug-resistant
mention of the reason behind having no and they're not going to
be eliminated
certifiable cause behind their deaths.) bu certain types of
antibiotics. ICMR
has found antibiotic-
resistant organisms
S2.(Answer - A. aggression should not in two out of every three
healthy persons
be the reflex whenever there is extra tested.
pressure.
A Nonspecific.
It's not clear, what
The context is The sudden decision for threat this statement is
talking about.
a long lockdown was difficult for
everyone. But, this shouldn't encourage (pitfall- hazard ordanger)
C - The context is mainly
about
the
the police to exercise their power and
antibiotic-resistant
become aggressive. Aggression should emergence of
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particular format
organisms,
But,this
this
about a and this is clearly out of the
context.
context. It's talking
I' Because, the paragraph is
talking about a
scenario.
different the proper use particular rule or method, not a
format.)
focused mainly on
It's the paragraph hasn't S5.(Answer - A. It is also not
difficult to
ntibiotics. But
anything how antibiotics detect the various roots of the
crisis,
of
discussed since athletes, especially
women, have
taken.
shouldbe foundation.) to contend with odds such as
poverty,
(corners ne -
prejudice and, crucially,
invisibility.
- C. But
apart from the
(Answershattered dreams of victory The context is - The
paragraph has talked
the
artache, about the problems
associated with
confusie that the application
utter diet of a female athlete in
India. Athletes
and DLSIhas often led to, cricket, like
operates On diets are full of errors and
unscientilic.
of the team sports,
nost other understandings. M.C. Mary Kom, herself
raised concerns
certain clear in 2016 about the quality of
food
- the ules
context is Generally provided to those
competing n
The straightforward and easy
time, it
international events. At
the same
cricket are quite one such rule
understand. But, here is is also not difficult to
understand the
to which is very
the DLS method, various roots of the crisis,
since
as tans, who have
complicated. Players and athletes, especially women,
have to
notorious rule, would
suffered for this fight with odds such as
poverty,
disagree that cricket
has straightforward
prejudice and, crucially,
inability to be
rules. The way thís
rule calculate revised seen. Most of the research
on how women
been disrupted,
scores after a play has athletes should train is
based on what
professionals. But,
even confuses the works for men; worse, very
little of this is
confusions
apart from all the pains and relevant in the Indian
context.
has caused,
this particular method
cricket like most other sports work on
B-Out of the context. It's
talking about
gender-equality, which is
not the actual
certain clear understandings, such as
theme here.
each player on the field is batting (or
bowling) for a particular side. C-This sentence is
carrying a positnve
A This statement can't be connected to sense. The actual theme of
the paragraph
the last statement. It's a completely is negative. It's talking
about woman
different statement. athletes's struggles and
hardships in
sports. But, this sentence
is talking about
B- This statement looks relevant but,
woman empowement through
sports.
can't be connected to the last statement.
Because, the fact that each player on the D This is nonspecific.
"Pnontising
field is batting (or bowling) for a women's health-care' can
indicate many
particular side, can't be the notion of things.)
leisure. S6.(Answer D.
Only I can be
(leisure time available for ease and inferred.
relaxation.
Both pillars and their
linkage are,
notion- idea. however, threatened when
discrimination
finesse skill.) - in the guise of
benevolence IS
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C.
linkage- association. unintentionally
to
reveal
benevolence kindness.
-
Allthe above
options
in the guise of benevolence in the form
- of 'betray
themeaning
of benevolence. But, in this
paragraph,
that develon
perpetrated - performed or committed. reveals(betrays)
opment
a deep
well as a
frightening prejudice
At stake at risk.
-
as
understanding of
lack
I - Incorrect. It's written that education
mental hcalth :of
correlation to "IQ'.
and its
and equality are inextricably linked to
each other. lead astray lead
someone
That means they're
in the wr
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escape.
it's nowhere written in the first paragraph plod along- To move,
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students will harm them. It's written
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ones with
with mental ailments are instructed
to impairments leads to
offend the self
do so.
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disregarded sections.
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determine how much disability The conflation of
those with mental
they ailments with
differently-abled citizens
have, not what type of disability
have.
they amounts to a blow to
the dignity of both
So, nature of disability marginalized sections."
in the third
isn't asked for. paragraph?
Level of disability is asked for.
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of two or more
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sections, ideas, etc.
grant here in the paragraph. Only of fee
the into one.
term concession' s mentioned. marginalized sections
sections treated
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anything as insignificant or
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law.)
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(famine) of judges,
whimsical (arbitrary)
supplies, that a country or organization sudden and
uses in order to work effectively.) postponements
(adjournments) are not
S12. (Answer D. Only a is fresh developments,
they have been
there for a long
time.
substantiating or solidifying the
author's view that only filling up Refer to - The
reasons unearthed for
vacancies can't hasten(expedite) the these dismal figures
inchude, especially at
process of dispensing(providing) the level of trial
courts, the shortage and
justice. non-attendance of
judges, arbitrary
Statement (a) is making the authors adjournments, the
absence of lawyers and
View stronger by presenting a supporting witnesses and
prolonged legal arguments.
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concerus is new.
galore in abundance. a- TRUE.
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explanation.
facts and figures regarding the Instigative -
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are
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showing a
and the findings and recommended
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very large
power can be misemployed against
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something.
misemployed- misused. A brood of - a family of
birds or other
young animals.
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people who sing
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a very in the discourse on
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This This statement concludes
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disorderly situation leads to the lack of
clarity on their actual
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prison reforms,
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the power the author throwing a
question about
is being misused by torturing
them, gets featuring the concerms
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prison reform,
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who are our
prisoners? takes the
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disquisition
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legends but seldom pay heed to A. Only I
B. Only II
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children's
last straw. The the development
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capacity. This was
evident
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Loss of in the findings
of
place
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University,
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focus on soft
two
have led people to stated that
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means of
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better for sharpening
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girls and
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six months
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trafficking show sharp increases
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lingo
during every crisis.
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liveliness
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cannot
Covid-19 as
soon as possible
Q6. The suppressed National Sample
vaccine should be
be denied.
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Survey Office report on
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of the
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loss.
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c. formulations d.
expressions
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of effective policy is
III. complication, tactfulness
upon the of
A. Both I and II B. Only III the figures on
which it is based.
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b. contingent
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The what is being
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B. ecosystem
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d.
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correctly used
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the the
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statement(e)?
incorrectly in respect of the wrongly
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S1.(Answer C. Both I and Il

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believes humankind
has brought this terrible
diseaIse(ailment)
dissent disagreement; protest.
on itsel
republic - democracy. amity friendly relations.
mayhem- violent or extreme disorder, It's nowhere
chaos.
mentioned in
paragraph.)
the
blueprint policy.
-
s3.(Answer - B. Onlyll
The context is -
imperilment - the state of

not
Peaceful protest(dissent) against protected
bein
from injury,
harm, or evil:
govermment policies(blueprint) is part of endangerment.
the dynamics of democracyfrepublic), but
ptched batles between two sides on the disquisition - a long and
detailed
explanation of a
particular subject; study.
streets, the burning of vehicles and
attacks on houses and shops(mayhem) The context is -
have nothing to do with democratic Over 5,500 species of

amphibians, birds,
principles: it is tragic that the violence in mammals and reptiles are
sold to meet
northeastern Delhi has resulted in human demands for meat,
medicines
destruction and even death, with a clothing. lurury
items and
policeman killed alongside civilians.
pets(exploitationpoaching). The
despotism - dictatorship. study(disquisition),
published in a
It's nowhere mentioned in the research journal in the
United States of
America, not only reveals
that there has
paragraph.)
been a 40-60% rise in the
trade of
S2. (Answer E. Both I and II
terrestrial vertebrate
species, but also
discernment wisdom. identifies up to 3,000
additional species
inconsiderateness - disrespect; disregard. that are set to be at risk
of
- endangerment(imperilment)
in the future
pestilence pandemic or plague.
wilderness nature. ifcurrent trends persist.
infirmity -physical or
mental weakne
The context is -
Nowhere mentioned in the

paragraph.
The problem with human beings,
however, is that they love creating blasphemy - the action or
ofence of
legends but seldom pay heed to legendary speaking sacrilegiously
about God or
wisdom(discernment). Ms Goodall's sacred things; profane
talk.
warnings against disrespect Nowhere mentioned in the
paragraph.)
(inconsiderateness) towards nature $4.(Answer - B. Only I
(wilderness) and its creatures have had 1o
ranking-hierarchy.
be reiterated(repeated) once more during
the novel coronavirus coherence - balance.
pandemic(pestilence). She has lefi no The context is -
room for doubt in her recent interviews
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target
in India than girls

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and
Women.
Child
mean coherence) between
marriage and
balance
trafficking(trading)
archy(ranking) and equality(parity),
show sharp increases
during every
crisis.
imculcating{infusing)
(the last
straw the last
ne(constrain and encouraging
in a series of
discy more unpleasant
events that finally
sOCialization or,
recently,
makes you
feel that you
cannot continue
xchanging ideas and generally havir
to accept a
bad
situation.)
families grew smaller and
fun. As grew busi eating together S6.(Answer- A.
Only I1
eryone
became a
rare even attestation-
evidence.
ilizationthe act of organizing or
- vocation
employment.
preparing something, uch as a group of The context is
-
purpose.
people, for a The suppressed
National Sample Survey
nowhere mentioned in the Office report
on employmentfvocation) in
It's
ragraph and it's a near antonym of India bears
some deeply worrying
socialization'.
evidence(attestation) apart from the
affection love or fondness. rising
unemployment(joblessness) rate.
One such is
the decline in the labour
It's nowhere mentioned in the
force
participation(contribution) rate,
paragraph.)
which
measures the ratio of people
S5.(Answer - E. All I, lI and IlI employed or
actively seeking employment
conjuncture - crisis. to the total
working age population.
living-livelihood. assumption a
thing that is accepted as
contagion- pandemic. true or as
certain to happen, without
endurance - survival. proof.
But the
paragraph is not based on
trading-trafficking
assumptions,
but rather on evidence.
sitting duck - a person or thing that is the
object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule; soft compliance
the action or fact of
target. complying
with a wish or command.
The context is -
Nowhere
mentioned in the paragraph.)
In West Bengal, the lockdown because of S7(Answer -
B. Both I and II
the pandemic(contagion) toddler
infant.
was bad
enough; Amphan was almost the last lingo-
language.
straw. The
wo-pronged_assaul( an engrossment
- attention.
assault that involves two ways
of dealing blossoming -
development.
with the
problem) has produced no
ordinary crisis(conjuncture). Loss The context
is
of
livelihood(living) Less is not
always more- especially
and then, extensively.
oSs of home when it
comes to languages(lingo) and
and place have led people to
Jocus on soft the role
they play in the
targets(sitting duck) as a
esperate means of survival- and there
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appearance
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physical
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well
wo languages is beter for sharpening considered the only
reliableis often
attention development at the early stages (emblem) of overall health.
ker
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Mental
f life-namely, in infants(toddlers) as
young as six months old. struggleor
continues
recognition as
a signifo
liveliness the quality of being outgoing contributor to poor health
in
-
spite th
energetic, and enthusiastic. existe of the Mental
lealthcareof the
2017.
Act,
Nowhere mentioned in the paragraph.)
complication - a complex
situation.
S8.(Answer C. Both II and III
tactfulness having or
showing
credence trust. ability to do or say things
the
effectualness - efficacy.
without
offending other people.
approbation acceptance or consent.
-
These are nowhere mentioned
in
the
donee recipient. paragraph.)
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The need for inoculationfimmunization) There is another threat that
is perhaps as
against Covid-19 as soon as possible serious- the erroneous, yet
popular,
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inexhaustible unlimited.
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its absence regarding the wo vaccines verity truth.
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healthiness physical well-being unconscious - It's an
adjective. But it's
wellness also a noun.
emblem- reliable marker. AS a noun it means the
part of the
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psychopathy - mental illness. mind which is inaccessible to
affects
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behaviour and emotions
or the
There is ahways more to human health
than meets the eye. This is particularly subconscious mind.
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administrative.
coequal at this
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coequal equal or
equivalent.
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or obviously.
approval (as to a proposal).
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exists in the
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Television
media as well as for
the
digital media
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surprisingly
a considerable
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The system now coerces a person to surprisingly is the
correct word.
accept what is being given; turndown motif- subject matter.
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social justice.
diverse as(1/ (2)/ B. Believe that they are a
product of
taking tickets at an art exhibit,
social cognition.
(3writing a check for a relief
agency, (4Y and raising the funds C. Help to shape the nature of
their
that make the endowment possible. political system.
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taking that
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revealed?
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from nations sharing a
scrutiny, it was obvious that
D. Preposterous
flows C. Erant
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above options
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control of Indian
will
had collapsed after
the Q7. Which of the
following words
coronavirus-induced crisis. most appropriately
fit in the blank?
of
approach the
B. stoical
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Narendra Modi government towards C. vicinal
D. connubial
changing foreign direct investment
options
policy?
Imprudent B. Politic C
A.
feeds on
D. Possessive The poison of radicalism
C. Gauche
divisions, inequality,
majoritarian politics
Each of
None and its attendant
deceptions.
E.
India's
these elements is
integral to
democratic polity today.
The spectre of
most appropriately fit in the blank?
as
radicalism cannot be
toxic.
A. appraisal B. evaluation long as politics and
society remain
Q8. How's the author's
tone here?
C. estimate D. assessment
E. None of the above options A. Placid
B. Perturbed
B
C. Discerning
D. Inept
Couples getting married usually promise E. None of the above
options
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B. exultant
E. None of the above C. disheveled
options
D. demure
D E. None of the above
options
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following
when you get a service for free, you pay most
appropriately words can
for it with your data. Google, for
fit in the blank
in the paragraph?
example, knows not only who you
with over mail and chat, but A. condensed
B. abrupt
what your browsing habits are, where all C. ill-bred
you go, what your engagements are, as
D. protracted
well. It argets its ads better, using this
options
information, and makes more money. F
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to be against the
towards Google, in this passage? legendary bowler R
Ashwin
A. Laying bare moment. He has been
roundly at the
B. Incensed
criticized
by cricketers as well
as laymen
C. Solacing D. Warranting running out Jos
Buttler, a great batsman, for
E. None of the above options in the IPL which is

