CLOZE TEST

Many students have confusion that Cloze Test is the test of only Vocabulary. To
some extent it is true but the cloze test also tests your grammatical skills.
You have to keep the following points in your mind and then attempt the cloze test.
Just go through the passage without filling any gaps and then try to observe the
following things :
i. The tense in which the passage is
ii. Check for the sense and sarcasm in the passage because some times
iii. Check the options for positive or negative options
Then only complete the gaps you are absolutely sure of.
Next try and find out what the missing words in the remaining gaps. See which part
of speech may fit in each gap (article?, pronoun?, noun?, adverb?, adjective?,
preposition?, conjunction?, verb?) and pay special attention to the grammar
around the words in each gap.
Many of the gaps may include the following:
Preposition following a noun, adjective or verb. (Example: good at languages)
Prepositional phrase: - (Example: in spite of)
Adverb: - (Example: He moved to London two years ago)
Connector :- (Example: First, he arrives; then he sits down; finally, he leaves.)
Conjunction :- (Example: Although he is five, he can speak five languages.
Auxiliary verb :- (Example: He has won 2 matches)
An article or some other kind of determiner: - (Example: I have no time)
A relative :- (Example: Bob, who I met two years ago, is my best friend)
A pronoun, either subject or object: - (Example: it is difficult to know)
Is there a comparative or superlative involved? (Example: she's taller than
me)
Some sentences may seem to be complete and contain gaps that appear to be
unnecessary. If you find gaps like this, you will probably need the following:
An adverb: - (Example: He is always late)
A modal verb :- (Example: They can swim very well)
A word to change the emphasis of the sentence: She's good enough to be queen.
The problems are too difficult
A few gaps may demand a vocabulary item consistent with the topic of the text; or
a word which is part of an idiomatic expression (example: Good heavens!); or a
word which collocates with another one (example: do a job); or a word which is part
of a phrasal verb (example: I was held up by traffic).
Directions (Q.1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have
been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable
word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks
with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Acid attacks, especially on women, are an issue of increasing (1). In order to (2) with
such attacks, a three pronged (3) is currently under formulation. The first is
providing (4) punishment to perpetrators, not only as proportionate punishment for
their (5) but also to (6) potential offenders. The second approach is to (7) attacks by
regulating (8) to acids. The third is constructing a compensation scheme for victims.

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The Indian Penal Code did not have specific provisions to criminalize and punish
acid attacks (9) earlier this year. If a person is convicted for (10) acid on another,
and thereby causing temporary or permanent damage or deformity, a minimum
imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment is now provided.
1.
1) value
2) welfare
3) gossip
4) concern 5) happening
2.
1) deal
2) do away 3) fight
4) solve
5)
tussle
3.
1) dimension2) solution 3) discussion4) system
5) approach
4.
1) light
2) stringent 3) attractive 4) compulsory
5) serious
5.
1) performance
2) role
3) work
4) action
5) job
6.
1) defend
2) differ
3) deter
4) determine5) dissociate
7.
1) prevent 2) facilitate 3) debar
4) examine 5) oversee
8.
1) approach 2) concede 3) knowledge
4) access
5) excess
9.
1) by
2) until
3) up to
4) before
5) prior
10.
1) supplying 2) giving
3) attacking 4) bringing 5) throwing
Answers
1. 4
2. 1
3. 5
4. 2
5. 4
6. 3
7. 1
8. 4
9. 2
10. 5
Directions(Q11 - 20) 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.
The ..1.. of India as an economic superpower is not reflected in the...2..... of life
enjoyed by its 1.2 billion citizens (according to Human Development Index)
which...3....India very low among 182 countries. In our performance-oriented world,
measurement issues have taken on ..4... importance as what we measure affects
what we do. In fact the French President has established an international
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress,
Owing to his....5... and that of others with current state of statistical information
about the economy and society.
A big question arises....6..... the Gross Domestic Product Provides a good
measure of living standards. In many cases, GDP statistics seem to ..7... that the
economy is doing far better than most citizens feel it is. Moreover, the focus on GDP
creates conflicts- while political leaders are told to maximize it, citizens also
demand that...8... , should be paid on enhancing security, reducing air, water and
noise pollution all of which actually...9.. GDP growth. Statistics are....10....... to

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summarize what is going on in our complex society, it is therefore obvious threat
that we can't reduce everything to a single number -GDP.
Q11. [a] pursuit
[b] perception
[e] tribute
Q12. [a] quality
[b] spirit
[e] loss
Q13. [a] scored
[b] qualified
[e] counted
Q14. [a] great
[b] unduly
considerably [e] negligible

[c] conversion [d] title

[c] span
[c] regard
[c] trivial

[d] joy
[d] ranked
[d]

