ENGLISH QUIZ 137

1. With a graded approach to the use of antibiotics, under which some medicines are reserved for the most _____________ microbes, the WHO list can stop their misuse as broad-spectrum treatments.

1) observable
2) gesture
3) receptive
4) beheld
5) resistant

2. The_____________ WHO classification can mitigate the problem if the many issues associated with use of the drugs can be monitored and regulated.
   1) motion
   2) susceptible
   3) kinesics
   4) revised
   5) continued

3. Within the_____________ of medical practice, the prescription of antibiotics is often guided by such factors as patient demand, competing alternative treatment systems, and even financial incentives.

1) realm
2) perceptible
3) mannerisms
4) maintained
5) sustained

4. Access to speedy and _____________ diagnosis is equally important in order to deploy the correct antibiotic early.

1) accurate
2) preserved
3) retained
4) discernible
5) alfresco

5. Drug-resistant microbes _____________ a serious challenge today to treat, among other things, pneumonia, infection of blood and surgical sites, and meningitis.

1) faraway
2) meningitis
3) exterior
4) pose
5) immigrant

6. Laying out its reasoning for opting to remain “watchful”, the RBI has raised pertinent questions relating to the outlook for price stability, the _____________ being whether the “unusually low momentum in the reading for April will endure”.

1) extraneous
2) extramural
3) extraneous
4) foremost
5) extralocal

7. The RBI’s business expectations index based on its industrial outlook survey of April points to upbeat _____________ for the manufacturing sector in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, spurred by rising rural and overseas demand.

1) estranged
2) prospects
3) extreme
4) farthest
5) borrowed

8. Spelling out the priorities, the MPC has said monetary policy can be effective only when private investment has revived, the banking sector’s health is restored and infrastructure_____________ are removed.

1) bottlenecks
2) outermost
3) outward
4) exiled
5) derived

9. This can be done by switching over to electric _____________ for orbit rising and to keep the satellite in the right position and orientation in the orbit through its lifetime (that is, station keeping).

1) extrinsic
2) expatriate
3) retention
4) propulsion
5) farther

10. Another key achievement is the use of an _____________ developed cryogenic stage, which uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen; the 2010 GSLV launch using an indigenous cryogenic stage ended in failure.

1) exotic
2) antipodal
3) indigenously
4) furthest
5) barbarian

11. Earlier, it had decided that a larger constitutional bench would decide on the question of______________privacy was a fundamental right.
    A. whichever
    B. even if
    C. whoever
    D. whether
    E. whatever
    1) A-B
    2) A-E
    3) B-C
    4) B-D
    5) A-E

12. The fundamental reason for this is that basic research is like defence: a pure public good which the private sector can support only in______________ways.
    A. Constrained
    B. Defined
    C. Limited
    D. Fixed
    E. Different
    1) A-E
    2) A-D
    3) B-C
    4) B-E
    5) A-C

13. Whether the G-20 leaders would pursue Dr. Rajan’s call and push for more______________and wider political action on this front, given the common imperatives, remains to be seen.
    A. concerted
    B. contrived
    C. composed
    D. concerted
    E. calm
    1) A-B
    2) A-C
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) B-D

14. Such an entity must be______________with the central mission of evolving into a centre of excellence for policy research.
    A. Destroyed
    B. Open Up
    C. Secured
    D. Concealed
    E. Established
    1) E-B
    2) A-E
    3) B-C
    4) C-E
    5) B-D

15. Government deployed a unique mechanism to recapitalise banks. Monies to the tune of over Rs 20,000 crore were______________to banks for capital but the banks, in turn, invested these in government bonds.
    A. Needing
    B. Provided
    C. Caseworked
    D. Unfitted
    E. Unprepared
    1) A-B
    2) A-D
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) B-E

16. These were called recapitalization bonds and were converted into marketable securities______________to government paper in subsequent years.
    A. Unrelated
    B. Unconnected
    C. akin
    D. analogous
    E. Disconnected
    1) A-E
    2) A-D
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) B-D

17. A cost-benefit exercise may not be straightforward, because while costs are known,______________are not easily measurable.
    A. Revenue
    B. Reward
    C. Haunts
    D. Benefits
    E. Cognizant
    1) A-B
    2) A-E
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) D-E

18. It should be “cirrhosis of the liver”, he said, adding that if alcohol abuse caused cirrhosis, then its______________must be stopped first.
    A. Absorption
    B. Hold
    C. Intake
    D. Give
    E. Receive
    1) B-E
    2) A-D
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) A-C

19. The______________takeaway is that if it had not been the assault on the young woman, it would have been some other issue.
    A. discourage
    B. animating
    C. gracing
    D. bighting
    E. dispiriting
    1) A-B
    2) B-D
    3) B-E
    4) C-D
    5) A-E

20. The deaths of young people in subsequent protests further aggravated the local population’s______________about failing to keep young men and women out of harm’s way.
    A. anxiety
    B. assurance
    C. provision
    D. apprehension
    E. privilege
    1) A-B
    2) A-D
    3) B-C
    4) C-D
    5) A-E

ANSWERS

1. 5
2. 4
3. 1
4. 1
5. 4
6. 4
7. 2
8. 1
9. 4
10. 3
11. 4
12. 5
13. 1
14. 1
15. 3
16. 4
17. 4
18. 5
19. 5
20. 2