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This section includes 234 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your VOCABULARY knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
The Centre is funding a research project on 5G technology being __________ by the country’s premier academic institutions with an _________ of Rs. 37 crore. |
| A. | tried, investment |
| B. | undertaken, outlay |
| C. | launched, income |
| D. | attempted, expense |
| E. | tackled, expenditure |
| Answer» C. launched, income | |
| 52. |
The _________ levels of inequality are a result of a _________ distribution of wealth resources and power legally enforced. |
| A. | rising, even |
| B. | high, complementary |
| C. | endearing, nominal |
| D. | staggering, skewed |
| E. | demeaning, joint |
| Answer» E. demeaning, joint | |
| 53. |
While he once had the wish to learn Portuguese, his ________ to master the language faded after ________ how difficult it really is. |
| A. | efforts, acknowledging |
| B. | ability, executing |
| C. | enthusiastic, knowing |
| D. | passion, placating |
| E. | alacrity, realizing |
| Answer» F. | |
| 54. |
The department of heavy industries plans to _________ a vibrant ecosystem for the capital goods sector to ___________ manpower issues. |
| A. | organize, unfold |
| B. | create, address |
| C. | export, resolve |
| D. | constitute, answer |
| E. | start, decide |
| Answer» C. export, resolve | |
| 55. |
In this age of technology, banks have ___________ on a slew of innovative strategies to ___________ the general public. |
| A. | carried, attract |
| B. | followed, lure |
| C. | start, draw |
| D. | embarked, woo |
| E. | commenced, intrigue |
| Answer» E. commenced, intrigue | |
| 56. |
The massive cuts in legal immigration __________by the White House in __________ for offering a path to citizenship for a section of undocumented residents is too high a price to pay. |
| A. | Suggested, selling |
| B. | Intent, trading |
| C. | Asked, placed |
| D. | Proposed, exchange |
| E. | Forced, return |
| Answer» E. Forced, return | |
| 57. |
On Martyrs’ Day, Mahatma Gandhi’s public speech against the fingerprinting and profiling of Indians in South Africa was __________by the petitioners __________the Aadhaar scheme as a case of profiling of free citizens by the state. |
| A. | repeated, for |
| B. | quoted, against |
| C. | cited, opposing |
| D. | plagiarized, bonded |
| E. | Both B and C |
| Answer» F. | |
| 58. |
Warning that the current stock market __________ could be a bubble, the Chief Economic Advisor said investors needed to be extra __________ about their investments in light of the risk of a sharp correction. |
| A. | Downturn, careful |
| B. | Float, risk |
| C. | Buoyancy, cautious |
| D. | Depression, vigilant |
| E. | Heights, enthusiastic |
| Answer» D. Depression, vigilant | |
| 59. |
Weeks after announcing that Indian migrant labourers would be ________ orange-coloured passports instead of the usual blue, the government yesterday backed down after ________ criticism. |
| A. | Issued, sharp |
| B. | Give, Stinging |
| C. | Advertised, bland |
| D. | Reported, sudden |
| E. | Forth, mild |
| Answer» B. Give, Stinging | |
| 60. |
The __________ of the total eclipse with the blue moon and the super moon is a __________ event. |
| A. | Meeting, common |
| B. | Coincidence, rare |
| C. | Accompaniment, only |
| D. | Divergence, exceptional |
| E. | Contingency, typical |
| Answer» C. Accompaniment, only | |
| 61. |
It is becoming increasingly likely that the ________ trade war between America and China will develop into the real thing. On June 15th the Trump administration published two lists of Chinese products it plans to hit with tariffs of 25%, worth $50bn in 2018. The first will come into force on July 6th. The Chinese snapped back with their own list, laying out a ________ of equal size. |
| A. | Phoney, retaliation |
| B. | Faking, renegade |
| C. | True, revenge |
| D. | Dubious, reciprocation |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Faking, renegade | |
| 62. |
Integrated Water Resources Management gives every individual the right to a minimum quantity of ________ water for essential health and hygiene and makes available within easy reach of the household and also, the state’s responsibility for ensuring people’s right to water remains despite the corporatisation of water services and the ________, where it is considered necessary and appropriate, should be subject to this provision. |
| A. | Portable, former |
| B. | Portentous, next |
| C. | Potable, latter |
