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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