English Language Study Materials - Questions and Answers:
Directions (01-05): In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against every five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Liberalism is probably more challenged in India today than in any other democracy in the world. Why? Conservative communities (1) to have gained (2) power in recent times. Self-proclaimed custodians of caste and religion are perpetually breathing down the necks of young men and women, (3) who they must meet, converse with, befriend and marry, what they should eat, wear, watch or read, whether or not they can use mobile phones, and even where they can go and when. By (4) on the most intimate relationships of love and friendship, interfering in matters of pleasure or habit, they suffocate personal freedoms and (5) the very basic norms of individual choice.
1.
a) appear
b) comes
c) issues
d) show
e) attend
Answer: a)
Explanation: The correct option for the blank will be ‘appear’ which means come into sight.
2.
a) clear
b) untrammeled
c) permit
d) restricted
e) enslaved
Answer: b)
Explanation: The correct option here, will be ‘untrammeled’ that means unrestrained or unrestricted; free, it is associated here, with ‘power’ which is appropriate.
3.
a) law
b) edict
c) dictate
d) charge
e) prompt
Answer: c)
Explanation: The correct answer will be ‘dictate’, whose meaning is to command or rule over one.
4.
a) interfere
b) encroaching
c) ignoring
d) disobey
e) traversing
Answer: b)
Explanation: The correct option in ‘encroaching’ whose meaning is to trade or invade.
5.
a) violate
b) infarct
c) withstand
d) assist
e) purify
Answer: a)
Explanation: The correct option will be ‘violate’ whose meaning is to break a law or norms, so it is appropriate for the blank.
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