Q15. [a] confidence

[b] belief
[c] dissatisfaction
[d]
compliance
[e] obedience
Q16. [a] unless
[b] because
[c] against
[d] whether
[e] that
Q17. [a] recommend
[b] think
[c] point
[d] refer
[e] suggest
Q18. [a] respect
[b] debt
[c] attention
[d] expense
[e]compensation
Q19. [a] lower
[b] attain`
[c] decline
[d] shrunk
[e] recover
Q20. [a] difficult
[b] interpret
[c] reveal
[d] intended [e] inferred
ANSWERS:
11. b
12. a
13. d
14. a
15. c
16. d
17. e
18. c
19. a
20. d
Direction (Q.2 1 - 30):- In the following passage, some of the words have been
left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the
options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to
make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Gradually, Aftab stopped ...(1)... on himself, his worry about life or death was put
aside and he started to be filled with an ...(2)... and inexhaustible sense of
happiness. He thought, Every day is so peaceful and calm. Its nothing like the
days he used to have before he got ill. There was nothing for him to fear any
longer. ...(3)... of ...(4)... he was cured of his sickness or not, he knew he would
continue worshiping. It was when he reached the state of ...(5)... able to think this
way that a miracle came upon him.

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He was back for examinations when the doctor, who few months earlier diagnosed
him with severe infection. Few months earlier, his stomach had been so swollen that
he could feel it ...(6)... from ...(7)... the skin. Now, it was back to its normal size and
there was no longer any abnormality ...(8).... He ...(9)... could not believe it at first,
but he could think of the reason why this miracle had happened: He got a second
life. There was no mistake; he was made to live to prove the miracles of God. He
now knows the mission he must fulfill with his new life. It is to widely communicate
the ...(10)... teachings of god and to keep serving him. With literally a brand new
life, there is a new light in his heart.
21. 1) routing
2)
22. 1) overwhelming
23. 1) attentive
prudent
24. 1) that 2) either
25. 1) abstract
2)
26. 1) contracting 2)
27. 1) underneath 2)
28. 1) whatsoever 2)
29. 1) likewise
30. 1) plausible
conventional

shellacking
3) breaking 4) striking 5) beating
2) releasing 3) yielding 4) bounded 5) ending
2) regardless
3) heedful 4) concerned

5)

3) rather
4) whether 5) this
fact
3) being
4) deadness 5) inanimate
bulging 3) rising
4) bending 5) waving
superior 3) secondary
4) above
5) over
hither
3) toward
4) away from
5) towards
2) as well
3) furthermore 4) too
5) along
2) unmasking
3) miraculous
4) normal
5)

Answers
1. 5
2. 1
3. 2
4. 4
5. 3
6. 2
7. 1
8. 1
9. 4
10. 3
Directions (31-40): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has
been numbered. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The constitution of Independent India and various laws ___(1) to meet the
constitution obligations have fortified the position of woman vis-a vis the man.
But it is ___(2) on paper only. The myth that more and more women are getting
higher education and are occupying position of responsibility in all walks of life is
falsified by the ____(3) of dowry deaths and divorce cases filed in the ___ (4) courts.
One look at the national dailies will tell the__(5) tale of Indian women ,women
who___(6) a child is bargained for bridal price or when she grows up serves as a
supplier of dowry for her husbands family or who as a widow immolates herself on
husbands ___(7) to be ___(8) sati.

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Our study about womans place in Indian society is mainly based on urban
professional and educated Indian women. Deep in the rural heartland of the
country, the rapidly changing world has not even touched the ___(9) of life of a
woman. Most men of orthodox families take ___ (10) in revealing that their women
folk stay in purdah a shield that deprives a woman of the joys of free nature.
31. (1) Drawn
(2) Enacted (3) Created (4) Crafted
(5) Manufactured
32.
(1) Just
(2) All
(3) Something
(4) Anything
(5) Any body
33.
(1) Many
(2) Rise
(3) Number
(4) Numerical
(5) Much
34.
(1) Civil
(2) Social (3) Criminal (4) Company
(5) Public
35.
(1) Horrifying
(2) Sordid (3) Painful (4) Critical (5) Satirical
36.
(1) Since
(2) as
(3) being
(4) former 5) for
37.
(1) corpse
(2) woods (3) pyre
(4) incineration (5) extinguish
38.
(1) appreciated
(2) acclaimed
(3) marked (4) notify
(5) mix
39. (1) end
(2) edge
(3) fringe (4) plain
(5)
deep
40. (1) fame
(2) Pride
(3) Boast(4) Proclaim (5) Promote
Answers:
1
2
2.
2
3.
3
4.
1
5.
3
6.
1
7.
3
8.
3
9.
3
10.
2
Directions(Q.4 150) 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/ phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Find out the appropriate word in each case.
I used to look _(1)_ to the holidays. I usually _(2)_ to my uncles house where I _(3)_
his children. I did not get paid a salary for _(4)_ What I received in return however,
was far

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more _(5)_ My uncle was an avid reader. During the time I spent with his family I
had an _(6)_ to read the vast amount of books and magazines that he possessed.
This improved my English to some _(7)_ Reading became my new _(8)_._(9)_
spending my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to _(10)_ books. This
has benefited me greatly.

