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Word Replacement Questions

Directions: A sentence is given below with three/two words highlighted in bold. Select the
option that gives the correct set of words as a replacement to the bold words. In case the
sentence is correct, select ‘No improvement required’.

1. Any kind of accounting intrigue that makes the books look rosy will come at the cost of
inaccuracy with which banks reflect their financial condition.
A. techniques, precision, state B. subterfuge, consistency, position C. chicanery, accuracy, health
D. shenanigan, correction, sound E. No improvement required

2. The actual reason that led to the breakthrough of the current conflict could be the
controversial Prasad Education Trust case, in which the petitioners alleged that some
individuals were envisaging to influence the Supreme Court.
A. emission, disputed, conspiring B. outbreak, contentious, plotting C. eruption, combative, conceiving
D. breakout, contradictory, castigating E. No improvement required

3. Following public protests and political pressure, and on the strength of hurriedly
drafted legislation, jallikattu is now back on the Pongal calendar.

A. Coming, gains, prepared B. Succeeding, movement, ordered C. After, push, designed

D. Violent, conflicts, made E. No improvement required

4. Civil society groups are afraid that the measure is objective to grant immunity to the
police and the military, as well as to fine critics.
A. apprehensive, intended, penalize B. concerned, objection, punish C. thinking, aimed, support
D. happy, made, impoverish E. No improvement required

5. The cycle comes each passing year, with the lag among price and production enriching a
huge mismatch between supply and demand.
A. follows, from, leading B. stop, of, generating C. runs, in, reasoning
D. repeats, between, causing E. No improvement required

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6. Alleging that the Finance Minister concluded with Vijay Mallya by giving him a safe
passage to escape from the country, Congress demands for his resignation.
A. secluded , requests B. colluded , asks C. link-up, urge
D. dialogue, seeks E. No improvement

7. Over 170 persons were acclaimed as accused in the serial blasts case and were culpable
under various sections of the IPC.
A. claimed , charge B. criminalized , charged C. reproach, booked
D. arraigned, charged E. No improvement

8. Alibaba founder Jack Ma announced that he would step-up from the post of the
chairman of the Chinese E-Commerce giant next year.
A. profused , progress B. proclaimed , slog C. announced, resign
D. proclaimed, grow E. No improvement

9. MUDRA Loans and Kisan Credit Cards have to be examined more closely for potential
credit risks.
A. involved, prudential B. test , future C. investigate, estimated
D. observed, actual E. No improvement

10. The falling Indian rupee will make the imports costlier and will upshot to a fall in the
fuel prices.
A. lead, rise B. result , rise C. lead, increase
D. develop, reduction E. No improvement

Correct Answers:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C B E A D B D C E A

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Explanations :
1. The original set of words refer to the following:

Intrigue refers to a secret plan and thus it seems a misfit to use with accounting.

Inaccuracy means incorrectness, is also inappropriately used, as the banks will prepare their books of
accounts with accuracy and not with inaccuracy. This clearly does not fit in.

Condition- refers to the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.
This is correctly used as per the context.

While looking at the options, ‘techniques’ (option A) is grammatically incorrect, as ‘techniques' would
not precede a singular verb “makes”.

‘Consistency’(option B) is contextually incorrect as it means uniformity. This does not fit in and makes
the statement meaningless.

‘Sound’(option D) is grammatically incorrect. The correct word would have been soundness whihc
means health.

All the words of option C are absolutely correct, ‘Chicanery’ means use of tricks to deceive. ‘Accuracy’
means correctness while ‘health’ is used to show state or financial state and is correct contextually.

Hence option C is correct.

2. The original words refer to the following:

Breakthrough- an achievement after a lot of hard work. The tone is negative here and thus this is
incorrect.

Controversial- disputed. This is correct in the present context.

Envisaging- imagining. This does not make any sense as it implies that the individuals
were imagining influencing the Supreme Court . This sounds absurd.

The original set of words is incorrect.

Option A- ‘Emission’ means discharge and is irrelevant here.

Option C- ‘Combative’ means aggressive or belligerent and ‘conceiving’ to dreaming or preparing an

idea. Both are irrelevant to the context and incorrect.