being considered
to be
against the spirit of
the game. But,
people
seem to have forgotten
that the times,
most appropriately fit in the blank much like the game,
have changed. The
in the paragraph? onus of upholding the
spirit of fair play
now lies not with the
bowler but with the
A. gainsay B. correspond batsman. Shouldn't this,
all of a sudden,
C. engage D. accord queer the pitch for Mr
Buttler and his
E. None of the above options supporters?
E Q14. What's the author's

approach
towards R Ashwin's
act?
A story has to have a beginning and an
end, right? Our TV serial producers seem A. Bombarding
B. Besieging
to think otherwise. The soaps never seemm C. bulwarking
D. besetting
to end. The script-writers try to stretch the
options
story by introducing sub-plots and new
characters from time to time. Sometimes Q15. What's the meaning
of the idiom
the TV channels are forced to take out the queer the pitch', as
used in the
serials when viewers begin to flee after
passage?
getting bored over the and
seemingly endless storyline. A. to spoil the chances
of success
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of someone
the author's mentality
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D.
None of
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Does the Andhra Pradesh government
G condemnation in the really want to catch the
criminals, or is
Going
ond the
beyond
the law meant to offer,
indirectly,
comment about convicts
Centre's for rapists? It
appears to be
cution, it has to be said that
elaying execut wouldaalso help those on
delay admirable, again, that the
government has
limits
d time reducin suspense and the
by
decided to make public a
digitized list of
eath row betweer hope and despair. The
deat known sexual offenders. However
scillation civilized this sounds, in a
country where
a kind of violation of
latter 1s Looseness in the schedule
framing and victimizing the
helpless are
cases helps no one. It So easy, his decision, too, does
not seem
ofdeath penalty
suggest a covert
indecisiveness to have been thought through.
may even
Tegarding the death
penalty that is built Q18. What's the author's
attitude
into the
system. Ultimately, it is this that towards the government's
decision
about
has to be
addressed: 1s India certain here?
capital punishment and
about the crimes
A. Distraught B:
Unwary
that demand it?
C. Eupeptic D.
Skeptical
Q16. What's theauthor's mental
attitude towards India's justice E. None of the above
options
can
system here? Q19 Which of the following
words
Resounding B. Consecrating most appropriately fit in
the blank in the
A.
paragraph?
C. Reprehending D. Discounting
patches
A. breaches 313B
C. hedges D.
intricacies
Q17. Which of the following words can E. None of the above options
in the paragraph?
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subconscious
level is direct and the
S1AnSwer - D. Might have entered the
text on a subconscious or involuntary level is indirect.
level So, it will, make the first
part of the
lt says sentence incorrect.)
that the biography of the author C.
Supports
and the text S2.(Answer
are related on a underprivileged children
Subconscious level. But, the conscious
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options except C are starting with a
Unperceptive - unwise.
gerund(-ing).
S3..(Answer D. Acting as a form of Errant- behaving
wrongly.
social cement, providing social groups Preposterous absurd.)
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connubial
beliefs and values connubial relating to
marriage
There's a grammatical error. relationship between a
marTied or the
conjugal.
couple:
rather than' is used as a coniunction.
As a preposition rather than' is farcical ridiculous.
synonymous with 'instead of.
stoical- enduring pain
and hardshin
Here viewing' is a gerund and *rather without showing one's
feelings
than' is used as a preposition. complaining.
or
Therefore, 'acting as' will make the vicinal neighbouring:
adjacent.)
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It should be-'act as') Perturbed troubled in
mind; upset.
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Placid-relaxed.
Politic - tactful; employing tact and
conciliation especially in situations of Discerning wise. -
stress. Inept lacking in fitness

or aptitude.)
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or good judgment. exorcize to get rid
of (something
Gauche- lacking social experience or troublesome, menacing, or
oppressive).
grace. brood i) to produce by or
as if by
Possessive - jealous.) incubation: HATCH.
$5.(Answer C. estimate ii) to think anxiously or
gloomily about
estimate (as a noun) - valuation; the PONDER.
estimated or determined market value of a unfurl to expand.
thing. pilfer to steal.)
appraisal an act of assessing something S10.(Answer - A. Laying bare
or someone.
Laying bare - exposing the
truth.
evaluation the making of a judgement
Incensed - very angry.
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about the amount, number, or value of

