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Select the most appropriate word from the options against each number. India has already made _____ (1) concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless _____ (2) process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more _____ (3) the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We _____ (4) ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle _____ (5) equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
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India has already made _____ concessions to enable a consensus
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Substantial means of considerable importance, size, or worth. The passage is in positive tone which makes ‘substantial’ the most suitable word. Hence, option B is the correct answer.
that it is not caught in a relentless _____ process where each concession
Attrition is the process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure. Being ‘substantially concessions’, there will be pressure on India and thus ‘attrition’ is the best suitable word. Hence, option D is the correct anwer.
post-Paris negotiations will determine more _____ the shape of the climate
Precisely means in exact terms; without vagueness. Word ‘architecture’ gives us hint that ‘precisely’ is the correct term. Hence, option A is the correct answer.
We _____ ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded
Must mean be obliged to; should (expressing necessity). The sentence shows necessity hence, option C is the correct answer.
are safeguarded and the principle ______ equity and equitable burden-sharing
Of is used for expressing the relationship between a part and a whole. There is a relation between ‘principle’ and ‘equity’. Hence, option B is the correct answer.
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blanks. To begin (6), let us ask (7) such an appellation, assuming it has only positive (8), was ever deserved in a city like Bengaluru. At the risk (9) earning the well-shaped wrath of fellow Bengalureans, let me explain that (10) for a "peacefull" past apart, it would be difficult to assert that "Asia's Silicon Valley" had even a history of toleration of difference.
Find out the appropriate word in each case.
'To begin with' is a phrase of begin that means at first. The only preposition that can form a meaningful sentence is "with". Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
'If' and 'whether' are both conjunctions that can be used to join two sentences. ‘Whether’ is used if the other condition is also mentioned. Generally the structure is like ‘whether..or..’ Thus ‘if’ fits here.
The word ‘nuances’ means ‘a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound’ and does not fit here. The word ‘hints’ too does not convey any meaning. The word ‘suggestions’ too does not fit here. The sentence suggests that the blank contains a word that means implications, which is only given by ‘connotations’.
The blank should contain a preposition that means 'with the risk', which is only given by the preposition 'of'. The other prepositions do not fit here.Therefore, the correct answer is option B.
Nostalgia is a fond remembrance of past. The sentence talks about a peaceful past, which is a pleasant thing, which means nostalgia is the apt word here. The word ‘remorse’ means ‘deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed’ and would be incorrect here.The word ‘sentimentality’ means ‘exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness’ and does not fit here. Thus option A is the correct answer.
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