Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following questions, there are 10 questions each with two blank with five choices given. Choose the answer that can fill the blank to make the sentence both meaningfully and grammatically. If none of the options could not fill the blank appropriately then choose option (5) i.e., “None of these” as your answer.
Question No : 1
In the first known case of ruling out an asteroid _____ through a ‘no detection’, ESA and the European Southern Observatory have concluded that asteroid 2006 QV89 is not on a collision course this year – and the chance of any future impact is extremely _____.
(1) impact, ambiguity
(2) impact, remote
(3) tinker, slump
(4) tinker, ambiguity
(5) None of these
Question No : 2
The _____ of the capabilities of the European Data Relay System (EDRS) was made to _____ at the headquarters of the European External Action Service on 10 July.
(1) opacity, delegates
(2) demonstration, convoluted
(3) valor, convoluted
(4) demonstration, delegates
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
Local media say Mr. O’Neill will have to _____ the views of elected leaders who have been calling for Mr. Pantaleo’s firing, and the rank and file police brass who do not want to see one of their own used as a _____.
(1) dereliction, scapegoat
(2) balance, erstwhile
(3) balance, scapegoat
(4) unprompted, erstwhile
(5) None of these
Question No : 4
Prosecutors allege that the star and his associates _____ and transported underage girls over state lines for illegal sexual purposes, _____ the production of child pornography.
(1) recruited, including
(2) aggravate, dissemination
(3) aggravate, including
(4) recruited, dissemination
(5) None of these
Question No : 5
A draft of the _____ seen by Reuters news agency said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been accused of killing protesters, will now fall under the general command of the armed forces, and the intelligence service will be co-supervised by the _____ council and the cabinet.
(1) consensus, sovereign
(2) declaration, scattershot
(3) incessant, preoccupation
(4) headway, preoccupation
(5) None of these
Question No : 6
We ____ allow our forests to be destroyed, otherwise we _____ face a grave crisis.
(1) Shouldn’t, Can’t
(2) Should, Will
(3) Shouldn’t, will
(4) Mustn’t, won’t
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
As a friend, I ____ like to tell you that you ____ stop consuming liquor
(1) Shall, should
(2) May, will
(3) Would, should
(4) Should, would
(5) None of these
Question No : 8
Ever since he was a child, he ____ to ____ to Africa
(1) has wanted, go
(2) Was wanting, went
(3) Will want, been
(4) Is wanting, reach
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
When you are living with your ______ values and principles, you can be straight forward, honest and _____
(1) Core, up-front
(2) Inherited, distinct
(3) Innate, durable
(4) Cultural, perceptive
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
Lack of ______ is basic to good teamwork but our ability to work with others depends on our ______
(1) Dogmatism, motivation
(2) Dogmatism, motivation
(3) Professionalism, vulnerability
(4) Positivism, flexibility
(5) None of these
