Directions (1-5): Each question below has 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.It is said when you _______a rural woman, you in turn make a complete family socially and economically__________. (b)
(a) authorise, absolute
(b) empower, independent
(c) allow, sovereign
(d) revoke, free
(e) charge, liberated
2.The rural system has its own customs, traditions and social implications and thus________ of self-help group is_________ an easy task. (e)
(a) composition, always
(b) establishment, forever
(c) constitution, no way
(d) creation, consistently
(e) formation, never
3.Hindustan Zinc ___________ a large corporate also has large________ of these products. (d)
(a) actually, damage
(b) having, destruction
(c) presently, loss
(d) being, consumption
(e) really, depletion
4.Churchill did not and could not ________ that Ballia would ignite the fire that would_______ and destroy colonial rule both in India and beyond. (a)
(a) anticipate, engulf (b) await, envelop
(c) figure, plunge (d) assume, bury
(e) forecast, deluge
5.When the British Company established______ in the name of trade in 18th-century India, its officers trebled the taxes local peasants were _______ to pay. (c)
(a) bridle, urged
(b) authority, contracted
(c) control, obliged
(d) charge, indebted
(e) command, pledged