| D. | Palatable, prior |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Palatable, prior | |
| 63. |
The NITI Aayog has given a refreshingly new focus to the ________ on industrial policy and has repeated a classical perspective on the manufacturing sector as an engine of growth and the need to remove many ________ from the industrial policy environment. |
| A. | Reference, difficulty |
| B. | Judging, obliterated |
| C. | Thinking, cobwebs |
| D. | Sensible, obsolete |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Sensible, obsolete | |
| 64. |
Sixteen years ago Hannah Taylor woke up with a fever. Her legs began to swell to four times their normal size. They have been that way since. People ________ her because of their putrid smell. The elephantiasis ailing her was caused by a mosquito-born infection that could have been treated safely with a pill costing no more than $0.50 before it progressed. Instead, microscopic worms infested her body, causing ________ and irreversible damage. |
| A. | Shunned, catastrophic |
| B. | Leave, puny |
| C. | Took, ailing |
| D. | Accepted, huge |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Leave, puny | |
| 65. |
LoUs are among the most popular instruments to ________ overseas credit by importers — known as buyers’ credit in banking ________ — because of their attractive pricing. It is estimated that overall, bank finance for imports into India is around $140 billion, of which over 60% is funded through such buyers’ credit. |
| A. | Get, shout |
| B. | Secure, parlance |
| C. | Intake, slang |
| D. | Apply, terminology |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Intake, slang | |
| 66. |
I. Severe loss of blood in any minor injury is an __________ that the patient is suffering from some kind of blood disease. II. This may be a courtesy visit but it is an __________that the relation between the brothers is improving. III. The situation is Syria is fast worsening since there is no __________that either the government or the opposition is ready to cede ground. |
| A. | Dedication |
| B. | Sign |
| C. | Interpretation |
| D. | Indication |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 67. |
I. Even to the most ________ optimist, the G7 summit in Quebec earlier this month was proof that the geopolitical West is breaking up and losing its global significance II. Malaysia’s former Prime Minister has become an ________ user of Facebook in recent weeks, using the social network to defend himself from allegations of corruption linked to the MDB fund. III. An ________ romantic, the author talks of the city in the same terms you would use to describe an intimate relationship. |
| A. | Invidious |
| B. | Inveterate |
| C. | Inverted |
| D. | invertebrate |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Inverted | |
| 68. |
I. When news began circulating of an imminent acquisition deal between the two companies during Cannes Lions, both ________, noting that rumors abound at the event. II. People from the US administration have visited India and demanded that it should send a “signal” by privatising the State Bank of India but the Indian government ________, fearing a backlash of people’s anger. III. I saw a stunning selection of delicacies and was tempted to try them but they were all made of meat, so I ________. |
| A. | Demure |
| B. | Demurred |
| C. | Demurrage |
| D. | Demur |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Demurrage | |
| 69. |
I. The State Real Estate Authority has mapped nearly 4,500 projects registered with it under the GIS, enabling citizens find ________ details of homes of their choice on its website. II. The Secretary was given detailed instructions, one of which was to ________ the proceedings of every meeting that was to take place the following day. III. European Union leaders took hardly a ________ to unite over a warning to Britain’s prime minister that she risked a disorderly British exit from the bloc unless she broke the months of political deadlock and made “realistic” proposals. |
| A. | Small |
| B. | Minute |
| C. | Record |
| D. | Time |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Record | |
| 70. |
I. Cab aggregator Uber proposed measures to ________ concerns expressed by the State government over its fare policy, including "self-regulation" of dynamic pricing to minimise impact on riders. II. The politician is scheduled to visit the city on July 3 for two days and ________ various public gatherings while in the city. III. India’s purchases of commercial aircraft and gas from the US would help bridge the trade deficit between the two countries even as they agreed to hold official talks soon to ________ trade and economic irritants between them. |
