English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 129

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

1. The short-term priority is to remove _____________ clauses in policies and _____________ coverage to as many people as possible.
   defamatory, exempt
   discriminatory, expand
   enriching, withheld
   degrading, magnifies
   boring, stop
   Option B
   
   
    



2. The activities approved for toting up a teacher’s _____________ performance indicator are many, _____________ beyond teaching and research.
   popularity, training
   academic, extending
   cuteness, going
   strength, power
   happiness, great
   Option B
   
   
    



3. Problems of exclusion will be eliminated if the payer-insurer is the state, the _____________ is done through public taxes, and coverage is _____________ .
   loading, unreal
   funding, imaginary
   financing, universal
   projection, hazy
   sponsoring, questionable
   Option C
   
   
    



4. Delayed monsoons, preceded by a _____________ monsoon last year, and depleting groundwater levels have _____________ the crisis.
   Deficient, exacerbated
   derogatory, promoted
   poor, fancied
   enjoyable, viewed
   enhancing, borne
   Option A
   
   
    



5. In addition, growing _____________ of society on ideological lines has made the job of _____________ fake news easier.
   masses, observing
   divergence, collecting
   numbers, sorting
   polarization, spreading
   multitude, financing
   Option D
   
   
    



6. Investors can think of putting in at least 10 per cent of their savings in gold as it has the _____________ to be an _____________ for the portfolio in a fragile trade environment.
   purpose, disturbance
   status, inspiration
   potential, insurance
   possibility, indictment
   reasoning, arrangement
   Option C
   
   
    



7. Central banks across the globe are preparing to loosen monetary policies, to _____________ their respective economies and it is expected that gold will continue the ongoing _____________ .
   spur, momentum
   inspire, synergy
   enervate, juncture
   encourage, matches
   design, cooperation
   Option A
   
   
    



8. Basic principles of credit _____________ and monitoring are obviated in PSBs and must be sharpened to _____________ defects of capital, business purpose and character.
   lending, reduce
   assessment, emphasize
   evaluation, clarify
   appraisal, diagnose
   prevention, roughen
   Option D
   
   
    



9. Buildings must _____________ be examined and certified for safety, and those that fail to _____________ to the NBC must be demolished.
   surely, stick
   intermittently, respect
   intensely, purview
   periodically, conform
   positively, toughen
   Option D
   
   
    



10. Promoters of MSMEs must have _____________ in the game to ensure that funds — venture capital, as well as bank loans made liberal by fiat — are not _____________ off.
    interest, taken
    name, bought
    skin, siphoned
    feet, stolen
    hands, signed
    Option C
    Skin in the game (Idiom)
    
    Meaning: to be at risk financially because you have invested in something that you want to happen
    
    E.g.: You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game.
    
    Siphoned off (Phrasal verb)
    
    Meaning: to gradually steal money or goods, usually from a business or government
    
    E.g.: Over the years, she siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars from various accounts.