Directions(1-10) : Choose a word to be fitted in both the sentences
1. Almost 90% of the spices produced are utilized within the country, and only the ——- is exported. Rohit was advised to take ———– since he broke his leg in the accident.
A. Medicine
B. Coffee
C. As
D. Rest
E. Leftover
2. The ————-of the bus was arrested two days after the incident. Women’s safety was the key ———– behind the big push for sanitation in the villages.
A. Passenger
B. Trainer
C. Issue
D. Owner
E. Driver
3. She————- in slum area and struggles hard to reach her workplace everyday. Despite the existence of safety norms, many private buses plying in Malabar continue to violate all norms risking the ———– of passengers.
A. Lives
B. Calm
C. Plays
D. Aptitude
E. Dwell
4. It is always the ordinary people who ——–victims of violence because the politicians move around in bulletproof vehicles. Those who conspire against others——— — into their own trap.
A. Indicate
B. Shun
C. Fall
D. Transform
E. Suppressed
5. The fleeting ————- of rainfall have increased the fears of steep rise in vegetable prices among traders and consumers. The child had the problem of learning how to ———- a word, for which he was taken to the psychiatrist.
A. Order
B. Spell
C. Form
D. Change
E. Occur
6. Steel prices, which have been on the rise for last several years, have ————-the backbone of auto parts industry.
A. Joined
B. Burst
C. Broken
D. Altered
E. Distanced
7. Adopting healthy habits is vital in curbing the spread of H1N1, and it is high time people ———–it.
A. Rage
B. Chooses
C. Hover
D. Gather
E. Realize
8. It is ————-for children, elderly and people suffering from lung diseases to avoid going out early in the morning.
A. Tired
B. Rampant
C. Affected
D. Advisable
E. Enviable
9. Since ————on mango trees is a very sensitive period, any weather change can badly hit its productivity and quality.
A. Towering
B. Pruning
C. Washing
D. Flowering
E. Sprayed
10. The —————should understand that they would get a licence only if they have basic skills of driving.
A. Residential
B. Political
C. Authoritative
D. Applicants
E. Driven
Directions(11-20) :In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
11.Private tuition is in ___________because schools do not pay much ___________ to weak students.
(a) vogue, attention
(b) reality, clarity
(c) trend, avenues
(d) consideration, scope
(e) agreement, harmony
12.Environment as an ___________ is already on the international agenda, and the media must continue to take ___________ and informed look at it.
(a) agenda, effortless
(b) awareness, complete
(c) example, painless
(d) issue, sustained
(e) ideology, neutral
13.The judgment has ___________ high expectations ___________ the people regarding the benefits of the scheme.
(a) initiated, towards
(b)derived, concerning
(c) raised, among
(d) claimed, soothing
(e) argued, covering
14.Environment still does not make news, ___________ the story has political ___________.
(a) until, bickering
(b)unless, ramifications
(c) without, angle
(d) given, ending
(e) even, leaning
15.There is ___________ good or bat but thinking makes it ___________ .
(a) never, likewise
(b) plenty, enormous
(c) nothing, so
(d) immense, severe
(e) sentimental, basically
16.Now, the educational courses in many institutions are sold and even ___________ for ___________ prices.
(a) auctioned, fabulous
(b) glamourised, soaring
(c) bought, competitive
(d) advertised, cover
(e) demanded, handy
17.Limited ___________ of resources and their limited potential is everybody’s ___________.
(a) assess, responsibility
(b) reach, game
(c) availability, concern
(d) area, knowledge
(e) scope, story
18.The right to livelihood is an ___________ facet of the right to life, ___________ as a fundamental right under the Constitution.
(a) important, enjoying
(b) integral, guaranteed
(c) utmost, covered
(d) ideal, procured
(e) essential, denied
19.For a large majority of poor people, labour power is the only productive ___________ they ___________ for securing a living.
(a) energy, gain
(b) field, deliver
(c) assignment, carry
(d) asset, possess
(e) area, work
20.The committee’s ___________ is to create a space for democratic ___________ of conflicts.
(a) efforts, solution
(b)tasks, finding
(c) finding, settlement
(d) concern, adherence
(e) endeavour, resolution
