Directions (1-11): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Books introduce to us the best (1): they bring us (2) the presence of the greatest (3) that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were (4) alive; we share their (5), we sympathize with them, (6) with them in the scenes which they describe. The great and the good do not (7) even in this world (8) in books, their spirits walk (9). The book is a living (10); it is an (11) to which one still listens.
Q1.
(a) Social
(b) Society
(c) Company
(d) Atmosphere
Q2.
(a) Before
(b) In
(c) Into
(d) Through
Q3.
(a) Man
(b) Minds
(c) Intellect
(d) Scholars
Q4.
(a) Actually
(b) Really
(c) Decidedly
(d) Indeed
Q5.
(a) Thoughts
(b) Ideas
(c) Feelings
(d) Observations
Q6.
(a) Enjoy
(b) Grieve
(c) Exult
(d) Sorrow
Q7.
(a) Die
(b) Dye
(c) Disappear
(d) Eclipse
Q8.
(a) Kept
(b) Maintained
(c) Preserved
(d) Embalmed
Q9.
(a) About
(b) Away
(c) Around
(d) Abroad
Q10.
(a) Sound
(b) Echo
(c) Voice
(d) Word
Q11.
(a) Intellect
(b) Enigma
(c) Aura
(d) Record
Directions (12-15): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q12. That cannot be cured.
(a) insatiable
(b) incurable
(c) indisputable
(d) flexible
Q13. Written statement to give information.
(a) addendum
(b) corrigendum
(c) memorandum
(d) scenario
Q14. Study of population.
(a) ecology
(b) demography
(c) astronomy
(d) genealogy
Q15. Study of ancient things like tombs, buried towns.
(a) mythology
(b) history
(c) archaeology
(d) cult
ANSWERS :
S1. Ans.(B)
Sol. Society- Fits in the context correctly.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘into’ is correct preposition and fits in the context correctly.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Minds- fits in the context correctly.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Really- fits in the context correctly.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Thoughts- fits in the context correctly.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Grieve- fits in the context correctly.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Die- fits in the context correctly.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Preserved- fits in the context correctly.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Abroad- fits in the context correctly.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Voice- fits in the context correctly.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Intellect- fits in the context correctly.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. incurable-(of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. memorandum-a written message in business or diplomacy.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. demography-the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. archaeology-the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
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