Directions: Pick out the most appropriate pair of words to complete the given sentences.
1. For the country as a whole more than half the population __ regular electricity as connection to the national grid are __ and generators are expensive.
A) deficient, dependable
B) want, running
C) lack, unenviable
D) short, faded
E) requiring, fumy
2. It is __ that 400 million Indian passengers will want to fly in or out of the country by 2050 and unless the airport facility is improved it will be __ to handle this traffic.
A) though, easier
B) assume, worrisome
C) estimated, difficult
D) typical, perfect
E) expected, able
3. Reform is set to gain __ as much of the spade work for a vibrant economy such as __ laws on taxes and banking are underway.
A) steam, specialising
B) advantage, fix
C) pace, amending
D) tame, modify
E) weight, compensating
4. Life had come to a standstill in the Ganga-Brahmaputra floodplains where large ___of land were ___under floods.
A) domains, staggering
B) districts, lurching
C) tracts, reeling
D) lots, rolling
E) fields, swaying
5. Many have___ that we should return to a___ way of living and consume less
electricity.
A) ciphered, canning
B) assumed, tight
C) approximated, abstemious
D) thought, spare
E) opined, frugal
6. Aspirational India has a desire to work and live in air-conditioned spaces, reduce the ___of home work by using electrical appliances, entertain itself by ___the best theatre system, commute in comfort in non-polluting transport and so on.
A) adjust, developing
B) drudgery, deploying
C) cruelity, mastering
D) burly, overcomin
E) complicated, employing
7. After a __ review it was found that many financial institutions don‘t have proper __ in place and could unwillingly be financing illegal activities.
A) routine, checks
B) periodic, space
C) schedule, standard
D) custom, timing
E) suddenly, system
8. The main reason youth employment has __ in this region is the depth of the recession in these countries and the chances of improvement are __ unless govt.s kick start their economies.
A) fallen, negligible
B) risen, visible
C) grown, create
D) soared, remote
E) collapsed, much
9. The share of electricity generated by nuclear power must be ___up as soon as possible and large investments must be made in research and development in electricity storage technologies to ___full benefit from VRE sources.
A) clambered, gain
B) bearded, extract
C) crawled, procure
D) ramped, derive
E) graded, glean
10. To put Koushal in the same frame as this decision is to acknowledge the ___of what it meant to ___the criminalisation of millions of LGBT persons in India.
A) frivolity, uphold
B) strength, uphold
C) gravity ,uphold
D) gaiety,uphold
E) levity, uphold
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