something; assessment.) Solacing- consoling.
S6.(Answer - A. Sapient Warranting -justifying.)
Sapient- acutely insightful and wise. S11.(Answer B. correspond
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exchange
safes in its big cat enclosúre will secure of written messages.
the marriage and will not let the partner gainsay deny.
accord give or grant someone
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disenchanted
.
disappointed by Someone
time limits to the death-
row convicts.
IS saying that the
schedule of death penalty
cases
Hde
looseness in the
helps no
disench
one and it's also
inhuman. He is
also
something.
capital
erultant-thrilled,
or questioning -'is India
sure about
that
(of people or their punishment and about the
crimes
disheveled -
very dirty. demand it?
appearance) Resounding-celebrating.
modest.)
demure protracted Consecrate - to bless.
S13.(Answer - D. Discounting-
disregarding.)
prolonged oroverlong.
profracte -
S17.(Answer B.
beneficence
-
sudden.
charity, mercy.
abrupt compressed or concentrated. beneficence - an act of
connotation of
condensed - and kindness with a
strong
l-bred-disrespectful.)
including moral
doing good to others
Bulwarking obligation; humanity.
S14.
(Answer C.
violation of
Bulwarking detending; protecting The latter is a kind of
or unpleasant beneficence/humaneness.
someone from dangerous
situations. Here latter' is
despair.
defending Ashwin's act by suspense
and the oscillation
author is reducing
has changed. Now,
The
saying that, the time between hope and
despair.
upholding thespirit of fair
a convict's
the onus of TIt means the
uncertainties in by
given hope
-
play now
not with the
les mind. He is being
bowler(Ashwin)_ but with the
other hand his
delaying the date, on
the are being
batsman(Buttler).
sufferings
despair and
humanitv is being
Besieging- harassing prolonged, and thus,
criticising.
Bombarding - attacking and violated.
Besetting- attacking and harassing.) pitilessness cruelty.
S15(Answer A. to spoil the chances of savagery-brutality.
success larkiness-
playfulness.)
The context is The fact that, the
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s18(Answer - D.
Skeptical
responsibility of maintaining the spirit.
questio
Skeptical - inclined
to doubt
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of fair play now lies not with the
with the claims.
bowler(Ashwin) but
Prades
batsman(Buttler), should spoil the The context is
Andhra publi
chances of success of Buttler and his government has
decided to
digital list of
sexual offenderS
an
supporters, targeting to criticise
Ashwin.) decision raises
questions in he
a
mind. Because,
in India,
victimazasng
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exploiting the
helpless are vEE
Keprehend express strong disapproval.
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high chance thai tras
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Distraught full of fear.
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contrasting
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some of the
carefulyand damage feared earlier seems
unavoidable.
follow. Effect". A A certain attenuation of the
free-ranging
called The Covid imagination is also a
possibility with the
is tracks the use of digital
company that attention fixed on a quickly
responding
children of four to 15 years of
also
evices by enormous sCreen. Additionally,
staring. at it
increase in screen
while
found an
pre-lockd times means straining the eyes
hours not
just from as the year confinement puts an end to
strenuous
too,
from month to month outdoor games.
hut
pandemic Youngsters
the
ofall ages continued to stay at home and Enforcing old physical
habits, such as
of parents often going to school again,
playing together,
have lessons online while
as well, juggling going cycling, swimming
or climbing,
worked from home
the same may not be too diffcult
when the
housework and office within
togetherness has its pandemic passes, as
youngsters may be
confines. Family longing to be freed of
fear and isolation.
can wear a bit thin
charms, but they But mental habits are
not as easy to break.
when there is to0
much of it and
The feedback from
digital devices may
nothing else.
equations and seem much smoother, more
predictable,
Amid a change in work-life and less troublesome
than from real-life
social isolation that started
abruptly, it
situations in which
interactions with other
was inevitable that
disciplining children
friends,
"
people and dealing with
immediate tasks
for turning to the screen to talk to
worth
no turn out to be too
challenging to be
to play or amuse themselves would bothering about. The
quasi-protective
longer be possible.
shell offered by the
screen is dangerous
The virus caused more than the deadly to developing minds
and personalities.
infection. There had already been serious
are
But again, the fact
that young minds
worry and bleak research findings about
impressionable is
also the reason for
addiction to digital devices and social
hope. They can be
made to change or they
media among children and young adults.
The
can wish to change
themselves.
From (p)abating sleep patterns to is
also a wise
Screen generation
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ways. The worries
epression to (r)sporadic attention spans and the research come
from adults
who
and reliance on (s)bruised mood-boosts
world.
have made a fair mess
of the
the harm was both physical and YoungsterS might yet
show them their
mental.
place.
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following phrasal
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D. wore down
and
social detachment
has
E. wore away
made an
extraordinary
situation where
Q2. What's the actual meaning, punishing children
for
getting the
according to the passage, of the help of
mobile/computer screens
phrase 'Family togetherness has satisfy their own
and societal to
needs,
its charms, but they can wear a is out of the
question.
bit thin when there is too much of IIL Though children are
directing their
it and nothing else.' in the first attention towards
mobile/computer
paragraph? screens to entertain
themselves
in
A. With too much intimacy between the multiple ways, they
can't
be
members of the family and no admonished due to
the changed
work-
unknowns, kinship amongst the life equation and
social insulation.
members is cut short.
A. Only.I
B. Both I and II
B. Family affinity gets nailed down
C. Only II
D. Both II and II
when there is too much affectionate
closeness between the members and E. Only:IIa
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four words
C. The delightfulness of family in bold may or may
not be correctly
propinquity dwindles when there is placed. Below
are Some
nothing else but togetherness only. combinations of
the correct
D. When there are too many family sequence of those
words, one of
which will make the
whole sentence
members living together in the same
place, there exists no such thing as contextually
correct. Choose the
warm fellowship among the members corect combination
of those words.
of the family. If no replacement is
required,
choose option (E).
A. qrpbs
B. rs9P
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D. rspq
is/are the actual meaning/meanings
of the second paragraph?
The very situation arising. out of the Q5. What, according to the
fourth
changed work-life equation and social paragraph, does the author
have
isolation, makes conditioning the apprehension about?
I.. The fact that, as children
are
children who wish to rely on
glued to
mobile/computer sereens for fulfilling mobile/computer screens
that ae
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influence
wrong turn.
the full-
fledged minds.
The fact that arduo alfresco games
II will no longer be there due to
. The partly protective
nature of the
Screens can easily have
a deleterious
keeping child within specific
cffect upon
underdeveloped minds.
bounds. III. The utterly protective
nature of the
The fact that dren who are screens can easily
influence the
L. attached to the mobile/computer
immature minds in a
negative way.
screens, their ability to envisage, that A. Only Il B.
Both I and II
knows no bounds, is being C. Only 1I]
D. Both II and II
depreciated, as the screen doesn't let
them imagine, by providing fleet
responses. Q8. What's the tone of the
author in the
Only III B. Both I and III last paragraph?
A.
C. Both II and III D. Only II A. Auspicious
B. Bearish
E. All I, Il and III C. Perfunctory
D. Captious
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sanguine in the fifth paragraph? Q9. Where does the author
seea
I. Young people may have a glimmer of light at the
end of the
yearning for disencumbering tunnel in the last
paragraph?
themselves of the fear of
internment. I. The grown-ups are
the ones who
perform
wretchedly.
II. The undemanding and
foreseeable nature of the digital I. Juveniles are
waxy and can be
devices. swayed.
I. Communicating with and I. The generation which
rely on the
responding to other people and mobile/computer sereens
are also a
tasks have become less grueling.
knowing generation.
A. Only III B. Only II A. Only Ill B.
Both I and II
C. Both II and III D. Both I and Ik C. Both II and III
D. Both I and II
E, Only I
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Column 2
matching the fragments of two sides,
which will form that particular phrase A. It can be
D. conjecture
that will fit in that blank contextually sensibly
that
we're undergoing
and grammatically. If no combination
can be formed, choose (E) as your B. we could
E. surmised that
answer. reasonably
we're witnessing
Q10. "There is a risk of the child ending C. we could
F. repudiate
that
up arrogant or frustrated. The onus justifiably
we're going
is on their parents and teachers to
through
maintain a balance in their
A. A-E and B-D
interpersonal relationiships and
B. Only B-D
says
Swati Popat Vats, president of the C. Only B-F
Early Childhood Association. D. A-E, B-D and
C-F
Column 1 E. No combination
can
Column 2
be formed
A. forbear giving Q12. While the
monetary
D. subjection in
implications
them everything from the
WhatsApp leaks
and other
related
transactions may
B. avoid
remain
them
rantingE. immurement in unknown,
everything be it
television, social media
or text
C. refrain from F. a free hand in
messaging
platforms.
bereaving them of everything Column 1
Column 2
A. Only C-D
A. these
D. a haggling on
B. Both A-E and B-F definitely ought
India's mass media
C. Only A-F to be
community
D. Both A-E and C-FF B. these are likely
E. a sensational
E. No combination can to be
discussion on India's
be formed
Q11. In this time, when
media binomics
we are being
bombarded with so much C. these are
F. a statement on
that was certainly going to
previously unimaginable,
India's media
. be
ecosystem
. painful.
isextremely
A. Only B-E
B. A-F and C-F
C. Only A-D D.
Only C-E
E. No combination can
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QI3.
trade can be an important engine of statements, given in a
random .order.
growth, but, if the second wave of When these statements are
sequenced
andemic leads to a further fall properly, they'll form a
coherent and
the
demand and commodity prices, meaningful paragraph.
There are
in various questions based on
each of the
too,
that engine, statements. Read it
carefully and
Column2 answer the questions that
follow.
Column 1
You've to read the entire
passage very
not be of D. for carefully, despite the fact
that all the
A. will circumventing statements are randomly
arranged, as
Use retrieval. Some questions can only be
answered
by understanding the theme
properly.
be E. for sustaining (a) A solution was proposed
last year for
B. will not replenishment.
inopportune overseas voters.
fruitless F. for enervating (b) But the impediments
that confront
C. will be recovery. India's migrant
population have not
elicited such concern.
A. Only A-E B. B-D and C-F
() Is the idea of equality
governcd by
C. A-E and C-F D. Only B-E dubious variables in
India?
E. No combination can be formed (d) Yet, in the 2019
elections, a third of
Q14. Consent seems to have been all eligible
voters did not cast their
commandeered by the Union ballots, and most
of them are believed
government;_ to be migrant
workers.
(e) This is
surprising, given that adult
Column 1
Column 2
franchise is a
defining principle of
A. it gives extra D. to individual Indian
constitutionalism; the ability to
weight choices. vote with ease
must be extended to all
citizens,
including overseas and
B. it determines E. who is to get internal
migrants.
what.
( This question
must be raised in view
C. it reprobates to F. what matters and of the concerns
highlighted by three
decide what doesn't. former chief
election commissioners
A. Only C-E with regard to
providing voting
B. Only A-D facilities to
migrants within India.
(g) The Election
Commission said that it
CBoth B-E and C-F
D. Only B-E
2 is ready to
provide the option of
electronically
transferable postal
E. No combination can
be formed ballot voting
to non-resident Indians.
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distinctions
is the statement, immediately TII. Equivocal set of
assessments
ensuing the third statement, after A. Only I B.
Both I
the correct rearrangement?
and I1
C. Only I1I D. Both I
and
A. 8 B. f E. None of the above options
I1
C. c D. d
019. What could be the
meaning
of the
phrase adult
franchise
Q16. Which of the following statements statement (e)?
is the hindmost statement, after the
correct rearrangement?
I. Universal right to vote
A. c B. d II. Common sufirage of the
common
man
C. e D. b
E. None of the above options III. The common justice system
for the
common people.
Q17. What's the most appropriate
synonym of the word elicited in A. Only II B.
Both I and II
statement (b), as used in the context? C. Only II D.
Both II and III
A. passed over B. unleaned E. None of the above
options
C. educed D. accredited
Q20. What's the tone of the
author in the
entire passage?
Q18. What's the meaning of 'dubious A. Discerning B. Carping
variables' in statement(c)?
C. Skeptical D.
Beguiled
I. Questionable set of values
SOLUTIONS
S1.(Answer B. wore on
-
've worn through two pairs of
work
wear on (of a period of time) pass, shoes since I started this job.)
especially slowly or tediously. wear down to make someone
gradually
(wore' is the past form of 'wear".) lose their energy or confidence.
as the year of the pandemic wore on - as wear away - to gradually
disappear.)
the year of the pandemic seemed to pass S2.(Answer C. The delightfulnes
o
very slowly. family propinquity dwindles when
wear off- lose effectiveness or intensity. there is nothing else but
togetherness
wear through to use (something) so
-
only.
much that a hole develops in it. delightfulness charm.
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closeness
oseness or togethernes turn to (something) get
the help of
propinquy-
kinship. something or to rely on
something or to
alfinity; turn attention towards
something.
diminish.
dwindle- societal/social needs
"to talk to
context is - when there' is only amuse
themselves
togeth in the friends, to play or
erness or staying
tOgethe the charn would no longer be possible.'
and nothing else,
sameplace diminishes." It's talking about
conditioning theto
family
together A-
children. Which is incorrect
according
Incorrect. It says, there is only
A -
and no unknowns. the context.
togetherness
noun neans stranger. III - It's talking about
admonishing the
"unknowr as a
thing mentioned in children. Which is incorrect
according to
there's n0 such the context.
But,
context.
thàt
refer to anything To admonish means to warn.
othing else' can
togetherness. insulation - isolation.)
other than
(something) earlier S4.(Answer D. rspq
cut short- to end
expected. From sporadic sleep patterns
to bruised
than
egos, from anxiety and
depression
to
meaning of 'nail
B Incorrect. The
on
find out or identify abating attention spans and
reliance was
down is to
(something) exactly"'. inveterate mood-booststhe harm
both physical and mental.
It doesn't
make sense in this context.
in sporadic- irregular.
D-Incorrect. There's nowhere written
memberTS
the context that, when
family bruised - hurt.
live together, the warm fellowshipp abating - diminishing.
becomes non-existent. It
doesn't talk
inveterate- chroni.)
about the absence of anything else.
S5.(Answer - C. Both II
and III
warm fellowship - affinity)
worry.
apprehension concerm or
S3.(Answer E. Only II.
"...confinement puts an end

II - Refer to -
discipline' here means to
punish'.
to strenuous outdoor
games.
The word 'discipline' has two meanings
as a verb.
arduous strenuous.
alfresco- outdoor.
One is to train (someone) to obey rules
or a code of behaviour, using punishment confinement-
person is kept
to correct disobedience. the situation in which a
The other one is - to punish. somewhere, usually by
force.
children closeted with

Ere the adjective for' makes all
the III- Refer to for hours
the day for
difference. the screen for most
of
months on end, some
of the damageA
.disciplining children for turning 10
unavoidable.
e screen to talk to friends, 1o play or feared earlier seems
free-ranging
themselves would no longer be
certain attenuation of
the
e imagination is also a
possibility
with the
pOssible.
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screen. fired on a quickly responding It's
talking about affecting om
fledged minds.
attenuation
But according full
reduction; decline; context,
developed, to
to
depreciation. being affected.
minds
closeted with the screen attached/glued
are
deleterious
harmful.
-
to the screen.
IIl- It's talking
ability to envisage that knows no protective nature
about the utterly
of the screens.
bounds- ability to have a limitless according to the
context, Bu
imagination. partially
protected.). the screens
ns are
swift/fleet - quick. S8.(Answer -
Auspicious
I- Incorrect. It's talking about boundless Auspicious showing
or
imagination taking a wrong turn, which is futuresuccess is
likely; suggesting that
out of the context.)
optimistic.
.
Bearish pessimistic.
S6.(Answer - E. Only 1
Perfunctory
lacking
sanguine - optimistic and hopeful.
in interest
enthusiasm.
or
I Refer to - when the pandemic Captious- fault-
finding orcortical.)
passes, as youngsters may be longing
to $9.(Answer C. Both II
befreed offear and isolation. light at the end of
the
and I1I
yearning- longing orwish. hope.
tunnel ray of-
disencumber - free oneself from burden.