41.
(A) forward
(B) towards
(E) around
42.
(A) went
(B) sent
(E) gone
43.
(A) cared
(B) occupy
taught
(E) played
44.
(A) them
(B) whom
which
45.
(A) expensive
(B) deserving
(E) valuable
46.
(A) opportunity
(B) ability
(E) achievement
47.
(A) distance
(B) extent
(E) degrees
48.
(A) activity
(B) hope
(E) worship
49.
(A) despite
(B) though
of
(E) while
50. (A) sell
(B) read
buy

(C) backward
(C) visited

(D) up

(D) travelled

(C) guarded
(C) this
(C) helping
(C) use
(C) time
(C) hobby
(C) by
(C) exchange

(D)
(D) now

(E)

(D) demanding
(D) encouragement
(D) limits
(D) duty
(D) instead
(D) invest

(E)

Answer:
1. (A)
2. (A)
3. (D)
4. (C)
5. (E)
6. (A)
7. (B)
8. (C)
9. (D)
10. (E)
Directions (Q. Nos. 51 to 60)
In the following passage there are blank spaces with numbers filled in
it,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.
Technology ...1... lives. But ...2... if people want it to. This qualification is important,
and ...3... to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to

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make inventions not by writing code but by making minute, detailed studies of ...4...
people lived their lives.It is observable that when the relinquished direct
involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to
lose its ...5... of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world
takes to masse.
However much it seems that machines are in ...6... they are not. Yet, the belief that
technology alone holds the key to ...7... the way people work, buy, and do business
is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was ...8... by a belief that
technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is
not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but that they ...9... to
appear where technology makes it ...10... for people to communicate with each
other or have been unrelated to the technology. The dynamic is still a human one.
51.
(1) ruins
(2) changes (3) makes
(4) explains (5) shakes
52.
(1) not
(2) occasionally
(3) seldom (4) only
(5)
never
53.
(1) key
(2) primarily (3) encouraging (4) supported (5)
disastrous
54.
(1) why
(2) where
(3) when
(4) whether (5) how
55.
(1) share
(2) profit
(3) knack
(4) business (5) plant
56.
(1) progress (2) control (3) action
(4) operation(5) transition
57.
(1) encroaching
(2) accomplishing (3) determining (4) highlighting (5)
informing
58.
(1) govern (2) successful
(3) underlying
(4) disputed (5)
accompanied
59.
(1) tend
(2) cease
(3) fail
(4) refuse
(5) avoid
60.
(1) essential (2) laborious (3) tough
(4) easier
(5) awkward
ANSWERS 1.
2
2.
4
3.
1
4.
5
5.
3
6.
2
7.
3
8.
5
9.
1
10. 4

Directions (Q. Nos. 61 to 70)

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In the following passage there are blank spaces with numbers filled in
it,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.
Speculation and opinions on accidents (1) to (2) them as part of natural (3). This is a
very convenient way of (4) all are concerned of their responsibility, accountability,
and even culpability.
Thus, over, the years, the genera; public and the media have begun to (5) accidents
as natural disasters. Most of the investigations (6) on the (7) that some natural
phenomenon has (8) the accident. Thus, concrete (9) are by-passed, proper
modeling and analysis of the process ignored and ridiculous but convenient
conclusions (10) at.
61. (1) mean
(2) offer
(3) are
(4)
tend
(5) define
62. (1) project
(2) notify
(3) simplify
(4)
sustain
(5) surround
63. (1) Calamity
(2) disaster (3) Chaos
(4) certainty (5)
phenomenon
64. (1) resolving
(2) absolving (3) discerning
(4) releasing
(5) accounting
65. (1) Deviate
(2) doubt
(3) consider
(4)
raise (5) rethink
66. (1) approach
(2) succeed (3) avail
(4) proceed
(5) pursue
67. (1) theory
(2) basic
(3) criteria
(4)
principle
(5) assumption
68. (1) magnified
(2) triggered (3) managed
(4)
surrounded (5) inspired
69. (1) evidences
(2) analysis (3) solution
(4) verifying
(5) nature
70. (1) signaled
(2) called
(3) arrived
(4)
managed
(5) strived

Answers:
1
4
2
1
3
5
4
2
5
3
6

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4
7
5
8
2
9
1
10
3
Directions (71-84): In the following Cloze Test (1 & 2) there are blanks,
each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the
passage and against each, five words suggested, one of which fits the
blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Cloze Test [1]
The Bhagavad Gita is a poem of 700 verses which is a part of the Mahabharta. It is
the only philosophical song existing in all languages. Its popularity and influence
have never waned. It (1) light and guidance to the troubled mind in times of crisis. It
is in the (2) of a dialogue between Arjun and Krishna on the battle field. Arjuns
mind is troubled at the thought of the killings of his friends and relatives. He cannot
conceive of any gain. Arjun is the (3) of the tortured spirit of man tom by conflicting
obligations and moralities.
The in dialogue proceeds and takes up to the higher level of individual duty and
social behavior, application of ethics to practical life and social outlook that should
govern all. An attempt is (4) to reconcile the three paths of human advancement
the path of knowledge, the path of action and the path of faith. But more (5) is laid
on faith. There is a call of action to meet the obligations of life, keeping in view the
spiritual background and the large purpose of the universe.
71.
(1) Provides
(2) shines
(3) enforces (4) secures
(5)
Seeks
72.
(1) programmed
(2) constitution (3) part
(4) formation
(5)
form
73.
(1) conceived
(2) dream
(3) source
(4) figures
(5)
symbol
74.
(1) generated
(2) made
(3) established (4) coined
(5)
given
75.
(1) important
(2) significant (3) declaration
(4) emphasis
(5) blessings
Cloze Test [2]
The concept of evil, as well as the approach to dealing with evil is (6) in Eastern
and Western religious traditions and culture. The East (7) that it is Gods job to deal
with evil. The individual has (8) to do with it; it can only party. It is the God who will
take action to oust evil from our midst. In certain religions there are specific deities
responsible for (9) evil forces. So the power of prayer is appreciated; (10) needs
only to pray and deities will take care. The Eastern approach will doubtless seem
(11) if not completely incomprehensible in the West (12) there is much more action

