PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-05 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered and one word has been suggested alongside the blank. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five options are given. Find out the appropriate word which fits the blank appropriately. If the word written alongside the blank fits the passage, choose option (5) (i.e. No replacement required) as the correct choice.

 

The obsession with GNP-maximizing model of development has led to the (1) growth of important social, ecological and spiritual issues which can prove very costly and harmful. Hence there is a yearning among increasing number of people for (2) luxurious models of development and in this context, we propose a distress minimizing model of development.

 

The defining (3) circumvent of this model is that here the reduction of distress is the core issue, it is at the centre of all other discussions and questions. While in a GNP-maximizing model the ways and means of maximizing GNP growth (4) constitute the core issue around which other issues revolve, in our model distress reduction is the central issue and other issues are (5) connected only in relation to this central issue.

Question No : 1

(1) evacuation                               

(2) emergence                                  

(3) interest     

(4) neglect                   

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 2

(1) alternative                               

(2) decisive                                       

(3) opinionative

(4) evaluative              

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 3

(1) structure                                  

(2) feature                                        

(3) skeleton    

(4) appearance            

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 4

(1) refuse                                       

(2) separate                                      

(3) diverge     

(4) destroy                  

(5) No replacement required

Question No : 5

(1) concerned                                

(2) tested                                          

(3) examined  

(4) suffered                 

(5) No replacement required