limmer - flicker or
glow.
fear of internment fear ofisolation.) Juveniles young people
or
Il& III - These make the author minds.
yoúng
pessimistic. Waxy easily impressed
or influenced;
Undemanding - less challenging. re impressionable.
Foreseeable predictable.
-
Sway to persuade
someone to believe..
less grueling less challenging.
-
Refer to 'But again,
the fact that young
Refer to- But mental habits are not as minds are impressionable
is also the
easy to break. The feedback from digital reason for hope.
devices may seem much smoother, more III Refer to The screen
generation is
predictable, and less troublesome than also a wise generation in
many ways.'
from real-life siuations in which knowing - wise and
alert."
interactions with other people and
dealing with immediate tasks turn out to IIl - I's not the ray of
hope. It's rather a
fact.
be too challenging to be worth bothering
abour. ) Refer to 'The worries and
the research
come from adulis who have
made a fair
$7.(Answer A. Only I1
mess of the world.
Youngsters might yet
quasi-protective semi-protective or show them their place.
partly protective or partially protective.
make a fair mess of
something - ruin
developing underdeveloped; not full- something or perform
something poorly.
fledged.
grown-up - adult.
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inopportune
inconvenient.
S1oLAns
er C. Only A-F circumvent to avoid.
a
someone free hand in everything enervate- to weaken.)
the freedom to use his/her S14.D.(Answer - Only B-E
Someoneand to do exactly as he/she
dgment The context is -
individual consent seems
own
WISCs to have been
hijacked/seized by the Union
avoid. government and the
government decides
forbear- to
deprive. who is to get what.
bereave -to
or exploitation. commandeer - seize.
bjection - ondage
confinement.) reprobate - to refuse.
immurement -
SI1.(Answer-A. A-E and
B-D A-D will be contextually
wrong, as the
ise/conjecture - to guess something, context is criticizing the
government.)
Surmise
or any proof. S15.(Answer A. g
without having much
undergo-to experience
or witnes. immediately
ensuing(coming
reasonably/sensibiy/justifiably - using afterwards) the third
statement
judgment.
FOURTH statement.
good
repudiate.- refuse to accept; reject.)
is -
S12.(Answer- B. A-F and C-F ef a g b e d)
ought to be' and 'these S16.(Answer - B. d
these definitely
- the last
are certainly going
to be', are same in the hindmost statement
meaning. statement.)
astatement a report of facts or S17.(Answer C. educed
opinions. elicit/educe - to evoke;
to get or produce
haggling the act of arguing about the something, especially a
reaction.
price of something in an attempt to make pass over -1gnore.
the seller reduce it; bargaining.
unlearn- disregard.
It does not make sense here in this
Context.
accredit- to recognise.)
S18.(Answer - D. Both I
and 11I
media bionomics' doesn't make any
Sense.
Dubious doubtful;
questionable;
bionomics the study of the mode of life
Equivocal - giving good
reason for being
of organisms in their natural habitat and
doubted, questioned, or
challenged.
their adaptations to their surroundings; Variables
set of
ecology.)
values/distinctions/assessments.
SI3.(Answer - A. Only A-E Irrefutable - undoubted
or certain.)
SUStain - to keep something in operation, S19.(Answer - B. Both I
and II
maintain.
Adult franchise -
Universal right to vote.
plenishment - recovery or retrieval. Suffrage- right to vote.
fruitless-
useless. Franchise the right to
formally express
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Adult here means Universal.)

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fault-findir
S20.(Answer C. Skeptical Beguiled- tricked.)
Skeptical-questioning.
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describes a situation or a criminal provision to
arrest
with reference to
questions are asked joumalists, every time,
is alarming
the option that
the passage. Mark question. C. The fact that the
government depends
correctly answers that
it
with which journalists on a criminal provision
that lets
The frequency decide how to react to
resistance in
have been
arrested since the outbreak of
COVID-19 pandemic is quite every case, is
depressing
the by the
given
disturbing The reasons D. The fact that the
government has faith
arresting reporters
police across India for in a criminal provision
that allows
it
and editors of news
portals indicate that
is
prevent the to judge protests in some
occasions,
special provisions enacted to
disasters are unexpected
spread of rumour during
reporting on
being used to suppress E. None of the above
options
possible
political developments and The unsavoury developments
during the
governmental coruption. The most 124th birth anniversary
celebration of
egregious case involves a criminal Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
in Kolkata last
provision that the government
disappointing
week express seme
invariably falls back upon to suppress dimensions of contemparary
índian politics.
dissent. Just as West Bengal chief
minister Mamata
Q1. According to the context, which Banerjee was to address the
gathering, a
Ram.
side of the Government's mentality section of the crowd
chanted Jai Shn
Given the occasion and the
biner rivalry
gets revealed?
between TMC and BJP in the
state, the
B. Freeing
A. Absolutism chants can be construed as
unwarranted
C. Benevolence D. Prudence political sloganeering.
Q3. According to the
context, how
can
the the incident that
happened during
Q2. What's the literal meaning of the 124th birth
anniversary
case
phrase The most egregious celebration of Netaji
in Kolkata last
involves a criminal provision
that
falls eek, be descnbed as?
invariably
the government A. Covetous B.
Formidable
dissent.'?
back upon to suppress
C. Distasteful D.
Felicitous
government even
A. The fact that the
criminal provision E. None of the above
options
takes the help of a
difference of opinion,
to subdue the
Q4. What's the meaning of

the phrase "the A. reinstate
B. savage
chants can be construed as unwar- C. stigmatize
ranted political slogancering."?
D. bust
. The Jai Shri Ram' slogan can be
E. None of the
above options
The slow pace of
vaccination
considercd as an absolute display of
in man-
states and on-
show by
political rivalry.
scheduled
recipients reveal much
scope
II. The Jai Shri improvement. At cutent
for
Ram' chant can be
specd, it may
interpreted as an incxcusable several months before
the be
priority grouns
employment of political slogans. are inoculated and the
general population
qualifies. The risk of
virus
III. The Jai Shri Ram'
slogan can be
mutations rises
as the process drags
on longer.
seen as a violation of political
etiquette, which is totally under Q7. What's the tone of
the
author in the
standablc. above context?
A. Only III B. Both I and II A. Evocative
B. Apathetic
C. Only 1I D. Both Il and III C. Incisive
D. Criticizing
E. All I, II and II E. None of the above
options
As vaccination against Covid-19 gains Q8. What's the actual
meaning
steam across the world
of the
around phrase non-show by
scheduled
61.11million vaccine doses have been
administered globally the battle for soft Trecipients',
according to the
power in the form of vaccine diplomacy context?
too is gaining pace. This mirrors the mask A. Reluctance of the
receivers who
are
diplomacy seen in an earlier phase of the scheduled to be
vaccinated.
pandemic. China, which may have
B. Incoordination of
the receivers who
unleashed Covid-19 on the world due to
its opacity, is trying hard to salvage its are about to be
vaccinated.
image and project itself as a health C. Nonattendance of the
people who are
saviour by supplying Chinese vaccines to in the list of
vaccine receivers.
developing countries
D. Protests of the
receivers who are yet
Q5. How can China's attitude be to be vaccinated.
described as, according to the E. None of the above
options
context?
Farmers' protests are
strongly gendered in
A. Impertinent B. Impolitic our imagination. Many of
us think of
C. Outspoken D. Veracious women playing only a
supporting role
there, making chapatis
and singing to
soothe the menfolk. This
is a totally false
Q6. Which of the following words is a and jaundiced
characterisation. An
synonym of the word 'salvage', as NCAER estimate is that
women comprise
a high 42% of India's
agri labour force.
used in the passage?
Feminisation of
agriculture has been
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a case decline.
dbyby the migration
pushed century cconomy, Vaccine
may even be
detined the 21st elsewhere while
have men seek jobs wasting precious
in some
where
stay back
to look after the States. Amidst
suggestions that the
women
farming. worst is over, the
Home Ministry
What's the actual tone of the author has proposed
further relaxations
Q9.
above context? the protocols for
public activity
in the
Disconsolate B. Disparaging from February.
A.
Anticipative D. Excoriating a. vials
b. tide
C.
options hesitancy
d. contrast
None of the above
C.
E.
A. dbca
B. acb d
actual inner meaning of
010. What's the
D. adbc
the phrase 'singing to soothe the
C. cbda
menfolk', according to the context? E. None of the above
options
A. pacifying the men by acceding to Q12. India's

declining infections have
their demands. prompted a
further relaxation of
B. helping the men to make melodious activity
but there is no
cause to lower
the Genetic
sounds.
mutations of
the coronavinus in
C. trying hard to justify manhood.
South Africa,
the U.K. and Brazil
D. collaborating with the men in every
a new wory, with

way. implications
for those who have
E. None of the above options avoided
infection so far or have
Direction(11-20): In following
the recovered
after a difficult battle.
question, a small paragraph is given Poor
communication and lack of
from which five words have been
transparency on vaccine eficacy
replaced with five blanks. These words
data have
produced hesitancy
are given below the paragraph and
resulting
in low in some
they're arranged in a random order.
Rearrange these words in the correct
States.
sequence, so that they fit in the blanks a. vigil
b. uptake
make the paragraph meaningfully and
d. curbs
C. pose
A. beda
B. dbca
Q11. The course of the coronavirus
dacb
D. acbd
pandemic in the new year presents a C.
picture of with some rich E. None of
the above options
countries running out of vaccines, Q13. It is
no secret that Indians
tend to
experiencing a. of new cases
favour gold over other income
and deaths, and poorer countries
generating financial assets. This
going without access to vaccination,
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ntinuouS
b. resilicnt
has, for a long time, led to concerms
c. crippling
d. bountiful
about savings being wasted on an
metal instcad of bcing A. dbca
B. abdc
invested in productive business C. dcb a
D. acbd
activities. While such concerns may E. None of the
above options
be valid, policymakers would do
well by first tackling the issues that Q15. Children,
including those in school,
have explained the average Indian's should geta.
cooked meal
for gold. The metal's that is
naturally rich,
predominant utility as a
with vegetables, and
fruits,
against inflation, which protects the dairy and
other foods of choice
average investor lacking Fortified
foods can help
fill the
sophisticated financial gaps,
particularly in areas that
are in
from a depreciating rupee, cannot need of speedy
nutrition.
be ignored. It is also
vital that food regulation
a. hedge b. acumen views the
issue of affordability as
a
central
concem, because
C. preference d. inert
fortified food would

A. bdca B.dcab defeat the
very purpose of
C. beda D. abdc
fortification.
a. unaffordable
b. augmented
Q14. A good year is a time to prcpare for c. remedial
d. wholesome
the future, and if 2017 concludes A. dbca
B. dcab
with a monsoon and
C. adbc
D. acbd
harvest as expected, the Centre and
the States should focus on creating E. None of the above
options
the drought Q16. Scientific
to bring true
infrastructure. State governments nature back is
needed. The latest
need to prepare cities and towns for assessment
categorises more than
the monsoon on a basis. 300,000 sq km of
area as open
Clearing of urban waterways and forests with a tree
of 10-
creation of new reservoirs are 40% These lands
provide the
absolute necessities, since flooding opportunity to
bring back diverse,
has assumed indigenous
trees. Such a
proportions on the one ha d, while

combined with a policy
municipal supply of drinking water
against allowing
open cast mining,
unable to meet new demand from can bring about
a
expansion of housing. Dedicated efforts
will be required
to
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that the flames
protect the precious of the farm laws
would continue to
Northcast.
simmer in the near
future
b. mcasure
canopy
a. a. bitterness
b. resolution
renaissance d. reform
c. C. majority
d. deliberation
B. cbda
A. bcda A. bdca
B. cbad
D. dcba
C. dabc C. dbac
D. cdab
the above options
E. None of E. None of the above
options
that has, over the years,
017. A nation Q19.If the economy is
slow to recover,
thundered with the echoes of the
the stretched
could blow
beloved slogan, Jai Jawan, Jai
witnessed, on Republic Day, up into a crisis
with dramatic
Kisan',
images of the farmer
risks for the entire
against financial system.
India struggled to
and the security men turning
clashes come out of a
in the
each other.
took place between farmers who, shadow banking
sector in 2019; the
for months, have been protesting last thing it

