Selecting Words


Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.

  1. The first round of the contest had the students ___________ themselves and ___________ about their hobbies.









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    The correct word is given as :-
    introducing , talking

    Correct Option: A

    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    The first round of the contest had the students introducing themselves and talking about their hobbies.


  1. This approach would ________ the enormous illiteracy problem to be ________ in a holistic manner.









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    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    enable, tackled

    Correct Option: A

    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    This approach would enable the enormous illiteracy problem to be tackled in a holistic manner.



  1. A public, servant who is guilty will not ___________ punishment and no ___________ person will be punished.









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    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    flee, guilty

    Correct Option: B

    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    A public, servant who is guilty will not flee punishment and no guilty person will be punished.
    Thus , option B is correct answer .


  1. As this country has become more ___________ industrial and internationalised, it has like all Western democracies in the ___________ of the executive.









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    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    urbanised, role

    Correct Option: A

    The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
    As this country has become more urbanised industrial and internationalised, it has like all Western democracies in the role of the executive.



  1. 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.