Which of the following words should be filled at (b) as per the context of the passage from the given options?

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice. 

As India’s government _______ on compensating the states for GST shortfalls, there are murmurs of a sovereign default, constitutional crisis and breakdown of federalism.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the words fits best, choose the option that indicates 'None of these' as your answer.

The Balakot factor could be an ______________ point in shifting sentiments in favour of a strong, majority government returning to power in _______________ to a rag-a-tag coalition.

In the question given below, there are two statements, each statement consists of two blanks. You have to choose the option which provides the correct set of words that fits both the blanks in both the statements appropriately and in the same order making them meaningful and grammatically correct. If none of the words fits best, choose the option that indicates 'None of the above' as your answer.

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.

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice. 

Reforms based on the Committee’s recommendations will have serious _________ for every person who is subjected to the criminal justice system.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

Additional benefits include _____________ training costs incurred post-recruitment and a _____________ churn as learners develop more ownership in their roles.

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. 

This is obvious on health concerns alone. India’s count of corona infections still seems on a relentless upward path, signifying the failure of our ________of measures to contain the pandemic.

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice. 

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Indian economy and businesses are ________ towards insolvency and over-burdened bankruptcy courts.

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Data from India’s statistics ministry has put a figure on the gloom that has _________our economy since the COVID pandemic struck.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

Based on the ________ UK series of the same name, Utopia is a conspiracy thriller about a group of ________ who band together to locate a comic book manuscript that they believe contains information about future pandemics.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The upcoming housing units in Maharashtra will increase residential building sector floor space by approximately 100 million square metre and will generate higher carbon footprint, posing _____________ environmental impacts if not constructed _____________ and factoring occupants comfort.

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice. 

When the Nepal-India dispute over the Himalayan territory of Limpiyadhura flared up, opinion-makers presented it as the doing of an upstart nation run by a renegade Prime Minister thumbing its nose at India, that too at Beijing's________.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The Indian Army has taken control of key heights overlooking the PLA’s __________ on the Finger 4 ridgeline on the northern bank of Pangong Tso where rival soldiers are deployed ________ a few hundred metres from each other.

Direction: A sentence with a blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

The rebound in diesel demand is crucial for _______________ up crude processing by Indian refiners.

A sentence with a blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

The executive branch has expanded its power globally, in the wake of the pandemic, and not rarely, using it as a __________ for aggrandizement. 

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

While the demand is _________ for clay idols, people also prefer moulded idols _________ in bulk from other cities.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

Rather than the _____________ of privatization going to the Consolidated Fund of India, a sovereign wealth fund could be created which is _____________ managed.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

The agency is understood to be ____________ the official with the digital evidence it had extracted from the gadgets it __________ from the accused in the case.

The following are the sentences having two blanks in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate pair of words so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

The level of inequality in any society- be it social or economic, has a ____________ intricate relationships with ______________ looking at the current issues.

In the given statement, a blank has been given. This needs to be filled up using the correct combination of words from the four options mentioned so that the resulting statement is grammatically and contextually correct.

The employment situation in India is a very _____________ challenge that must be acknowledged, confronted and for which we must debate solutions.

A. Positive
B. Dispersion
C. Grim
D. Serious

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

___________ a press conference, he said that Municipal Administration Minister KTR has recently said that the government has already spent Rs 65,000 crore for development under the GHMC limits __________ for Hyderabad city.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The country’s economy is in free fall, Covid-19 cases are growing by _________ and bounds, and there is no end in sight to the ________ standoff with China.

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

Supermarket distribution systems, based on “just in time” supply chains, are struggling to cope with a sudden ___________ in demand since Covid-19 took hold. The most pressing concern is finding a way to feed the country’s most vulnerable and isolated people.

A sentence with a blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

A study on the first national sero surveillance to estimate the ______________ of the novel coronavirus, conducted in May, shows that as many as 8.56 lakh cases were present in the 233 districts deemed ‘zero-caseload’ at the time — confirming the under-detection of cases in the country.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The presence of homeless persons with mental illness elicits a range of responses from a desire to help, triggered by the __________ of pity or sympathy, to ________ wishing them away or shunning them from mainstream society.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the words fits best, choose the option that indicates 'None of these' as your answer.

As the _____________ of jobs is changing worldwide, the private sector is unable to _________________ absorb the entrant workforce.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

It is_________________ to welcome with both hands the Supreme Court directive to the Centre and the states to institute videography of all areas within police stations and the offices of central investigation agencies, as a way to___________ police brutality.

