Directions (Q. 1-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
With the US military tied down on
two fronts and the rest of the world growing (1) to American power, the
challenges for Rice are as (2) as they have been for any Secretary of
State in the past three decades. After six years of tussling with others on
Bush's national-security team, Rice has seen off her rivals and (3) as
the principal spokesperson for Bush's foreign (4). Her reward has been
to (5) responsibility for selling a failed policy in Iraq and (6)
a legacy for Bush at a time when (7) in the world are in the mood to
help her. "Bush is severely (8) and has very little (9) or
support at home or abroad," says Leslie Gelb, former president of the
Council on Foreign Relations. "That is (10) true for his Secretary
of State. So they are (11) flailing around." That's a grim
assessment, since the (12) to international order are (13) today
than at any other time since the end of the cold war. The most immediate source
of (14) emanates from where the country civil war risks (15) a
region-wide conflict.
1.
1) resistant
2) subservient
3) immune
4) cordial
5) indifference
2.
1) obvious
2) trivial
3) superfluous
4) daunting
5) rewarding
3.
1) renamed
2) emerged
3) appointed
4) entrusted
5) visited
4.
1) aid
2) recognition
3) policy
4) acceptability
5) minister
5.
1) shirk
2) avoid
3) transfer
4) visualize
5) inherit
6.
1) focusing
2) framing
3) escaping
4) salvage
5) demolishing
7.
1) people
2) few
3) diplomats
4) autocrats
5) most
8.
1) intensified
2) master-minded
3) weakened
4) projected
5) supported
9.
1) credibility
2) difficulty
3) majority
4) power
5) enthusiasm
10.
1) not
2) uniformly
3) remotely
4) partially
5) also
11.
1) effectively
2) inadvertently
3) basically
4) aimlessly
5) not
12.
1) admirations
2) threats
3) pleasantries
4) demands
5) accolades
13.
1) louder
2) fewer
3) magnificent
4) most
5) bigger
14.
1) instability
2) fuel
3) energy
4) peace
5) atrocity
15.
1) defusing
2) demolishing
3) terminating
4) igniting
5) extinguishing
Directions (Q. 16- 20): Rearrange
the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below
them.
(A) To propose the idea of becoming
perfected is not the same as saying that we human beings can be perfect.
(B) It only means that we are
capable of learning, changing and growing throughout the span of our earthly
life.
(C) Learning is a process that
begins at birth and lasts till death.
(D) This development through
understanding new things, transforming and developing throughout may be
considered as the perfection of soul.
(E) Given that we are here to
continually learn on the journey of life, it seems that the ultimate goal of
learning is the perfection of our souls.
(F) Nor that we should be perfect in
everything.
16. Which of the following should be
the FIRST statement after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
17. Which of the following should be
the SECOND statement after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
18. Which of the following should be
the THIRD statement after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) F
19. Which of the following should be
FOURTH statement after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) F
20. Which of the following should be
the LAST statement after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) c
4) D
5) E
Answers..
1) 1
2) 4
3) 2
4) 3
5) 2
6) 4
7) 2
8) 3
9) 1
10) 5
11) 4
12) 2
13) 5
14) 1
15) 4
16) 3; CEAFBD
17) 5
18) 1
19) 5
20) 4
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