PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

FILL IN THE BLANK(S)

PREPARATORY SET-41 (DOUBLE FILLER)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with two blanks that indicate that some parts are missing. Identify the correct pair of words that fit it in the sentence to make it grammatically and contextually correct.

Question No : 1

It’s not only important for _____ children can relax and _____ outside of the pressures of school, homework, exams, and time spent with their peers, but also lays the foundation for literacy, learning, improved communication, and more.

(1) Aloof, decompress

(2) Chasing, blend

(3) Ensuring, decompress

(4) Aloof, blend

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

According to one YouGov survey in early 2019, 96% of teachers are _____ over the wellbeing of their _____ due to high pressure from tests.

(1) Minimal, manifold

(2) Concerned, pupils

(3) Concerned, manifold

(4) Minimal, Pupils

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Studies have linked more time _____ on screens with lower feelings of wellbeing for children as young as two, and concerns over social media use by young people have lead to new government guidelines, as well as internet and screen time guidelines _____ kids from mental health experts.

(1) Captive, to

(2) Fragment, on

(3) Spent, for

(4) Captive, for

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Studies into gamification (the application of elements of game playing into other areas of activity to _____ engagement) and adults have shown that 90% of us find it can help us get better results, with 87% saying it makes them more_____.

(1) Encourage, productive

(2) Shrinkage, complaint

(3) Shrinkage, productive

(4) Encourage, complaint

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

We spoke with Daniel Senn, former teacher and founder of Poio (an app that’s _____ over 100,000 Scandinavian children to read via immersive play), about his thoughts on how gamification can help kids keep learning whilst still _____ screen time.

(1) Unshackled, balancing

(2) Taught, stiffening

(3) Unshackled, stiffening

(4) Taught, balancing

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

When it comes to learning anything _____, from reading and writing through to maths, most children have to be _____ by parents and teachers to study and do their homework.

(1) Compulsory, protagonist

(2) Contagious, wrangled

(3) Compulsory, restitution

(4) Contagious, helped

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

The terrorist attack is a/an _____ reminder of the need to immediately ______ the safe havens and sanctuaries that support and sustain terrorism.

(1) evident, destroy

(2) happy, ravage

(3) stark, dismantle

(4) outright, reprieve

(5) harsh, eradicate

Question No : 8

The ______with which the manager averted the loss was_______ as the company was going through a low phase.

(1) alertness, appraised

(2) dishonesty, praised

(3) thinking, neglected

(4) plan, lost

(5) alertness, praised

Question No : 9

The Government is looking to woo foreign investors to fund 700 tourism ____ projects requiring over Rs.50000 crore during three-day summit to kick _____ on Wednesday.

(1) concerning, up

(2) related, off

(3) affected, in

(4) afflicted, off

(5) concerned, in

Question No : 10

Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Many members of these families had also _____ their services and were working _____ to attend to the crowd of thousands

(1) rendered, direly

(2) wiped, tirelessly

(3) given, wholeheartedly

(4) offered, relentlessly

(5) accepted, poorl