Direction : In the passages given below, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word. Passage I Do you put off until (1) what you can do today? If so, you are the procrastinator and according to the (2) you should change your ways (3). A little procrastination is perfectly (4). The psychologists (5) that. But in too many cases, it is dangerously neurotic activity that can bring about (6) results. Suppose you are still putting (7) the chore of filling your income tax return, which was due five months ago, you are courting (8). A great number of people really never get around to paying tax returns on time, not because they dread parting with their (9) but because they keep putting it off. As for me, I have never procrastinated and never shall. This is not a boastful claim of personal (10). The truth is, I never have the time to put things off. 1. (1) yesterday (2) tomorrow (3) today (4) Last week (5) last year 2. (1) psychologist (2) eye specialist (3) pathologist (4) radiologist (5) dermatologist 3. (1) gradually (2) quietly (3) sporadically (4) immediately (5) never 4. (1) abnormal (2) normal (3) inhuman (4) human (5) subhuman 5. (1) conference (2) concern (3) concede (4) contort (5) cohibit 6. (1) grave (2) easy (3) trivial (4) banal (5) nominal 7. (1) on (2) of (3) off (4) in (5) inside 8. (1) catapult (2) cathode (3) catechism (4) cataract (5) catastrophe 9. (1) Clothes (2) money (3) houses (4) cars (5) televisions 10. (1) virtue (2) vice (3) advice (4) device (5) revise Direction : In the passages given below, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word. Passage II Everyone wants to burn (1). Ask any (2)who spends time sweating it out in a gym or on the field, and he will tell you that fat is (3). Fat just does not fit into their (4) and the ultimate aim of any form of (5) activity is directed at the removal of fat. Fat was what one of the (6) had in his (7) when he sat down to think what time of the (8) was the best time to try and lose fat. He got together a group of people, and made them go (9) once in the morning and once in the afternoon. And, though they expended the same number of calories in both workouts, they (10) more fat in the morning than in the after noon 1. (1) petrol (2) gas (3) fat (4) oil (5) wood 2. (1) dog (2) cat (3) rat (4) person (5) rabbit 3. (1) in (2) on (3) out (4) of (5) under 4. (1) homes (2) offices (3) cars (4) programmes (5) garages 5. (1) spiritual (2) mental (3) psychological (4) physical (5) intellectual 6. (1) tables (2) wolves (3) cars (4) sea fish (5) professors 7. (1) nose (2) arms (3) legs (4) mind (5) stomach 8. (1) year (2) month (3) century (4) week (5) day 9. (1) jogging (2) eating (3) sleeping (4) sitting (5) relaxing 10. (1) sacrificed (2) burned (3) gathered (4) avoided (5) None of these Direction : In the passages given below, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word. Passage III Technology advance has been much greater in he past 100 (1) than in the previous 2000 years. Yet most (2), in all countries, remain technically illiterate. Some are to a certain degree aware of the pace of technological (3). They occasionally notice the (4) of new techniques. Inevitably, some people view technology with (5). The media feast on (6) crisis and controversy. But (7) are others who argue that every new discovery has given man (8) options to improve the quality of life. Technological advance invariably (9) long established ways of life, and is hence often opposed by well-meaning people. We have to admit that it constantly and dramatically (10) our lives. And to understand these advances, it is becoming a matter of survival for the modern man. 1. (1) Seconds (2) minutes (3) years (4) hours (5) days 2. (1) plants (2) dogs (3) cats (4) people (5) horses 3. (1) development (2) importance (3) relevance (4) views (5) under 4. (1) destruction (2) introduction (3) reduction (4) obsession (5) compulsion 5. (1) love (2) jealousy (3) envy (4) pride (5) suspicion 6. (1) sociological (2) spiritual (3) psychological (4) technological (5) physical 7. (1) their (2) there (3) the (4) they (5) I 8. (1) old (2) ancient (3) immoderate (4) new (5) age old 9. (1) does not affect (2) changes (3) merely interferes (4) touches (5) encourages 10. (1) strengthens (2) modifies (3) deepens (4) emphasizes (5) reveals
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