Directions (1-5): In the following sentences each contains two blanks, indicating that something has been left out of the sentence. Each answer choice contains one word or a set of words. Select the word or set of words, that, when inserted in the blank(s), best fits the context of the sentence.
1. For more than two years now, _______ had been going on in connection with the ________ World Bank aid. (2)
- (1)activation, changes
- (2) negotiations, projected
- (3)discussions, ruled
- (4) references, result
- (5) project, new
2. A high-level committee is currently _______ on the issue whether or not cryptocurrencies should be _________ in India. (3)
- (1)deciding, uploaded
- (2)popup, viewing
- (3) deliberating, banned
- (4)promoted, read
- (5) referred, styled
3.The usually quiet City streets, were alive with singing ____ wending their way towards the Central Station throughout the _______. (1)
- (1) crowds, night
- (2)birds, manner
- (3)songs, week
- (4)people, losses
- (5) No correction required
4. The sudden increase in _________ for the stock causes its _______ to shoot up temporarily in the absence of additional supply. (3)
- (1) amount, size
- (2)money, aim
- (3) demand, price
- (4)supply, style
- (5) No correction required
5. The happy event was looked anxiously forward to by the ______ of Madras who had three months ago bid them farewell with anger on their brow and tears in their _______. (2)
- (1)man, dreams
- (2) people, eyes
- (3)crowd, pupil
- (4) mob, glass
- (5) No correction required