Selecting Words
Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
- Football evokes a ___________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___________ the nation.
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We know that in India, cricket is much more popular than football, so how football affects or provokes a reaction amongst Indians should be nothing or very less when compared with cricket’s popularity. Option (b) is right, because ‘lukewarm’ means mild or ‘the state of showing less enthusiasm or interest’, and electrifies is what ‘excites intensely’. These words fit perfectly in the given context.
Correct Option: B
We know that in India, cricket is much more popular than football, so how football affects or provokes a reaction amongst Indians should be nothing or very less when compared with cricket’s popularity. Option (b) is right, because ‘lukewarm’ means mild or ‘the state of showing less enthusiasm or interest’, and electrifies is what ‘excites intensely’. These words fit perfectly in the given context.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Football evokes a lukewarm response in India compared to cricket, that almost electrifies the nation.
- Growth under this government has been ________ high and remarkably ________ even during the worst global economic crisis.
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Since the given sentence speaks about positive aspects of growth therefore. Sustainedly (uniformly) is best suited, relatively is irrelevant because there is no comparison made in the sentence. the first word of all other choices are absurd.
The correct word is given as :-
Sustainedly, resilientCorrect Option: D
As we can say that ,
Since the given sentence speaks about positive aspects of growth therefore. Sustainedly (uniformly) is best suited, relatively is irrelevant because there is no comparison made in the sentence. the first word of all other choices are absurd.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Growth under this government has been Sustainedly high and remarkably resilient even during the worst global economic crisis.
- Cairn cannot ________ bring into picture some ________ outsider which has little experience and necessary consents to deal in the oil field.
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According of the sentence. An experienced and known person would be right to deal in the oil field. Thus
The correct word is given as :-
Arbitrarily, unrelatedCorrect Option: D
According of the sentence. An experienced and known person would be right to deal in the oil field. Thus
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Cairn cannot Arbitrarily bring into picture some unrelated outsider which has little experience and necessary consents to deal in the oil field.
- Women should be paid the same as men-when they do the same job, for surely, what is sauce for the______ is sauce for the ___
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What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander means what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.
Correct Option: A
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander means what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Women should be paid the same as men-when they do the same job, for surely, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander .
- As navigators, calendar makers, and other _________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.
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Students would be a very casual option for the first blank. So we have to choose among scrutinizers and observers. However, the second part of the sentence describes how the ancient astronomers were forced to change their opinion in the face of contradictory evidence. When someone is compelled to accept defeat, 'concede' is the best word that can be used.
The correct word is given as :-
observers, concedeCorrect Option: D
Students would be a very casual option for the first blank. So we have to choose among scrutinizers and observers. However, the second part of the sentence describes how the ancient astronomers were forced to change their opinion in the face of contradictory evidence. When someone is compelled to accept defeat, 'concede' is the best word that can be used.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
As navigators, calendar makers, and other observers of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to concede that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.