English Quiz

Directions (1-10) : 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/phrase in each case.

India is ...(1)... of the few countries where women enjoy a comparatively better status than women in many other parts of the world. It is ...(2)... that Indian women face many problems and are subject to the same social pressures which women experience in other parts of the world, but relatively ...(3)..., their situation is much better than what it used to be in the pre-independence era.

On the positive side, Indian women have made ...(4)... strides in every ...(5)... of modern life. The constitution guarantees ...(6)... opportunity and where necessary provides where necessary safeguards from ...(7)... exploitation or injustice. Indian women of today are not afraid of ...(8)... their opinions or joining forces with other women in the local community to fight ...(9)... social maladies and injustice. They have opportunities to take bold decisions or lead unorthodox lives, which probably would made them vulnerable to ridicule and family pressures decades ...(10).... Undoubtedly women of today in India enjoy better status and freedom the women in the past.

1.
(1) some
(2) single
(3) little
(4) one
(5) many



2.
(1) true
(2) there
(3) sure
(4) fact
(5) here

3.
(1) good 

(2) slow 

(3) speaking 

(4) conversing 

(5) such 

4. 

(1) great

(2) future 

(3) gain 

(4) long 

(5) numerous 

5. 

(1) scope 

(2) aspect 

(3) stop 

(4) where 

(5) areas 

6. 

(1) several 

(2) virtual 

(3) equal 

(4) lot 

(5) no 

7. 

(1) long 

(2) possible 

(3) troubled 

(4) termed 

(5) enough

8. 

(1) telling 

(2) marking 

(3) voicing 

(4) blaming 

(5) speaking 

9. 

(1) to 

(2) favouring 

(3) towards 

(4) on 

(5) against 

10. 

(1) ago 

(2) now 

(3) past 

(4) next 

(5) behind