A research or a design engineer cannot be successful if he does not make any effort to _______ or update both his basic and his _________ professional skills.
Answer: A To refurbish is 'to remodel' or 'to update' oneself with the latest in the field of engineering which is an essential requirements for an engineer in this technological world. Moreover each engineer is 'specialized' in a particular profession.
Q. No. 2:
Not only do dolphins use their flexible behaviour to _______ to their physical world, they also use it to ______ to their highly complex social world.
Answer: B The dolphins have 'flexible' behaviour. It helps them to 'adjust' and 'adapt' to circumstances. In the other choices the order of the verbs given is not appropriate. We first 'combine',and then shape. Hence shape followed by 'combine', 'tune' followed by cohere, adhere followed by 'conform' .
Q. No. 3:
Great saints believe that realisation of God will liberate man from ______ bondage and this state of release confers the privilege of serving the Lord in his ______ abode.
Answer: B Man has to be liberated from 'earthly' or 'materialistic' bondage and he should be united with 'spiritual' bondage, and hence 'spiritual' in option d would distort the sentence. When man's life is materialistic , God's abode should be the opposite of 'materialistic'. But 'permanent' does not suggest that. Whereas 'earthly' and 'transcendental' are antonyms and are the most appropriate word in the given context.
Q. No. 4:
I was feeling rather _______ when I ______ a yellow envelope on the table.
Answer: D The first word of all four choices are possible but the word 'spotted' is the only appropriate choice in the second blank because the reference is merely to see (the envelope). The words discern (see or hear with great difficulty), perceived (become aware of) are comparatively inappropriate in the second blank.
Q. No. 5:
The two countries must ______ the resolve to walk the path of dialogue and peace sidelining the extremist elements who have a vested interest in ________ the fires between India and Pakistan.
Answer: B Only the word 'stoking' is possible in the second blank. 'To stoke the fire' means to encourage (a strong emotion) etc. Although the words 'burning', 'ignition', 'raging' may seem to be possible in second blank. The words declares, influence or establish do not gel with the word resolve. Hence choice B is logical correct.
Q. No. 6:
Like the theory of evolution, the big-bang model of the universe's formation has undergone modification and _________, but it has ________ all serious challenges.
Answer: B The author concedes that the big-bang theory has been changed somewhat: it has undergone refinement or polishing. However, he denies that its validity has been threatened seriously by any rival theories: it has resisted or defied all challenges. The use of the support signal and indicates that the first missing word is similar to in meaning to 'modification'. The use of the contrast signal but indicates that the second missing word is contrary in meaning to 'undergone modification'.