According to author Dishant gautam, a novel is ________ to write when compared to a play is like ________ an election where one has to appeal to a thousand people at a time whereas in a book one appeals to one only person.
Answer: C Writing a novel could be 'easier' or 'simpler'. 'Faster' describes a person or a thing in motion. 'Running' for an election is a phrase which mean to be a candidate. The others are irrelevant.
Q. No. 2:
people with a strong urge and determination can easily give up a bad habit but ________ from the old habit is often more difficult than the ________ act of giving up.
Answer: A 'To stay away' is the appropriate phrase which means 'not to go near certain people or things '.'To stay out' is followed by the preposition 'of' to mean 'avoid'. 'stay put' mean to remain in a place without moving and here in irrelevant
Q. No. 3:
While the world was ______ to the happenings in Washington and New york, America's political class was _______ by the attacks.
Answer: D Option A is incorrect because 'watching' is not followed by 'to'. Option B is inapt because 'concerned ' is not followed by 'by'. Between is more logical. The world was glued to the happenings in Washington and it is quite likely that America's political class was devastated by the attacks.
Q. No. 4:
The one thing that kept the ______ in good spirits at the otherwise disappointing Agra summit was the special bar for the _______ at the Mughal sheraton.
Answer: B It cannot be said that the special bar for the people will keep the press in good spirits. Similarly, the bar for commoners is not likely to keep the journalists in good spirits. Choice D is absurd. Choice B is logical because a bar for media is likely to keep the scribes (journalists) in good spirits.
Q. No. 5:
In went into a ________, became angry, depressed and ______.
Answer: C One doesnot go into a dejection or degradation. Hence A and D are ruled out. Choice B is incorrect because depression cannot be preceded by choice 'a'. Choice C is logical because the word tailspin (a state of chaos) and moody are apt in the two blanks.
Q. No. 6:
Rather than portraying Joseph II as a radical reformer whose reign was strikingly enlightened; the play Amadeus depicts him as _______ thinker, too wedded to orthodox theories of musical composition to appreciate an artist of Mozart's genius.