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

Many problems such as unemployment are part of the general economic _______________.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

The Great Wall of China is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and ___________ territories of Chinese states and empires against various ________ groups of the steppe and their polities.

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape the ___________ of this pandemic.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

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.

In the questions given below a sentence is given with three blanks in each. Corresponding to each question six words are given. Which combination of words out of these words will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful?

The Central Vigilance Commission has summoned the top _______ of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization after a fire on Friday night _______ its vigilance wing office in the capital. Several fire tenders were _______ to douse the flames at the NBCC Tower. 
A. Employed
B. Diaspora
C. Destroyed
D. Brass
E. Deployed
F. Acquisition 

A sentence with one blank is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

Over two-thirds of Gaza’s population comprises of refugees, some of them _______ several times over amid the death and devastation of successive Israeli assaults.

In the questions given below, a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

More than the introduction of new laws, the _______ need of the hour is to collectively create a mindset that ________ and condemn atrocities against women.

Column 1             Column 2
A. Trivial               D. Denounce  
B. Pressing          E. Discriminate
C. Clamant           F. Inculpate

In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

The ________ argue that President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed pension _______ will force them to make a choice between working for long hours and receiving lower payments.

Column 1                                               Column 2
A. Demonstrators                                  D. Reforms
B. Protesters                                          E.  Waivers
C. Militants                                             F. Aspiration

A sentence with a blank is given, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

The attenuation of Parliament, overshadowed by a strong executive, ____________ a concern in India even before the pandemic.

A sentence with one blank is given below. Read the sentence carefully and find a suitable alternative for the blank provided so as to make the sentence contextually and grammatically coherent.

Asia had a choppy session after more barbs between Beijing and Washington over Hong Kong, but near 1% gains for London, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan early on and a rise in Wall Street futures ________ away any caution.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The military is prepared for a 10-day ________ war, with the Narendra Modi government allowing emergency purchases of critical _________

In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

In this game of thrones, only Germany seems to have the sway to mediate a return to_______.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. If none of the options seem correct, mark the option "None of these".

Problems of exclusion will be eliminated if the payer-insurer is the state, the _____________ is done through public taxes, and coverage is _____________ .

The following are the sentences having two blanks in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate pair of words so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

These numbers are the first estimates based on data ___________ from large firms and are bound to worsen once more __________ and representative data becomes available.

The following are the sentences having two blanks in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate pair of words so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

The global ________________ for a COVID-19 vaccine has _____________ up unrealistic expectations that one is just around the corner.

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

The Trump administration’s “America First” instinct has seen it attempt to source a vaccine for the American people alone from Germany, to cancel pharmaceutical imports from China and to_____________ global consensus on the response by insisting on the divisive “Wuhan virus” formula at the G-7 and, currently, at the UN Security Council.

From the given statement given below, Choose the best option that can be filled in the blank to make the sentence contextually and grammatically coherent.

While some people are worried about the well-being of their families back home, other students are using the time at their _____________ to sharpen their preparation for the competitive exams that stand postponed for now. 

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

Societies around the world must learn to value science and the warnings of scientists when they make projections about terrible but ___________ scenarios.

In the given question, a sentence with one blank is given. Find the correct word from the options that fit best in the paragraph (grammatically as well as contextually) so as to form a coherent paragraph. In case, none of the options seem to be correct, mark the option "None of these" as your answer.

With the world facing an unusual degree of turbulence and a cluster of crises, achieving __________ in foreign policy is proving difficult for most countries.

In the given question, a sentence with one blank is given. Find the correct word from the options that fit best in the paragraph (grammatically as well as contextually) so as to form a coherent paragraph. In case, none of the options seem to be correct, mark the option "None of these" as your answer.

The release of the NFHS data (and the Niti Aayog’s study on developing a multi-dimensional index of poverty — MPI) has led to a considerable amount of discussion, and justifiably so. The key to __________________ progress and development is to recognise the basic parameters of improvement and to do so across multiple dimensions.

Following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

The police and investigative organisations can play a crucial role in creating conditions that could __________ societal changes.

The following are the sentences having one blank in each. The words which could represent each sentence are given below in the options. Choose the appropriate word so as to fit the blanks and make the entire sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.

Also, the existence of sound and efficient infrastructural facilities, through their backward and forward linkages, have a __________________ impact on the quality of life.

A sentence with two blanks is given below, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks respectively to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. 

The sudden shortage of cash in some parts of the country is __________ given the fact that currency in circulation is now back to normal levels in absolute terms, __________ still down as a percent of nominal gross domestic product.