Option D- ‘Castigating’ means criticizing and does not fit in.

Looking at Option B-

All the words in this option fit well grammatically as well as contextually.

Outbreak- sudden occurrence.

Contentious- causing or likely to cause an argument.
Plotting- planning.
Hence option B is correct.

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3. All the bold words are correct and do not need any replacement.
Hence option E is correct.

4. In the original set of words, use of 'objective' is grammatically as well as contextually incorrect. This
makes the entire set incorrect.

Option B- ‘Objection’ means challenging or disagreeing with something and is contextually incorrect.
Option C- ‘Support’ is the opposite of what is needed and is contextually incorrect.
Option D- 'Happy' and 'Impoverish' are contextually incorrect and do not fit in.
Option A- All the words are appropriately used as a replacement to the bold words.

Apprehensive- fearful or concerned.

Intended- aimed.
Penalize- punish.

Hence option A is correct.

5. Use of preposition ‘among’ is incorrect in the sentence, as among is used for more than two things or
persons, whereas here, only two variables are used- price and production. Also the phrase 'enriching a
mismatch' does not make sense. Hence, the original set is incorrect.

Option A- The preposition ‘from’ is grammatically incorrect.

Option B- ‘Stop’ is contextually as well as grammatically incorrect. It is the opposite of what is needed.

Option C- ‘Reasoning’ does not match as the last word and is contextually incorrect.

Option D- All the words are appropriately used as a replacement for the bold words. They make the
statement meaningful.

Hence option D is correct.

6. The first bold word 'concluded' which means summarize is absurd here, thus the word needs to be
replaced.

Secluded means hidden, which is contextually incorrect and thus option A gets eliminated.

Link-up and Dialogue are grammatically incorrect as they should be preceded by an apostrophe. Also
contextually it don't make sense.

The only left word in first blank is 'colluded' which means conspire, this seems sensible in a way that
Allegedly Finance Minister conspired with Vijay Mallya to send him away from the country and this is
the reason for whicfh Congress is asking for his resignation.

Correct sentence: Alleging that the Finance Minister colluded with Vijay Mallya by giving him a safe
passage to escape from the country, Congress asks for his resignation.

Hence option B is correct.

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7. The first bold word 'acclaimed' (publicly praising someone) is inappropriately used. An accused in a
serial blasts case cannot be appreciated for their actions. therefore, this word should be replaced with
another appropriate word.

The second bold word 'culpable' (deserving blame) which is an adjective and grammatically incorrect
here, as the syntax of the sentence requires a verb here to describe the actions taken on persons.

Keeping these two things in mind, we'll find the correct answer using elimination method.

In option A, second word is grammatically incorrect, it should be in past tense.

In option B, the first word is contextually wrong, criminalize means to consider someone as criminal,
but here it has not been proved yet, as they were only accused. Thus it is wrong.

In option C, 'reproach' itself means to accuse someone. Thus accuse can't be used twice in a sentence
as this makes it grammatically incorrect.

In option D, both the words fit the context in all respects.

Correct sentence: Over 170 persons were arraigned as accused in the serial blast case and
were charged under various sections of the IPC.

Hence option D is correct.

8. The first bold word 'announced' (to officially inform about something) is appropriately used.

The second bold word 'step-up' (to move forward) is clearly not correct contextually sincec he cannot
move forward further when he is already the Chairman of the company. And, move forward is not the
correct usage here.

Only second word mentioned in option C i.e. 'resign' goes well with "from" in a way that he will resign
from the post of Chairman next year.

Correct sentence: Alibaba founder Jack Ma announced that he would resign from the post of the
Chairman of the Chinese E-Commerce giant next year.

Hence option C is correct.

9. Both the words are contextually as well as grammatically correct in their original forms.

Thus the sentence does not need any replacement.

Hence option E is correct.

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10. 'Upshot' means final outcome and it is incorrect in the given context.
'Fall' is also incontextual as the costly imports will increase the fuel prices instead of reducing them.

In option C, increase is grammatically incorrect.

In option B, result is grammatically incorrect as it is succeeded by 'into'.

In option D, reduction is contextually incorrect.

In option A, both the words are correct grammatically as well as contextually.

Hence option A is correct.

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