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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