Directions (Q.1 - 10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by letters (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
1. Private tuition is in ___________ because schools do not pay much _____________ to weak students.
a) vogue, attention
b) reality, clarity
c) trend, avenues
d) consideration, scope
e) agreement, harmony
2. Environment as an _____________ is already on the international agenda, and the media must continue to take ____________ and informed look at it.
a) agenda, effortless
b) awareness, complete
c) example, painless
d) issue, sustained
e) ideology, neutral
3. The judgement has ____________ high expectations ______________ the people regarding the benefits of the scheme.
a) initiated, towards
b) derived, concerning
c) raised, among
d) claimed, soothing
e) argued, covering
4. Environment still does not make news, ______________ the story has political ______________.
a) until, bickerings
b) unless, ramifications
c) without, angle
d) given, ending
e) even, leaning
5. There is _____________ good or bad but thinking makes it _____________.
a) never, likewise
b) plenty, enormous
c) nothing, so
d) immense, severe
e) sentimental, basically
6. The raging ______________ over the issue has ______________ the media as well as the politicians into warring camps.
a) saga, compelled
b) debate, divided
c) concern, ignited
d) dust, gathered
e) dillema, sensitized
7. The flexibility of the distance learning system is _____________ in designing courses which are socially _____________ and technically up-to-date.
a) helpful, relevant
b) basically, viable
c) providing, feasible
d) informative, wide
e) supportive, challenging
8. It is in this ______________ that distance education _______________ important and relevance.
a) episode, sounds
b) capability, reflects
c) role, empowers
d) directions, shapes
e) context, assumes
9. _____________ means of communication must be used to ______________ the message of gender equality.
a) Subtle, spread
b) Sufficient, create
c) Proper, aware
d) Distinct, channelize
e) Efficient, avail
10. Female infanticide is the result of society's __________ ___________ women.
a) negligence, with
b) anarchy, upon
c) curse, on
d) supremacy, against
e) apathy, towards
Directions (Q.11 - 15): Given below are six sentences, i.e. A, B, C, D, E and F, which have been presented in a wrong order. Arrange them in order to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. Some others, like the European nations, have a low birth rate and a low death rate.
B. Many others have a high birth rate with low death rate.
C. Different countries show different patterns of growth.
D. Some have a high birth rate and still have a high death rate.
E. Compared to this in Europe the growth rate is low.
F. The developing countries show the most rapid growth rate.
11. Which will be the LAST sentence in the para?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
12. Which will be the FIRST sentence in the para?
a) E
b) D
c) C
d) B
e) A
13. Which will come at SECOND place in the para?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
14. Which sentence will come at FIFTH place in the para?
a) F
b) D
c) B
d) A
e) C
15. Which will be THIRD sentence in the para?
a) B
b) A
c) D
d) F
e) E
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