IBPS RRB Office Assistant Model Paper 2

Directions (Q. 151-160):
In the following passage there are blanks each of whichhave been numbered. Against each number, there are five words one of whichfill the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
In any organized group of mammals, no matter how co-operative, there is alwaysa ..(151).. for social dominance. As he pursues this, each adult individual ..(152).. aparticular social rank, giving him his position, or status, in group hierarchy. Thesituation never remains ..(153).. for very long, largely because all the status strugglersare ..(154).. older. When the overlords, or ‘top - dogs’, become senile, their seniorityis challenged and they are ..(155).. by their immediate subordinates. There is thenrenewed dominance squabbling as ..(156).. moves a little farther up the social ladder.At the other end of the scale the younger members of the group are maturing rapidly,keeping up the pressure from ..(157).. . In addition, certain members of the group maysuddenly be ..(158).. down by disease or accidental death, leaving gaps in thehierarchy that have to be quickly filled.

The general result is a constant condition of status tension. Under natural ..(159)..this tension remains tolerable because of the limited size of the social groupings. If,however, in the artificial environment of captivity, the group size become too small,then the status 'rat race' soon gets out of hand, dominance battles rage uncontrollably,and the leaders of the packs, prides, colonies or tribes come under ..(160).. strain.