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MPSC Rajyaseva 2021 CSAT — Question 58

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गाळलेली जागा भरून समानार्थी अर्थाची दोन वाक्ये मिळवण्यासाठी दिलेल्या पर्यायांून उचित शब्दजोडी निवडा. मित्राने व लोकशाही पद्धतीने संबोधले जाण्याची सवय असल्यामुळे अनेक अध्यापक नव्या विभाग प्रमुखाच्या सुरुवातीच्या भाषेच्या ________ शैलीमुळे अलिप्त राहिले. / Select the appropriate pair of words from given options for filling the space and make two sentences with equivalent meanings. Many senior faculty members who were accustomed to being addressed in a more collegial and egalitarian manner were alienated by the ________ tone of the new department chair's introductory remarks.

1)आशावादी आणि अनुकूल / Sanguine and Propitious
2)खिन्न आणि लाजिरवाणा / Saturnine and Ignominious
3)उद्दाम आणि लाजिरवाणा / Peremptory and Ignominious
4)अधिकारयुक्त आणि उद्दाम / Imperious and Peremptory✓ Correct

The term 'collegial and egalitarian' contrasts with a formal or authoritative tone, but in the context of the sentence completion, the correct pair matches the intended contextual gap for a strict or high-handed tone represented by the final option.