Directions (Q. 1-10): Each question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1) Liberalisation has removed all the legal ______ and ______ flood gates to multinational companies.
1) obstacles, guarded
2) hurdles, awarded
3) barriers, opened
4) battles, threw
5) manipulation, closed
2) Owing to the slowdown in growth, real-estate developers have______ different strategies from cutting their debts and repaying banks to _____ new projects.
1) implemented, founded
2) adopted, launching
3) merged , introduce
4) actively, create
5) relised, admit
3) Every third person visiting a doctor happens to _____ from a clinical or psychological disorder _____ with temblors.
1) sick, related
2) ail, regarding
3) experience, connected
4) suffer, associated
5) agonise, respect
4) At present mutual funds provide _____ information to customers but if more data is provided customers will perhaps be able to make ______ decisions.
1) primary, completely
2) limited, better
3) inadequate, perfect
4) most, any
5) partial, worthwhile
5) Owners of private hostels located in residential ares are not only _____ taxes but are also functioning whimsically in the ______ of any regulatory body.
1) paying, presence
2) checking, dearth
3) evading, absence
4) avoiding, front
5) destroying, life
6) His _____ contribution to the tsunami relief fund was _____ by his staff members.
1) generous, appreciated
2) mearge, admired
3) negligible, sanctioned
4) spontaneous, nullified
5) noteworthy, improved
7) Due to the _______ number of swine- flu cases in the district, the health department has decided to spread _____ about the disease.
1) raising, alertness
2) high, ability
3) increasing, awareness
4) prolonged, understanding
5) populated, knowledge
8) Three unknown assailants _____ on motorcycles and opened _____ barely a few metres from where the actor was shooting.
1) came, shooting
2) approached, hitting
3) rode, rounds
4) arrived, fire
5) climbed, shots
9) The main reason youth unemployment has _____ in the region is the depth of the recession in these countries and the chances of improvement are _____ unless governments kick-start their economies.
1) risen, visible
2) fallen, negligible
3) soared, remote
4) grown, create
5) collapsed, much
10) The police _____ in _____ a car theft case within a matter of two hours of registration of the complaint.
1) succeeded, cracking
2) achieved, solving
3) famed, arresting
4) victorious, catching
5) failed, assigning
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9) - 3
10) - 1
