Geology and Geophysics
GATE GG-1 topic:verbal-aptitude PYQs
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Question 5
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Until Iran came along, India had never been ________________ in kabaddi.
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Since the last one year, after a 125 basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest rates on small saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?
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The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the centuries. Since the medieval period dhrupad styles were identified as banis. Terms like gayaki and baaj were used to refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization of music education the term gharana became acceptable. Gharana originally referred to hereditary musicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples.
Which one of the following pairs is NOT correct?
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“I read somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.”
Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon ________.
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“When she fell down the ______, she received many ______ but little help.” The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
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“In spite of being warned repeatedly, he failed to correct his ________ behaviour.” The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
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The ways in which this game can be played __________ potentially infinite.
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If you choose plan P, you will have to __________ plan Q, as these two are mutually __________.
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“If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors, to get the perspective needed for the impartial recording of these matters.”
Which of the following is closest in meaning to ‘cleaving’?
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