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Now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise made during the election campaign to restore the glorious past of the river has raised the hopes of people. Though it is a   (5) challenge for Modi, he has made his intentions clear by appointing Uma Bharti as the Union minister for water resources, river development and Ganga   (6) . She has already started the   (7) aimed at rescuing the river. It will be a litmus test for her too.  \n1  \na) Unfit  \nb) Disfit  \nc) Proper  \nd) lacking  \ne) None of the above 2.  \na) Stupefying  \nb) Shocking  \nc) Both a and b  \nd) hobnobbing  \ne) both a and d 3.  \na) Ambitious  \nb) Suspicious  \nc) Concoction  \nd) Both 1 and 3  \ne) None of the above 4.  \na) Black elephant  \nb) White elephant  \nc) One’s eyes are bigger than stomach.  \nd) Follow suit  \ne) None of the above 5.  \na) frank  \nb) wanton  \nc) Formidable  \nd) silly  \ne) None of the above 6.  \na) Rejuvenation  \nb) Debilitate  \nc) Invalidate  \nd) enfeeble  \ne) None of the above 7.  \na) Spadework  \nb) Deception  \nc) Both a and b  \nd) apalling  \ne) None of the above  \nDirections (8-13):  \nAfghanistan’s ambassador to Islamabad, Dr OmarZakhilwal, was   (8) to learn this week that Pakistan had apparently handed over 27 suspected members of the Taliban and the Haqqani network to his country last year, The Express Tribune reported. Pakistan's Foreign Office had made the announcement only the previous day. Kabul's subsequent categorical denial that any such transfer took place has spiralled into a major embarrassment for Islamabad, which has been under pressure from the US and Afghanistan over allegedly   (9) when it comes to moving against terrorists operating from its soil.Pakistan claimed the   (10) took place in November 2017, just weeks after the   (11) visit of Army Chief General  \nQamar Javed Bajwa to Kabul. The   (12)  \nwas supposedly kept confidential until now.Meanwhile, a high-level Afghan delegation arrived in Islamabad on  \nWednesday and is expected to hold talks with Pakistani officials today about   (13)between the two countries.  \n8.  \na) Travelled  \nb) prevaricated  \nc) Astonished  \nd) Deliberated  \ne) None of the above 9.  \na) Boding well  \nb) Room for something  \nc) Damsel in distress  \nd) Dragging its feet  \ne) None of the above 10  \na) Handover  \nb) Shifting  \nc) Immanent  \nd) summons  \ne) None of the above 11.  \na) Regularly  \nb) munchies  \nc) Maiden  \nd) Both b and c  \ne) None of the above  \n12  \na) disembodied  \nb) Extradition  \nc) Disaster  \nd) misogyny  \ne) None of the above 13  \na) Stimulation  \nb) attracting  \nc) fighting  \nd) Cooperation  \ne) None of the above  \nDirections (14-17):  \nUnofficially, it's a joint venture, but it's unlikely to bring the   (14) Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav together. The controversial Bal Thackeray biopic,   (15) for a January 25 release, has been produced by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut but directed by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Abhijit Panse. Panse got the job because Raut wanted a political insider and not a Bollywood director to make the film. The Sena is already taking   (16) of the film. Panse was kept out of the limelight at the recent   (17) of the 'Thackeray' trailer in a theatre that Uddhav attended. But the MNS has vowed toreclaim credit for the Marathi-Hindi film when it's released on Balasaheb's 93rd anniversary. 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