Question
Find the appropriate
word. Directions (111-115): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete. Modern life is Â__ (111) __without an intimate family life, a satisfying job, and the pleasure of buying and consuming things we want. Production (work), reproduction, and consumption are an__ (112) __part of the contemporary idea of the good life. This was not always so. In much of human history, such life was considered too lowly and __(113)__ with other infinitely ‘superior’ ways of living. For instance, many human societies in the past put the highest premium on a life spent conquering, safeguarding, and ruling territories and their populations.__(114)__in the battlefield was therefore the greatest virtue. The life of great warriors (example, Karna and Arjuna) was the stuff of which legends, myths and epic tales were made. In other societies such as Athens, proper human fulfilment was possible only by __(115)__in the political life of the city republic.Solution
Modern life is 'unthinkable' without an intimate family life a satisfying job, and the pleasure of buying and consuming things we want.
Fill in the blanks:
The manager’s decision was met with ________ as the employees felt they were being ________.I didn’t realize how hurtful my words had been until I saw Sherrie’s expression, _________ with shock.
Even when we have crossed the so-called herd immunity threshold for preventing epidemic spread, disease _____________ will continue in an endemic form.
I think my friend had a ___________,that I had __________ in search of a hidden __________.
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Let us know ______ you change your mind.
____________ people write with their left hand than with their right.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Mother shall return _____ an hour.
I _______________ her name, but she couldn’t hear me over the music.
Given below are a few sentences with two blanks in each. Below each sentence are given four pair of words among which one pair might fill the blank. If...
It’s easy to be ………… , but difficult to ………………
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