PARA COMPLETITION - TEST (1)
Total Questions: 10 Total Marks: 10
Directions (1-10): In each of the following
questions, a paragraph with a blank is given. From
the five choices given below, select the sentence
which can go into the blank to make the
paragraph logically
coherent.
1. Srinagar is the capital of Kashmir. There are
very beautiful scenes all round. The Dal Lake is
one among them. [__________] We can hire one
of them and voyage along the length and breadth
of the lake or live in it for a week or so.
(a) There are several guides to take us round.
(b) There we can see a number of house boats
waiting to be hired by the tourists.
(c) It is difficult to count them.
(d) It was dark inside and bright outside.
(e) There are several tourists looking around the
place.
2. Polio-affected children are found everywhere
in India. Recently the Government has started
Polio-eradication Scheme. [__________] Unless
we take care to co-operate the purpose cannot be
fulfilled.
(a) We must help children to take the proper
vaccine.
(b) We must take the children to get vaccinated.
(c) Children must remain without any movement.
(d) We must make children exercise.
(e) We need experts to undertake such projects.
3. Many film-stars have recently migrated to the
area of television. [__________] As the
viewers increase their popularity also increases.
T.V serials appear to be more paying than the
feature films.
(a) Television gives a better chance of action.
(b) There they have a greater number of viewers.
(c) Television is a house hold affair.
(d) If we do not like a TV program we can turn it
off.
(e) Television is useful in many ways.
4. Man is trying to find out modern means of
producing electric power. The solar panel is one of
them. [__________] This electricity can light
lamps, turn fans or work small household
appliances.
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(a) It is very cheap and affordable.
(b) We ourselves can make one such device.
(c) It converts sunlight into electricity.
(d) It is easy to work and beautiful to look at.
(e) Electricity is a good substitute for sunlight.
5. Air-pollution is one of the gravest problems
faced by city-dwellers. Foul gas liberated from
heaps of waste matter is one source of pollution.
[__________] Recently the Government has made
arrangements to measure it. If it is above the
allowable limit the vehicles are prohibited from
plying along the public roads.
(a) Another source is the smoke emitted by
vehicles.
(b) Foul water in the channels is another.
(c) The smell from toddy shops pollutes the air.
(d) Open drainage pollutes the air.
(e) People suffer due to smoke emitted by
vehicles.
6. Corruption has become rampant in India.
Corrupt officials and politicians are ruling over the
hapless common man. [__________] People must
join together and force them to take necessary
legal action.
(a) Politicians with integrity simply withdraw from
the scene.
(b) Such officials are welcomed by the general
public.
(c) Even police authorities are reluctant to face
them.
(d) They do it with the connivance of topmost
authorities.
(e) Corruption is the breeding ground for all evils.
7. Feature films have a very great influence upon
the common people. They have no hesitation in
regarding actors as gods. [__________] They must
utilize this love and regards to serve the people,
not to exploit them.
(a) Gods are expected to protect the devotees.
(b) Though they are gods they are human enough
to err.
(c) Gods never walk on earth or collect money.
(d) Some people are ready even to die for them.
(e) Actors are viewed as gods.
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8. Most of us fall victim to some sort of disease
or the other. We can avoid diseases by leading a
hygienic life. It is better to bear in mind a simple
truth. [__________] The consciousness of this
truth will lead us to happiness.
(a) It is impossible to have constant health.
(b) Hygienic life is less costly than medical
treatment.
(c) Man is mortal and likely to die at any moment.
(d) Happiness is always evasive.
(e) Health needs good care as we may fall victim
to some sort of disease.
9. A doctor has succeeded in raising a variety of
monkeys similar to human beings. They clean
their teeth with brushes and mop their face with
towels. [__________] In that case these animals
may be called monkey –man and we may be
called man –monkeys.
(a) Perhaps they may learn and use human
language.
(b) Sometimes they may die after a few days.
(c) The method adopted by the doctor is
wonderful.
(d) We can expect a lot of change in the case of
other animals also.
(e) Monkeys are good subjects unlike human
beings.
10. It is wonderful how a word can acquire
diagonally opposite meaning. Gandhiji called the
socially downcast people by the name Harijans.
[__________] But now the Harijans themselves
feel that it is a word of insult.
(a) Gandhiji was a social reformer.
(b) Gandhiji had many Harijan friends.
(c) Gandhiji expected to bring them respect by
calling them the children of God.
(d) Harijans have risen to such a high position that
they feel their brand name ‘Harijan’ to be
degrading.
(e) Only Harijans are children of God.
Directions (Q 1-5): In each of the following
questions, a short passage is given with one of
the lines in the passage missing and represented
by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer
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choices given, to make the passage complete and
coherent.
