Question 1

"The hostel food was both and : we got three hot meals a day, and nobody ever fell ill." (A) plentiful … safe (B) scarce … safe (C) plentiful … dangerous (D) tasty … expensive

Accepted Answer

Solution: (A). The colon gives one clue for each blank: three meals → plentiful, nobody fell ill → safe. (B) and (C) each break one blank, and (D) ignores both clues.

Question 2

"Though the young batsman looked in the nets, in the match he was , scoring a century off 90 balls." (A) nervous … fearless (B) confident … fearless (C) nervous … hesitant (D) relaxed … cautious

Accepted Answer

Solution: (A). "Though" needs opposite words; a century off 90 balls is fearless batting. (B) has no contrast, (C) has the wrong match word, and (D) contradicts the quick century.

Question 3

"The rules were so that even the clerks who enforced them could not explain them, and applicants were from office to office." (A) convoluted … shunted (B) simple … shunted (C) convoluted … welcomed (D) strict … rewarded

Accepted Answer

Solution: (A). Rules nobody can explain are "convoluted" (needlessly complicated); the result is people being "shunted" (pushed) from office to office. One word fails in each of the others.

Question 4

What are the common traps in Double blank, vocabulary questions?

Accepted Answer

Half-true: one word perfect, the other wrong. Always check both blanks. Order swap: in "X rather than Y" and "once X, now Y" items, the trap is the right pair reversed. No contrast: after "but / though", two words of the same direction are wrong even if each word fits alone.

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