IBPS PO 2024 · Question 213 of 260

Directions (103-108): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been denoted by letters. For each blank, three words are suggested, one, two or all three of which may fit the blank appropriately. Following the words, five options are given. Choose the most appropriate set of words from the options that fits the blank appropriately. Over the past few years, many organisations have (A) [I. rejected II. embraced III. adopted] remote work as a permanent feature of their operating model rather than a temporary arrangement. Surveys conducted across several sectors (B) [I. indicates II. suggesting III. indicate] that employees who work remotely report higher job satisfaction, although managers remain (C) [I. skeptical II. skepticism III. doubtful] about long-term productivity. Firms that (D) [I. invests II. invest III. investing] in collaborative software and transparent communication tend to retain talent better than those that simply (E) [I. mandates II. mandating III. mandate] a return to the office without addressing employee concerns. As hybrid arrangements become standard, human resource teams must (F) [I. reconsidering II. reconsidered III. reconsider] traditional performance metrics, shifting emphasis from hours logged to outcomes achieved. Which of the following words will fit in the given blank (F)? Directions (109-110): Read the following passage and answer the given questions. Ayurveda and Unani medicine, though frequently conflated by lay observers as interchangeable strands of India's indigenous healing heritage, rest upon epistemological foundations that diverge substantially. Ayurveda, codified in Sanskrit treatises composed over two millennia ago, posits that health is contingent upon the equilibrium of three humoral forces—vata, pitta, and kapha—whose imbalance precipitates disease; therapeutic intervention thus seeks to restore this triadic harmony through diet, herbal formulation, and regimented lifestyle. Unani medicine, by contrast, traces its lineage to Greco-Arabic scholarship transmitted through Persian and Arab physicians before being assimilated into the subcontinent during the medieval period, and it attributes physiological function to four humours—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—whose proportions determine an individual's temperament. While both systems share a conviction that illness arises from internal disequilibrium rather than external pathogens alone, their diagnostic vocabularies and pharmacological repertoires remain distinct: Ayurvedic practitioners emphasize pulse diagnosis calibrated to the three doshas, whereas Unani hakims historically relied on urine and pulse examination framed within the Galenic humoral tradition. This divergence, often obscured by their shared emphasis on natural remedies, underscores that syncretism in popular perception belies genuine doctrinal distinctness.

Cloze test

1. ABoth (I) and (II)
2. BOnly (I)
3. COnly (II)
4. DBoth (I) and (III)
5. EOnly (III)Correct