PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-24 (VERY NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out and replaced by a blank represented by a letter. Read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks as per the questions given.

 

In many countries, non-prescription items like aspirin and eye drops sit behind the counter alongside antibiotics. Regulations …(A)… prices, operating hours and even the number of pharmacies. Oversight bodies in some countries trace their roots to medieval guilds. Belgian entrepreneur Yuvan Verougstraete saw in that a business ripe for …(B)… Mr. Verougstraete is the founder of Medi-Market Group which has sparked lawsuits and complaints from traditional Belgian pharmacies since its first drugstore opened in 2014. It now has more than 25 locations and has shaken the staid sector by …(C)… prices of non-prescription products up to 30%, advertising them and hawking them on open shelves. The Belgian Pharmacists Association has accused Medi-Market of …(D)… Profits over customer care, and the country’s Order of Pharmacists, an oversight body run by industry officials, has ruled against Medi-Market’s commercial practices. But in a twist that portends change, Belgian courts and the country’s competition authority have repeatedly …(E)… with Medi-Market against traditional pharmacists.

Question No : 1

Which word/phrase should come at (A)?

(1) Violates     

(2) Protective  

(3) Govern      

(4) Decides     

(5) None of the above

Question No : 2

Which word/phrase should come at (B)?

(1) Stop           

(2) Upending  

(3) Experienced          

(4) Favourable

(5) None of the above

Question No : 3

Which word/phrase should come at (C)?

(1) Share         

(2) Spend        

(3) Latest        

(4) Slashing     

(5) None of the above

Question No : 4

Which word/phrase should come at (D)?

(1) Suspend     

(2) Prioritize   

(3) Boast         

(4) Prioritizing

(5) None of the above

Question No : 5

Which word/phrase should come at (E)?

(1) Ignored     

(2) Sided         

(3) Repeated   

(4) Happy       

(5) None of the above