Directions (1-8): In the given passage several blanks are given and for each blank four alternatives are provided. Choose the option from which can fill in the blanks to make a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If none of the given options can fit the blank then choose option (e) ‘None of these’ as your answer.
India’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 starts encouragingly, seeking to protect “the privacy of individuals relating to their _______________ (1) data”. But by the end, it is clear it is not designed to deliver on the promise. For, even as it rightly requires _______________ (2) of data to abide by globally-accepted rules — about getting an individual’s consent first — it disappointingly gives wide powers to the Government to _______________ (3) any of these provisions for its agencies. The Bill, which was tabled in Parliament by the Electronics and IT Minister on December 11, has now been referred to a joint committee, to be headed by the BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi. The committee is expected to table its report during the Budget session. Technically, therefore, this is not beyond _______________ (4) yet. But recent events have cast doubts about whether the Government is serious about delivering on the _______________ (5) promise. Recently, messaging platform WhatsApp said that some Indian journalists and rights activists were among those _______________ (6) using technology by an Israeli company, which by its own admission only works for government agencies across the world. Google too had alerted 12,000 users, including 500 in India, regarding “government-backed” _______________ (7) attempts against them. The Indian Government has still not come out in the clear _______________ (8) regarding these incidents.
Q1.
(a) Individuality
(b) Personal
(c) Special
(d) Distinctive
(e) Distinguished
Q2.
(a) Managed
(b) Accomplish
(c) Realization
(d) Intuition
(e) Handlers
Q3.
(a) Dilute
(b) Concentration
(c) Beheld
(d) Insipid
(e) Inherent
Q4.
(a) Renovating
(b) Repaired
(c) Redemption
(d) Mend
(e) Restore
Q5.
(a) Privacy
(b) Concealed
(c) Obscuring
(d) Disguised
(e) Veiling
Q6.
(a) Snoop
(b) Meddle
(c) Gossiping
(d) Spied
(e) Chat
Q7.
(a) Remarks
(b) Phishing
(c) Stating
(d) Spies
(e) Render
Q8.
(a) Potentially
(b) Credible
(c) Tried
(d) Frustrating
(e) Convincingly
Directions (9-15): In each of the following questions, five words are given out of which four are identical in a certain way. Choose the word which is odd-one and mark as your answer.
Q9.
(a) Credibility
(b) Doubtful
(c) Integrity
(d) Reliability
(e) Trustworthiness
Q10.
(a) Slightly
(b) Significantly
(c) Notably
(d) Importantly
(e) Remarkably
Q11.
(a) Lawful
(b) Licit
(c) Legitimate
(d) Permitted
(e) Illegal
Q12.
(a) Liveliness
(b) Dynamism
(c) Indolence
(d) Ambition
(e) Flamboyance
Q13.
(a) Aspiration
(b) Prolonging
(c) Decision
(d) Intention
(e) Resolution
Q14.
(a) Disloyal
(b) Committed
(c) Dependable
(d) Steadfast
(e) Constant
Q15.
(a) Renunciation
(b) Rejection
(c) Waiver
(d) Sanction
(e) Abandonment
Solutions
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Personal’ fits in the blank (1). Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘Handlers’ fits in the blank (2). Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Dilute’ fits in the blank (3). Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Redemption’ fits in the blank (4). Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Privacy’ fits in the blank (5). Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘Spied’ fits in the blank (6). Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Phishing’ fits in the blank (7). Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘Convincingly’ fits in the blank (8). Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Only ‘Doubtful’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. Only ‘Slightly’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (e)
Sol. Only ‘Illegal’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. Only ‘Indolence’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. Only ‘Prolonging’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. Only ‘Disloyal’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. Only ‘Sanction’ is the antonym of other options. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.