Directions (1-5): Each question below has one blank, which is indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence to make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Q1. Big data is a ______________of data from various sources, often characterized by what is being known as the three Vs: volume, velocity and variety.
(a) concentration
(b) crowd
(c) collection
(d) acquisitions
(e) heaps
Q2. Insects are linchpins of the _________ world, carrying out numerous functions that make life possible.
(a) non-living
(b) living
(c) extinct
(d) inanimate
(e) sluggish
Q3. Gerrymandering refers to manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to ___________ one party or class.
(a) favor
(b) disapproval
(c) opposed
(d) disservice
(e) courtesy
Q4. Many scientists say that we need to get a better handle on what is currently out there in terms of species and numbers, so that we have a baseline for ____________ change and a notion of what might need protection.
(a) calculation
(b) estimate
(c) guess
(d) ignorance
(e) measuring
Q5. With young workforce and continuing policy reform, India has not only emerged as the fastest growing economy, but its stars also shine bright amid the current global ___________.
(a) dark
(b) vivid
(c) gloom
(d) happiness
(e) bitterness
Solutions:
S1. Ans (c)
Sol. Option (a) doesn’t fit contextually as it talks about ‘store’ or ‘bank’ and hence it gets eliminated.
Options (d) and (e) get eliminated because they are plural forms of words ‘acquisition’ and ‘heap’ which can’t be used due to the presence of ‘a’. Among ‘crowd’ and ‘collection’, ‘collection’ fits better.
Concentration: a large amount of people or things in one place (usually used in case of fluids etc.)
Crowd: a large number of people in one place
Collection: a group of objects of a particular type that somebody has collected as a hobby
Acquisition: the act of obtaining or buying something
S2. Ans (b)
Sol. Option (a) doesn’t fit meaningfully and hence gets eliminated. Similar is the case with options (c), (d) and (e). They have meanings other than the requirement of the sentence.
Living: alive now
Extinct: no longer existing
Inanimate: not alive
Sluggish: moving or working more slowly than normal in a way that’s seems lazy
S3. Ans (a)
Sol. Options (b), (d) and (e) get eliminated because they are nouns while what we require in the blank is a verb. Between ‘favor’ and ‘oppose’, ‘favor’ is meaningfully more correct.
Favor: something that helps somebody
Disapproval: the expression or feeling that something done or said is wrong
Oppose: to disagree with someone’s beliefs
Courtesy: polite or pleasant behavior that shows respect for other people
S4. Ans (e)
Sol. Only -ing form of verb can come in the blank because there is a ‘for’ before the blank. So, options (a), (b), (c) and (d) are eliminated.
Calculation: careful planning in order to achieve what you want
Estimate: to calculate the size, cost etc. of something approximately, before you have all the facts and figures
Guess: estimate or conclude something without sufficient information to be sure of being correct
Measuring: finding the size, quantity etc. of somebody/something
S5. Ans (c)
Sol. The word ‘gloom’ has the most correct meaning with reference to the sentence. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer choice.
Dark: with no light or very little light
Vivid: (used about light or a color) strong and very bright
Gloom: partial or total darkness
Happiness: the feeling of being happy
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