Passage Quiz – 01
Directions (1-5): In the following passage, there are blanks. Fill the appropriate words from the given options in the blanks.
Nations that have …(1)… upon programmes of economic development often run into unsuspected barriers which threaten, and often …(2)… the …(3)… needed growth of the economy. Industrialization …(4)… productivity fails to respond and the nation’s goals of raising the standard of living for its people are …(5)…
| Q.1 | (a) Decided | (b) Progressed |
| (c) Insisted | (d) Embarked |
| Q.2 | (a) Active | (b) Deteriorated |
| (c) Halt | (d) Cut |
| Q.3 | (a) Positively | (b) Hopefully |
| (c) Alarmingly | (d) Desperately |
| Q.4 | (a) Falters | (b) Deviates |
| (c) Fluctuates | (d) Lowers |
| Q.5 | (a) Postponed | (b) Frustrated |
| (c) Suspended | (d) Criticized |
Solutions for Passage Quiz – 01 (Q. 1-5)
- (d) Embarked – fits in the context correctly.
- (d) Cut – fits in the context correctly.
- (d) Desperately – fits in the context correctly.
- (a) Falters – fits in the context correctly.
- (b) Frustrated – fits in the context correctly.
Passage Quiz – 02
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five pairs of words. Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence, in the same sequence, to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q6. We cannot ___________ such a/an ___________ act of violence.
(a) Pardon, Egregious
(b) Consider, Important
(c) Neglect, Insignificant
(d) Commit, Magnificent
(e) Tolerate, Insipid
Q7. The Education Minister emphasized the need to discover and ___________ each student’s ___________ talents.
(a) Suppress, Potential
(b) Develop, Intrinsic
(c) Flourish, Hidden
(d) Belittle, Concealed
(e) Enlarge, Dormant
Q8. The police feel that the ___________ shown by the judges to first offenders unfortunately ___________ many youngsters to commit more and more crimes.
(a) Harshness, Leads
(b) Mercy, Prohibits
(c) Leniency, Prevents
(d) Pity, Predisposes
(e) Clemency, Encourages
Q9. He was so convinced that people were driven by ___________ motives that he believes there was no such thing as a purely ___________ act.
(a) Sentimental, Divine
(b) Personal, Eternal
(c) Ulterior, Selfless
(d) Altruistic, Praiseworthy
(e) Personal, Antisocial
Q10. ___________ the broker had warned him that the stock was a ___________ investment, he insisted on buying a thousand shares.
(a) Because, Speculative
(b) Since, Negligible
(c) As, Vulnerable
(d) Although, Precarious
(e) Because, Prudent
Solutions for (6-10)
- (a) Pardon, Egregious – fits in the context correctly.
- (b) Develop, Intrinsic – fits in the context correctly.
- (e) Clemency, Encourages – fits in the context correctly.
- (c) Ulterior, Selfless – fits in the context correctly.
- (d) Although, Precarious – fits in the context correctly.
Passage Quiz – 03
Directions (11-15): In the following questions, a word/phrase is given followed by four alternatives. Select the alternative that conveys the same meaning as the word/phrase given.
Q11. Amazement or terror that causes confusion
(a) Conjure
(b) Appease
(c) Analogy
(d) Consternation
(e) Anomaly
Q12. To determine the quality of a substance
(a) Consequential
(b) Cacophonous
(c) Assay
(d) Agrarian
(e) To hate violently
Q13. A fortified place or strong defense
(a) Adamant
(b) Astringent
(c) Bungler
(d) Bastion
(e) Appease
Q14. To go away hastily or secretly; to hide
(a) Abaft
(b) Abscond
(c) Clemency
(d) Aseptic
(e) Consequential
Q15. Airy
(a) Slight sickness
(b) Delicate, ethereal
(c) To hate violently
(d) Anything gained, or made one’s own, usually by effort or labor
(e) Abaft
Solutions for (11-15)
- (d) Consternation – a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
- (c) Assay – the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality.
- (d) Bastion – a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.
- (b) Abscond – leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest.
- (b) Delicate, Ethereal – light and airy.
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