1.The disproportionate ________ by the Indian forces against firing by the Pakistani forces has shown that Narendra Modi regime will not take truce ________ lightly.
a) Revolution, breach
b) Attack, contravention
c) Ambush, offence
d) Retaliation, violations

2.It is puzzling why death is considered _______especially when it is _______ the march towards the final destination.
a) uncertain, simplifying
b) inauspicious, facilitating
c) promising, halting
d) pious, starting

3.India was among the few countries that stood by Japan as it expressed_______, nursed its wounds, and sought to rebuild after the Second World War.
a) amid
b) remorse
c) resurgence
d) consequence

4.The way Christians and Muslims dress in their places of worship is not an________ for other Indians not to dress the way they________do in their temples.
a) along, generally
b) dispute, equally
c) argument, normally
d) dissipate, specially

5.On censuses, no matter how good the training and irrespective of how many kinds of disability are covered, do you seriously expect______to be able to measure or capture disability.
a) enumerators
b) apparatus
c) mechanism
d) device

6.Revitalising Indian Railways would be good for________but it would also have the added benefit of reducing_______from transport.
a) passengers , emissions
b) drivers, concealment
c) commuter, refrains
d) customer, containment

7.Consider innovations like the India Stack which_______Aadhaar authentication, e-KYC, esign, Digital Locker and UPI_______ mobile payments to provide cashless, paperless and presence-less transactions.
a) part, improbable
b) dissolve, impractical
c) detach, disconnect
d) combines , interoperable

8.The State’s earlier regulatory Act on jallikattu was ________as an anthropocentric law that was________to the eco-centric law against cruelty to animals.
a) recollect, nice
b) recall, good
c) dismissed,repugnant
d) learn, friendly

9.The entire system was_______, it suggested, and therefore, the anti-corruption authority had to_______ outside it.
a) invalid, dismiss
b) corrupt, exist
c) culprit, insist
d) mistake, Pressure

10.DDCA affairs were in such a mess that the India-South Africa Test match earlier this month was organised, on orders from the Delhi high court, under the________of Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal.
a) supervision
b) served
c) worked
d) complained