1. Poverty is the state of majority of world’s
people and nations. Why is this?_____ Have they
been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely
responsible for their own plight? What about their
governments? Have they pursued policies that
actually harm successful development? Such
causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt
real. But deeper and more global causes of
poverty are often less discussed. Behind the
increasing inter-connectedness promised by
globalization are global decisions, policies and
practices. These are typically influenced, driven or
formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be
leaders of rich countries or other global actors
such as multinational corporations, institutions
and influential people. In the face of such
enormous external influence, the governments of
poor nations and their people are often
powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few
get wealthy while the majority struggles.
[1] Is it enough to blame poor people for their
own predicament?
[2] What is the government doing about it?
[3] Are the wealthy ones in the nation even
aware of this?
[4] The government has already taken measures
to eradicate the same.
[5] The huge gap between the rich and the poor
in the nation is now narrowing
2. Women’s rights around the world are an
important indicator to understand global well-
being. A major global women’s rights treaty was
ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a
few decades ago.___ These range from the
cultural, political to the economic. For example,
women often work more than men, yet are paid
less; gender discrimination affects girls and
women throughout their lifetime; and women and
girls are often the ones that suffer the most
poverty. Many may think that women’s rights are
only an issue in countries where religion is law. Or
even worse, some may think this is no longer an
issue at all. But reading the report about the
United Nation’s Women’s treaty and how an
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increasing number of countries are loading
reservations will show otherwise. Gender equality
furthers the case of child survival and
development for all of society, so the importance
of women’s rights and gender quality should not
be underestimated.
[1] This treaty tackled and solved a number of
issues related to women.
[2] Why is it then, that women still face a number
of problems on the domestic front?
[3] Thus, the women today is ten times more
empowered as compared to a woman say about a
decade ago.
[4] Women’s activists across nations have
implored the respective governments to take this
seriously.
[5] Yet, despite many successes in empowering
women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of
life.
3. Research has shown that air pollutants from
fossil fuel use make clouds reflect more of the
sun’s rays back into space. This leads to an effects
known as global dimming whereby less heat and
energy reaches the earth. ______ However, it is
believed that global dimming caused the droughts
in certain parts of the world where millions died,
because the northern hemisphere oceans were
not warm enough to allow rain formation. Global
dimming is also hiding the true power of global
warming. By cleaning up global dimming-causing
pollutants without tackling greenhouse gas
emissions, rapid warming has been observed and
various human health and ecological disasters
have resulted, as witnessed during the European
heat wave in 2003, which saw thousands of
people die.
[1] This, though, does not bring any relief in the
problems associated with climate change.
[2] This phenomenon thus is part of the climate
change problem.
[3] Scientists thus believe that this phenomenon
goes hand in hand with global warming.
[4] At first, it sounds like an ironic savior to
climate change problems.
[5] The answer to all our problems with respect
to climate-change is definitely here.
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4. Next to China, India is the most populated
country in the world. _______ Particularly, rush to
technical and higher education has increased as
the scope for arts and science has become lesser
and lesser due to lack of reforms and upgradation
in the course structure and materials according to
the developments of the world. Also, qualification
in higher education gives added advantage to face
competition successfully in the job market.
[1] Keeping this in mind, the government has
provided concessions in the admission fees for the
arts and science streams in the country.
[2] Naturally, there is too much rush and
competition in every field.
[3] Despite this the rush to higher education is
lesser.
[4] This population increase, though, has not kept
pace with the knowledge expansion around the
world.
[5] In the next decade, it will become the most
populous.
5. Analysts and industry pundits forecast that the
notebook market which has been growing faster
than the desktop market for the past three years
is expected to overtake the desktop market by the
year 2011-12. A fall in prices, large deals from
governments and institutions and demand from
consumers and sectors such as education are
expected to help the notebook numbers.
According to research agencies, the year 2010-11
saw notebook volumes rise and for the first time,
a million-plus notebooks were sold in India in a
single quarter. The market has grown nearly four
times for notebooks. The demand is driven by all
sectors and a very buoyant consumer market,
which prefers mobile computers. Entry –level
notebook prices have dropped below the
Rs.25,000 mark; this has helped break the ice with
new customers. This drop in notebook prices has
been helped by the drop in the prices of the
building blocks that make a notebook. It’s simple.
With notebook volumes growing, the prices of the
components are also bound to come
down.______
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[1] All this has resulted in a noticeable change in a

number of large government tenders for
notebooks; which were traditionally for desktops.
[2] Because of this the government still prefers
desktops to notebooks and has passed tenders for
the same.
[3] Thereby making them more expensive.
[4] Thus, the forecast for the coming year states
that desktops will be the preferred technology
choice only for consumers who cannot afford the
exorbitantly priced notebooks.
[5] Thus, notebooks will become obsolete after a
decade or so.

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