English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 61

Directions: Each sentence below is given with two blanks. Each question is followed by four options with two words in each. You have to select that option as your answer which is not appropriate to fill the blanks of the sentence respectively.

  1. The current print is unlikely to lead to any major change in the RBI’s _____________in the near term as inflation is likely to head downwards in the second half of the year once the unfavourable base effects ______________.
    malingering, intensify
    truancy, strengthen
    stance, wane
    deface, mount
    All are correct
    Option C

     

  2. I realized this recently, when social media __________________ with images of the smog in Delhi, and I thought of how characters in Bollywood have ____________ from breathing problems for years.
    vainglorious, endured
    bloated, pained
    swelled, suffered
    prominent, tolerated
    All are correct
    Option E

     

  3. Even in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D (2009), where matters are _______________ altogether to a happy ending, Abhay Deol’s physical breakdown is conveyed through the extended coughing ______________ that develops across the song Yeh Duniya Badi Gol.
    primordial, string
    venerable, series
    advanced, sequence
    radical, corse
    All are correct
    Option C

     

  4. But the most ________________ depiction of illness is in Lagaan (2001) where Kachra, the “untouchable”, is affected by polio and bowls _____________ spin.
    obtuse, naive
    astute, wily
    keen, direct
    shrewd, sincere
    All are correct
    Option B

     

  5. TB has _______________ from popular Hindi films though it remains a serious public health concern. In fact, it has become more complex, more _____________ to drugs now.
    abated, delicate
    receded, resistant
    ebbed, fragile
    approached, proof
    All are correct
    Option B

     

  6. The last couple of years indicate that most fashion celebrations are rather formulaic—brought together by a cast of ______________ with strategic interests, an “interesting” venue (like Bikaner House in Delhi or a film studio in Mumbai), a liquor partner, a creative concept and a public relations army to whip up the _______________ social media storm.
    sponsors, obligatory
    patrons, inevitable
    donors, incumbent
    promoters, indispensable
    All are correct
    Option A

     

  7. The first reason we sponsor any event stems from how ____________________ the experience is for the many collaborators that Swarovski works with—exporters, manufacturers, embroiderers and others. We look for an enduring platform for our user ecosystem, unlike a ________________ distributor’s conference
    sad, lively
    jejune, absorbing
    narcotic, flirty
    stimulating, drab
    All are correct
    Option D

     

  8. From the ________________ of Fabindia and the enduring business of Ritu Kumar, to the ______________ of the House of Anita Dongre, currently the most commercially successful fashion brand in the country.
    frailty, ascension
    obduracy, dive
    resilience, ascent
    plasticity, denegration
    All are correct
    Option C

     

  9. It was for such young Zoroastrians that RTR was _______________ in 2012 by a group of young _______________ Zoroastrians, Wadia included, who met at a community event in New York.
    aborted, extradite
    demonstrable, domestic
    conceived, expatriate
    effective, repatriate
    All are correct
    Option C

     

  10. Baetz is married to an American; her Parsi mother was __________________ from her orthodox ____________ in India for marrying, as Baetz puts it, “a dude from Ontario”.
    divorced, variants
    flushed, descent
    sundered, roots
    agreed, pedigree
    All are correct
    Option C

     



 

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4 Thoughts to “English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 61”

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