| A. | Tackle |
| B. | Sort |
| C. | Talk |
| D. | Address |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 71. |
After deliberating on the contentious ________ of Reserve Bank of India’s governance framework, its central board, decided that the matter required further examination. Besides discussing the governance framework, the Reserve Bank of India, in a statement, said its central board reviewed, inter alia, the current economic situation, and the ________ related to currency management. The SEBI has decided to allow the start-up to ________ new shares in the market without the prior approval of its board. |
| A. | Attrition |
| B. | Issue |
| C. | Yield |
| D. | Fail |
| E. | Frame |
| Answer» C. Yield | |
| 72. |
In India’s hierarchical rural order, the disadvantaged are unable to access insurance, welfare and loan ________ managed by multiple agencies. These ________ are manipulated by landed interests in collusion with government and bank officials — unless this is checked by concerted socio-political intervention. Many states such as Telangana have shown the way with various effective ________ in this regard, and reaped handsome political dividends. |
| A. | Status |
| B. | Schemes |
| C. | Functions |
| D. | Traits |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Functions | |
| 73. |
PSBs meet their capital requirement through various sources including ________ of capital from the market through issuance of capital instruments, monetisation of non-core assets etc. Since the recapitalisation announcement till November 2018, PSBs have been recapitalized to the tune of Rs 1, 28,861 crore through infusion and ________ of capital from the market. The new company is looking forward to ________ of funds from the foreign markets through the external commercial borrowing. |
| A. | Capital |
| B. | Mobilization |
| C. | Ratification |
| D. | Determination |
| E. | Fragmentation |
| Answer» C. Ratification | |
| 74. |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is likely to announce loan ________ worth billions of dollars to woo millions of farmers ahead of a general election. Farm loan ________ would be the biggest help the government has ever provided to farmers, said the officials, who did not wish to be identified in line with government policy. The previous Congress party-led coalition government had announced farm loan ________ worth nearly Rs 72,000 crore in 2008, helping it return to power with a bigger mandate in 2009. |
| A. | Waivers |
| B. | Ramifications |
| C. | Turnings |
| D. | Determinations |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Ramifications | |
| 75. |
________ in exports of gems & jewellery and engineering goods, two major product groups, slowed down India’s export growth to 0.80 per cent in November. Other items which posted ________ in exports include marine products, leather goods, meat, dairy & poultry products, yarn, fruits, oil seeds and tea. Engineering goods, which is the second largest export item after petroleum products, posted a 16.35 per cent ________ in exports in November to $5.9 billion. |
| A. | Failure |
| B. | Retrograde |
| C. | Prospects |
| D. | Fall |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 76. |
As a first step in looking at the antitrust________, it is important to look at the economic________ that govern platforms. |
| A. | Medicines, Logic |
| B. | Yearnings, Laxity |
| C. | Issues, Principles |
| D. | Corrections, Methods |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Corrections, Methods | |
| 77. |
The government’s national biometric ID project, Aadhaar, has forced an ________ conversation around the dangers of a ________ technocratic vision of governance. |
| A. | Aristocratic, fallacies |
| B. | Ambiguous, facilitative |
| C. | Accounted, constantly |
| D. | Overdue, purely |
| E. | Opaque, avidly |
| Answer» E. Opaque, avidly | |
| 78. |
While the General Data Protection Law came into force only in 2018, its ________ were made public in 2012 and have heavily ________ongoing legislative efforts in other countries. |
| A. | Regulations, encouraged |
| B. | Provisions, influenced |
| C. | Paradigms, institutionalized |
| D. | Ramifications, supported |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Paradigms, institutionalized | |
| 79. |
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 ________ that a copy of all personal data of Indian residents be ________ on servers in India, often termed “localization.” |
