Direction (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.
Our National leaders are still trapped in the slogans and cliches of the freedom struggle. Day in and day out, they extol the (i)__________ of nationalism, patriotism and service to the motherland and (ii)_________on the treat sacrifices made by our leaders in the cause of India’s freedom. Mercifully, we still have (iii)__________ of freedom fighters among us, whose number (iv)___________keeps increasing despite the country having won freedom half a century back. Politicians are (v)__________ to be down-to-earth people, with their finger on the pulse of the masses.
Q1. Day in and day out, they extol the __________ of nationalism, patriotism and service to the motherland
(a) standards
(b) targets
(c) ideals
(d) goals
Q2. and _________on the treat sacrifices made by our leaders in the cause of India’s freedom.
(a) enlarge
(b) dwell
(c) sit
(d) expatiate
Q3. Mercifully, we still have __________ of freedom fighters among us,
(a) majority
(b) flock
(c) tribes
(d) hordes
Q4. whose number ___________keeps increasing despite the country having won freedom half a century back.
(a) steadily
(b) fleetingly
(c) normally
(d) sporadically
Q5. Politicians are ___________ to be down-to-earth people, with their finger on the pulse of the masses.
(a) recommended
(b) supposed
(c) observed
(d) expressed
Direction (6-10): 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.
How old is the Earth? This is a (vi)_____ to which we may never have the exact (vii)_____. Man has (viii)_____ about the age of the Earth since (ix)_____ times, and there were all kinds of myths and (x)_____ that seemed to have the answer.
Q6. This is a ________ to which
(a) question
(b) confusion
(c) fact
(d) point
Q7. we may never have the exact ________
(a) logic
(b) answer
(c) deduction
(d) reason
Q8. Man has _________ about the age of the Earth
(a) been lost
(b) think
(c) asked
(d) wondered
Q9. since ________ times, and there were all kinds of myths
(a) bygone
(b) olden
(c) ancient
(d) antiquated
Q10. myths and ________ that seemed to have the answer.
(a) legends
(b) fables
(c) prologues
(d) epilogues
Direction (11-15): 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.
The fact is that democracy is the only (xi) __________ system that can preserve the Indian entity, constitute its whole beyond the sum of the various fragments that go into its making and (xii) __________ its invaluable genius of stumbling along (xiii) __________ a humane order. If democracy in India is done (xiv) __________ with, India itself will (xv) __________ in the morass of the various particularities that constitute it.
Q11. The fact is that democracy is the only __________ system that can preserve the Indian entity,
(a) viable
(b) violable
(c) variable
(d) voluble
Q12. various fragments that go into its making and __________ its invaluable genius of
(a) suggest
(b) promote
(c) inscribe
(d) incite
Q13. stumbling along ___________ a humane order.
(a) with
(b) towards
(c) besides
(d) for
Q14. If democracy in India is done __________ with,
(a) off
(b) up
(c) away
(d) out
Q15. India itself will __________ in the morass of the various particularities that constitute it.
(a) sunk
(b) sink
(c) sank
(d) swim
SOLUTIONS
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.B
8.D
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.B
13.B
14.C
15.B
