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Comprehension:(Que No. 21 - 25)
DIrection: In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Each blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3), and (4). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective bank. Mark (5) as your answer if the word given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e. No improvement required.
Cabinet reshuffles are largely driven by political considerations – the desire to reward allies; the need to accommodate lateral ________(A)________ [Power] into a party that is in power; and the importance of focusing on a region headed for polls and sustaining a party’s core political appeal. The ________(B)________ [Vast] reshuffle effected by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in his Cabinet, which saw 36 new faces being ________(C)________ [Adorned] into the council and seven junior ministers being promoted, does all this. For instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ________(D)________ [Came over] in many states by consolidating the traditionally fragmented Hindu vote across other backward classes (OBCs), and by focusing on the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (SC/ST) vote. Of the 77 ministers in the council( (________(E)________ [barring] the PM), 27 are from OBCs and another 20 from SCs/STs.
DIrection: In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Each blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3), and (4). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective bank. Mark (5) as your answer if the word given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e. No improvement required.
Cabinet reshuffles are largely driven by political considerations – the desire to reward allies; the need to accommodate lateral ________(A)________ [Power] into a party that is in power; and the importance of focusing on a region headed for polls and sustaining a party’s core political appeal. The ________(B)________ [Vast] reshuffle effected by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in his Cabinet, which saw 36 new faces being ________(C)________ [Adorned] into the council and seven junior ministers being promoted, does all this. For instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ________(D)________ [Came over] in many states by consolidating the traditionally fragmented Hindu vote across other backward classes (OBCs), and by focusing on the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (SC/ST) vote. Of the 77 ministers in the council( (________(E)________ [barring] the PM), 27 are from OBCs and another 20 from SCs/STs.
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