| A. | Mandates, steeped |
| B. | Competes, stemmed |
| C. | Revises, satisfied |
| D. | Requires, stored |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 80. |
Clearly, anyone ________ with social transition under colonialism would know, that such ________ of the colonial middle class were those defined by the colonialists. |
| A. | Oblivious, ideas |
| B. | Factual, races |
| C. | Fatal, natures |
| D. | Familiar, notions |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 81. |
While the demand is_________for clay idols, people also prefer moulded idols_________in bulk from other cities. |
| A. | Low, manufactured |
| B. | Few, transferred |
| C. | Small, distributed |
| D. | High, procured |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 82. |
Pedestrians complain that there is no_________left for them to walk at pedestrian crossings near major junctions as they are_________upon by motorists. |
| A. | Road, encircled |
| B. | place, accustomed |
| C. | Figures, crossed |
| D. | Space, encroached |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 83. |
Chaotic traffic has become the_________of the day at major junctions in Puducherry thanks to poor traffic management,_________posting of police personnel and disregard of rules by motorists and vehicle owner. |
| A. | Dynamics, frequent |
| B. | Diabolical, often |
| C. | Order, inadequate |
| D. | Access, uncontrollable |
| E. | Attention, unassailable |
| Answer» D. Access, uncontrollable | |
| 84. |
If you look at the number of districts, then the areas under the_________of left - wing extremism have shrunk_________more than 40% in the last three years. |
| A. | Existence, with |
| B. | Ecstasy, about |
| C. | Influence, by |
| D. | Confidence, off |
| E. | Installation, about |
| Answer» D. Confidence, off | |
| 85. |
Only a third in India are _________ saving for their retirement while just 33 per cent of working-age respondents globally are_________anything aside for their later life. |
| A. | Hardly, saving |
| B. | Regularly, putting |
| C. | Constantly, setting |
| D. | Continuously, debating |
| E. | Diligently, Meticulously |
| Answer» C. Constantly, setting | |
| 86. |
I. Even though weather conditions were ________ for executing the project, sheer ________ coupled with a laidback attitude led to an opportunity being wasted. II. The ________ treatment given to corporate agriculture and a culture of ________ and disregard for small farmers is killing India's agricultural sector, and killing the farmers themselves. |
| A. | Bad, enthusiasm |
| B. | good, energy |
| C. | Habitual, shame |
| D. | Favourable, negligence |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 87. |
I. The government has ________ over Rs 35,000 crore in cess for the welfare of construction workers employed in the high-risk and hazardous construction industry that is mostly ________ by private companies. II. Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei said it never ________ or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it gave access of data to such handset manufacturers albeit in a ________ way. |
| A. | Taken, owned |
| B. | Withdrawn, vague |
| C. | Collected, controlled |
| D. | Get, constricted |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Get, constricted | |
| 88. |
I. The company has extensively invested resources to ensure the delivery of goods goes on ________ and also to develop an ________ service that incorporates various distribution channels in line with investors’ preference. II. From wheels to smart phones, technology has ________ transformed lives but it is high time modern technologies became ________ and stopped turning a blind eye to elderly users. |
| A. | Suddenly, exclusive |
| B. | Smooth, excluded |
| C. | Brokenly, included |
| D. | Seamlessly, inclusive |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 89. |
I. India is a ________ after destination for medical tourism, but in the area of early screening and intervention it is still ________ behind, and early developmental screening is more the exception than the rule. II. The minister interacted with the local residents and ________ their feedback on the developmental policies as he wanted to know why the district, which was a knowledge hub earlier, was presently ________ in crucial indicators of development. |
| A. | Sought, lagging |
| B. | Sort, moving |
| C. | Wanted, crawling |
| D. | Required, running |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sort, moving | |
| 90. |
