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.
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.
PREDISPOSED
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STRESS
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AFTERMATH
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.
AGREEMENT
Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.
SETTLED
In each of these questions, two sentences are given. These two sentences are to be combined into a single sentence without changing their meaning. Three probable starters of the combined sentence are given as (A), (B) and (C). ANy one or more of none of them may be correct. Find out the correct starter(S) and accordingly select your answer among the given five answer choices.
It is very cold here. You must carry warm clothes with you.
A. Since you must…
B. As it is very...
C. If it is very…
You must sign your railway pass, write your name and age on it. According to the railway authorities, it becomes valid only after that.
A. To make your railway pass valid, the railway authorities should…
B. Without validating your railway pass, you cannot sign…
C. To validate your railway pass, you must…
The doctor says that Ramesh has lost his immunity. Therefore, he is vulnerable to any disease.
A. Ramesh’s loss of immunity
B. Because of his vulnerability to his…
C. His vulnerability to any disease…
How much you speak is less important. What is more important is how relevant you speak is….
A. How relevant you speak is
B. How much you speak is as important…
C. How relevant you speak is not as important…
You must submit a copy of your ration card. Only then your application for telephone connection will be considered.
A. Unless you submit…
B. Unless your application for…
C. WIthout your application for…