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oriented approach to dealing with evil. It is viewed as the (13) of the individual to
take action against evil and to deal (14).
76.
(1) similar
(2) illogical
(3) different
(4) analogous
(5)
potential
77.
(1) declines
(2) describes
(3) suspects
(4) ignores
(5)
believes
78.
(1) everything
(2) nothing
(3) lot
(4) responsibility (5)
hesitation
79.
(1) invoking
(2) stabilizing
(3) mobilizing (4) counteracting
(5)
instigating
80. (1) one
(2) which
(3) who
(4) he
(5)
deity
81. (1) reasonable
(2) emotional
(3) rationalistic (4) realistic
(5)
odd
82. (1) though
(2) because
(3) where
(4) as
(5)
when
83. (1) monopoly
(2) prerogative (3) right
(4) responsibility
(5)
desire
84. (1) regularly
(2) firmly
(3) haphazardly (4) politely
(5)
decently
Answers:
1
1
2
5
3
5
4
2
5
4
6
3
7
5
8
2
9
4
10
4
11
5
12

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3
13
4
14
2
Technology (1) lives. But (2) if people want it to. This qualification is important, and
(3) to understand progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony. used to make
inventions not by writing code but by making minute, detailed studies of (4) people
lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in
product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its (5) of
developing a truly radical invention like the walkman that the world takes to en
masse.
However much it seems that machines are in (6), they are not. Yet the belief that
technology alone holds the key to (7) the way people work, buy, and do business is
strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was (8) by a belief that technology
was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This I not to say
there have been no changes in the new economy; but that they (9) to appear where
technology makes it (10) for people to communicate with each other, or have been
unrelated to the technology. The dynamic is still a human one.
85.(1) ruins (2)
86. (1) not (2)
87. (1) key (2)
88. (1) why (2)
89. (1) share (2)
70. (1) progress

changes (3) makes

(4) explains
occasionally
(3) seldom (4) only
(5) never
primarily (3) encouraging
(4) supported
(5) disastrous
where
(3) when
(4) whether (5) how
profit
(3) knack
(4) business (5) plant
(2) control (3) action
(4) operation(5) transition

71. (1) encouraging

(2) accomplishing (3) determining
(4)
highlighting (5) informing
72. (1) govern
(2) successful
(3) underlying
(4) disputed
(5)accompanied
73. (1) tend
(2) cease
(3) fail
(4) refuse
(5) avoid
74. (1) essential
(2) laborious
(3) tough
(4) easier
(5) awkward
I had (1) to become a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish
this. First, I took very (2) part in professional associations. I (3) the National
President of the Indian Society for Training and Developmentone of the (4)
organizations for HR professionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My
communication skills got(5). It also taught me (6) to conduct meetings in an
effective manner. My job (7) me to different parts of the country and I (8)
believe that (9) provided me more education. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper
editors often approached me with (10) to write articles for their publications.
75. (A) achieved
wanted

(B) aim

(C) try

(D) dreamed

(E)

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76. (A) selected
77. (A) elected
decided
78. (A) respected
79. (A) lacked
80. (A) that
81. (A) saw
took
82. (A) quiet
83. (A) travelling
84. (A) wish
commands

(B) active
(B) voted

(C) interesting
(C) became

(D) often
(E) joint
(D) applied
(E)

(B) status
(C) impressed
(D) aged
(E) common
(B) grown
(C) learnt
(D) improved
(E) earned
(B) why
(C) how
(D) never
(E) anyhow
(B) showed
(C) posted
(D) discovered (E)
(B) firmly
(C) strong
(B) journey
(C) visit
(B) offer
(C) appointments

(D) first
(D) migrating
(D) requests

(E) not
(E) shift
(E)

Answer:
1. (E)
2. (B)
3. (C)
4. (A)
5. (D)
6. (C)
7. (E)
8. (B)
9. (A)
10. (D)
Directions (85-94): Read the passage and then fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given.
Indias approach towards treatment of (1) banks is yet another interesting issue.
Rather than closing them down policy makers in India have shown a preference to
(2) such banks with healthy public sector banks.
It has been (3) in certain circles that such an approach may give rise to a moral
hazard problem. However, two issues need (4) in this context first commercial banks
are the most dominant and systemically important segment of the financial system.
Second over 70 per cent of the bank depositors in India are small depositors.
Therefore systemic concerns coupled with the necessity to (5) the interest of small
depositors have been (6) in the minds of policy makers while (7) with insolvent
banks this issue had not (8) much attention in the context of a predominantly
government owned banking system as the weight of the private banks increases
further thinking will need to be done on this subject, both in terms of (9) of
insolvency though advance regulatory supervision and action, and post-insolvency
measures that (10) moral hazard and eventual fiscal cost.
85.
(1) insolvent
small (5) private
86.
(1) dissolve
(5) connect

(2) foreign

(3) cooperative

(2) relegate (3) anchor

(4)
(4) merge

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87.