needs is a in
against three agrarian the formal banking
sector.
laws and the police in parts of a. spillover
b. valuation
India's capital city on the occasion C.Convulsion
d cisisS
of a tractor rally that was
to coincide with the
A. badc
B. bcda
Republic Day celebrations. C. adbc
D. dcba
unprecedented b. contentions E. None of the above
options
a.
C. meant d. disturbing Q20. The PM said Indian
start-ups of
today would
become the
A. dbca B. dabc
multinationals
of tomorow.
C. abdc D. bdca
Sloganeering is
it is
much harder
deliver on a
to
Q18. The Centre, armed with a brutal
dream. Start-ups have
electoral did not pay had a pretty
messy ride in India
heed to these codes of because the
government has not
while enacting the set of laws in the been able to
create a
first place. Its attempts at- ecosystem.
The biggest challenge
the farmers allege, have been for a start-up
is the compulsion to
insincere. The farmer unions, too, raise funds to
scale up operations as
are on uncertain teritory after the young investors
slog through the
flare-up. The escalating.
task of meeting
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to bag C.
choice, decision
investors.
a. Sisyphean D.
deliverance, firmness
b. nurturing
C. gilded E. Nonc of
the above
options
d. glib
A. adbc 023. She
expresses grief
B. dcba that in
hard times, more and the
C. dbca
peonlepe
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D. bdca
each other. WOuld
of the above options A.
contact, check out
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inscribe
introduced in SBI PO
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in, reach out
Directions(21-25):
In each of the D. show up,
abjure
questions below, a
with one blank that sentence is given E. None of
the above
options
part is missing. The indicates that a
followed by four sentence is then 24. When
poverty hits
the couple,
Choose the pair of pairs of words.
silence descends heavily, the
the
correctly fit in the blank.words that will
leaving
them
alone to
Each
thechosen pair has to fit in theword of
blank A. grieve,
beam
contextually and grammatically.
pair can fit, choose (E) as If no B. suffer,
grin
your answer.
C. lament,
ravish
Q21. The better we understand
how and D. moum,
bemoan
where the SARS-CoV-2 transmis-
sion takes place, the more E. None of
the above options
effectively we can make targeted Q25. Is it
only citizens who are suffering
to reduce its from
pandemic or are
spread.
governments showing it as well?
A. intercession, mediation A. fatigue,
burnout
B. intervention, interposition B. collapse,
drive
C. interference, involution C.
exhaustion, dash
D. interpolation, strategy D. apathy,
vigor
E. None of the above options E. None of
the above options
Q22. The government has done wellto Direction(26-
28): Below are three
reject the recent Organisation of sentences with
one blank in each. These
Islamic Cooperation sentences are
then followed by some
on
Kashmir. Words. Choose
one single word whieh
will fitin all
three blanks to make the
A. resolution, call sentences
contextually and
B. proposition, aversion grammatically

correct.
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C. persuade
Q26. notifica arly this week, E. None of

the above options
The
Below are two
online under the Direction(29-30):
bringing all
in
ministry, has raised sentences with
some words given
Union
may or
of theconcerns. bold in each
sentenece. They
Below are
many may not be
correctly placed.
combinations of the correct

. A
solution 1s most
outside the
likely to fall
of the
some
sequence of
those words.
Choose the
sequence which
Constitution. correct
combination
sentences
will make both
of the
issues should fall
grammatically
the outstanding contextually
and
I.All of the talks. correct. If no
replacement
ís required,
within the
answer.
B. compass choose option
(E) as your
portion
A. Q29.
D. instance
culture of
C. circs options
I. The
(m)overwhelming
augmented by
E. None
of the above
shame and silence,
to teach
(n)assured unwillingness
Q27.
between
which was developed
children to differentiate
The vaccine,
minors at
German fim BioNTech,
good and bad touch, puts
along with
prove its long-tem
still has to
TISk.
and efficacy.
(o)prevailing,
I.
While the urgency is
airlifted to
must guarantee
II. The survivors were
governments
(p)parental medical protocols and
because of the nature

speed
II. The fact is that,
opmnn
at
B.
of her injuries, her
is A.
mpon
pnmo D. onmp
constant risk. * C.
B. refuge
required
A. aegis E. No
replacement
D. safety Q30.
C. peril
projected himself to
options. L
The leader who
of law and order,
be
a (mcustodian
the
Q28.
thought nothing to protect
has worked hard
The Prime Minister
(n)house of democracy.
industry that India
global
to
(o}elarion call cannot
ideal investment IL.
The leader's
presents an
the party needs to put
be
ignored, but
opportunity.
its (p)citadel
in order if it hopes to
want to go, nothing
responsibility.
II. If she doesn't
take on this
her.
B. on mp
you can say wil A.
mpon
trying:t0
opmn D. mnpo
III. We're C.
manufacturers to sell them here. E. No
replacement
required.
B. deter
A. reproach
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S1.(Answer A. Absolutism I -
Incorrect. It's talking about
political
Absolutism dominance through threat rivalry.
of punishment. III -
Incorrect. Tt's talking about
violation
of political etiquette the
Freeing liberation.
being
totally
understandable.
Benevolence -kindness.
Prudence wisdom.)
-
But,
according to the context, the act
unjustifiable, not understandable, is

S2.(Answer A. The government even
takes the help of a criminal provision to etiquette
- good manners.)
subdue the difference of opiníon, S5.(Answer
E. None of
without fail. options
the above
e
Literal meaning exact meaning.
-
China's
attitude is tactful or diplomatie
Invariably without fail; every time. here.
Dissent a difference of opinion. Impertinent
rude.
Suppress - to subdue. Impolitic
tactless or undiplomatic.
Fall back upon to depend on or to rely
-
Outspoken -
straightforward.
on.
Veracious
truthful.)
-
Egregious shocking.
B Incorrect. It's talking about arrestingg
- S6.(Answer
A. reinstate
-
JOurnalists. Salvage to
reinstate or restore
C Incorrect. It's talking about reacting Savage to

brutally attack.
to resistance.
Stigmatize
accuse or condemn openly.
D -
Incorrect. It's talking about judging
protests occasionally.) Bust- to
ruin.)
S3.(Answer C. Distasteful. $7.(Answer C.
Incisive
Distasteful offensive or disgusting.
- Incisive
expressing an idea or opinion in
a clear and
direct way that shows good
Refer to the first line The unsavoury understanding
of what is important.
developments.
unsavory distasteful.
-
The author is
suggesting improvements in
the
vaccination process.
S4.(Answer - C. Only II
can be construed as Evocative
making you remember or
can be imagine
something pleasant.
interpreted/seen as.
Apathetic -
indifferent.)
unwarranted unjustifiable or
inexcusable. S8.(Answer -
C. Nonattendance of the
Sloganeering employment of political people who are
in the list of vaccine
slogans. receivers.
Non-show -
absence or nonattendance.
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Reluctance - coordination.) inert- no longer
useful or dormant.)
Incoordination - lack of
Excoriating S14.(Answer E. None of
the above
s9.(Answer - D, options
strong disapproval of
Excoriate - express The right order - d ba
e
condemn.
or to
Disconsolate - very sad.
rs bountiful- ample or
abundant.
to handle a
drought-resilient
able
Disparaging derogatory.
-
prolonged period
of abnormally low
Anticipative- hopeful.) rainfall.
men by
S10.1Answer A. pacifying the crippling-serious and
harmful.)
demands.
acceding to their S15 Answer A. dbca
is displaying his
The author little augmented - enriched.
disapproval with the help of a
remedialgiving
or intended as a
irony.
remedy or cure.
(acceding to their demands agreeing
to
their demands. wholesome- healthy.)

pacify to appease.) S16.(Answer - C.d ab
c
menfolk- a group of men considered tree canopy tree

shade; the branches
collectively; men. and leaves that spread
out at the top of a
group of trees forming
a type of roofi.
B- Incorrect. Out of the context.
reform-improvement.
C-Incorrect.
manhood' is a positive term. lt means - renaissance - revival.
the state of being a man. measure- course of
action.)
D
- Incorrect. 'collaborating' is also a S17 Answer B. d a bc
positive term.]
never done or known
Unprecedented
S11(Answer A. d b - ca before.
vial a small container, typically contentious -
controversial.)
cylindrical and made of glass, used E.
None of the above
S18.(Answer
especially for holding liquid medicines.
optioas
hesitancy - unwillingness.)
The correct order -c
dba
S12.(Answer - C. dacb
majority electoral
electoral
vigil a period of wakefulness. predominance.
uptake- understanding. deliberation
long and careful
pose - to come to attention as. consideration or
discussion.
curb restriction.) resolution-

commitiment or pledge.
S13.(Answer - B. d e a b bitterness anger and
disappointinent at
being treated
unfairly; resentment.)
hedge -protection.
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A. b adc firmness the quality
valuation an estimation of
of having
almost unyiclding
surfacc or a
Somcthing, especially the worth o
structure.olid,
deliverance' and
"decision'
professional valuer. onc carried out by a
can al
in the blank.)
spillover the cffects
-
activity S23.(Answer - C. check
in,
have spread further of
anthat
than was originally
reach out
intended. check in/ reach out/
contact -
communicate.
attempt
convulsion -a violent disturbancc.)
to
check out - 1)
$20.(Answer -B.d
cxamine to determin
cba accuracy.
mine
Sisyphean task a 1ask that can never
be i) confim and pay for
goods.
complcted.
inscribe write or
carve
glib speaking or spoken in a symbols)
(words
confident on something,
especially or
way, but without careful
as a
thought or formal or permanent
record.
honesty
show up - to arrive. (It
can
deliver on To do something one has
-
blank)
fit in the
promiscd or is expected to do.
gilded wealthy and privileged.)
meet' can also fit in the
blank.
abjure to reject.)
S214Answer B. intervention,
interposition s24.(Answer D. mourn,
bewail
-
intervention/ interposition/ intercession mourn/ bemoan grieve

lament
the action of becoming intentionally express great regret,
sadness,
or
involved in a difficult situation, in order disappointment about
(something).
to improve it or prevent it from getting suffer can also fit
in the blank.
worsc. beam/ grin - express (an
emotion) with a
mediation -the process of talking to two radiant smile.
Separate pcople or goups involved in a ravish fill
(someone) with intense
disagreement to try to help them to agree delight.)
or find a solution to their problems.
S25.(Answer - A. fatigue,
burnou
interference - the act of hindering
fatiguel burnout/
exhaustion/ collapse
interpolation - the insertion of something a complete depletion of
energy or
of a different nature into something else.) strength.
$22.(Answer - A. resolution, cal drive i) a series of
activities undertaken
resolution/ call/ proposition - a formal to achieve a goal.
expression of opinion or intention agreed ii) a strong wish.
on by a legislative body or other formal
or
meeting, typically after taking a vote. dash/ vigor active
strength of body
mind.
aversion-a strong dislike.
apathy - indifference.)
deliverance a formal or authoritatíve
S26. (Answer B. compass
utterance.
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(someonc) from doing
compass- the scope, something.
something; ambit.
circunstances. palliate to relieve or
soothe.)
circs
instance an cxample
occurrence of something.)
or singlc s294Answer -
prevailing
B. o p m
D
- existing
at a particular tirme;
D. safety current.
s27.(Answer
being certain that parental relating to
a peTson s parent or
safety The state of parents.
be caused by
adverse effects will not
some agent under defined
conditions. overwhelming - very great
in arnount.
aegis - the protection, backing, or support assured guaranteed.)
organization.
of a particular person or S30.(Answer A. m pon
refuge a place or situation providing
custodian a
wbo has
peTSon
safety or shelter. responsibility for taking
care of or
peril-danger.) protecting something
S28.(Answer - C. persuade citadel of democracy
stronghold of
persuade- cause (someone) to believe democracy.
something, especially after a sustained claríon (adjeetive) -
loud and clear.
effort; convince. legislative
or deliberative
house a
reproach express to (someone) one's assembly.
disapproval of.
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Direction(1-13): Each
question has a Q2. What's the actual
Small passage, which is
talking about a
aning
particular situation. Read the passage phrase both groups
of the
belief?
espoused
carefully and answer the questions
a
follow. that
A. both groups abandoned
Paragraph a
beliet
1:
It's a common B. both groups thought
misconception hat our
comparatively
about a belier
long work hours are C. both grOups adopted a
the result of a
belief
uniquely American
belief system. D. both groups struggled
Americans worked fewer
with a belief
Europeans in thc mid-century. hours than E. None of the above
Al that
options
time, public opinion surveys
showed that Q3. Choose an appropriate
both groups espoused a
word that
valuc of hard work belief in the will fit contextually
with equal intensity.
in the blank
Today, Americans work the paragraph.
in
many more hours
about eight hours more
-
A. apprehended
than Germans, B.
exalted
and six hours more than
the French,
weck-and endorse the work ethicper at
C. adored
D.
maligned
higher levels, including E. None of the above
low-incomne options
workers and the unemployed.
workers Younger Paragraph - 2: Alone, the
today, the ones
female orca,
often also known as a killer
as lazy and entitled,
whale, circles her
that hard work is believe small, shallow tank
important to getting
stopping only to
surface and open
ahead more than her
mouth as trainers
generations. This predecessor drop in dead fish. She
corelation suggests that
thinks of a time
Americans are increasingly when she shared
her
tank with her
we want: more work. getting what children. But they
are
long
five having died in captivity
bygone all1
Q1. How would seven. And she remembers

