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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. There are questions given below the passage and for each question, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Whenever I go into a bank, I feel scared. Everybody and everything that I see there (1) ____ me. As for the manager the sight (2) ____ him simply terrifies me and (3) ____ me want to runaway (4) _____ I can. As soon as I (5) ____ the door of the bank I lose my head (6) ____ when I try to do any (7) ____ there, I behave like an idiot. I cannot explain (8) ____ for this but that is how it (9) ____ has been that is how it is (10) ____.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 8.

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Important Questions on UPSC CDS (II) Previous Year Paper 2017

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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. There are questions given below the passage and for each question, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Whenever I go into a bank, I feel scared. Everybody and everything that I see there (1) ____ me. As for the manager the sight (2) ____ him simply terrifies me and (3) ____ me want to runaway (4) _____ I can. As soon as I (5) ____ the door of the bank I lose my head (6) ____ when I try to do any (7) ____ there, I behave like an idiot. I cannot explain (8) ____ for this but that is how it (9) ____ has been that is how it is (10) ____.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 9.

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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. There are questions given below the passage and for each question, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Whenever I go into a bank, I feel scared. Everybody and everything that I see there (1) ____ me. As for the manager the sight (2) ____ him simply terrifies me and (3) ____ me want to runaway (4) _____ I can. As soon as I (5) ____ the door of the bank I lose my head (6) ____ when I try to do any (7) ____ there, I behave like an idiot. I cannot explain (8) ____ for this but that is how it (9) ____ has been that is how it is (10) ____.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 10.

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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

The institution decided to give Mrs. Roy’s job to her son not because she was a social worker, but because she had died in harness.

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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

Your ambition should be in consonance with your capabilities
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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

I could not go up in life for want of proper guidance
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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

Though he was arrogant, I could not dispense with his services.
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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

In spite of his work, he was made a scapegoat for the failure of the project.
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For the expression which has been underlined in the following sentence choose the response that most nearly expresses its meaning.

If food supply fails to keep pace with population, civilization will collapse