Q1-5. Complete the following text by selecting appropriate set of words from the options given below.
1. Her novel published to universal (i) ___ , her literary gifts acknowledged by the chief figures of the Harlem Renaissance, her reputation as yet (ii) ___ by envious slights. Hurston clearly was at the (iii) ___ of her career.
a. acclaim, untarnished, zenith
b. indifference, belittled, peak
c. derision, resented, extremity
d. approval, recognized, ebb
EXPLANATION
2. Despite an affected (i) ___ that convinced casual observers that he was (ii) ___ about his painting and cared only for frivolity, Warhol cared deeply about his art and laboured at it (iii)___.
a. fervour, apathetic, ambivalently
b. gloom, passionate, meticulously
c. casualness, systematic, intermittently
d. nonchalance, indifferent, diligently
EXPLANATION
3. The perpetual spinning of particles is much like that of a top, with one significant (i) ___ ; unlike the top, the particles have no need to be wound up, for (ii)___ is one of their (iii) ___ properties.
a. difference, rotation, intrinsic
b. disparity, correlation, result
c. circuitousness, revolution, collision
d. inherent, hypothetical, intangible
EXPLANATION
4. Although most preventative medical ointments commonly in use would have (i) ___ an infection, the particular one Helen applied to her scores actually, much to her dismay, (ii) ___ her (iii) ___.
a. surrendered to, participated in, medicine
b. exacerbated, detracted from, salve
c. broken off, disbursed with, suffering
d. staved off, contributed to, affliction
5. As a rule, (i) ___ interpretations of events are rejected by modern scientists in their attempts to find secular insights into the matrix of causes and effects in our modern world. Paradoxically, this fact does not (ii) ___ the existence of individual scientists who possess views that may be (iii) ___ with a belief in supernatural causes.
a. falsifiable, countenance, at variance
b. supernatural, enhance, agreement
c. teleological, prevent, discrepant
d. preternatural, preclude, consonant
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