turn from one airport to another requesting for _____ (1) ________ to land, before it declared a fuel emergency and arrived at Lucknow after two extra hours of being in air. Passengers, meanwhile, had an anxious time waiting for their ordeal to end.

As heavy rain lashed the national capital on Monday and led to traffic _______ (2) ________ at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport, Vistara’s UK 944 flight from Mumbai to Delhi was forced to hover over the airport for nearly an hour. It was then ________ (3) _________ to Lucknow, but poor visibility in the U.P. capital forced it to head to Prayagraj, and then again re-route to Lucknow, where it landed after the pilot gave a call for a fuel May Day.

The plane landed at Lucknow at 6.49 p.m., nearly two hours after its scheduled time of arrival at Delhi. When the aircraft landed it had 300 kg of aviation turbine fuel, enough for 10 minutes of flight. Vistara said in a statement that it _________ (4) ________ with regulatory norms requiring it to carry sufficient fuel for the nearest alternative airport in case of emergencies.

Meanwhile, the DGCA and the airline _________ (5) ___________ the pilot for investigation. A flight from Lucknow to Delhi finally left at 12.15 a.m. to ferry the passengers to their destination.

1) 1.?

A.Permission

B.Concurrence

C.Extradition

D.Rendezvous

E.None of these

2) 2.?

A.Congestion

B.Paramount

C.Lacuna

D.Tryst

E.None of these

3) 3.?

A.Being diverted

B.Diverted

C.Diversion

D.Been diverted

E.None of these

4) 4.?

A.Have complied

B.Had complied

C.Have been complied

D.Having been complied

E.None of these

5) 5.?

A.Has grounded

B.Have grounded

C.Been grounding

D.Have been grounded

E.None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: A

Option A is correct. ‘Permission’ is the correct alternative with respect to the context of the statement.

Option B is incorrect; ‘concurrence’ means coincidence.

Option C is incorrect; ‘extradition’ means deportation.

Option D is incorrect; ‘rendezvous’ means appointment.clo

2) Answer: A

Option A is correct. ‘Congestion’ is the correct alternative with respect to the context of the statement.

Option B is incorrect. ‘Paramount’ means supreme.

Option C is incorrect. ‘Lacuna’ means hiatus.

Option D is incorrect. ‘Tryst’ means meeting.

3) Answer: B

Option B is correct. ‘Diverted’ is the correct alternative with respect to the context of the statement.

Option A is incorrect. ‘Being diverted’ refers to past continuous tense while the sentence is in past perfect, thus it is incorrect grammatically.

Option C is incorrect. ‘Diversion’ is a noun whereas we require a verb in the blank.

Option D is incorrect. ‘Been diverted’ is grammatically incorrect.

4) Answer: B

Option B is correct. ‘Had complied’ is the correct alternative with respect to the context of the statement.

Option A is incorrect. ‘Have complied’ can be used only for plural entities.

Option C is incorrect. ‘Have been complied’ is applicable for past continuous tense, while the given statement is in past perfect.

Option D is incorrect. ‘Having been complied’ is grammatically incorrect.

5) Answer: B

Option B is correct. ‘Have grounded’ is the correct alternative with respect to the context of the statement.

Option A is incorrect; ‘Has grounded’ cannot be used with plural entities.

Option C is incorrect; ‘been grounding’ is grammatically incorrect.

Option D is incorrect; ‘have been grounded’ is grammatically incorrect and it alters the meaning of statement.