Fill in the Blanks Quiz -17 for SBI Clerk and SBI PO 2019 | Must Attempt All These 10 Questions

For long, scientists have been _________by the fact that long strands of DNA apparently have no real function.

1. Astonished
2. puzzled
3. confused
4. doubtful

Influential corporate groups have _________ the judiciary’s independence.

1. Distorted
2. curved
3. falsified
4. melted

As the consequences of the historic press conference of the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court play out, a constant ________ that has been heard is of the need to resolve differences internally.

1. forgo
2. refrain
3. abstain
4. stop

For the BJP, while winning the State may not be very _______ to its overall dominance at present, losing it may have ominous significance.

1. urgent
2. essential
3. deciding
4. crucial

The process of _________ legislation for road safety has been in the making for the past four years.

1. suggesting
2. announcing
3. introducing
4. prefacing

The inefficiencies of a predominantly manual system, given the scale of licences issued every year, results in lakhs of licenses being issued without the ___________ checks and balances.

1. Recommended
2. guide
3. prescribed
4. convinced

In the absence of a central registry, often multiple licenses are ______by one person for different States.

1. guarded
2. believed
3. held
4. taken

Low penalties for licensing offences allow ______ drivers to be behind the wheel and get away with life-threatening violations.

1. criminal
2. faulty
3. sinful
4. deviating

The Supreme Court on Wednesday _______hearing the case against the UID projects — a project that has emerged, layer by layer, over the years.

1. birthed
2. commenced
3. started
4. dawned

Sincerity is the name of a bridge that can connect what we _______ with what we do.

1. deliver
2. orate
3. counsel
4. preach