I. The Programme ________ is radical because the exercise envisages a serious re-imagination of government and governance, and ________ cooperative federalism. II. The book turned movie boasts of an ingeniously ________ production and ________ the original work, at times even surpassing it. |
| A. | Perceived, lightens |
| B. | conceived, deepens |
| C. | Born, jokes |
| D. | Conceptualized, satire |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Born, jokes | |
| 91. |
The emergency services _________ the accident site as soon as the news of the train collision was _______ to them. |
| A. | suspended, emitted |
| B. | carried, postponed |
| C. | finished, pronounced |
| D. | reached, relayed |
| E. | marked, transferred |
| Answer» E. marked, transferred | |
| 92. |
The critical outbursts from the ministers are ____________ of the fact that there is no real ____________ in the Union cabinet on the current austerity drive. |
| A. | thoughtful, compromise |
| B. | indicators, harmony |
| C. | reflective, consensus |
| D. | reflectors, conformity |
| E. | proof, disagreement |
| Answer» D. reflectors, conformity | |
| 93. |
In the automotive world, boost refers to the increase in pressure that is __________ by the turbocharger in the intake manifold that __________ normal atmospheric pressure. |
| A. | generated, exceeds |
| B. | transformed, emits |
| C. | advanced, exhausts |
| D. | composed, energizes |
| E. | invented, confines |
| Answer» B. transformed, emits | |
| 94. |
It is in the second and third years of the child's life that the ________ of the development of the mental processes is most apparent, and it might seem more reasonable to adopt a strictly _________ order to note the same. |
| A. | process, alphabetical |
| B. | rush, numerical |
| C. | nature, celestial |
| D. | stimulus, random |
| E. | rapidity, chronological |
| Answer» F. | |
| 95. |
The ________ of honest politicians is the reason for the ________ state of the country. |
| A. | slur, glorious |
| B. | abundance, sad |
| C. | shortage, miserable |
| D. | lack, progressive |
| E. | sparse, pitiable |
| Answer» D. lack, progressive | |
| 96. |
Cambridge University-led research has successfully _________ washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric. The textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, _________ printing of inks based on graphene, a 2D form of carbon. The fabrics developed are ___________ to wear and can survive up to 20 cycles in a typical washing machine, said researchers. |
| A. | incorporated, sustainable, comfortable |
| B. | segregated, high value, tight |
| C. | insulated, quality, easy |
| D. | prevented, valuable, hard |
| E. | created, sustained, large |
| Answer» B. segregated, high value, tight | |
| 97. |
Mother Nature doesn’t lend you even a ___________ of talent without expecting you to pay her back—with interest and gratitude. But here I am talking to someone who could _________ me! So, stand firm, Angelo—in my absence, you’ll stand in for me completely. Vienna’s criminals will be ___________ or pardoned based on what you feel and say. |
| A. | excessive, trust, tried |
| B. | smidgen, instruct, executed |
| C. | pool, ask, released |
| D. | spirit, accuse, hanged |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. pool, ask, released | |
| 98. |
All things were as _________ in the temple as ever I had seen them. The windows of the room of that side, __________ occupied by my friend, were dark and still, and there was no lounger in Garden court. I walked past the fountain twice or thrice before I ___________ the steps that were between me and my rooms, but I was quite alone. |
| A. | stoned, hurriedly, put |
| B. | clean, mildly, accepted |
| C. | broken, widely, envisaged |
| D. | quiet, lately, descended |
| E. | created, largely, took |
| Answer» E. created, largely, took | |
| 99. |
Many joggers and dog walkers in the park appeared __________, joining the overwhelming majority of residents battling on without masks. Children played cricketand men read newspapers in _________ so thick that the park's ancient Islamic monuments were __________ visible in the gloom. |
| A. | unfazed, smog, barely |
| B. | cleared, rain, largely |
| C. | lazy, winter, vaguely |
| D. | dazed, water, highly |
| E. | low, summers, mildly |
| Answer» B. cleared, rain, largely | |
| 100. |
The __________ to e-buses would not lower the level of emissions but merely __________ their place of origin. |
| A. | Shift, altered, |
| B. | Evolution, vary |
| C. | Rectify, modification |
| D. | Transition, change |
| E. | Altercation, destroy |
| Answer» E. Altercation, destroy | |