(1) resolve
(5) done
88.
(1) resolutions
(5) consideration
89.
(1) enhance
rationalize (5) evolve
90.
(1) paramount
vested
(5) imbibing
91.
(1) conniving
dealing
(5) conversing
92.
(1) paid
distracted
(5) received
93.
(1) enhancement
refurbishment
(5) Expedition
94. (1) anticipate
(5) create

(2) felt

(3) promised

(2) decisions (3) approaches

(2) increase (3) safeguard

(4) identified
(4) priority
(4)

(2) superficial

(3) extradited

(4)

(2) coping

(3) absorbing

(4)

(2) offered

(3) deserved

(4)

(2) prevention

(3) attachment

(4)

(2) provoke

(3) discourage

(4) envisage

Answers:
1
1
6
1
2
4
7
4
3
2
8
5
4
5
9
2
5
3
10
3
Directions(Q. 95 - 104) 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.

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He was a charismatic leader, an entrepreneur and a highly effective manager all
rolled into one. As a leader, he (1) the companys growth plan in a dedicated
manner and he never (2) focus. The cement industry in those days was doing
badly. (3) to everyones expectations he sanctioned an additional plant in (4)
time. He was (5) that since the cement industry was cyclic in nature, by the
time the plant was (6) the market would have improved. It did happen and the
decision brought rich (7) when the plant was commissioned. Not only was he a
great entrepreneur but he also (8) all his senior people to be practicing
entrepreneurs. I have seen a similar example at the Asian Institute of Management,
which allows its professors to (9) their own business. This made their lectures
more practical and less theoretical. It is the (10) of the Institutes success.
95. (A) achieved
(B) implemented (C) visualized
(D) persevered
(E) aimed
96. (A) moved
(B) shifts
(C) missed
(D) changes
(E) lost
97. (A) Contrary
(B) Opposite
(C) Yet
(D) Obedient
(E) Different
98. (A) any
(B) mean
(C) short
(D) no
(E) less
99. (A) known
(B) calculating
(C) certain
(D) dreamt
(E) surely
100. (A) operational
(B) install
(C) use
(D) produced
(E) new
101. (A) supply
(B) diversity
(C) rewards
(D) pay
(E) knowledge
102. (A) thought
(B) tried
(C) wished
(D) encourage
(E)
wanted
103. (A) expand
(B) function
(C) chose
(D) run
(E) risk
104. (A) responsibility
(B) secret
(C) guarantee (D) prize
(E) value
ANSWER:
1. (B)
2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (D)
5. (C)
6. (A)
7. (C)
8. (E)
9. (D)
10. (B)
One day, while a poor farmer named Fleming was ploughing his field to earn his
(1); he (2) a cry for help coming from a nearby pond. He ran to the pond where he
saw a terrified boy (3) to free himself. The farmer saved the boy. The next day, a a

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fancy carriage (4) up to the farmer's house. An (5) dressed nobleman stepped out
and introduced himself as the father of the boy the farmer had saved. He offered
the farmer a (6) for saving his son's life. The farmer refused to accept payment. At
that moment the farmer's son returned home. Seeing him the nobleman said, "I'll
make you a deal. Let me provide him with the (7) of education my son would enjoy."

The farmer's son (8) the best schools and graduated from St. Mary's Hospital,
Medical School on London . He went on to become known throughout the world as
Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin. Years later the nobleman's son
was (9) with pneumonia. His life was (10) by penicillin. The nobleman's son was Sir
Winston Churchill- Prime Minister of Britain.
1.
(a) career
(b) labour
(c) livelihood
(d) business
(e) profession

2.
(a) expressed
(b) heard
(c) discovered
(d) uttered
(e) listened

3.
(a) struggling
(b) attempted
(c) seek
(d) rushing
(e) tried

4.
(a) appeared
(b) pulled
(c) entered
(d) arrived
(e) approached

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5.
(a) expensive
(b) ordinary
(c) well
(d) elegantly
(e) impressive

