Directions for questions 16 to 20:

 Directions for questions 16 to 20: Each sentence in this part has one or two missing elements, as indicated by a series of dashes. Following the sentence, you will see lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

16. Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are ___ would be expected to be very ____ nut, surprisingly, they are not.

              A.   lethal …..Rare    B. untreated ….. Dangerous     C. unusual ….. Refractory     D.  New ….. Perplexing 

17.  A war, even if fought for individual liberty and democratic rights, usually requires that these principles be _____ for they are ___ the regimentation and discipline necessary for military efficiency.

               A. espoused ……. Contrary to        B. suppressed ……. Fulfilled through

              C.     suspended……. Incompatible with     D. followed   ….. Disruptive of 

18.   Even though the general’s   carefully public statement could hard he ____, some people took ____ it.

               A. respected…….. Liberties with    B. inoffensive ….. Umbrage at    C.  Faulted ….. Exception to     D. credited ……. Potshots at

19. Not wishing to appear _____ the junior member of the research group refrained from ____ any criticism of the senior members plan for dividing up responsibility for the entire project.

              A. reluctant …. Evaluating       B. inquisitive…… offering   C. presumptuous …. Venturing    d. censorious …. Undercutting

20.  Unfortunately, his damaging attacks on the ramifications of the economic policy have been ____ by his wholehearted acceptance of that policy’s underlying assumptions.

              A. supplemented     B. undermined    C. wasted    D. diverted 

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16.          A    Using the logic in the statement, the more lethal a hereditary disease, the more easily it will get eliminated. The key phrase “but surprisingly” indicates that this doesn’t happen so. Hence the correct answer is “lethal…. Rare”.

17.         C    Individual liberty and democratic rights on one hand, and regimentation and discipline on the other hand are incongruent, or “incompatible”.  Hence to promote one, you have to “suspend” the other.

18.         C The key phrase “even though “indicates that there will be a turnaround between the first and second blank. Only one such pair “ faulted…. Exception to “is available.

19.         C    The junior member didn’t offer any criticism of the senior member’s plan. Why, he didn’t want to appear to “presumptuous” (arrogant), and hence he refrained from “venturing” (offering) any criticism.

20.         B    if his “wholeheartedly accepted” the policy’s assumptions, then his “damaging attack” won’t be so damaging, it will be “undermined”.