Directions (1-10): In the following three passages from question some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
It was dawn- Adittan’s favorite (1) of the day. He was sitting in his boat, (2) for his first passenger for the day. Every day, Adittan (3) people back and forth across the waters of Kaveri. He loved the small wooden boat he had made (4) his own hands. He loved his quiet village too and the flat fields that (5) it. Adittan (6) that, one day he, too would build a huge ship. It would be strong (7) to carry horses and elephants. He would fill it with ivory and pearls. He would sail away to distant islands and sing the songs of his own people there. In (8) he would bring back stories of these lands. When he (9) old, he would build a great mansion in this very village and share the tales of his (10) with his young children.
Q1.
(a) place
(b) time
(c) period
(d) pastime
(e) duration
Q2.
(a) singing
(b) contemplating
(c) waiting
(d) seeing
(e) dancing
Q3.
(a) rowed
(b) travelled
(c) carried
(d) brought
(e) targetted
Q4.
(a) by
(b) through
(c) with
(d) at
(e) on
Q5.
(a) covered
(b) surrounded
(c) founded
(d) engulfed
(e) fight
Q6.
(a) thought
(b) planned
(c) admired
(d) dreamed
(e) demanded
Q7.
(a) so that
(b) enough
(c) so
(d) sufficient
(e) more
Q8.
(a) return
(b) back
(c) coming
(d) journey
(e) travel
Q9.
(a) became
(b) grew
(c) got
(d) turn
(e)lift
Q10.
(a)stories
(b)life
(c) ship
(d) travel
(e) end
Directions (11-15): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q11. Vision is usually ______ most effectively when many different ______ are used.
(a) developed – manifestations
(b) adapted – organisations
(c) communicated – vehicles
(d) exhibited – forms
(e) described – thought
Q12. People who have been through difficult, painful and not very________ change efforts often end up ________ both pessimistic and angry conclusions.
(a) successful – drawing
(b) meaningful – projecting
(c) reliable – evolving
(d) strong – following
(e) challenging- lamenting
Q13. The human mind is never ______ ; it advances or_______ it .
(a) absolute – diminishes
(b) dynamic – stops
(c) perfect – disintegrates
(d) stationary – retrogrades
(e) happy – decomposes
Q14. If misery is the effect of _______, it ought to be ________, if ill-fortune, to be pitied.
(a) virtue – criticised
(b) calamity-reverenced
(c) virtue – protected
(d) vice – reverenced
(e) virtue – reverenced
Q15. It would be impossible for us to continue living in this world if each of us exactly_____ what fate had in______ for him.
(a) follow – plan
(b) appreciate – strategy
(c) design – anticipation
(d) visualize – hidden
(e) knew – store
Solutions:
S1. Ans. (b)
S2. Ans. (c)
S3. Ans. (c)
S4. Ans. (a)
S5. Ans. (a)
S6. Ans. (a)
S7. Ans. (b)
S8. Ans. (a)
S9. Ans. (b)
S10. Ans. (b)
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. exhibited – forms
S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. successful – drawing
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. stationary – retrogrades
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. virtue – reverenced
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. knew – store
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