Sentence Fillers-Test 2

Now, students at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) are
______in the wake of Apple‘s campus placement drive, as per a report in TOI.
i. awfully jubilant
ii. extremely elated
iii. highly blissful

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani _____after government assigns commando for protection.
i. unleashes taunt
ii. fetters taunt
iii. confines commendation

Since the launch of the programme by the prime minister in October 2014, there has been an
______ in the construction of toilets, with five crore built in three years.
i. stggerring spurt
ii. overwhelming spurt
iii. astonishing acceleration

A video clip of the public reception given to Mr. Ravi drew some___.
i. stingy remarks
ii. uncharitable comments
iii. altruism silences

In recent years, Supreme Court has grappled with the disturbing phenomenon of
criminals________.
i. getting into the optional ruckus
ii. entering the electoral fray
iii. entering the voting brawl

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India‘s proposal to raise the cap on the __ held by a
mobile operator is a well thought out move, given the massive increase in data usage.
I. amount of progression
ii. quantum of spectrum
iii. proportion of series

The average data usage per subscriber per month is __ from 6 GB to 11 GB in the next few
years.
I. expected to shoot up
ii. to dwindle
iii. anticipated to rise

Any limitations due to spectrum cap may also __ in future auctions.
I. stimulating the coercing force
ii. muffle the commanding severity
iii. dampen the bidding intensity

For a country that is home to 19 per cent of the world‘s children, that is a __ statistic.
I. unwitting and crushing
ii. befuddling and amazing
iii. sobering and heart-breaking

The __ crimes against children demonstrates that our collective approach to child safety in schools remains ad hoc, laissez-faire and poorly monitored, highlighting the lack of both soft and hard preventive infrastructure.
I. deluge of ruthless
ii. spate of brutal
iii. trickle of benevolent

Whenever there is __ of violence against children, NGOs, parents, school associations and
representatives of the Government get locked into defensive or confrontational positions.
I. a horrendous occurence
ii. a gruesome incidence
iii. a macabre prevalence

Protecting children is a common shared responsibility; it cannot be done in __ by either the school or parents or government.
I. seclusion
ii. insulation
iii. isolation

The new pink note in that sense is a __ of the new thought around money.
I. befitting expression
ii. befitting concealment
iii. becoming locution

Rightly so, it borrows the pink colour from Maa Lakshmi‘s lotus but it does so through a
readjustment of__.
I. complexion and intensity
ii. hue and saturation
iii. colour and chroma

The __ with ‗demonetisation‘ is an indicator that the new note needs to evaporate before it plants itself firmly anywhere.
I. farewell inevident
ii. achievement synchronous
iii. arrival coinciding

The last time India fought a major battle was the Kargil conflict in 1999 in which the Navy
played a silent role while the Army and Air Force__ intruders from Indian soil.
i. discordant to dislodge
ii. collaborated to evict
iii. colluded to banish

In a conflict situation, what would unfold are short and __ which call for agility and swift
action by the three services in unison.
I. tardy frays
ii. swift skirmishes
iii. sluggish scuffles

While the Council‘s keenness to address __, many issues remain to be sorted out — rules,
fitment, and compliance headaches.
I. anomalies is laudable
ii. aberances is exemplary
iii. experiences is worthy

The present climate of mistrust must be __ by addressing grievances and conducting advocacy
exercises.
I. halted
ii. stopped
iii. nipped in the bud

The Ministry of External Affairs now has a States division, which keeps in touch with the States to assist them in building bridges with the countries in which they have a special interest on account of proximity or the __from that State.
I. aspect of diaspora
ii. presence of diaspora
iii. mien of diaspora

The now infamous __ in Indian real estate, marked by a great deal of unsold inventories, was also predicated on false hopes of adequate demand for housing.
I. furnishing satiate
ii. hoard plethora
iii. supply glut

As a concept, social rental housing needs __ even though rental housing for commercial
purposes is well entrenched in metropolises, where millions of educated internal migrants,
students, etc.
I. greater stimulus
ii. greater impetus
iii. major thrust

There is now the awful possibility that the killer may be able to use failures in the investigation to__ .
I. scrutinize fairness
ii. elude integrity
iii. evade justice

Police with only rudimentary training in modern investigation, using beatings and threats as their main truth-seeking tools, have a long record of securing wrongful convictions, as well as letting the guilty walk free, sometimes wearing the__.
I. aura of agony
ii. halo of martyrdom
iii. nimbus of torment

Men like Rafiuddin play a __in their safe arrival in Bangladesh.
I. trivial character
ii. critical role
iii. crucial job