Sentence Completion 2

In option (3), all the three fillers are in the same flow – a hope; a new flowering; a new possibility of ‘growth’.

The paragraph is about a programme that furnishes all the needed information. ‘Serendipitous’ means something that was not planned, but was found by accident and is fortunate. So, only benefit fits here.  
Hence, option (2) is the correct answer. 

‘Knitting’ would be rendered redundant by the use of ‘putting together’. ‘Wanting’, ‘rolling’ or ‘gathering’ are logically or grammatically inappropriate.

Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

Option (2): 'Glibly' is the only word that goes with knowing the Old and New Testaments by heart and reciting them forward or backward. This cramming up is no 'extravagant' mass of knowledge compared to a pilots 'marvelous' handling.

Hume is not content with reducing the ‘evidence’ (proof) of a causal connection (cause and effect) that is linked to experience of 'frequent conjunctions' (two things occurring together). There is no rational explanation (justification) to expect similar conjunction in future (as there is no 'evidence' of such causal connection).

Managers gain from the programme, so they are able to ‘see’ and ‘understand’.

Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.

The clue word in the sentence is 'compared', which implies that the two blanks must display two contrasting features. ‘Harmless’ and ‘brutal’ present such a contrast.

The first filler regarding ‘freemason’ can’t be negative. ‘Speculative’ and ‘inquisitive’ both fit the first blank. The operative word for the second blank is 'rise'. ‘Apprentices’ will rise by ‘degrees’ to become masters. 

‘Along a timeline’ would obviously mean ‘milestones’. Milestones means progress or development, i.e. how much is to be achieved within a given time frame.

Hence, option (2) is the correct answer.

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'Not as simple as it sounds' implies that laser technology has proved to be ‘herculean’ or ‘difficult’. ‘Steering controls of aircraft' fits in the given sentence.

The use of ‘together’ rules out ‘write’ and ‘motivate’. ‘Knit together' will be a better phrase in context than ‘bring together’.

Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.

Option (4): ‘That we cannot escape’ means that the second part of the statement explains the concept in the first part. Absolute qualities in art 'elude' us means that we cannot escape ‘in a context of time and circumstance’.

 Option (1): The international art market is flooded or ‘awash’ with fake masterpieces or ‘forged art’. Some of these appear so genuine that even experts may be ‘deceived’. 

‘Essential’ contrasts with ‘accidental’ as a type of property. Those it can lose without losing its ‘identity’ also makes sense.

Option (1): The operative word in this sentence is “paradox”, which presents a contrast. As the process has ‘paradoxically’ resulted in an act of creation, the process has to be destructive. As both the blanks are in continuity, both should be negative. The suggested fillers here eminently meet the requirement.

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'My Experiments with Truth' and ‘devotional attachment to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India and God and his people‘ suggest that a positive word fills the first blank. Also, the fight has to be against evil. ‘Unpretentious’ meaning simple; therefore replaces the first blank and ‘temptations’ fills the second.

Man is the only animal who kills for sport, thereby violating civilised behaviour. ‘Transgressing’ literally means violating.

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‘Tidal’ goes most appropriately with seafood.

Option (4): The first blank must be in tandem with ‘serious’ and ‘expensive’ research. ‘Esoteric’ suits the first blank. “Determined” would give sense to the second blank as scientists have discovered something. 

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'And' after 'superficial' means that the second filler should bear similarity to superficial. ‘Pedantic’ is an ostentatious display of knowledge or an instance of this. Moreover, 'vaunted' (to brag) characterises the first blank.

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