Question
Each question below has two blanks, which is indicating
that something has been omitted. Choose the most suitable option indicating the words that can be used to fill up the blanks in the sentences to make them meaningfully complete. A disquieting mix of ______ legal provisions, judicial deferments and _______ hearings have kept some people accused in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots behind bars for the better part of five years.ÂSolution
- Stringent : This means strict or severe. "Stringent legal provisions" makes sense in the context of laws that are tough and can lead to long periods of incarceration.
- Scuttled : This means to deliberately cause a plan or a project to fail. "Scuttled hearings" refers to hearings that were deliberately delayed or cancelled, preventing the cases from moving forward.
- Cacophony means a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
- Serendipity means the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
- Limerence refers to a state of being infatuated with another person.
- Settled means to resolve or establish a matter.
- Riposte is a quick retort in conversation. It is not a word used to describe legal provisions.
- Sanctimony is the pretense of being morally superior. This does not fit the context of a legal hearing.
- Draconian is a synonym for stringent in this context (extremely severe or harsh).
- Accismus is a rhetorical term for feigning disinterest in something while desiring it.
Fill blank number 26 with correct option:
Spinning and weaving exploded _______ to big garment factories, dyeing ______ the rivers and water table with chemicals.
Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Either my father or my brothers ___________ co...
Just as I began to get _________ about the surroundings, she applied the brakes.
The Federal Reserves’s statement came _____ the two day policy meet where the central bank ________ key policy rates unchanged but _________ to begin...
It took us hours to wake Willie from his ___________ stupor.Â
In the following question, an incomplete statement followed by fillers is given. Pick out the best filler to complete the incomplete statement, correc...
No one knew exactly what they would be tested on so most of the boys had moved swiftly to the library to ____________ royal etiquette and manners.
After recapitalization, government should _________ on a linked reform.
(A) expedite (B) bind (C) hustle (D) speed up
...Spinning ______ be primary or secondary but the income would go ________ to the kitchen.
