English Questions – Fill in the Blanks for IB ACIO Set – 120

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1. Whoever puts in the money believe in the fans of the sport and___________ the fans continue to grow and___________healthy.
   1) austere, bullheaded
   2) universally, remain
   3) eliminate, chiseled
   4) adamant, certain
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: universally, remain
   universally – by everyone; in every case.
   remain – still existing, present, or in use; surviving.
   
   
2. Former governor of RBI Raghuram Rajan had___________the government against cost of demonetisation and suggested that there were better___________to achieve the main goals of note ban.
   1) repudiate,  static
   2) burn, invariable
   3) jettison, restraint
   4) cautioned, alternatives
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: cautioned, alternatives
   cautioned – say something as a warning.
   alternatives –  one of two or more available possibilities.
   
   
3. The RBI has adopted a system by which banks are___________into four buckets based on a lender’s systemic importance scores in___________order.
   1) scorned,  stern
   2) throw away, necessity
   3) plotted, ascending
   4) unsteadiness, obligation
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: plotted, ascending
   plotted – secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).
   ascending – go up or climb.
   
   
4. Although there might be long-term benefits, I felt the likely short-term economic costs would___________them and there were potentially better___________to achieve the main goals.
   1) shredded,  intransigent
   2) outweigh, alternatives
   3) nonconformity, constraint
   4) excluded, compulsion
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: outweigh, alternatives
   outweigh – be heavier, greater, or more significant than.
   alternatives –  one of two or more available possibilities.
   
   
5. The ruling on the highly___________issue was to deal with a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s move to make Aadhaar mandatory for___________the benefits of various social welfare schemes.
   1) contentious, availing
   2) cashier, varying
   3) wavering, variable
   4) discredited, stringent
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: contentious, availing
   contentious – causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
   availing – use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
   
   
6. It was a___________call to bid for the global rights, we have___________ presence in all forms and markets.
   1) chuck, diverse
   2) conscious, inexorable
   3) alienable, deviate
   4) reprobate, inelastic
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: conscious, significant
   conscious – aware of and responding to one’s surroundings.
   significant – sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
   
   
7. It was a winner take all situation with the first ten year___________broadcasting rights holder, Sony Pictures Network (SPN) India making a ₹11, 050 crore bid, but only for the India___________rights.
   1) significant, rigorous
   3) vacillation,  transmission
   2) repulse, performance
   3) inconstancy, obdurate

   4) tranche, broadcasting
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: tranche, broadcasting
   tranche – a portion of something, especially money.
   broadcasting – transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.
   
   
8. The group alleged that he oversaw___________camps and was responsible for disappearances and___________killings in the final stages of the civil war.
   1) contentment, simulcast
   2) disdain, announcement
   3) torture, extrajudicial

   4) alleviation, divergen
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: torture, extrajudicial
   torture – the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.
   extrajudicial – (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
   
   
9. The BRICS countries called for___________of the United Nations and tougher measures against terrorist groups, while___________North Korea’s latest nuclear test.
   1) obscurity, distant
   2) despise, encouraging

   3) rebuff, complimentary
   4) reform, denouncing
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: reform, denouncing
   reform – make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.
   denouncing –  publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
   
   
10. He is remembered as India’s most___________academician as he wrote widely on___________religion and philosophy and introduced Indian philosophy to the West.
    1) anonymity, disparate
    2) slough, differing
    3) scrapped, laudatory
    4) renowned, comparative
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: renowned, comparative
    renowned – known or talked about by many people; famous.
    comparative – measured or judged by estimating the similarity or dissimilarity between one thing and another; relative.