English Questions: Fill in the Blanks Set – 41

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1. The consequences of increased__________of antimicrobial resistance are best illustrated in the case of neonatal sepsis.
   1) deliberate
   2) prevalence
   3) moderate
   4) steady
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: prevalence – widespread, प्रचलन
   
   
2. Most of the 1,70,000 pneumonia deaths that occurred in this age group in India in 2013 could have been_________.
   1) averted
   2) rigid
   3) gambol
   4) cavort
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: averted – prevent, रोकना
   
   
3. Better sanitation and__________infection control measures in health-care settings will also drastically cut the spread of drug-resistant strains.
   1) timid
   2) inadequate
   3) inefficacious
   4) trenchant
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: trenchant – effective, प्रभावी
   
   
4. Mr. Jaitley seems to have achieved the impossible. He has definitely_______fiscal prudence.
   1) uniform
   2) snub
   3) rebuff
   4) embraced
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: embraced – adopt, स्वीकार
   
   
5. The Finance Minister has stayed away from_______populism such as raising the income tax exemption limit.
   1) restricted
   2) classified
   3) overt
   4) furtive
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: overt – open, खुल्लमखुल्ला
   
   
6. The first 115 MW CCS retrofitted coal power plant________operation at Boundary Dam in Canada in 2014.
   1) commenced
   2) consummate
   3) coat
   4) finalize
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: commenced – start, शुरुवात
   
   
7. The optimal gases for injection, such as sulphur dioxide (SO), can be produced in________.
   1) except
   2) abundance
   3) just
   4) hardly
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: abundance – more than enough, अधिकता
   
   
8. The Pinatubo volcanic eruption is also said to have reduced_______, soil moisture, and river flow in many regions.
   1) precipitation
   2) stretch
   3) sedate
   4) stem
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: precipitation – downfall, पतन
   
   
9. That, ironically, could do more damage than the gradual global warming that we are seeking to_______.
   1) isolation
   2) hush
   3) combat
   4) solitude
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: combat – fight, लड़ना
   
   
10. If there is some chance of it succeeding safely, it would be unwise to______it at this stage.
    1) craggy
    2) grasp
    3) abandon
    4) clutch
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: abandon – Leave, छोड़ना