FILL IN THE BLANKS

The following question has a sentence with two blanks. Given below it are four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.

For comedian Kunal Kamra, it has meant a/an _____________ goldmine in the everyday tragicomic events and incidents that lend themselves easily to political __________.

1. irresistible, satire
2. philandering, lampoon
3. tempting, pantomime
4. coquettish, parody

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PARAJUMBLE

The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.

1. He uses his Mumbaikar Hindi, with its potentially funny drawl, to crack politically loaded jokes that are thoroughly enjoyed by a loyal, albeit niche, following.
2. Comedy is no laughing matter in India, where taking umbrage at the funny and not-so-funny is second nature to one and all.
3. Take Kunal Kamra, for instance, who affects a bit of a “slowcoach” persona.
4. But in the process, he has earned disapprobation- he was asked by his landlady to vacate his house over “political issues” earlier this year.
5. This has become particularly endemic under the current political dispensation as public opinion has been polarized to an extent where dissent is equated with a lack of patriotism.

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Verbal Question of the Day: 42

Critical Reasoning (CR)

Q. India offers reassuring evidence of the safety of GM products. Many farmers grow Bt-cotton carelessly without observing recommended safety measures. GM foods are also being consumed, even if unknowingly, as revealed by a CSE report. Yet, no deleterious fallout has been observed until now. The government should lift the ill-advised embargo on the approval of new GM seeds. If not put to the gainful use of farmers, consumers and biotech-based industries, the valuable biotechnological expertise acquired over years would go to waste.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the gist of the argument given above?

1. There is sufficient proof of the safety of GM products available in India to remove suspicions of any harmful effects.
2. The government should allow the use of new GM seeds as no detrimental effects of GM products being used in India have been seen.
3. There will be no benefit derived from GM-related biotechnological expertise unless it is put to the gainful use of farmers, consumers and biotech-based industries.
4. The ban imposed on the approval of new GM seeds by the government should be revoked.

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OUT OF CONTEXT

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

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Verbal Question of the Day: 40

FILL IN THE BLANKS

The following question has a sentence with two blanks. Given below it are four pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.

 For the first time, a graphic novel has been longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. ____________, ___________, minimal and unmanipulative: Sabrina makes demands on the reader in precisely the way all good fiction does.

1. Presumptuous, allusive
2. Profound, elusive
3. Oblique, subtle
4. Brazen, perfidious

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PARAJUMBLE

The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.

1. This multiyear supply deal will enable No.3 US mobile carrier T-mobile to deliver the first nation-wide 5G services.
2. But cash-strapped telecom operators around the world have been gun-shy over committing to commercial upgrades of existing networks, with many seeing 5G technology simply as a way to deliver incremental capacity increases instead of new features.
3. In a $3.5 billion deal, Nokia will supply T-Mobile with its next-generation 5G network gear which includes the AirScale radio access platform as well as cloud-connected hardware, software and acceleration services.
4. The update promises to make networks more responsive and reliable for the eventual development of new industrial automation, medical monitoring and driverless cars.
5. The T-Mobile award is critical to Nokia’s financial health and is concrete evidence of a new wireless upgrade cycle taking root.

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CR- Conclusion

Q. The number of competing service providers in the telecom sector is set to shrink from double digits to just five players. From more wholesome slices of the customer pie to more bang for the buck in a highly capital intensive business, the merged entities including Vodafone Idea Ltd. ought to be happy with the way things have panned out. Yet the situation on the ground is far from ideal. The intensity of competition with the entry of Jio has left the incumbents battling furiously to protect their turf, with tariff reductions to match the newcomer’s ‘no prisoners’ approach.

The author of the above paragraph is most likely arguing for the conclusion that:

1. Increased competition can keep companies from realizing the benefits of having few competitors left.
2. After benefitting from the consolidation that took place, Jio has been able to increase the competition in the telecom sector.
3. While telecom companies are facing an unprecedented threat, they are in a position to realise strategic gains.
4. Price competition could neutralize gains that telecom companies may have realized post the sector’s consolidation.

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OUT OF CONTEXT

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

1. Such was Imran’s venom that the batsman Lala Amarnath had remarked that he had never seen such a “combination of pace and swing”.
2. Many fast bowlers have kept excellent form at 30.
3. It was more Imran the captain rather than Imran the performer who won the Nehru Cup in India in 1989 and the World Cup in 1992.
4. Malcolm Marshall did it, and so did Dennis Lillee, though the Australian bowler had lost some of his earlier speed owing to repeated back problems but made up for that by scaling up his swing.
5. Never had a fast bowler, at least not since Larwood, reached his peak at 30, in the way Imran Khan did in the 1982-83 series against India in Pakistan.

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Verbal Question of the Day: 37

Verbal Question of the Day: 36