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- Trailing 0-2 and __________________ a unit searching for batting __________________, skipper Kohli has to cope with a tough challenge.
1) lustrous, phosphorescent
2) abstruse, ambiguous
3) helming, cohesion
4) avoidable, equable
5) erraticism, luminous
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 3)
Explanation: helming – steer (a boat or ship).
cohesion – the action or fact of forming a united whole.
- He sparkled with a 153 in the second Test but, as it used to happen during Sachin Tendulkar’s __________________in the 1990s, that proved to be a fine but __________________ effort in a lost cause.
1) escapable, frictionless
2) resistible, invariable
3) advantageous, radiant
4) heyday, futile
5) complicated, concealed
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4)
Explanation: heyday – the period of a person’s or thing’s greatest success, popularity, activity, or vigour.
futile – incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
- The reputations of a player and team are __________________ by __________________ performances abroad and against quality opposition.
1) burnished, gritty
2) incongruity, lucent
3) applied, bland
4) commodious, refulgent
5) confusing, cryptic
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 1)
Explanation: burnished – polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.
gritty – containing or covered with grit.
- The latter may be exemplary in abridged versions, but in the longest format he has failed to __________________ his __________________ talent.
1) appropriate, brave
2) ignite, luminous
3) inconsistency, mysterious
4) inconstancy, occult
5) glassy, ablaze
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 2)
Explanation: ignite – catch fire or cause to catch fire.
luminous – giving off light; bright or shining.
- It needs no __________________that summary bans on films violate the freedom of speech and expression __________________in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. Such a right is subject to reasonable restrictions on some grounds, including public order.
1) lustrous, glowing
2) irregularity, variation
3) reiteration, enshrined
4) convenient, effective
5) doubtful, enigmatic
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 3)
Explanation: reiteration – the action of repeating something, typically for emphasis or clarity.
enshrined – place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
- However, the use of the threat of violence and other forms of __________________ cannot give the state an oblique reason to stifle fundamental freedoms by __________________ apprehensions and invoking its powers to maintain peace.
1) intricate, involved
2) planate, aglow
3) fruitful, functional
4) intimidation, voicing
5) enigmatical, esoteric
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4)
Explanation: intimidation – the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.
voicing – express in words.
- In S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram (1989), the Supreme Court said the state cannot plead inability to handle the problem of a hostile audience as that “would be__________________ to __________________ of the rule of law and a surrender to blackmail and intimidation.”
1) rhythmic, burnished
2) inscrutable, insoluble
3) impenetrable, incomprehensible
4) practicable, practical
5) tantamount, negation
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 5)
Explanation: tantamount – equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
negation – the contradiction or denial of something.
- It would be a __________________ on the country’s record of protecting free speech if a film with admittedly no claim to historical accuracy is banned on the mere __________________ that some people, who have not even seen it, find it offensive.
1) taint, pretext
2) pragmatic, profitable
3) proper, propitious
4) inconceivable, incredible
5) serene, vivid
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 1)
Explanation: taint – a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.
pretext – a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.
- In seeking __________________, they have pointed to the huge burden imposed on their balance sheets by non-performing assets __________________ the banking system.
1) inexplicable, glossy
2) indecisive, indefinite
3) purposive, salutary
4) leeway, clogging
5) serviceable, subsidiary
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4)
Explanation: leeway – the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
clogging – a shoe with a thick wooden sole.
- As the IMF has pointed out, the possible end to the era of__________________ liquidity and debt-fuelled economic activity is likely to cause __________________ by affecting asset prices.
1) toward, utile
2) tranquil, fluorescent
3) indistinct, lambent
4) indeterminate, shaven
5) abundant, disruption
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 5)
Explanation: abundant – existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
disruption – disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process.
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