| Directions (21-30) : The sentence has two blanks, indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the-meaning of the sentence as a whole. |
21). In the short run, these improvements will farmers' profits, by cutting costs and increasing yields, and should also benefit consumers in the ......of lower prices.
| A). half-terms |
| B). boost-form |
| C). raise-fall |
| D). impact-kind |
| E). lower-type |
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22). TPG is working on ........ its rural banking subsidiary's efforts at promoting financial inclusion and it also plans to .......a new range of financial services and products to cover rural customers.
| A). benefitting-announcing |
| B). shaping-focusing |
| C). fortifying-informing |
| D). intensifying-launch |
| E). intensify-discourge |
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23). Yield of important crops such as rice and wheat have ......... stopped rising in some intensively farmed parts of the world, a .........called yield plateauing.
| A). now-phenomenon |
| B). quick-miracle |
| C). suddenly-gain |
| D). lately-accustomed |
| E). then-phenomena |
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24). In America the ..........of temporary workers, contractors and freelancers in the Workforce from 10.1% in 2005 to 15.6% in 2015.
| A). number drastically |
| B). stake-climb |
| C). preference-climb |
| D). share-drastic |
| E). number-simple |
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25). To ........the problems of the region it is...... to interact with the local people.
| A). discover-necessity |
| B). understand-essential |
| C). research-advice |
| D). manage-needful |
| E). focus-better |
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26). The construction of the bypass Went..... despite the.... from the environmentalists.
| A). ahead, protests |
| B). smooth, approval |
| C). critical, demurral |
| D). forward, benefits |
| E). had, good |
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27). The judge let him off with a ....rather than a .....sentence since it was his first offence.
| A). prison, fine |
| B). fine, prison |
| C). fine, warning |
| D). reminded. verdict |
| E). warning, reminder |
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28). In a society that abhors........, the nonconformist is persistently ..........
| A). creativity, glorified |
| B). rebelliousness. suppressed |
| C). insurgency, heeded |
| D). smugness, persecuted |
| E). stagnation, denigrated |
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29). Only if business continues to eXpand can it .....enough new jobs to make up for those that will be .......by automation.
| A). produce, required |
| B). invent, introduced |
| C). create, eliminated |
| D). repeat, reduced |
| E). formulate, endangered |
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30). He ...... the practices of aggressive autograph seekers, arguing that anyone distinguished enough to merit such ....... also deserved to be treated courteously.
| A). decried, adulation ' |
| B). defended, adoration . |
| C). endorsed, brusqueness |
| D). ignored, effrontery ' |
| E). vilified, disdain |
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