Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed in the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Something has happened in the last twenty years that surely must ……1……(revive) anything that has happened before. Some historians are already saying that thrust ……2…… (to)space represents a vital turning point in history. Moon flights are considered ……3……(some) less than steps in human evolution ……4……(submerge) to the time when life on earth emerged from the sea and established itself on land. Of course, not everyone ……5……(should) enraptured by space. Critics have often said that space flight has been an ……6……(friendly) use of resources that should have ……7……(think) to feeding, clothing and housing people. There is, however, no proof that if we had …….8……(neither) been working on space we would have done anything of great human value. In fact, research and exploration have a ……9……(big) spin-offs, quite apart from the fact that they demonstrate that ……10……(someone) is alive and insatiably curious.
Q1.
(a) terminate
(b) transcend
(c) precede
(d) recede
(e) no change
Q2.
(a) on
(b) upon
(c) in
(d) into
(e) no change
Q3.
(a) nothing
(b) certainly
(c) sufficiently
(d) probably
(e) no change
Q4.
(a) exceeding
(b) contrasting
(c) comparable
(d) matching
(e) no change
Q5.
(a) was
(b) has been
(c) had been
(d) being
(e) no change
Q6.
(a) economical
(b) extravagant
(c) appropriate
(d) benevolent
(e) no change
Q7.
(a) devoted
(b) allotted
(c) reserved
(d) gone
(e) no change
Q8.
(a) not
(b) occasionally
(c) seldom
(d) possibly
(e) no change
Q9.
(a) renowned
(b) renounced
(c) remarkable
(d) relevant
(e) no change
Q10.
(a) one
(b) man
(c) human
(d) individual
(e) no change
Directions (11-15): Please select the most appropriate option, out of the five options given for each of the following sentences, which, in your view, should be grammatically and structurally correct. Please note that the meaning & context of the sentence must not change.
Q11.
(a)A few mens are true from fault
(b)A few men are true from fault.
(c)Few men are true from fault.
(d)Few men is true of fault
(e)None is true.
Q12.
(a)He had long been associated to the organization before he retired.
(b)He had long been associated for the organization before he retired.
(c)He has long being associated with the organization before he retire.
(d)He had long been associated with the organization before he retired.
(e)None is true.
(a)He came to saw us Each day.
(b)He came to see us Each and every days.
(c)He came to see us Each day.
(d)He came to see us Every day.
(e) None is true.
Q14.
(a)There is few sugar in your tea than in mine.
(b)There is less sugar in your tea than in mine.
(c)There is fewer sugar in your tea than in mine.
(d)There is fewer sugar at your tea than in mine.
(e)None is true.
Q15.
(a)If you agree with me please support me.
(b)If you were agree at me please support me.
(c)If you agree with me please supported me.
(d)If you agree to me please support me.
(e)None is true.
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