Directions : In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

The CBI says there was no proper response to the earlier_____ it sent to the Police Commissioner, and alleges that he could have destroyed evidence that was initially gathered by the Special Investigation Team that he had ______ in the initial stage of the probe.
Column I                                                Column II

A. Declaration                                     D. Supervised

B. Summonses                                   E. Govern

C. Command                                       F. Administered

Directions : In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

A committee, chaired by Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan, has ______ wildlife clearance to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highspeed train corridor that ______upon a flamingo sanctuary and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, home to leopards, in Mumbai.
 Column I                                              Column II

A. Alienated                                       D. Encroaches

B. Estranged                                       E. Repelled

C. Accorded                                        F. Admonish

Directions : In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

The investigation also ______that another pilot flying as Staff On Duty entered the cockpit after pressing the cockpit buzzer several times. The pilot in command ______that he allowed the SOD inside the cockpit because the buzzer was distracting.

Column I                                              Column II

A. Divulged                                         D. Advanced

B. Rejected                                         E. Submitted

C. Communicated                             F. Recommended

Directions : In the questions given below a sentence is given with two blanks in each. Corresponding to each question two columns are given with three words in each column. Which combination of words from the two columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

Mutual political suspicion and a lack of ______ of the complexities of the international situation have brought about a confrontation. The Chief Minister may have even made _______and tactical misjudgments.
Column I                                                                              Column II

A. Appreciation                                                                   D. Acceptable

B. Acknowledgement                                                         E. Diplomatic

C. Plethora                                                                           F. Strategic

Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the  options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.

When India’s aspiration for permanent membership of the UN Security Council met with strong resistance, New Delhi hit upon the idea of forcing a vote in the General Assembly.
(I) The president’s healthcare plan drew a lot of resistance from his political rivals.
(II) The employees’ showed their resistance to the salary cuts by picketing outside the factory.
(III) He also investigated electrical endosmosis and the electrical resistance of electrolytes.

Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the  options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.

Competitive federalism, in the context of interaction with foreign countries, promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has proved to be a double-edged sword.
(I) In 1761 he was promoted to be member of council, under the presidency of Mr Vansittart, who had been introduced by Clive.
(II) The industry was actively promoted by a Frenchman named Jumel, in the service of Mehemet Ali, from 1820 onwards with great success.
(III) He actively promoted the incorporation of the left bank of the Rhine with France.

Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the  options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.

This is the latest instalment in the rather sordid story of institutional decay in India, overseen by the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
(I) He remained, however, uncertain how to do so without immersing himself further in Lydia Larkin's sordid activities.
(II) The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.
(III) Everyone knows of the bank’s manager sordid plan to steal the money.

Directions: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a word given in BOLD. Corresponding to each question three sentences are given with the use of the same word. From the  options choose the sentences which give a DIFFERENT MEANING for the word used in the sentence above. The meaning used in the sentence(s) should be different from the one used in the main sentence.

The leaders of our ruling dispensation seem to have no respect for the rule of law, nor for the rules that regulate speech in public spaces.
(I) Because the soldier had saved his entire unit, the president gave him dispensation for his wartime crimes.
(II) Scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation.
(III) At the close of the Jubilee this dispensation was extended to all who had expired on the way to Rome.