English Questions – Fill in the Blanks Set – 90

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1. Imagine___________not only for the old and infirm Ma/ Ai/ Ammi, but also for female street children who are invariably___________upon and become lust-fodder.
   1) separate, peerless
   2) disunite, renounced
   3) shelters, foraged
   4) break off, curbing
   5) hireling, nimble
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: shelters,foraged
   shelters – a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.
   foraged – (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.
   
   
2. An unprecedented decision by a seven judge Supreme Court bench to___________a sitting judge of Calcutta high court, CS Karnan, and sentence him to six months___________foregrounds worrisome systemic issues.
   1) convict, imprisonment
   2) disaffect, flowing
   3) estrange, controlling
   4) scapegoat, evading
   5) immolation, preventing
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: convict, imprisonment
   imprisonment – the state of being imprisoned; captivity.
   
   
3. This experience___________exposed a shortcoming in the current framework to discipline a judge, for incidents that may not require a___________impeachment procedure.
   1) divide, mainline
   2) starkly, cumbersome
   3) affections of, homelike
   4) gudgeon, homey
   5) curvaceous, soothing
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: starkly, cumbersome
   starkly – in a way that is severe or harsh in appearance or outline.
   cumbersome – large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
   
   
4. It is___________that an effective system for appointing judges would have permitted him entry, leading to the current___________situation the judiciary finds itself in.
   1) harmonious, homely
   2) conceivable, snug
   3) gopher, constrains
   4) inconceivable, embarrassing
   5) martyr, controlled
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: inconceivable, embarrassing
   
   
5. In the case of thermal power, the costs of pollution and greenhouse effects besides the cost of___________gaps in the grid to transfer thermal power to remote areas need to be___________in.
   1) patsy, exquisite
   2) bridging, factored
   3) pushover, adroit
   4) fathomable, decorative
   5) balletic, incomparable
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: bridging, factored
   bridging – a method of climbing a wide chimney by using the left hand and foot on one side wall and the right hand and foot on the other.
   factor – (of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor.
   
   
6. They all have the ability to control smart___________and tell users about the traffic___________and the news.
   1) sacrifice, refrain
   2) gambit, limber
   3) wretch, forbear
   4) appliances, conditions
   5) elastic, aesthetic
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: appliances, conditions
   appliances – a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.
   conditions – the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.
   
   
7. The Karnan episode also shows up the___________of filters in the___________system which enabled his appointment as a judge despite his evident incapacity to hold the post.
   1) sufferer, crowning
   2) casualty, unparalleled
   3) inadequacy, unrivaled
   4) imaginable, sovereign
   5) outstanding, decline
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: inadequacy, unrivaled
   inadequacy – the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.
   unrivaled – better than everyone or everything of the same type.
   
   
8. He frequently levelled___________charges against other judges who were his___________.
   1) predominant, dainty
   2) sucker, eschew
   3) capricious, colleagues
   4) stooge, foremost
   5) collegium, paramount
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: capricious, colleagues
   capricious – given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
   colleagues – a person with whom one works in a profession or business.
   
   
9. There are questions about the efficacy of the current collegium system of___________judges and the___________down of gag orders by the judiciary.
   1) cardinal, champion
   2) unapproachable, unequaled
   3) prominent, evaded
   4) appointing, handing
   5) dominant, essential
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: appointing, handing
   
   
10. The apex court’s verdict and events which___________it indicate that there are gaps in the judiciary’s___________which need to be addressed.
    1) preeminent, premier
    2) stellar, strongest
    3) prevailing, primary
    4) preceded ,functioning
    5) abjure, abnegate
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: preceded ,functioning
    preceded – come before (something) in time.
    functioning – work or operate in a proper or particular way.