Here, in this best-selling, step-by-step guide to the safe practice of a wide variety of clinical procedures, Sherman __________ the phenomenal success of previous editions, updating technical aspects of the subject that have moved on since the last edition.
Answer: D To ‘build upon’ is to use a success or achievement as a base from which to achieve more success. Sherman used the phenomenal success of previous editions as a base to develop and update the new edition. Except option (D) all the other options are out of place.
Q. No. 50:
The Chinese government is attempting to pass the _________ of growth from state-funded infrastructure investment to the private housing sector, a risky but necessary move to sustain the economic recovery.
Answer: C The appropriate word needed here is – ‘baton’ which means a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner.
Q. No. 51:
Bruce, who underwent a BMT (bone marrow transplant) on February 23, spent a month in the hospital __________ after the operation. He is now safe due to his brother’s bone marrow donation.
Answer: B The blank calls for a word that has a positive connotation. We read that after the transplant, Bruce is now safe. ‘Recuperating’ is the correct word as it is specific to the sentence; to ‘recuperate’ is to regain a former state or condition; especially : to recover health or strength.
Q. No. 52:
Beavers are usually, considered notorious for their ability to cut down trees. Despite their ____________ for nibbling their way through trees to create their immense dams, beavers could be successfully reintroduced to England as they could have a significant, but largely positive effect on English rivers and wildlife.
Answer: A The question hints at two contrasting characteristics of beavers. The word ‘despite’ suggests a word which has negative connotations as the later information given about beavers, disregards the earlier one. Also the word ‘re-introduced’ suggests of beavers being a part of the British countryside until they were found unfavourable (as in the first sentence, we read ‘beavers are considered notorious’). Option (B)- ‘ ignominy’ which means public embarrassment; deep personal humiliation, is out of context. Option (C) ‘innocence’ contradict the tone of the sentence. Option (D) is incorrect, as ‘wickedness’ of beavers is nowhere hinted in the given sentence. Option (A)- ‘notoriety’ which means the state of being known for something bad or notorious; illfame, suits the blank appropriately.
Hurricanes, floods, sweet-waves and droughts wreak havoc when they strike, but in the _____P____ they leave behind its relatively easy to reconstruct a road or a house. A human life is lost forever. Malnutrition is major _____Q_____ of the _____R____ associated with climate change. According to the latest FAO figures, malnutrition is still rising, killing a child every six seconds. When crops fail and farmland and fisheries are wiped out, food becomes _____S_____, and then it's the same old read story : the most _____T_____ , in the world's poorest countries, suffer the most.
Answer: A It is stated that hurricanes, floods, heat-waves and droughts wreak havoc when they strike hence they are most likely to leave behind desolation Hence choice A is logically appropriate in the given context.
Answer: D Malnutrition is a major consequence of climate change. corollary (a logical proposition that follows from one already proved), sequel (something that takes place after an earlier event) or flaw (imperfection).
Answer: D Only the word disasters is most appropriate with climate change because climate change is associated with disasters. The words debacles (failures), misadventures and mishaps are inapt in comparison.
Answer: C When crops fall and farmland and fisheries are wiped out due to climate change it is most likely that food becomes scarce. Hence option C is apt.
Answer: B It is logical to say that the most vulnerable suffer the most due to climate change. The word penurious meaning poor can be ruled out as it is redundant because the phrase, the world's poorest countries is already mentioned here The words Infirm (feeble), pathetic (immobilized) are not logical in the context.
The ____P____ between the impressive growth rates of the recent past and the ____Q____ low living standards of the majority in the developing world is again in the spotlight, this time by a joint report of the World Trade Organisation and the International Labour Organisation focussing on conditions outside the formal economy. With estimates suggesting that states with average-sized informal economies are three times more likely to ____R____ the ____S____ effects of economic ____T____ than those with lower rates, the all-important needs to reduce labour market vulnerabilities in the context of global slowdown should be self-evident to policy makes and industry.
Answer: B There is likely to be a mismatch between two entities but not a rift (crack, split or break), breach (a gap made in a wall or barrier), incongruity (incompatibility) Only option B is most appropriate in the given blank.
Answer: B There is likely to be a mismatch between two entities but not a rift (crack, split or break), breach (a gap made in a wall or barrier), incongruity (incompatibility) Only option B is most appropriate in the given blank.
Answer: A The words phenomenally, exceptionally and outstandingly which have a positive connotation are inappropriate to describe low living standards. Between the words abysmally and dismally the former collocates well with low and is hence more appropriate.
Answer: B The reference is to the ill-effects of economic fluctuations hence the word suffer is apt here. It is said that we suffer the consequences of something bad or unpleasant. Hence choice B is more apt than choice A. The remaining options are inappropriate.
Answer: D The reference is to the adverse effects of economic turmoils. Hence option D is apt. The words censorious (severely critical), uncongenial (antipathetic), salutary(beneficial) are not most appropriate.
Answer: C Them is no reference to any kind of collision, hence A is inapt.The reference is to the sudden Impact of economic fluctuations hence the word 'shocks' is most appropriate.