In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank.

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When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again.

161)

Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 5.

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A)

this

B)

a

C)

an

D)

the

Instructions:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:
The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood.

162)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1)

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A)

by

B)

of

C)

for

D)

in

163)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2)

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A)

occupied

B)

placed

C)

located

D)

situated

164)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).

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A)

was made

B)

made

C)

is made

D)

has been made

165)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).

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A)

every

B)

either

C)

some

D)

neither

166)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).

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A)

an

B)

the

C)

each

D)

a

Instructions:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

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Comprehension:
There are certain spheres of one's life in which one should go by one's own (1)______ rather than follow another's counsel. The choice (2)______ one's subject of study is one such sphere. (3)______ one is genuinely interested in a subject, one (4)______ never opt for it. India is already full of (5)______ pegs in round holes, who are unfit for their roles and are doing more harm than good.

167)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).

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A)

alternative

B)

option

C)

possibility

D)

choice

168)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2).

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A)

of

B)

between

C)

among

D)

at

169)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).

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A)

Although

B)

Even if

C)

Since

D)

Unless

170)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).

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A)

should

B)

could

C)

would

D)

ought