Directions (1-5): Each question below has two blanks,each blanks indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Q1. The organization _______to popularize Indian classical music among the youth which has last _______with its cultural roots.
(a) endeavors, touch
(b) wishes, interest
(c) efforts, experience
(d) exerts, intrigue
(e) need, relation
Q2. One of the major critiques of the examination system is that it _______to a spirit of__________ competition among the students.
(a) results, defective
(b) accompanies, adequate
(c) develops, intense
(d) takes, severe
(e) leads, unhealthy
Q3. Auroras are natural light displays in the sky, usually ________at night, ________in the polar regions.
(a) watch, upward
(b) noticed, peculiar
(c) observed, only
(d) found, most
(e) follows, mainly
Q4. After the board examinations, students are______ up for the various entrance examinations_______ for next month.
(a) ready, mainly
(b) gearing, scheduled
(c) prepared, programmed
(d) set, duration
(e) geared, kept
Q5. The governmental _____spurred dramatic improvements in the way waste management is ______out in many hospitals.
(a) rule, thrown
(b) plans, conduct
(c) crusade, one
(d) efforts, carried
(e) venture, disposed
Directions (6-15):In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
In economics, the term recession generally describes the reduction of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two quarters. A recession is …(6)… by rising unemployment, increase in government borrowing, …(7)… of share and stock prices, and falling investment. All of these characteristics have effects on people. Some recessions have been anticipated by stock market declines. The real – estate market also usually … (8)… before a recession. During an economic decline, high …(9)... stocks such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and tobacco …(10)… to hold up better. However, when the economy starts to recover growth, stocks tend to recover faster. There is significant disagreement about how health care and utilities tend to … (11)…
In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several important indicators of economic downturn. These … (12)… high oil prices, which led to … (13)… high food prices due to a dependence of food production on petroleum, as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel as an …(14)… to petroleum; and global inflation; a substantial credit crisis investment blanks as well …(15)… as commercial banks in various, and signs of contemporaneous economic downturns in major economics of the world, a global recession.
Q6.
(a) imagined
(b)depict
(c) shown
(d) visualized
(e) characterized
Q7.
(a) Increase
(b) variance
(c) more
(d) decrease
(e) abundance
Q8.
(a) weakens
(b) initiates
(c) awakens
(d) strengthens
(e) volatile
Q9.
(a) maintained
(b) yield
(c) heavy
(d) result
(e) payment
Q10.
(a) are
(b) want
(c)tend
(d) yearn
(e) made
Q11.
(a) distribute
(b) recover
(c) wait
(d) increased
(e) fight
Q12.
(a) meant
(b) show
(c) numbered
(d) included
(e) encompass
Q13.
(a) fearful
(b) dangerous
(c) abnormally
(d) healthy
(e) nutritious
Q14.
(a) alternative
(b) variant
(c) substitute
(d) element
(e) integral
Q15.
(a) wealthy
(b) costly
(c) stand
(d) created
(e) established
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SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(e)
S3. Ans.(c)
S4. Ans.(b)
S5. Ans.(d)
S6. Ans.(e)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(a)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)
S11. Ans.(b)
S12. Ans.(d)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(a)
S15. Ans.(e)
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