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 meaningful.
Delinking of jobs from degrees is
one of the (1) features of our education (2). There has been a (3)
fall in (4) in the academic field in recent years. There is a (5)
of degree holders in the country. As a result, university degrees have (6)
their value and charm while the number of students in colleges and
universities of the country has been (7) rising. Consequently, thousands
of graduates and postgraduates come out of these institutions and stand in
queues waiting to get some (8) jobs (9) in the country. Moreover,
these degree holders do not have any technical or vocational knowledge needed
for a particular job. As a result, the number of educated unemployed has been
rising (10). It has created a very serious problem.
1.
1) minor
2) trivial
3) unachievable
4) irrelevant
5) salient
2.
1) process
2) policy
3) development
4) guideline
5) procedures
3.
1) expected
2) sheer
3) rough
4) steep
5) gentle
4.
1) assessment
2) evaluation
3) competence
4) fees
5) value
5.
1) flood
2) class
3) party
4) mob
5) rabble
6.
1) mislaid
2) lost
3) increase
4) found
5) establish
7.
1) slowly
2) hastily
3) deeply
4) gradually
5) steadily
8.
1) prestigious
2) trivial
3) menial
4) academic
5) managerial
9.
1) occurring
2) posted
3) created
4) available
5) advertised
10.
1) exponentially
2) awfully
3) terribly
4) fast
5) incalculably
Directions (Q. 11-15) In each
of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence
there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3)), ,(4) and (5).
Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in
the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully
complete.
11. Poetry is the language of the
imagination and the _______. It relates to whatever gives _______ pleasure or
pain to the human mind.
1) thinking, permanent
2) analysis, temporary
3) passions, immediate
4) circumspection, sporadic
5) visualization, constant.
12. Success in business requires two
things: a winning competitive _______ and superb organizational _______
1) advantage, satisfaction
2) planning, advantage
3) strategy, execution
4) philosophy, motivation
5) marketing, strategy
13. To _______ in today’s rapidly
changing environment corporations need to _______ their learning capability.
l) develop, enlarge
2) surpass, align
3) project, assimilate
4) service, mitigate
5) compete, strengthen
14. A _______ reader gets much
greater pleasure from reading books than a miser gets in _______ money.
1) powerful, accumulating
2) voracious, hoarding
3) desirous, stocking
4) proverbial, spending
5) profound, lavishing
15. The well-known judge who was
earlier_______ to head the delegation has now given his
1) reluctant, consent_______.
2) eager, approved
3) requested, chances
4) forced, unwillingness
5) expected, assurances
Answers
1)5
2)2
3)4
4)3
5)1
6)2
7)5
8)1
9)4
10)4
11)3
12)3
13)5
14)2
15)1
1)5
2)2
3)4
4)3
5)1
6)2
7)5
8)1
9)4
10)4
11)3
12)3
13)5
14)2
15)1
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