Directions (1-10): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate pair of words in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
Information technology is not just (1)……… markets; it is also making them (2)………., particularly for household consumers. From pretty much anywhere in the world, one can now (3)……… out goods and services, compare prices from multiple sellers, and give (4)………. shipping and delivery instructions, all with a mouse click or a screen tap. No doubt, this is a dream come true for anyone who (5)………. shopping in real, hands-on markets, with sellers (6)………. their wares on store shelves, on public squares, or along dusty roads. In many cases, routine purchases (7)…….. long waits or (8)……… bargaining. But with online markets, savings are (9)……… in many dimensions, and transaction costs are (10)……… reduced at all stages of the process.
Q1. (a) transmitting
(b) transplanting
(c) transforming
(d) transacting
(e) translucent
Q2. (a) dominating
(b) unilateral
(c) omniscient
(d) vanished
(e) ubiquitous
Q3. (a) purchase
(b) search
(c) get
(d) stole
(e) sell
Q4. (a) detailed
(b) explained
(c) perfect
(d) complete
(e) absolute
Q5.(a) grew away
(b) grew up
(c) grew out
(d) grew in
(e) grew off
Q6. (a) spreading
(b) staring
(c) demanding
(d) displaying
(e) decorating
Q7. (a) required
(b) acquired
(c) retired
(d) consisted
(e) contained in
Q8. (a) intensive
(b) unhealthy
(c) extensive
(d) healthy
(e) contracted
Q9. (a) resided
(b) spreading
(c) plotted
(d) generated
(e) manufactured
Q10. (a) bluntly
(b) sharply
(c) blatantly
(d) rudely
(e) completely
Directions (11-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
Q1. Now that the Karnataka election is over, the Centre has finally (11)…………… the courage to submit a draft scheme in the Supreme Court to (12)………….. the final decision on (13)……………… the Cauvery waters among the riparian States. The draft, which gives no name for the authority it (14)……………… to create to monitor implementation of the Cauvery Tribunal’s final award, as (15)………………. by the Supreme Court, has been largely drawn from the Tribunal’s directions
Q11. (a) contributed
(b) mustered
(c) managed
(d) developed
(e) mastered
Q12. (a) regulate
(b) execute
(c) implement
(d) start
(e) reject
Q13. (a) sanitizing
(b) proportionate
(c) distribute
(d) rationalize
(e) apportioning
Q14. (a) proposes
(b) imposes
(c) offers
(d) provides
(e) tries
Q15. (a) institutionalized
(b) regulated
(c) sanctioned
(d) created
(e) modified
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. transforming– changing
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. ubiquitous– present everywhere
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. search– find
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. detailed– thorough
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. grew up– to start to develop
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. displaying– showing off
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. required– essential; needed
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. extensive– that which is extended
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. generated– to produce
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. sharply– pertaining to precision
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. mustered– gathering or assemblage
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. implement– to bring about; to put into practice
S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. apportioning– to divide and distribute portions of a whole
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. proposes– to suggest a plan or course of action
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. modified– changed or altered
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