6.
(a) reward
(b) thanks
(c) price
(d) cost
(e) compliment

7.
(a) process
(b) sorts
(c) pursuit
(d) merit
(e) kind

8.
(a) passed
(b) applied
(c) eligible
(d) went
(e) attended

9.
(a) injured
(b) weaken
(c) sick
(d) hurt
(e) infect

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10.
(a) protect
(b) guarded
(c) prevented
(d) saved
(e) rescued
Directions (1-10): Please read the paragraph carefully and fill up the spaces with
most appropriate words provided in options.
Budget 2015 recognizes the need for legal reforms to (1) business and growth.
Economic policies overwhelmingly focus on fiscal measures, monetary interventions
and welfare
programmes to (2) businesses, but the legal processes that underlie commerce are
often (3). Laws that are concerned with starting businesses, enforcing contracts, (4)
debt repayments and exiting businesses, play a critical role and can (5) growth,
rendering even good policies ineffective. It is in such a spirit of broadening the
approach that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has (6) reform in bankruptcy laws as a
key priority, envisaging legal clarity and speedy processes that will ultimately ease
doing business in India.
The (7) between better insolvency laws and economic growth is straightforward:
stronger bankruptcy laws (8) the rights of borrowers and lenders, promote
predictability, clarify the risks (9) with lending, and make the collection of debt
through bankruptcy proceedings more attractive. These factors ultimately facilitate
credit and thus a (10) flow of capital in the economy.
1. (1) Change
(2) Improve
(3) Stimulate
(4) Ensure
2. (1) Hindrance
(2) Render
(3) Kindle
(4) Aid
3. (1) Praised
(2) Ignored
(3) Valued
(4) Motivated
4. (1) Neglecting
(2) Blocking
(3) Ensuring
(4) Providing
5. (1) Forward
(2) Improve
(3) Ensure
(4) Thwart

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6. (1) Changed
(2) Overlooked
(3) Identified
(4) Rendered
7. (1) Differences
(2) Connection
(3) Gap
(4) Determine
8. (1) Ignore
(2) Signify
(3) Keep
(4) Protect
9. (1) Amid
(2) Ensured
(3) Protected
(4) Associated
10. (1) Lower
(2) Simple
(3) Higher
(4) Stimulate
Answers:
1 (3)
2 (4)
3 (2)
4 (3)
5 (4)
6 (3)
7 (2)
8 (4)
9 (4)
10 (3)
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A man can be physically ...(1)... within stone walls and iron bars. His .. .(2)... of
movement and action may thus be ...(3).... But his mind and spirit will ...(4)...
remain free. His hopes and .. .(5)..., ideals and ambitions will still remain with
him. ...(6)... tyranny or oppression can...(7)... the lover of liberty. The cruelty of the
British ...(8)... increased the zeal and ...(9)... of the freedom fighters. No prison, no
oppression can ever... (10)... the invincible spirit of man.
1.
(a) prevailed
(c) confined

(b) prevented
(d) limited

2.
(a) want
(c) nature

(b) freedom
(d) way

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3.
(a) rejected
(c) prevented
4.
(a) seldom
(c) still

(b) adjusted
(d) restricted
(b) often
(d) hardly

5.
(a) aspirations
(b) attributes
(c) achievements
(d) needs
6.
(a) all
(c) full
7.
(a) prevent
(c) reduce

(b) little
(d) no
(b) prevail
(d) intimidate

8.
(a) only
(c) hardly

(b) rarely
(d) narrowly

9.
(a) mind
(c) want

(b) determination
(d) discrimination

10. (a) kindle

(c) rejeet

(b) lower
(d) extinguish

Answers
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. D
Now-a-days, under the ...(1)... system of education, however good it may be, when a young man comes
out of the university, there seems to be this ...(2)... in him that the higher the standard of living raises, the
less should a man work.
Thus, mathematically, the higher the standard of living, according to this misconceived notion, the less the
...(3)... Ultimately, what should be the highest standard of living then? ...(4)... work! This leads to an
unhealthy ...(5)...among the workers. A typist who types over twenty letters a day asks his ...(6)... how
many letters he had types that day. The latter ...(7)... "fifteen". The former thinks, "Tomorrow I should type
only fifteen or even ...(8)... This tendency is quite ...(9)... and may ultimately lead to ...(10)... Even one's
family life may be affected adversely due to such tendency.

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Q1.
A. developed
B. extinct
C. outdated
D. proposed
E. modern
Q2.
A. anxiety
B. misconception
C. realisation
D. worry
E. apprehension
Q3.
A. salary
B. comfort
C. work
D. energy
E. time
Q4.
A. Minimum
B. Maximum
C. Less
D. No
E. Ample
Q5.
A. competition
B. dispute
C. delay
D. jealously
E. ambition
Q6.
A. employee
B. subordinate
C. boss
D. client
E. colleague
Q7.
A. suggests
B. remembers
C. replies
D. types
E. does
Q8.
A. less

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B. all
C. more
D. few
E. some
Q9.
A. discouraging
B. heartening
C. healthy
D. unfortunate
E. unnatural
Q10.
A. evil
B. retardation
C. progress
D. denial
E. complexity
ANSWERS:
1. E
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B

