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Directions (1-10): In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in
the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate
option for each blank.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ________________ (1) her fourth Budget on Tuesday. It focussed on laying the roadmap for the Indian economy for the next 25 years. This was her fourth Budget, and third amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, which battered the country’s economy.
The road to _________________ (2) proposed by Sitharaman focused on increasing investment in infrastructure building and spending in providing jobs and opportunities for the rural sector. She said that India’s growth is _______________ (3) to be at 9.27 per cent. The finance minister also talked about the initial public offer (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India and the strategic transfer of Air India’s ownership.
Presented in the 75th year of India’s Independence, the Budget focused on the next 25 years. And for it, Sitharaman talked ___________ (4) two parallel tracks: Public investments in infrastructure and an inclusive and futuristic Budget.
“This Budget will benefit youth, women, farmers, and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. It will be ______________ (5) by PM Gati Shakti master plan,” said Sitharaman.
The finance minister _____________ (6)400 new generation ‘Vande Bharat’ trains with better efficiency and facilities for passengers in the next three years.
She also said that 100 PM Gati Shakti Cargo terminals will be developed during the same period and announced implementation of _____________ (7) ways for building metro systems.
Sitharaman laid ____________ (8) following priorities for the government: PM Gati Shakti, inclusive development, productivity enhancement and investment, sunrise opportunities, energy transition and climate action and financing of investments.
In 2022, 100 percent of 1.5 lakh post offices to ______________ (9) under the core financial system, enabling financial inclusion and access to accounts through net banking, ATMs, mobile banking and online transfer of funds. “This will benefit senior citizens and those in rural areas,” said the finance minister.
For farmers, she said that chemical-free natural farming will be ______________ (10) throughout the country. Sitharaman said that in the first phase, the focus will be on farmers’ land in 5-km wide corridors along the river Ganga. The finance minister said that the use of Kisan Drones will be promoted for crop assessment, digitization of land records, and spraying of insecticides and nutrients.
Q1. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 1
(a) Created
(b) Initiated
(c) Maintained
(d) Presented
Q2. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2
(a) Recovery
(b) Market
(c) Fight
(d) Freedom
Q3. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3.
(a) Hit
(b) Kept
(c) Estimated
(d) Showed
Q4. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4
(a) For
(b) In
(c) With
(d) About
Q5. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5
(a) Guided
(b) Altered
(c) Disapproved
(d) Calculated
Q6. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 6
(a) Developed
(b) Encouraged
(c) Announced
(d) Fastened
Q7. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 7
(a) Certain
(b) Innovative
(c) Strange
(d) Rough
Q8. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 8
(a) By
(b) Off
(c) Out
(d) Down
Q9. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 9
(a) Offered
(b) Spend
(c) Come
(d) Improve
Q10. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 10
(a) Promoted
(b) Appreciated
(c) Changed
(d) Distributed
Directions (11-12): In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Q11. Delinquent
(a) Ascent
(b) Employment
(c) Lawless
(d) Coronation
Q12. Taciturn
(a) Tired
(b) Ephemeral
(c) Trite
(d) Quiet
Directions (13-14): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Q13. Rough
(a) Plead
(b) Gentle
(c) Worrisome
(d) Uneven
Q14. Appall
(a) Ruin
(b) Compunctious
(c) Delight
(d) Consign
Q15.In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
(a) aparthied
(b) tuition
(c) mischeivous
(d) beneffited
ANSWER
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Presented’.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Recovery’.
On the road to recovery – It is a phrase which means, “Getting better; improving. “
For example – It’s been two weeks since her surgery, and she is on the road to recovery.
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Estimated’.
Estimate – to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
For example – we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘About’.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Guided’.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Announced’.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Innovative’.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Down’.
Lay down – if you lay down a rule or a principle, you state officially that people must obey it or use it
Lay by – Put away for future use
Lay off – Cease, quit, stop (doing something)
Lay out- Arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Come’.
Come under – It is a phrase which means, “Be classified as or among something.”
For example – they all come under the general heading of opinion polls.
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The word that can be in the blank is, ‘Promoted’.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Delinquent: failing or neglecting to do what duty or law requires.
Lawless: not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order.
Hence option C is the correct choice.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Taciturn: reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Hence option D is the correct choice.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Rough: not gentle; violent or boisterous.
Hence option B is the correct choice.
S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Appall: greatly dismay or horrify.
Hence option C is the correct choice.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Correct Spelling is Tuition.
