SBI PO 2002

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word that fits the blank.

In these days of economic liberalisation, globalisation, etc., materialistic values have assumed ….(61)...importance. Money physical comforts and luxuries are most sought after aspects. There has been …(62)... competition. Such competition …(63)... under stress. The stress leads to ….(64)... of health of the people. Indian culture has …(65)... its striking uniqueness, as against the Western culture, in the fact that there is a ….(66)... place for spiritually is a very ….(67)... forced which helps is in maintaining our physical and mental health. It gives us …(68)... to cope with the stress. Westerners have now …(69)... the importance of spirituality and therefore, they have started…(70)... us in the matter of spirituality.

Read the following passage carefully to answer these questions. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s nuclear ambition had been the bone of contention for a very long time. It was a ‘’settled’’ belief in our country that the US began to ‘’stress’’ the issue of signing the CTBT only in more recent round of talks when the two countries had come close to an ‘’agreement’’ on the other issues, including CTBT because it is part of its somewhat browbeating style of doing business. But a moment’s reflection would show that there could be another explanation. In the aftermath of Pokhran-II when tempers had cooled, the US was ‘’predisposed’’ to accept our Prime Minister’s repeated assertions that India intended to arm it with nuclear weapons only as a deterrent to a nuclear attack or blackmail.