Parents spend to much time worrying about their adolescents wasting time. But for
an adolescent, many activities, parents consider wasteful, are, in fact, worthwhile.
Parents complain that teenagers spend too much daydreaming.
Yet ...(1)... has important functions in teenagers' development ...(2)... daydreams,
all adolescents try out various ...(3)... as they search for the direction ...(4)... want to
take in their lives. Many daydreams are ways of ...(5)... escaping the streets of
everyday life ...(6)... even they have some immediate-tension-reducing ...(7)...
Some parents also complain about the ...(8)... conversation the teenagers have with
one ...(9)... over the telephone. In fact, these ...(10)... pointless conversations are
often a means ...(11)... which adolescents check out their own ...(12)... of the world
with others, gaining ...(13)... view of themselves and others. For parents, the issue is
the ...(14)... of the fact that any kind of significant achievement ...(15)... hard work
which the adolescents do not fully appreciate.
1.
A. dream
B. imagination
C. fantasy

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2.
A. In
B. By
C. From
3.
A. rules
B. rolls
C. roles
4.
A. parents
B. they
C. teenagers
5.
A. temporary
B. semi-permanently
C. temporarily
6.
A. But
B. For
C. And
7.
A. value
B. purpose
C. development
8.
A. rampant
B. random
C. rambling
9.
A. another
B. each
C. other
10.
A. apparent
B. apparently
C. really
11.

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A. with
B. under
C. through
12.
A. perceptions
B. conceptions
C. presumptions
13.
A. a realistic
B. a religious
C. an idealistic
14.
A. recognition
B. appreciation
C. requisition
15.
A. reserves
B. resists
C. requires
ANSWERS:
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. A
15. C
A man can be physically ...(1)... within stone walls and iron bars. His .. .(2)... of
movement and action may thus be ...(3).... But his mind and spirit will ...(4)...
remain free. His hopes and .. .(5)..., ideals and ambitions will still remain with
him. ...(6)... tyranny or oppression can...(7)... the lover of liberty. The cruelty of the
British ...(8)... increased the zeal and ...(9)... of the freedom fighters. No prison, no
oppression can ever... (10)... the invincible spirit of man.

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1.
(a) prevailed
(c) confined

(b) prevented
(d) limited

2.
(a) want
(c) nature

(b) freedom
(d) way

3.
(a) rejected
(c) prevented
4.
(a) seldom
(c) still

(b) adjusted
(d) restricted
(b) often
(d) hardly

5.
(a) aspirations
(b) attributes
(c) achievements
(d) needs
6.
(a) all
(c) full
7.
(a) prevent
(c) reduce

(b) little
(d) no
(b) prevail
(d) intimidate

8.
(a) only
(c) hardly

(b) rarely
(d) narrowly

9.
(a) mind
(c) want

(b) determination
(d) discrimination

10. (a) kindle

(c) rejeet

(b) lower
(d) extinguish

Answers
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. D
Directions (1-10): Please read the paragraph carefully and fill up the spaces with
most appropriate words provided in options.

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Budget 2015 recognizes the need for legal reforms to (1) business and growth.
Economic policies overwhelmingly focus on fiscal measures, monetary interventions
and welfare
programmes to (2) businesses, but the legal processes that underlie commerce are
often (3). Laws that are concerned with starting businesses, enforcing contracts, (4)
debt repayments and exiting businesses, play a critical role and can (5) growth,
rendering even good policies ineffective. It is in such a spirit of broadening the
approach that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has (6) reform in bankruptcy laws as a
key priority, envisaging legal clarity and speedy processes that will ultimately ease
doing business in India.
The (7) between better insolvency laws and economic growth is straightforward:
stronger bankruptcy laws (8) the rights of borrowers and lenders, promote
predictability, clarify the risks (9) with lending, and make the collection of debt
through bankruptcy proceedings more attractive. These factors ultimately facilitate
credit and thus a (10) flow of capital in the economy.
1. (1) Change
(2) Improve
(3) Stimulate
(4) Ensure
2. (1) Hindrance
(2) Render
(3) Kindle
(4) Aid
3. (1) Praised
(2) Ignored
(3) Valued
(4) Motivated
4. (1) Neglecting
(2) Blocking
(3) Ensuring
(4) Providing
5. (1) Forward
(2) Improve
(3) Ensure
(4) Thwart
6. (1) Changed
(2) Overlooked
(3) Identified
(4) Rendered
7. (1) Differences
(2) Connection
(3) Gap
(4) Determine
8. (1) Ignore
(2) Signify
(3) Keep

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(4) Protect
9. (1) Amid
(2) Ensured
(3) Protected
(4) Associated
10. (1) Lower
(2) Simple
(3) Higher
(4) Stimulate
Answers:
1 (3)
2 (4)
3 (2)
4 (3)
5 (4)
6 (3)
7 (2)
8 (4)
9 (4)
10 (3)
I noticed George Ramsay at the restaurant. He was staring into space. He looked as
though the burden of the whole world sat on his shoulders. I ...(1)... at once that his
unfortunate brother ...(2)... trouble again. I suppose every family has a black ...(3)...
Tom has been ...(4)... trail to his family ...(5)... twenty years. He had begun life
decently enough; he went ...(6)... business, married and had two children. The
Ramsay were ...(7)... respectable people, and there was every ...(8)... to suppose
that Tom Ramsay would have a useful and ...(9)... career. But one day without
warning, he ...(10)... that he did not like to work, and that he was not suited ...(11)...
marriage. He wanted to enjoy ...(12)... He would listen ...(13)... no advice. He left his
wife and his ...(14)... He had ...(15)... money and he spent two happy years in the
various capitals of Europe. Rumors of his ...(16)... reached his relations from time to
time and they were ...(17)... He certainly ...(18)... a very good time. They shook
their heads and asked what ...(19)... when his money was spent. they soon found
out that he was broke and wanted to ...(20)... home.
1.
A.
2.
A.
3.
A.
4.
A.
5.
A.
6.

believed

B.

suspected

C.

agreed

had been causing B.

was causing C.

goat

B.

sheep C.

wolf

sore

B.

bitter C.

sweet

for

in

since B.