the age of
you describe the
Americans of today, from whom she
her mother,
as described in was taken
at the age of
the above context? three, in waters
off
Iceland, to be put on
a. Diligent display at an amusement
b. Latent
park. When a
trainer provides a hoop
c. tied-up
or à ball, she
might listlessly
move it
around for a few
A. Only a times before
B. Both a and giving up.
Her worn,
c 1lattened teeth
C. Only b are a
result of years 0r
D. Both b and
c on concrete
sections of her
E. All a, b and c tank out of frustration.
Q4. How
would you
describe the
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political dissent
situation of the "femalc
crackdowns to come,
sparking a massive
described in the above context?
pro-democracy protest
movement in the
a.
Utterly crestfallen region. And although Hong
Kong's
government formally
withdrew the bili in
b. Feeling resentment
October 2019, police
brutality and
c. Flat out put-upon worries over contimued
threats to the
B. Both a and c political kept
the movement
A. Only c
D. Both b and c afloat.
C. Onlyb
(extradition the act of
making someone
E. All a, b and c return for trial to
another country or state
appropriate word that where they have becn
accused of doing
Q5. Choose an
something illegal.)
will fit contextually in the blank
in
the paragraph. Q7. How would you

describe the
B. lapping attitude of the
Hongkongers, as
A. gnawing
D. hitting described in the
above context?
C. stirring
a. Distraught
b. Rebellious
C. Unassertive
Q6. Choose an alternative idiom to
A. Both a and b
B. Both a and c
express the sentence 'they are long
gone, as mentioned in the above C. Only b
D. Onlyc
context. E. All a, b and c
a. they are on ice
meaning of the
b. they kicked the bucket phrase 'harbinger of
human rights
C. they bit the dust violations, as
expressed in the
A. Only b B. Only a above context?
C. Both b and c D, Both a andb a. reason of human

rights violations
E. None of a, b and c b. indicator of human
nghts violations
Paragraph - 3: Since being transferred C. sign of human

rights violations
from British to Chinese control in 1997, A. Only c
B. Both b and e
Hong Kong has operated under a 'one
C. Only a
D. Only b
country, two systems' framework, which
allowed its govermment relative E. None of a, b and c
independence from the Chinese
Communist Party, and its people more Q9. Cho0se an
rights than those living on mainland will fit
contextually in the blank in
China. But in February 2019, a proposed the above paragraph.
bill that would allow extradition to a. subjugation
b. freedom
mainland China was viewed by many
C. intemment
Hongkongers as a harbinger of human
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Atn
B. Only c creature
incapable otf cding itsclf
C. Only b
woul
D. Both b and c have a one-way
ticket ofm the food
and into the
dustbin of exti cha
E. All a, b and
<tinetion.
c
But
some ant species
with mandibles
Paragraph 4: Ego loss is often
that are
for
cating have devclopcd
characterised as an enlightened clever if not
quite mutual mcans a
contented state. But as some people and finding
sustenance and of
who
perpetuating.
struggle with anxiety understand all Known as
"kidnapper or "slave-making
too
well, the perpctual fecling of ants, these
parasitic creatures
sclf
raid the
dissolution known as depcrsonalisation nests of other ant
species, capture
can be one of the nastiest manifestations young and carry
them to their their
of their disorder. The condition involves a
home nest
Using scents to
keep the new
harrowing fecling of detachment from
arivals
oblivious to the
fact that they're far
oneself that can arise in an instant,
from
home, the
kidnappers deploy
sometimes, lasting for years, and is oftcen captives to tend to
their young, foragetheir
accompanied by a derealisation, in which
for
their food, and
even chew and feed it
the world appears strange and surreal.
to
them in a process
known as trophallaxis.
Q10. How would you describe the Q12. How would you
describe
the
manifestation of 'ego loss' in a mindset of
'slave-making ants', as
person struggling with anxiety? described in
the above context?
a. Devastating b. Abiding a. Dubious b.
Deceptive
c. Invigorating C. Guileful
A. Only c B. Both a and c A. Only c
B. Both b and c
C. Both b and c D. Both a and b C. Only a
D. Both a and c
E. All a, b and c E. All a, b and c
Q11. How would you define Q13. Choose an

derealisation', as mentioned in the will fit
contextually in the blank in
above context? the paragraph.
a. a feling that one's surroundings are A. il-equipped

B. distressed
not real. C. well-maintained
D. capable
b. a feeling that appears when one can't E. None of the
above options
transtom his/her dream into reality. Direction(14-20):
Below are some
c. a feeling that doesn't let one one feel statements, given in
a random order.
the pain of others. When these statements
are sequenced
properly, they'll form
a coherent and
A. Only c B. Only a meaningful
paragraph.There are
C. Both b and c D. Only b various questions
based on some of the
statements. Read it
carefully and
E. None of a, b and c
that follow.
Paragraph - 5: You might assume that a
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Women, the report
that
(a)
disproportionate share of the burden will fit contextually
in the blank
in
as well,
having to lake on additional statement (b).
work
carcgiving A. accretion B.
continuation
activities. C. depletion D.
supplement
findings of a
(b) Takc,
for instance, the E. None of the above options
Bank on road
study by the World
accidents: it revealed that every death in
Q16. Describe the situation of
women as
accident leads to cxpressed in statement (c).
India causcd by a road
the of nearly scven months a. weighed down
income in the houscholds of poor b. grievously afflicted
familics and pushes the victims' kin into
c. volitionally pained
a vicious cycle of poverty and debt.
A. Only c
B. Both a and c
(c) While 50 per cent of women reported
C. Onlyb
D. Both a and b
being severely affected by the decline
in their household income, around 11 E. All a, b and c
per cent said they had to take up more Q17. Choose an appropriate
synonym for
work to deal with the financial crisis. the word mishap', as
used in
(d) The consequences of a tragedy often statement (d).
endure long after the mishap is over. a. accident
b. mischance
(e) They reported twice the number of
C. fatality
deaths as a result of an accident than
A. Only a
B. Both a and c
high-income households did; the risk
ofa having to deal with a C. Onlyb
D. Both b and c
disability was also twice as likely E. All a, b and c
among poor families.
word that
Predictably, low-income rural will fit contextually
in the blank in
households are hit the hardest. statement (e).
Q14. Choose an appropriate phrase that A. subsister
B. deceased
will fit contextually in statement C. nonstarter
D. succeeder
(a) E. None of the
above options
a. accompanied by b. coupled with
Q19. Choose an
appropriate idiom for
C. along with
expressing the
phrase "low-income
A. Only c B. Both a and c rural households
are hit the
C. Onlyb D. Both b and c hardest, as
mentioned in
E. All a, b and c statement (0.
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a. low-income rural households bear fell again in
November 2020 to negat
the brunt. 2.6 per cent. During the
period betw
April and November 2020,
b. low-income' rural households hit the cumulative growth
rate of the
sack. sector was a negative
11.4 per Core
cent,
C. low-income rural households take may be noted that the
eight i
pains. mentioned constitute
40.27 per es
A. Only a terms of weight in the
index of induos.
B. Both a and c
production.
C. Only b D. Both b and c Apart from being
important in total
E. All a, b and c
size,
the core sector is
significant in anothe
way: it supports general
manufacturing
Q20. Which of the following statements producing universal
intermediaries. by
is the combination of three Coal, cement and steel,
for instance,
are
successional statements? required in so many
different productive
A. d b e B. b f e activities. If the
economy is down
in
terms of demand, the
derived demand for
C. e a f D. f a c these goods would be low
too, leading
to
E. None of the above options excess capacity and
contraction in
Direction(21-30): Read the given production. On the
other hand, if the
passage carefully and answer the economy is growing
fast, the derived
demand will be brisk,
leading to rapid
growth in this sector.
The core sector of the Indian economny
comprising eight infrastructure industries The (m)denotative
contraction in the
-
Coal, Crude oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum core sector is clearly
(n}meagre of the
refinery products, Fertilizer, Cement, (o)ceaseless demand
conditions for
Steel, and Electricity generation has (p)manufactured goods
and services.
been contracting continuously since The demand for consumer
goods being
March 2020. Undoubtedly, low implies that
capacity building will
the
disruptions due to the pandemic have also be low. Hence the
demand for new
taken their toll on almost all industries. plants and machinery will
be poor as well.
This situation is also
indicative of the fact
However, the depth of the contraction that easy and cheap
ecredit available sor
and its persistence bode ill for the industrial units, as has
been the policy
prospects of economic recovery in the stance of the Government
of India in
near future. Industries like steel, cement, providing a stimulus for
economic
natural gas and refinery products have
recovery from the effects
of the
sunk to alarming levels. Within the core pandemic, is not working.
Production is
sector, growth in only coal, fertilizers and
simply refusing to grow.
It will not pick
electricity has been just about positive. In up as long as final
demand is sluggish.
March 2020, the sector had shrunk by 8.6
The point is to get more
purchasing
per cent. Next month, it fell to negative power in the hands of the
poor and the
37.9 per cent. In September 2020, it had lower middle class.
Hopefully, the
recovered to a negative 0.1 per cent, but
finance minister will
address this vital
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in the
near future.
idiom to
021. Choose an alternative A. Only a
B. Both a and b
express the disruptions due to the C. Onlyb
D. Both b and c
pandemic have taken their tollon E. All a, b and c
almost all industries: as
mentioned in the first paragraph. Q23. Which of the
following
statements
is TRUE according to
the
a. all industries are in the hole by the
second
disruptions due to the pandemic. paragraph?
a. A few of the
eight infrastructure
b. the disruptions due to the pandemic
industries
have been fortunate
have laid all industries waste.
enough to
experience quite a positive
C. the disruptions due to the pandemic
growth.
have ripped the heart out of all
industries. b. Between March
and November the
A. Only c B. Both a and c growth of the
core sector has been
mostly
wanting.
C. Both b and c D. Onlyb
E. All a, b and c C. The eight
industries share a
substantial
portion of the index
of
Industrial
production.
phrase the depth of the A. Both a and b
B. Both a and c
contraction and its persistence
C. Only c
D. Both b and c
bode ill for the prospects of
economic recovery in the near E. All a, b and c
future., as expressed in second Q24. What's the
exact meaning
of the
paragraph. phrase the
cumulative growth
a. the intensity of the negative growth rate', as
expressed in the second
of
the economy and its prolonged paragraph?
existence completely ignores a. the growth
rate, increasing
the
by
possibilities of economic recovery successive
additions.
in
the near future.
b. the
collective growth rate.
b. the degree of the negative
growth of C. the growth rate
that's depreciating.
the economy and its continuation
A. Both a and b
B. Onlyb
seem indicative of a negative
C. Only c
D. Both b and c
outcome in the possibilities
of E. None of a, b and
c
economic recovery in the near future.
C. the level of the negative growth of the Q25. What do you
mean by the term
cconomy and its continuity does not universal
intermediaries, as
augur wel for the possibilities of mentioned
in the third paragraph?
general
intermediate products.

