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- Noting that “an issue like this has arisen never before”, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear arguments for _______to a Constitution Bench a plea challenging the restriction on women aged between 10 and 50 years to enter the ________Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
1) causing, obscure
2) blocking, noted
3) referring, famed
4) accusing, famous
5) alluding, unknownAnswer – 3)
Explanation : referring, famed - The water level in the Godavari _________near the danger mark at Bhadrachalam town with all its tributaries in spate in the upper reaches of the river posing flood threat to around 19 villages comprising several riverside _________in Bhadrachalam division.
1) hovered, habitations
2) slumped, holes
3) descended, domiciles
4) followed, dwellings
5) lifted, cavitiesAnswer – 1)
Explanation : hovered, habitations - Tense moments_______at the Government Observation Home for Boys in Kellys on Monday afternoon after over 35 _____escaped from the home reportedly following a clash between two groups of boys.
1) failed, tenants
2) prevailed, inmates
3) collapsed, residents
4) busted, occupants
5) triumphed, outpatientsAnswer – 2)
Explanation : prevailed, inmates - The Dowleswaram Barrage started receiving heavy _______from Monday evening and irrigation officials announced the first warning around 7 p.m. and said the second warning could be expected tonight if the water level crossed 11.75 ft. at the_______.
1) outflows, cannonade
2) effluences, storm
3) confluents, twaddle
4) floods, vacate
5) inflows, barrageAnswer – 5)
Explanation : inflows, barrage
Cannonade –Intense and continuous artillery fire. - By using computer ________and data collected by the NASA’s Cassini and Huygens mission, researchers have revealed that under Titan-like cold environmental conditions, polyimine is ________and can absorb the sun’s energy and become a possible catalyst for life.
1)models, flexible
2) modals, tractable
3) inferiors, malleable
4) forms, brittle
5) patterns, inflexibleAnswer – 1)
Explanation : models, flexible - Entry of mediocre students into Australia is likely to be ¬¬-_________with new norms making educational institutions responsible for the genuineness of their admissions which will be ________in their ratings.
1) unlimited, mirrored
2) limited, unreflect
3) unrestricted, selected
4) restricted, reflected
5) allowed, ignoredAnswer – 4)
Explanation : restricted, reflected - Malappuram’s experience of adults and young adults being ________to diphtheria infection has prompted doctors and health workers to undertake an_________vaccination campaign.
1) guarded, exhaustive
2) invulnerable, complete
3) vulnerable, intensive
4) invincible, incomplete
5) unguarded, extensiveAnswer – 3)
Explanation : vulnerable, intensive - Commerce and Industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman held talks with her Russian ________Denis Manturov on measures to boost _________trade and investment ties including in sectors such as high-end engineering.
1) agreement, mutual
2) collaborator, biased
3) partner, multilateral
4) mate, unilateral
5) counterpart, bilateralAnswer – 5)
Explanation : counterpart, bilateral - Google launched a program on Monday to train two million ___________in India on Android, its mobile operating system, in the next three-year period and this is aimed at _________them to make innovative mobile applications on the platform.
1) contractors, crippling
2) developers, enabling
3) creators, disabling
4) maintainers, disallowing
5) outliners, allowingAnswer – 2)
Explanation : developers, enabling - The court accepted the writ petition filed on behalf of five associated banks of the SBI and ___________the unions (SSBEA and AIBEA) and its members from going _______with the strike, said State Bank of Travancore in a statement.
1) unrestrained, before
2) uncontrolled, next
3) controlled, aback
4) restrained, ahead
5) unchecked, afterAnswer – 4)
Explanation : restrained, ahead
Restrained – Keep under control; keep in check.
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