C.

will cause

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A.
7.
A.
8.
A.
9.
A.
10.
A.
11.
A.
12.
A.
13.
A.
14.
A.
15.
A.
16.
A.
17.
A.
18.
A.
19.
A.
20.
A.

into

B.

for

C.

utterly

B.

perfectly

C.

wholly

reason

B.

cause

C.

point

profitable

B.

bad

said

B.

announced C.

to

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himself

B.

idleness

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B.

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C.

job

B.

house C.

relatives

a little B.

little

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habits B.

doings

deeply

B.

shocked

has

had

C.

will have

would happen

B.

happened

come back

go

C.

B.

B.

C.

to

C.

honorable
wrote

with
C.

others

with

C.

whereabouts
C.

disappointed

C.

will happen

will happen D.

settle

Some scholars were exploring the forest of Middle America. They discovered some
buildings which were in ruins. These buildings were ...(1)... ruined by the
encroaching forest. It was also clear that these buildings were no ordinary
structures. They were remnants of a ...(2)... civilisation. The scholars got interested.
They excavated more and discovered ...(3)... their utmost surprise the remains of
flourishing civilization-the Maya's ...(4)... they named it. Thus it was as late in ...(5)...
19th that the secrets of new civilization were ...(6)... For sometime the scholars
believed that the Mayan's must have ...(7)... the descendants of ancient Egyptians
or one of the lost tribes of Israel; or perhaps a brand of the South East Asia's
immigrants. However they could not come to an unanimous decision. Nonetheless
the fact remains that even-to day the Mayan is one of ...(8)... most ancient
cicilizations. This civilisation was situated in the ...(9)... of Middle America. It
covered an area equivalent to France, ...(10)... spread across Guatemala, Belize and
some part of Mexico Honduras. It started in 2500 B.C and continued its progress till
34 ...(11)... later. Throughout its period of progress, the people struggled against the

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invading ...(12)... They used to burn the plants and make the land ...(13)... for
civilization. Their staple food was maize. but even while ...(14)... for existence, they
found time to build remarkable buildings for ...(15)... they used mortar, sandstone
and volcanic rock. The buildings do tell us about the technological advances they
had attained.
1.
A.
2.
A.
3.
A.
4.
A.
5.
A.
6.
A.
7.
A.
8.
A.
9.
A.
10.
A.
11.
A.
12.
A.
13.
A.
14.
A.
15.
A.

reasonable

B.

surely C.

apparently

ordinary

B.

new

C.

great

to

B.

at

C.

for

when B.

as

C.

while

at

then C.

B.

unparalleled B.

unearthed

been B.

become

an

B.

the

C.

the

head B.

heart C.

tail

and

yet

but

B.

C.

years B.

centuries

civilization

B.

fertile B.

good C.

fighting

B.

that

which C.

B.

C.

enemys

C.

unmatched

C.

being

decades
C.

forests

properly

struggling

C.

doing

it

Many of us believe that science is something modern ...(1)... the truth is that ...(2)...
has been using science for ...(3)... very long time. However, it has ...(4)... a greater
effect on human lives in the last 25 ...(5)... 30 years than in the hundreds of years ...
(6)... the invention of the plough. The ...(7)... gifts of science have modern life ...
(8)... and comfortable. But science has ...(9)... the same time created new problems.
one of these which may become ...(10)... in the years to come, is ...(11)... of "jetlag". With the coming of modern jets. flying at more than 900 km/hr, the world ...
(12)... very small indeed. Today if you ...(13)... New Delhi at 4.00 in the morning,

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you ...(14)... eat an early breakfast in the sky ...(15)... kabul, and be in London by
about 1.00pm.
1.
A.
2.
A.
3.
A.
4.
A.
5.
A.
6.
A.
7.
A.
8.
A.
9.
A.
10.
A.
11.
A.
12.
A.
13.
A.
14.
A.
15.
A.

if

B.

though

C.

unless

men

B.

people

C.

man

the

B.

C.

that

has

B.

have C.

had

and

B.

or

C.

either

from B.

for

C.

since

marvelous

B.

costly C.

dull

B.

exciting

at

B.

in

bad

B.

worse C.

good

this

that

those B.

can become B.

C.

C.

inexpensive
C.

aimless

within

became

leave B.

will leave

C.

will

B.

can

C.

must

at

B.

on

C.

over

C.
would leave

has become