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to is
b. general
028. What,
according the author, the
mediating agents in various main
underlying reason behind the
processes. failure of
the policy of the
C. specific negotiators. Government, of
India to provide
A. Onlyc B. Both b and c easy and cheap
credit?
C. All a, b and c D. Both a and b
There is no
sign of growth
E. None of a, b and c production.
Q26. What can be inferred from the third b. The
necessity of makin; New plants
paragraph? and
manufacturing units
a. The rate of production is directly nonexistent.
proportional and the capacity is C. The ultimate
demand tor goods and
inversely proportional to the ability services is not
progressing or
and desire to purchase goods and progressing
slowly.
services. A. Both a and c
B. Both b and c
b. Coal, cement and steel are very C. Only b
D. Onlyc
crucial in generative activities. E. All a, b and c
c.If the economy is growing by leaps
Q29. Why is the author
recommending
and bounds, the willingness and
giving more
purchasing power in
ability to purchase commodities will
the hands of the
poor and the lower
be active and flourishing.
middle class?
A. Only c B. Both a and c
C. Only b D. Both a and b a. Because, the
more they can expend,
the more
demand there will be:
E. All a, b and c
b. Because,
there'sa need for
Q27. In the fourth paragraph, four promoting easy
and cheap credits.
words in bold may or may not be .
C. Because, if they
purchase more,
correctly placed. Below are some
there will be more
yield.
combinations of the correct B.
Both a and c
A. Only a
sequence of those words, one of
C. Both a and b D.
Only c
which will make those sentences
contextually correct. Choose the E. All a, b and c
correct combination of those words. Q30. Choose an
appropriate word for
If no replacement is required, the blank in the
last paragraph?
choose option (E).
A. forthcoming
B. approaching
A. nomp B. Pno mn
C. imminent T
D. nearing
C. on mp D. monp.
E. All of the above
options
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(be) on ice - If a plan is

on ice, a decision
Sol. 1 (Answer-B. Both a andc
has been made to delay it
for a period of
hardworking.
Diligent - time.)
Tied-up-busy and active. Sol. 7 (Answer A. Both a
and b
Latent inactive.) Distraught - deeply
agitated.
C. both groups
Sol. 2 LAnswer Rebellious - resisting
control or authority.
adopted a belief
(Refer to - sparking a
massive pro-
espouse-adopt, accept or support (a
democracy protest
movement in the
cause, belief, or way of life).] region.)
Sol. 3 (Answer - D. maligned Unassertive
submissive or non-
malign -speak unfavourably about. aggressive.)
apprehend - to understand. Sol. 8 (Answer B. Both b
and c
exalt - to praise. harbinger a
person or thing that
adore love and respect (someone) announces or signals the
approach of
deeply.) another; sign;
indicator.)
Sol. 4 (Answer E. All a, b and e Sol.9 (Answer- C.
Only b
Utterly crestfallen completely freedom- the
condition of being free.
downhearted and dejected.
action of bringing
subjugation the
Feeling resentment - feeling bitter anger someone or something
under domination
and distress at having been treated or control.
unfairly.
internment the state
of being confined
Flat out completely. as a prisoner,
especially for political or
put-upon- taken advantage of.) military reasons.)
Sol. 5 (Answer A. gnawing Sol. 10 (Answer -
D. Both a and b
gnaw to bite or chew something
- Devastating -
damaging
repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or
gradually destroying it.
(Refer to - .
Abiding-lasting a
long time.
that
can arise in an instant,
lap pass the tongue over or to lick. sometimes, lasting
for years..)
stir to blend or mix.) Invigorating -
restorative or replenishing.
Sol. 6 (Answer - C. Both b and c ego loss' or 'self-
dissolution'- a state in
which the ordinary
sense of self is
they are long gone - they're dead / they
replaced by a sense
of union.)
died.
Sol. 11 (Answer- B.
Only a
kick the bucket - to die.
derealisation a
feeling that one's
bite the dust to die or get killed. Surroundings are
not real.
(bit- past form of "bite')
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(Refer to ..a derealisation, which
-
continuation carying on.

orld appears strange in the
and surreal. ) supplement
- addition.)
Sol. 12 (Answer B.
-
Both b and c Sol. 16
(Answer D. Both a and
Deceptive making you believe
something that is not true. weighcd
down - overburdened.
grievously
afflieted - seriously
(Refer to Using scents to keep the ne
ected
or
stricken.
arrivals oblivious to the fact that they're
far from home. the kidnappers deploy
volitionally- willingly.
theircaptives... volitionaly
pained doesn't make
any
oblivious unaware.)
- sense
according to the context.)
Guileful- having or showing sly or Sol. 17
(Answer E. All a, b and ec
cunning intelligence. mischance -
misfortune or accident.
(Refer to .have developed a clever if - fatality-
an occurrence of death byy
not quite mutual means of finding accident, in
war, or from disease.)
Sustenance and perpetuating. Sol. 18
(Answer - A. subsister
Dubious- doubtful. subsister
one who ves through
The attitude or mindset of the slave- aftliction;
survivor.
making ants is not doubtful.)
deceased-
dead.
Sol. 13 (Answer A. ill-equipped
-
nonstarter a
person or animal that fails
ill-equipped not having the necessary to take part
in a race.
resources or qualities for a particular role icceeder a
person who accomnplishes a
or task. desired aim

or result.)
Their mandibles(in insects, one of the two
Sol. 19
(Answer - A. Only a
parts of the mouth used for biting and
cutting food) are not having the quality to bear the brunt
- suffer severely.
cut well, that's why they have developed take pains -
try very hard to do
a clever way to survive. something.
distressed' doesn't g0 with hit the sack -
to go to bed/sleep.)
mandibles'.) Sol. 20 (Answer
- B. b f e
Sol. 14 (Answer E. All a, b and e
-
The correct
arrangement is -
accompanied by coupled with d b f e a c)
alongside in company with or at the
Sol. 21 (Answer
- C. Both b and c
same time as.)
take (its/a)
toll- harm or damage
Sol. 15 (Answer C. depletion
someone or
something very seriously.
depletion reduction in the number or
quantity of something. rip the heart
out of something to
seriously
damage something.
accretion - growth or increase by the
lay something
waste - cause very serious
gradual accumulation of additional layers
damage to
something
or matter.
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Hence, it will be wrong to
say it is "quite
hole- in debt.)
in the c a positive growth.)
22 (Answer- D. Both b and Sol. 24 (Answer - A. Both a
and b
Sol.
bode ill to scem indicative of ato come;
negative
cumulative total amount of
something
of trouble
outcome; to be a sign for. when it's all added
together, by
augur well
does not increasing by one addition
after
of.
augur - be a sign another(successive), or the
collective
intensity or level.
depth degree or growth rate.
which less
contraction a situation in collective aggregate.
spent, or invested
money is being carned, depreciating decreasing-)
or economy or the negative
-
in a market
economy. Sol. 25 (Answer - D. Both
a and b
growth of the
persistence continuation or prolonged intermediary - an
intermediate form,
existence or continuity. product, or stage.
I- Incorrect. It's talking about ignoring.) intermediate being

or occurring at the
D. Both b and middle stage.
Sol. 23 (Answer are
TRUE. mediating agent
intemediate thing that
-
c TRUE. Refer to - 1 may be noted takes an active role.

that the eight industries mentioned Refer to- Coal, cement and
steel, for
constitute 40.27 per cent in terms of instance, are required in
so mamy
weight in the index of industrial different productive
activities.
production.'
That means, coal, cement
and steel are
substantial- significant. required in manufacturing
many
b TRUE. Refer to - In March 2020, intermediate products in
many
the sector had shrunk by 8.6 per cent. productive activities.
Next month, it fell to negative 37.9 per
c-IRRELEVANT.
cent. In September 2020, it had recovered
to a negative 0.1 per cent, but fell again negotiator a
person who conducts
in November 2020 to negative 2.6 negotiations.
per
cent. During the period between April The core sector doesn't
support general
and November 2020, the cumulative manufacturing by
producing
growth rate of the core sector was negotiators.)
à
negative Il1.4 per cent." Sol. 26 (Answer- B. Both
a and e
I's clear that growth between Match a- Refer to fthe economy
is down in
and November is nonexistent. terms of demand, the
derhved demand for
wanting nonexistent. these goods would be low
too, leading to
excess capacity and
contraction in
a FALSE. It's written that, 'growth in
-
only coal, fertilizers and electricity has production.

been just about positive." inversely proportional -
it occurs when
one value increases and
the other
just about close to or almost.
-
decreases.

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- it reason behind the
failure of the Dol:
olicy.
directly proportional occurs when
are
one value increases and the other Option (a) and (b)
the sultsor
resul.
increases too. consequences of the low
dem
consumer goods. hey're
not
demand the ability and
reasons.
the
desire/willingness to purchase goods and
services/commodities. Refer to This
situation is
also
indicative of the jact
that easy and.
c Refer to - On the other hand, if the
economy is growing fast, the derived credit available Jor
industrial mCapas
demand vill be brisk, leading 1o rapid
growth in this sector.
growing by leaps and bounds - growing8
has been the policy
stance of
Government of India in
providin
e
stimulus for economic
recovery fro.,a
effects of the pandemic,
is not workino
rapidly. Production is sinmply
refusing to grow.
brisk active and flourishing. will not pick up as long
as Jinal demand d
flourishing - growing. issluggish.) -
b Incorrect. It's not an inference. It's Sol. 29 (Answer B. Both a
and c
just an illustration or information. If the poor and middle
class people have
Refer to - Coal, cement and steel, Jor more purchasing poWer,
they"'1 buy more
instance, are required in so many and eventually therel be
greater demand
different productive activities. ) for goods.
Sol. 27 (Answer E. None of the above expend to spend money.
options yield - production.
The correct order is - 0 mnp b Irrelevant."
The ceaseless contraction in the core cheap and easy credits are
for
sector is clearly denotative of the meagre industries, not for the
poor- and the
demand conditions for manufactured lower middle class
people.)
goods and services. Sol. 30 (Answer E. Al of
the above
ceaselesS - continuous. options
denotative - indicative. forthcoming/ approaching
/imminent/
nearing - being s0on
to appear or take
meagre-poor.)
place.)
Sol. 28 (Answer - D. Only c
Low demand is the main underlying
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phrase
statements, given in a random order. 'minor infraction', as
expressed in
When these statement (a)?
properly, they'll form a coherent. and
meaningful paragraph. There are a. slight violation of law.
various questions based on each of the b. inconsiderable non-
observance
statements. Read it carefully and
of
law.
answer the questions that follow.
c. failure to comply with
an obligation
(a) Compared to. these, WhatsApp's
or rule, which is not
so grave.
decision to change its user agreement
A. Only b
to make it clear that it will share some B.
Only c
data with Facebook properties is a C. Both a and b D.
Bothb and c
minor infraction. E. All a, b and c
b) Google, for example, knows not only
who you with over mail
can
and chat, but what your browsing most appropriately fit in
the blank
habits are, where all you go, what in statement (b)?
your engagements are, as wel. a. correspond
(c) So, instead of crying about b. communicate
unilateral
changes in the terms of service, C. reciprocate
what
India needs to do is to put
in place a A. Only c B.
Both a and c
reasonable law on protecting
data. C. Both b and c
(d) It targets its ads D.
Only b
better, using this
information, and makes E. Both a and b
more money.
(e) Facebook is accountable Q3. Cho0se an appropriate
synonym for
for. many
sins of omission the word 'unilateral',
as used in
and commission,
and whether buying statement (c).
WhatsApp to
pre-empt competition is one one-sided
of them,
is being determined b. deep-lobed
by a judicial
process in the US.
C. collateral
() Only the innocent fail to appreciate A. Only a B.
Both a and c
that when you get a service for free,
C. Only b D.
Both b and c
you pay for it with your data.
E. All a, b and c.
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the following pairs is
phrase 'sins of omission and pair of
the ginning statemethe
commision', as expressed in and
the antepenultimate
statement (e)? statement,
respectively?
tiings you have chosen to do, and A. a f
B. e b
things you have chosen not to do.
C.e c
D. a b
b. things ou have done urong. and E. None of the
above options
things you have done right. Direction8-12):
Below is a sman
Cthings you have failed to do. and passage. Five
phrases in bold, marked
things you have done. by five different
letters, may or
may
A. Only a B. Both a and c not have been
used correctly, either
C. Only c grammatically or
contextually. The
D. Both a and b passage is then
followed by some
E. None of a, b andc replacements of
each old word
or
phrase.
Choose the correct
05. In statement (), the author is -
replacement. If
the word or phrase has
a being slightly sardonic been used
correctly, choose (E) as your
b. sounding despondent answer.
c. severely denouncing Companies can (M)
pass over the work-
from-home model to
create roles for
A Only a B. Both a and c women employees. The
challenge,
C. Only b D. Both a and b however, is steeper
in the informal sector
E. Both b and c at least 22% of
female workers are still
out of work and
little attention is paid to
Q6. Why is WhatsApp's decision to designing policies
to (N) settle their
share some data with Facebook nonchalance. Rights-
based employment
propertiesa minor infraction? initiatives must be
mobilized (O) in a
long-winded manner to
make labour
a. Because, Facebook has already inclusive in rural
areas and the informal
bought WhatsApp, so WhatsApp is sector. Unless women's
returm to the
bound to share data with Facebook. workforce is
encouraged and enabled, the
b. Because, Facebook wants to seize the (P) reckoning of their
toil and, (Q) in
effect, their social
roles and rights will
competition by buying WhatsApp,
continue.
which is far more serious.
Q8. M
c. Because, WhatsApp has every right
to share user data, as it's free. a. bring the work-
from-home model to
bear
A. Only b B. Both b and c
b. harness the work-
from-home model
C. Onlyc D. Only a
C. bring the work-
from-home model to
E. All a, b and c
heel
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of the
Only c questions below, a
paragraph is given
A.
D. Both b and c with certain positions
marked as (MM),
Only b
C.
replacement required N), (0) and (P). A sentence
is given in
E. No bold after the paragraph.
Read the
Q9. N paragraph caresully and
identify the
down their grievances position at which the
given sentence
a. stamp
can be inserted. Mark the
option
with their needs
b. contend containing that position
as your
around their anxieties answer.
c. bring
Only a B. Both a and c
A. Q13. Air India has no
place in the
D. All a, b and c
C. Only b govermment's
portíolio and it has
E. No replacement
required been mismanaged. (M)
It needs to
be sold at the
earliest and the money
Q10.0 redeployed in more
relevant areas.
a. laggardly
) Selling it has
not been easy
b. on a war footing because of the
consequences of
c. in a pressing manner years of losses.
(0) The debt at the
A. Only b B. Both b and c end of 2018-19 was
Rs 58,256 crore
C. Only a D. Both a and b and as the
pandemic. has had a
particularly
severe impact on the
aviation industry,
in the April-June
Q11. P quarter Air
India's net loss was Rs
a. devaluation of their endeavor 2,570 crore.(P)
b. appraisal of their efforts Consequently, its
consistent losses have
c. acknowledgement been a drain on the
exchequer.
of heir
wherewithal A. M
B. N
A. Both a and c B. Only b C. O
D. P
C. Only a D. All a, b and c E. The sentence can
fit nowhere
Q14. It began with a
stricture to stop
Q12.Q shaking hands
and then spiralled
a. unimaginably.
(MM) One and another
effectively
lockdown later,
had human touching
6. on effect
lessencd across
the world. (N) For
C. in semblance example 90-year-
old grandmother
A. Only a B. Both a and b Margaret
Keenan, who became the
first person
to receive an authorised
C. Onlyb D. All a, b and c
vaccine in the
West, was self

