For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.
The ban has landed the circus managements in a tricky (situation as they can neither use them for the shows or) abandon them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Some were very shaky and unstable, others were _________, and a few were both!
The statement below has been given with bracketed text. Select the option with correct idiom for the bracketed text.
They were really (selecting from the last or worst of the resources left) when they picked you.
Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
License granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
A loud thud woke up everybody and nobody knew what all the ________ was about.
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
The term Democracy (1) _______ from the Greek (2) ________ demos (people) and Kratos (power). In its (3) _______ meaning. democracy means the "rule of the people". In fact it is a form of government in which all eligible people have an (4) _______ say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy (5) ________ a political systems existed in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.
