1.The situation in higher education is further exacerbated with systemic ___________; a large ___________ of sanctioned teaching posts in central universities often lie vacant. (4)
- 1) prowl, origin
- 2) sally, source
- 3) misinformed, indiscretion
- 4) inadequacies, proportion
- 5) failing, thoughtlessnes
2.Far from taking India forward on the path to progress; our politicians cutting across states and party lines are keeping it ___________ and ___________, and in several cases, pushing it backward still. (2)
- 1) moronic, dragging
- 2) shackled, stagnant
- 3) hiked , crawling
- 4) safari, groveling
- 5) jogged, hobbling
3.Abundance of this ___________ power allows politicians across administrative levels to subvert the rule of law and ___________ a rule of will; undermining the very foundations of a republic. (5)
- 1) fallibility, inching,
- 2) march, quailing
- 3) naive, shambling
- 4) foible, skulking
- 5) discretionary, impose
4.One way to break out of this ___________, as some of our finest professionals have shown us, is to migrate to another country where governments and politicians are more ___________ towards their citizens. (2)
- 1) nescient, shuffling
- 2) predicament, considerate
- 3) oblivious, slinking
- 4) frailty, slithering
- 5) gremlin, sneaking
5.The success of GST Council has showed us that there’s a possibility of creating similar pan-India forums for developing and ___________ different policy ___________, among them tourism. (5)
- 1) obsessing , squirming
- 2) swallowing , worming
- 3) ticking , wriggling
- 4) glitch, writhing
- 5) implementing, verticals