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isolating most of last ycar. (O) The readying för a

sugC in bad
ans.
elderly were at onc end, and (0) In this
context, it is important
t
children who were oflen kept away note that lndia
has pivate
sectn
from thenm at the other.(P) bad banks which
arc temcd
as
Millions of people literally Went Asset
Reconstruction Companies
without it for months. (ARCs). ()
. M B. N
Conscquently, finance
minístry officials
have said that they arc
considerin
C. D. P many options, including
a new
bad
E. The sentence can fit nowhere bank which may be
floated by the
government.
Q15. The pandcmic highlighted the
A. M
B. N
importance of public health, and
India was served well when it C.
D. P
increased Covid surveillance to one E. The scentencc can
fit nowhere
million tests a day and bolstered
ICU bed capacity. (M) When this Q17. As the government
and farmers
representatives
prepare for another
pandemic abates, govemncnts
round of
negotiations this week,
mustn't retract their focus on publie
there's one thing
that can be said
health. (N) Because the next
with
certainty. (M) The
contagion could be lurking ncarby.
apprehension
about the
(0) Similarly, cconomic revival too
consequences of
change through
needs a state driven boost in
reform is rooted in
the feeling
infrastructure spending.(P)
among farmers that
alternatives are
The state has an opportunity to show
bound to be worse.
(N) Yet,
its enabling side during the coming
mass vaccination drive, when it will be anecdotal evidence
from across
needed the most. India shows that
farmers are clearly
dissatisfied
with tthe current
A. M B. N
situation already.
(O) Because it's
C. o D. P
something that
makes many
E. The sentence can fit nowhere resistant to
change and
Q16. Banks appear to be gearing up for a simultaneously
dissatisfied with the
surge in bad loans soon. (M) At the present. (P)
moment, the. extent of the damage So, the apprehension
should be seen as
triggered by the pandemic and a symptom of a larger
failing in India's
lockdowns is not clear as even the economic trajectory.
bankruptocy code's operation has A. M
B. N
been Suspended. N) The C. O
D. P
government too appears to be
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nowhere C. I andIl
scentence can fit
E. The question, D. Il and 1V
Direction(18-21): In the given
are given, some of which E. IH and
II, II and IV
four words synonymousor
a
may or may not share From the Q20.
anonymous relationship.
options given,
ch00se. the one that Actuality
identifies correctly the
pair/s of .
Fabrication
synonyms or antonyms.
1. Figment
Q18.
IV. Extremity
I. Reprimand
A. I and
II. Commcndation
B. fl and
fV
III. Counterfeit
C. Tand
I1, I and I
IV. Unfeigned
I and II, Ill and IV D. I
and Il, IIl and IV
A.
B. Only Il and III E. I
and IV
C. Only I and Il Q21.

D. Only II and IV L.
Deliberately IL. Purposively
E. I and II, II and IVN II.
Excecdingly
V. Woefuly
Q19. A. ll and fV
I Remorse B. Iand 1I
II. Fervour C. I and il, Ill
and IV
III. Impenitence D. I
and IV
IV. Compunction E.
Iand l
A. Iand II, II and IV
B. Iand II, I and IV
SOLUTIONS
S1. (Answer - E. All

a, b and c correspond with
commmunicate with.
inconsiderable - slight or minor.
reciprocate-do
the same (in returm).
non-observance -
sailure to fulfil or S3. (Ansmer-A.
Oaly a
comply with an obligation, rule,
or
custom.) unilateral (of
an Bction or decision)
perfomed by or
affecting only
S2. (Answer E. Both a and
one
b person, group,
or couniry invoived
in a
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without the agreement
another or the O
settle thcir nonchalance' doos .COm
others; one-sided.
collateral
any sense. est't make
secondary.
-
additional
but subordinate,
stamp down- suppress.
deep-lobed - many-sided.)
bring around - to revive.)
$4. (Answer
S10. (Answer B. Both b
C. Only c)
and C
S5. (Answer
A. Only a
beon a war 10oting-to be ready.
sardonic satirical.
- in
a pressing manner
manner.
in an
despondent dishcartened.
urgent
-
laggardly- in a sluggish way.

denounce condemn.)
-
long-winded
S6. (Answer -
A. Only b
continuing at tedin
length.) dious
Refer to
Compared to these,
S11. (Answer- C. Only
WhatsApp's decision
a
1o change its user
agreement to make
devaluation the reduction
share some it clear that it will
underestimation of the
data with Facebook
worth
properties is a minorinfraction.
importance of something. Or
Compared to these
reckoning' - the action
Here 'these' is
or process
referred to the fact
calculating or estimating
something, of
buyingWhatsApp that Facebook is to
('reckoning of their tool'
competition' pre-empt
is contextually
incorrect.)
pre-empt - to seize.)
appraisal an act of assessing
S7. (Answer B. e f
: 3 or
someone.
something

acknowledgement acceptance of the
-
-
truth
or existence of something.
ea f bd c)
wherewithal the money or other means
S8. (Answer - B. Both a needed
for a particular purpose.)
and b
bring something to bear/ harness S12.
(Answer - E. No replacement
something - to put something into action
required
or service; make use of something.
in
effect- in reality; in fact.
bring something/somebody to heel to
-
semblance the outward appearance or
-
force something/somebody to obey.
apparent form of something, especially

pass over to ignore or to not give when
the reality is different.)
attention to someone or something.) S13.
(Answer A. M
$9. (Answer C. Only b
Consistent losses are the result of the
contend with - to address or to deal with. fact
that Air India has no place in the
nonchalance - indifference.
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portfoli it has been I1,
Ill and IV
government's
mismanaged.) Reprimand-an act of criticism.
(Answer B. N Antonym Commendation - a message
S14.
people literally went expressing a favorable opinion.
Millions of
months - "it' means Counterfeit - not genuine.
without it for
touching, that's mentioned
in
human Antonym Unfeigned - genuine.)
theprevious line.)
- C. O
S19. (Answer - B. I and IIl, I
and IVv
S15. (Answer
here mcans the Remorse a feeling of deep
regret.
The state
country(India). Synonym- Compunction
The line
Similarly, economic...' rightly Antonym-Impenitence
comes after this line.)
Impenitence the trait of
refusing to
S16. (Answer C. O repent.
The word 'Consequently' justifies its Fervour- excitement.)
previous line.
S20. (Answer C. I and I, I and
Ill
The government too appears to be
readying for a surge in bad loans and as a Actuality reality.
result finance ministry officials are
Antonym- Figment and
Fabrication
considering many options, including a
new bad bank which may be floated by Figment a fantastic idea.
the government, to deal with the surge
in bad loans.)
Fabrication -a false account.
S17. (Answer C. O Extremity - an extreme

condition.)
The context is - The apprehension S21. (Answer- B. I and

1I
(anxiety) about the consequences Deliberately
Purposively
of
with
change through reform is rooted intention.
in the
feeling among farmers that alternatives
are bound to be worse, Extremely - to a high degree.
yet, anecdotal
informal) evidence from across Woefully- unfortunately.)
India
shows that farmers are clearly
dissatisfied
with the curent situation
already, so the
apprehension should be
seen as a
symptom of a larger failing
in India's
economic trajectory, because
it's (it -
failing in India's economie
trajectory)
Something that makes many
resistant to
change and simultaneously dissatisfied
with the present.)

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Directions (1-5): In each of the Q3

) Variegate (ii) Relinquish (d) Both I and III

(ii) Diversify (iv) Accumulate (e) None of the above

(v) Agglomerate Q10. From the given options

third of global GDP. India

global uncertainties and challenges to

cheaper goods from

in (F) has four police this week

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Debase: reduce the quality or

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unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of S20. Ans. (d)

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Q2. The Tea Board has, in-principle, c) dispute, advisory

IL Losing my job was bad

(d) scanty, stoke C. Both I and III

(e) none of these E. All 1, Il and III

sentences that is are correctly getting a cold.

Q6. to twist someone's arm marriage ceremony

II. One must not deceive others in E. All I, Il and II

couldn't find a way to Under GST, a supplier can supply

come at the Q14. Which of the

SI. Ans. (d)

suitable answer choice. choice to fill in the first

Tepid: only slightly warm; lukewarm Statement III

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of the (d) peremptory, flustering,

(c) Stringent required,

Q12. Which of the following word/s (e) No error

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India has "put very high tariffs

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(c) (A)-(D) & (B)-(E) Q9. With the still

(a) (A)-(D) Q10. The Thoothukudi

Q16. In coming weeks, various social suffered an overall

Ingratiated: gain favor

words which suggest the ways to conjunction the hospitals

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Assamese 1s made compulsory on the

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Directions (1-10): In the following be offered an internship as

(b) Only (11)

(b) Only (l1)