Directions (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 meaningfully complete.
The Madras Literary Society, now busy trying to …(1)… itself, is offering a series of monthly talks on historical and literary …(2)…. The most recent one was on three persons who, starting out from Madras, …(3)… significantly to our knowledge of India — namely, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, William Lambton and Colin Mackenzie. I call them …(4)… ‘surveyors’ because their work …(5)… to the Botanical and Zoological Surveys of India, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India and the Survey of India. …(6)… from the talk, a story or two about each of the ‘surveyors’ found its way to me.
Dr. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, generally known as Buchanan, began his assignment in South India after the final Mysore War with the mandate to gather botanical, agricultural and zoological information as …(7)… as knowledge about the soil and natural resources …(8)… in the area of his first survey. One of the things he ‘discovered’, I was told, was laterite in what is now Kerala. Buchanan called it “indurate clay” or “iron clay” and said this soft red soil which hardened …(9)… exposure to air and heat was ideal for building purposes, something long known in the area but first recorded for a wider …(10)…, and given a name by him.
(Source-The Hindu)
Q1.
(a) revive
(b) survive
(c) resize
(d) magnify
(e) generalise
Q2.
(a) pamphlets
(b) handouts
(c) magnitude
(d) objects
(e) subjects
Q3.
(a) confined
(b) contributed
(c) selected
(d) managed
(e) provided
Q4.
(a) pioneering
(b) draconian
(c) adhering
(d) looking
(e) ragingly
Q5.
(a) created
(b) showed
(c) led
(d) made
(e) fought
Q6.
(a) Abstracting
(b) Observing
(c) Taking
(d) Leading
(e) Heeding
Q7.
(a) wail
(b) in
(c) well
(d) on
(e) along
Q8.
(a) at
(b) of
(c) seek
(d) find
(e) found
Q9.
(a) on
(b)in
(c) at
(d)for
(e)onto
Q10.
(a) masses
(b) mass
(c) audience
(d) people
(e) group
Directions(11-15): Rearrange the following six in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Branded disposable diapers are available at many supermarkets and drug stores.
(B) If one supermarket sets a higher price for a diaper, customers may buy that brand elsewhere
(C) By contrast, the demand for private-label products may be less price-sensitive since it is available only at a corresponding supermarket chain.
(D) So the demand for branded diapers at any particular store may be quite price sensitive
(E) For instance, only SavOn Drugs stores sell SavOn Drugs diapers.
(F) Then stores should set a higher incremental
Q11. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?
(a)D
(b)C
(c)E
(d)F
(e)A
Q12. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
(a)C
(b)E
(c)A
(d)D
(e)F
Q13. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
(a)D
(b)E
(c)A
(d)F
(e)B
Q14. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH(LAST) after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)F
(d)B
(e)E
Q15. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
(a)C
(b)A
(c)D
(d)B
(e)E
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Revive means give new strength or energy to or resuming to work, progress. Here the author is saying that the madras literary society is resuming its work pace and reviving itself by a series of monthly talks of history and literature.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. Subjects means a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university. Here history and literature subjects are talked about.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘contributed’ is the correct answer here.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Pioneering means involving new ideas or methods.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘led’ is the correct answer. Here the author is conveying the message that the work of the people mentioned in previous line, led to some great surveys.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Leading is the appropriate answer for this blank. Here leading refers to culminate or result in.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘as well as’ is the correct phrase.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. ‘found’ is the correct answer.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘soft red soil which hardened on exposure to air’ is the correct phrase.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘wider audience’ is the correct phrase.
Explanation(11-15) The rearrangement for the given sentences is- ADBCEF
A- This is the opening line of paragraph; it refers to the topic of availability of disposable diapers.
D- This is the second line of the paragraph.
B- D and B are mandatory pairs.
C- C and D are mandatory pairs as C is in continuation of B
E- D and E are mandatory pairs as ‘For instance…’ refers to an example given to prove the data given in sentence C, true.
F- This is the last line of the paragraph.
S11. Ans. (b)
S12. Ans. (c)
S13. Ans. (a)
S14. Ans. (c)
S15. Ans. (e)
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