Directions (Q. 1-5) : Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each pair of blanks that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1.The government wants to ….. death by stoning for adulterers and the …… of limbs for theft in accordance with Sharia law. (5)
(1) Offer, cleaving (2) recommend, joining (3) suggest detaching (4) propose, bisecting
(5) introduce, severing
2.An agreement to end violence in eastern Ukraine ….. between America, Russia, the European Union and Ukraine failed to ….. off the ground. (2)
(1) achieved, pull (2) reached, get (3) finished, lay (4) managed, make (5) attained, take
3.Netflix, which …. films and TV programmes ….. the internet, became the first big company to oppose the planned mega-merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. (4)
(1) Broadcasts, beside (2) telecasts, in (3) shows, along (4) streams, through (5) displays, over
4.In Pakistan, as in other poor parts of the world, mobile telecoms are vital to the country’s development, bypassing…… bureaucrats and bringing senders …. to the masses from banking to voter registration. (1)
(1) Obstructive, directly (2) antithetical, right (3) conflicting, direct (4) contrary, precisely (5) converse, straight
5.When Alexander the Great was 33 years old, legend …. he wept because he had no world left to …. (3)
(1) says, subdue (2) writer, overthrow (3) goes, conquer (4) marks, control (5) provokes, defeat
