Directions (1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.
Zuckerberg explains that in 2013, researcher Aleksandr Kogan from Cambridge University created a personality quiz app, which was (i)__________by 300,000 people. The app was then able to (ii)_________Facebook information, including those of the users’ friends and obtained by Kogan. Cambridge Analytica was subsequently asked to remove all the data, until it was later rediscovered by The Guardian, The New York Times and Channel 4 that the data was in fact not deleted.
For years, prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, they were aware of Russian threats from “APT28”, a group linked to Russian military intelligence services. This group took under the name of DC Leaks. DC Leaks was able to create (iii)__________ during the election by creating distrust through specifically attacking and promoting candidates. Zuckerberg explains that during the post-election period, they also discovered that a group known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) was actively spreading (iv)_________and manipulating people in the U.S., Europe, and Russia by using Facebook as a platform with fake accounts. The accounts were (v)______once the situation was discovered.
Q1.
(a) fed
(b) promoted
(c) appreciated
(d) installed
Q2.
(a) spread
(b) revered
(c) retrieve
(d) interrupt
Q3.
(a) rampant
(b) celebration
(c) confusion
(d) perturbance
Q4.
(a) disinformation
(b) rumors
(c) renegade
(d) chats
Q5.
(a) shut
(b) started
(c) revoked
(d) denounced
Q6. Nobody believed him (a)/ when he said that (b)/ his son was gone out of the country (c)/ No error (d)
Q7. Some of the devotees (a)/ prostrate on the steps (b)/ on the floor in front of the idol before leaving (c)/ No error (d)
Q8. Despite several reminders, (a)/ he did not so far send (b)/ any reply to my letters (c)/ no error (d)
Q9. It is true (a)/ that the poor is unable (b)/ to get nourishing food even today. (c)/ no error (d)
Q10. The man told to her (a)/ that he had not brought his dog (b)/ out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain (c)/ No error (d)
Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which expresses the best meaning of it.
Q11. THRONG
(a) Tendency
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Horde
(d) Thriving
Q12. RAUCOUS
(a) Nibble
(b) Squawky
(c) Pleasant
(d) Dainty
Q13. INANITION
(a) Sedate
(b) Exhaustion
(c) Empathy
(d) Strictness
Q14. SPECIOUS
(a) Deceptive
(b) Sharp
(c) Straight
(d) Frank
Q15. UMBRAGE
(a) Charm
(b) Offence
(c) Stealthy
(d) Compulsion
SOLUTIONS
1.D
2.C
3.C
4.A
5.A
6.C
7.B
8.B
9.B
10.A
11.C
12.B
13.B
14.A
15.B
