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Directions (1-9) In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each number five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case:

It is no defence ____(1)_____ all to say that for all of the problems _____(2)____ by Xainab’s death, there are regulatory norms in place and that her death was a ____(3)_____ accident. The mechanisms don’t work. If inspections by district education officers were any more than cursory, why would only 4 per cent of our schools give _____(4)______ water to the children, and why would only 28 per cent of them have ______(5)_______ toilets for boys and girls? It has emerged from the Xainab incident that school lifts in some States fall in the no-man’s land between the fire services, the electricity utility and the civic authority, with leeway enough for each to disown _______(6)______. In practice, the governance and regulation of child safety in schools has become a Tom and Jerry act between school managements and regulators: for one to pursue and for the other to elude.

1.
a) At
b) Above
c) For
d) Because
e) To

2.
a) Masked
b) Revealed
c) Exposed
d) Protected
e) Manifest

3.
a) Unusual
b) Regular
c) Accountable
d) Monster
e) Freak

4.
a) Sieved
b) Riddled
c) Percolated
d) Filtered
e) Leaked

5.
a) Connected
b) Separate
c) Different
d) Similar
e) Distinct

6.
a) Authority
b) Control
c) Fault
d) Liability
e) Responsibility

Directions(10-15) Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below:

(A) The eastern Syrian city was bombed by the Americans, the Russians, and now the French.

(B) Even the ISIS militants saw it coming after the Paris attacks, and they left all major command positions in the cities under their control.

(C) It has been proved again and again that air strikes alone will not weaken terrorists’ hold over territories.

(D) Its initial response —to bomb Raqqa — was on expected lines.

(E) More important, France faces tough choices in the war against Islamic State in Syria.

(F) Raqqa itself is an example.

7. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

1) A    2) B     3) C     4) D    5) E

8. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

1) A    2) B     3) C     4) D    5) F

9. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

1) A    2) B     3) E     4) D    5) F

10. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

1) E   2) B     3) C     4) D    5) F

11. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

1) A    2) B     3) C     4) D    5) F

12. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?

1) A    2) B     3) C     4) D    5) F

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