Answer: B If Dishant combines both radical and non-radical elements in his fictions, then he presents an anomalous or contradictory image.
Q. No. 14:
Surprisingly to those who view the ocean floor as a uniformly ________ waste, each vent in the floor, where seawater is heated by the earth's interior magma, has been found to be an island-like ________ with its own distinctive fauna.
Answer: C Rather than being barren or devoid of life, the vent regions are like oasis that supports life. Choice A is incorrect, A water by definition is not teeming but barren. Choice B is incorrect, the vent region would not be described as an enclave(tract enclosed within a foreign territory) Choice D is incorrect, A grotto would not be described as island-like.
Each question has two sentences. Each sentences contains one blank. From the options pick the one who best fits both the sentences.
Q. No. 1:
(i). The structure of the programme enables the trainer to identify 30 statistically significant areas where people naturally tend to exhibit consistent, near __________ performance. (ii). The researcher's team discovered a _________ specimen of a truly beautiful ornament from the ruins of the prehistoric city in Mexico.
Answer: C "Replete" means full. This may seem to fit in the second statement but it doesn't make any sense in the first one.'A near full performance' is incorrect. Recherche means a rare quality. This fits in the second statement only. Flawless fits appropriately in both the statements- a flawless performance and a flaw less specimen, both are correct.
Q. No. 2:
(i). He had dropped his folks into this ________ and was unable to find a solution and restore peace in the household. (ii). The travelers had been searching through the jungle for their companion and soon found him stuck in a muddy ________.
Answer: A Muskeg and fen refer to a marsh or swamp. Both fit well only in the second statements. Quagmire is a predicament and a marsh. The first meaning is appropriate in the first statement and the second meaning fits well with 'muddy quagmire'.
Q. No. 3:
(i). The dancer ________ the audience with a charming performance of the Chinese traditional dances. (ii). After working in the media for so long, it is impossible for me to be _________ by any scandals.
Answer: C Overwrought means excessively agitated. Nonplussed means to puzzle completely. Both the words do not fit well in the sentences. "Ensorcelled" means to entice someone. In the first statement the dancer entices the audience with her performance and in the second one the meaning suggests that it is impossible to be enticed by any scandals in media after so many years of experience.
Q. No. 4:
(i). The content _________ the purpose of the article which provides a peripheral view of the issue and focuses mainly on the author's achievements. (ii). Sometimes excessive use of sharp wit and humour in a play ________ the effect of the performance and leaves the audience in a state of exasperation.
Answer: B Vitiates means to make ineffective. Prevaricate means to equivocate. Abrogate means to abolish. Out of these choices only vitiates fits well in both the sentences. In the first sentences it makes the article ineffective and in the second use of sharp wit and humour in a play makes the performance ineffective.
Fill in the blanks in the passage with the appropriate choice.
The one essential ____1____ factor in a company being able to create the right customer experience that is so necessary for its continued ____2____ is its people. A company will have among its employees, planners, _____3_____, and doers. But it doesn't pay to forget that all of them are people and that their roles can never be ____4____ in a _____5____ fashion.
Fill in the blanks in the passage with the appropriate choice.
The house was ___1___ with recording equipment and Johny had two girls work the turn-off and volumes. After they had dinner, Johny went to work. He had Nino playing the ___2___ as ___3___ and sang all his old songs.He sang them all the way out, not nursing his voice at all. His throat was fine; he left he could sing forever. In the months he had not been able to sing he had often thought about singing, planned how he would ___4___ lyrics differently now than as a kid. He had sung in his head with more sophisticated variations of emphasis. He ___5___ a little on timing but that was OK.
Answer: A accompaniment is the right word considering the song and the mandolin.. In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble
Answer: B The word 'OK' indicates a pardonable fault hence fumbled. Fumbled:- 1)Use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2. (of the hands) Do or handle something clumsily
Q. No. 18:
While no one made any ________ the financial scandal while he was in the room, there as a feeling of awe to the ________ created by the broker that had snared many unsuspecting investors under the _______ that everyone would end up rich and the fact that he had been celebrating his _______ of the legal authorities by attending parties. The option that best fill the blanks in the above paragraph would be:-
Answer: D "Allusion" which means indirect reference, fits the first blank and 'elusion' which means evading goes best in the last blank. The correct phrase to use with the tone of the sentences is 'under the delusion', this leads us to Option D.