PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-17 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 6): In the following passage, there are blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. All these bold words are jumbled and do not necessarily fit in the blank against them. Find the appropriate word fit for every blank and mark the answer accordingly. If none of the bold words fits in the blank, mark option (5), “None of these” as the answer.

 

Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of our lives, not least the economy. As a general-purpose technology, AI’s applications are potentially …(1)… (experienced). While it can be used to automate tasks previously performed by people, it can also make human labour more productive, thereby increasing labour demand. Unfortunately, the current …(2)… (restore) in commercial AI development is towards more and more automation, with potentially disastrous …(3)… (endless) for the society. To be sure, automation has been an engine of productivity growth since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when, starting in the late eighteenth century, weaving and spinning were mechanised. But the tide of …(4)… (automation) does not automatically lift all boats. By replacing labour with machines in production tasks, automation reduces labour’s share of value added (and national income), contributes to inequality, and may reduce employment and wages.

 

And yet most modern economies have …(5)… (trend) robust wage and employment growth since the Industrial Revolution. As automation has displaced workers in performing certain tasks, other technologies have emerged to …(6)… (consequences) labour’s central role in the production process by creating new tasks in which humans have a comparative advantage.

Question No : 1

(1) Experienced                             

(2) Restore                                       

(3) Trend

(4) Endless                  

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

(1) Consequences                          

(2) Experienced                                

(3) Restore

(4) Trend                    

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

(1) Consequences                          

(2) Automation

(3) Experienced

(4) Restore                  

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

(1) Consequences                          

(2) Experienced                                

(3) Automation

(4) Trend                    

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

(1) Consequences                          

(2) Experienced                                

(3) Automation

(4) Restore                  

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

(1) Automation                             

(2) Endless                                       

(3) Restore

(4) Trend                    

(5) None of these