Fill in the Blanks : Fill in the Blanks Questions are usually asked in  all competitive exams like  SSC, SBI, IBPS, RBI, LIC, RRB, AAI, DRDO, ISRO, NTR, FSSAI, CWC, LIC, SSC CGL,  and other state government exams.
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Fill in the Blanks is a very important topic of Verbal section. Phrase Replacement are very easy to solve if one has good practice over it.
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Directions:(1-10) Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

1. Bankers commanding astronomic salaries presided over a collective madness which took the global financial __________to the precipice – and has affected living standards and economic ________ around the world.

Ans:3
‘system, prospects’ is the correct use.
Prospects means the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

 

2. Politicians appeared to be unable or unwilling either to ________high finance effectively or to punish those who had been culpably _________.

Ans:2
‘regulate, reckless’ is the correct use.Recklessmeans heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions.

 

3. Though the Indian media industry has not yet reached a crisis point _____________ to its Western counterparts, the time has come to recalibrate our own structures to ____________ a sustainable public interest information ecology.

Ans:4
‘comparable, ensure’ is the correct use.Comparablemeans able to be likened to another.Ensure means make certain that (something) will occur or be the case.

 

4. Readers sometimes call to ask a specific question, but the discussion _________ moves on to different areas of news production and the ________ therein.

Ans:5
‘invariably, challenges’ is the correct use.Invariablymeans in every case or on every occasion.Challenges means a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation

 

5. The solution to excessive campaign expenditure and a much too __________ eye on the electoral cycle is better found in _________ political leaderships to develop self-discipline and to explain to the people the need for unpopular, but necessary, decisions.

Ans:4
‘focussed, persuading’ is the correct use.Focussedmeans pay particular attention to.Persuading means induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

 

6. Falling prices of solar power equipment have ____________ greater interest and demand among individuals and small organisations for _____________ the sun.

Ans:5
‘generated, tapping’ is the correct use.
Generated – to produce or create.
Tapping – to exploit or draw a supply from (a resource).

 

7. While India’s Internet ____________ is still only twenty four per cent, the country already has the second largest number of Internet users after China with 300 million people _____________ the Net.

Ans:4
‘penetration, accessing’ is the correct use.
Penetration – go into or through (something).
Accessing – to obtain or retrieve (computer data or a file).

 

8. Telecom companies and DOT have lately been on a _______________ course ever since the new government made call _____________ a priority and even suggested penalties for telcos that can’t remedy the situation.

Ans:1
‘collision, drops’ is the correct use.
Collision – an instance of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory.
Drops– an instance of falling or dropping.

 

9. Indian markets may ____________ a high degree of _____________ due to weakness in the global financial
markets.

Ans:3
‘experience, volatility’ is the correct use.
Experience– encounter or undergo (an event or occurrence).
Volatility– likely to change suddenly.

 

10. Indications of a _______________in China ratted investors ________________ the globe.

Ans:2
‘slowdown, across’ is the correct use.
Slowdown– an act of slowing down.

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