Selecting Words
Direction: Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.
- Among the factors ________________ to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply.
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If something contributes to an event or situation, it is one of the causes of it. Here factors has been used in the sense of causes. If you contribute money or resources to something, you give them to help achieve a particular purpose.
Correct Option: D
If something contributes to an event or situation, it is one of the causes of it. Here factors has been used in the sense of causes. If you contribute money or resources to something, you give them to help achieve a particular purpose.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Among the factors contributing to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply.
Hence , option D is correct word .
- Your present statement does not _______________ what you said last week.
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As we know that ,
For statements, phrase ‘accord with’ is used. See the use of phrase in one of the judgments of a court - ‘However, the evidence suggests that the administration of complaints does not always accord with established procedures.’ Use of ‘Accord to’ is not right in this sentence.Correct Option: C
As we know that ,
For statements, phrase ‘accord with’ is used. See the use of phrase in one of the judgments of a court - ‘However, the evidence suggests that the administration of complaints does not always accord with established procedures.’ Use of ‘Accord to’ is not right in this sentence.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Your present statement does not accord with what you said last week.
Hence , option C is correct word .
- It is not fair to cast ___________ on honest and innocent persons.
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As we know that ,
If you cast aspersions on someone, you suggest that he is not very good in some way.Correct Option: B
As we know that ,
If you cast aspersions on someone, you suggest that he is not very good in some way.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
It is not fair to cast aspersions on honest and innocent persons.
Hence , option B is correct word .
- The car driver was arrested for rash driving and his licence was ____________ by the police.
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If something (here, the driver’s licence) is impounded by the police, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken (here,
Correct Option: A
If something (here, the driver’s licence) is impounded by the police, customs officers or other officials, they officially take possession of it because a law or rule has been broken (here, “rash driving” ). Impounded thus means seized in a specific context.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
The car driver was arrested for rash driving and his licence was impounded by the police.
Hence , option A is correct word .
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn's works will be _______________ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
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Peruse means to read. A perusal (reading) of “Solzhenitsyn’s works” will “bring home to him” (make him understand) the truth about “Freedom” in Russia — that freedom is only nominal; it is, in fact, “restrictive”. Note that Russia here is a part of the USSR, not the post-1991 Russia. (c) gives the sense of reading hurriedly”.
Correct Option: D
Peruse means to read. A perusal (reading) of “Solzhenitsyn’s works” will “bring home to him” (make him understand) the truth about “Freedom” in Russia — that freedom is only nominal; it is, in fact, “restrictive”. Note that Russia here is a part of the USSR, not the post-1991 Russia. (c) gives the sense of reading hurriedly”.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Alexander Solzhepitsyn’s works will be perused by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.