Directions (Q. 1-5) : The questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. Three unknown assailants ____ on motorcycles and opened ______ barely a few metres from where the actor was shooting. (C)
(A) came, shooting
(B) rode, rounds
(C) arrived, fire
(D) approached, hitting
(E) climbed, shots
2. The police ______in ______a car theft case within a matter of two hours of registration of the complaint. (D)
(A) achieved, solving
(B) victorious, catching
(C) famed, arresting
(D) succeeded, cracking
(E) failed, assigning
3. The health ministry has approved major expansion of post-graduate seats in key departments of AIIMS to _____ the severe ______ of specialists across the country. (A)
(A) address, dearth
(B) correct, loss
(C) improve, damage
(D) rectify, limits
(E) good, shortage
4. With the _______wedding season, people are leaving no stone unturned to make their wedding cards look ________. (B)
(A) Prolonged, beyond
(B) ongoing, special
(C) instant, great
(D) sudden, while
(E) estimated, legible
5. The tourism data _____ that Indians are ______ the biggest spenders while on holidays. (B)
(A) says, within
(B) reveal, amongst
(C) proclaims, between
(D) states, surrounded
(E) speaks, amid
