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Question 721. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
Although John Wisdom's writings in philosophy show clearly the influence of Wittgenstein, they nevertheless also display a ____(1)____ originality. Despite the ____(2)____ and difficulty of his style, a careful reading of Wisdom is seldom ____(3)____. He is a unique kind of genius in philosophy. This essay is an excellent example of Wisdom's repeated attempts to ____(4)____ the ultimate bases of philosophical perplexity. A great deal of the time Wisdom is ____(5)____ interested in finding out why metaphysicians feel ____(6)____ to utter such strange sentences ____(e.g. "Time is unreal", There are no material things", etc)____. According to Wisdom, such sentences are both false ____(and perhaps meaningless)____ and yet ____(7)____. Even more than Wittgenstein, Wisdom has stressed the "therapeutic" conception of philosophy, a view that comes out clearly in this essay where he emphasizes the analogy between philosophical and neurotic distress ____(8)____ them with other kinds of problems. The reader who is interested in gaining a fuller ____(9)____ with Wisdom's thought is referred to his famous article "Gods in Philosophy and Psycho-analysis". Other Minds is Wisdom's most ____(10)____ discussion of a single topic and in many ways his finest work.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (10)?

  1.    projected
  2.    sustained
  3.    prolonged
  4.    prolific
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> prolonged


Question 722. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (1)?

  1.    strictness
  2.    rudeness
  3.    leniency
  4.    transparency
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> transparency


Question 723. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (2)?


  1.    personally
  2.    busy
  3.    not
  4.    reluctantly
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> personally


Question 724. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (3)?

  1.    presumption
  2.    absolve
  3.    curb
  4.    establish
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> establish


Question 725. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (4)?

  1.    expect
  2.    wait
  3.    try
  4.    frustrate
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> expect


Question 726. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (5)?

  1.    level
  2.    regard
  3.    prepare
  4.    enact
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> prepare


Question 727. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (6)?

  1.    even
  2.    as
  3.    because
  4.    though
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> though


Question 728. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (7)?

  1.    found
  2.    expected
  3.    delayed
  4.    looked
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> delayed


Question 729. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (8)?

  1.    nurturing
  2.    criticising
  3.    demanding
  4.    appreciating
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> criticising


Question 730. Direction:
The following questions, you have several passages where some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each blanks with its particular number, out of the five alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more ____(1)____ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is ____(2)____ drafting legilsation to ____(3)____ the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may ____(4)____ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to ____(5)____ a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, ____(6)____ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be ____(7)____ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while ____(8)____ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the ____(9)____ to provide them with answers, ____(10)____ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.


Choose the correct word which fits the blank (9)?

  1.    pretentious
  2.    affect
  3.    substance
  4.    obligation
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> obligation


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