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Fill in the blanks Test 637
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Fill in the blanks Test 637

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

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    It is always not easy to _________ a local party with the necessary capabilities to manufacture the product meeting the requirements of the ________ firm.
    Solutions
    The sentence highlights that the first blank should be filled with something that means 'to find'. 'Locate' is the most suitabe option. The second half of the statement talks about the firm which needs to get the products made, this signifies that this firm is the main owner of the products. To highlight this, 'parent' word follows appropriately.
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    Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

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    The walls of this room, the central ____________ area of our home, were ___________ with pictures of saints and sages of East and West.
    Solutions
    Sitting area is the best fit amongst the given options. Adorned means decorated. 
    Hence, it is the correct pair. 
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    Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

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    While it has repeatedly_________ it is better placed in direct face-offs against a_________ Congress, there are parts of India where its presence is either marginal or very slight.
    Solutions
    Since the first blank is succeeded by the word better placed, we can conclude that the party in question must have shown its prowess before Congress and given it showed its skill, Congress must be not so well placed in the comparison of the other party here in the question. Hence, option C is the correct answer. 
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    Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

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    Quick-fix alliances are not the solution; if anything, it lies in________ back the support of the________ and the labour class, which it has lost in part to the Trinamool.
    Solutions
    It can be clearly inferred from the statement that a solution is being talked about. The former part advocates that quick-fix alliances are not the solution. The part after it states what, if possible, can help.
    It is clear from the structure that the word in the second blank should be similar to 'labour class' since it is connected to the blank by 'and'. Only option E fits in. 
    The other options can be easily eliminated.
    Hence, option E is the correct answer. 
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    Direction: Each question below 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.

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    Mr. Obama’s call for a “moral revolution” issued at Hiroshima makes the sober, and sobering, point that the wrongs of living memory cannot be__________, no matter what the_________, and he did dwell on wartime Japan’s excesses.
    Solutions
    evaded, provocation
    evaded - escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
    provocation - action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.
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